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Month: December 2016

Nonfiction: Thinking in the Deep: Inside the Mind of an Octopus

In “Other Minds,” Peter Godfrey-Smith shows how the abilities of the octopus offer insight into the evolution of animal intelligence.

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Author Phil WatonPosted on December 30, 2016Categories BooksLeave a comment on Nonfiction: Thinking in the Deep: Inside the Mind of an Octopus

By the Book: Bernard-Henri Lévy: By the Book

The author of “The Genius of Judaism” believes the current political situation in the United States is best illuminated by Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America.”

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Author Phil WatonPosted on December 30, 2016Categories BooksLeave a comment on By the Book: Bernard-Henri Lévy: By the Book

Books of The Times: ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’

Douglas Smith’s colossal biography shows Grigory Rasputin as a man of influence during the twilight of the Romanov dynasty, but neither sinner nor saint.

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Author Phil WatonPosted on December 29, 2016Categories BooksLeave a comment on Books of The Times: ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’

Books of The Times: ‘Language at the Speed of Sight’ Fights to Reopen Our Closed Book on Literacy

Mark Seidenberg makes a strong case for how brain science can help in the teaching of reading.

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Author Phil WatonPosted on December 28, 2016Categories BooksLeave a comment on Books of The Times: ‘Language at the Speed of Sight’ Fights to Reopen Our Closed Book on Literacy

Books of The Times: Review: With ‘The Correspondence,’ a New Contender in the Ring

J.D. Daniels’s first book, of essays and short stories that are described as letters, moves high and low, for an “intoxicating combination.”

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Author Phil WatonPosted on December 27, 2016Categories BooksLeave a comment on Books of The Times: Review: With ‘The Correspondence,’ a New Contender in the Ring

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