List: Books | Curated by Barry Silverstein

Jan 5, 2025
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Why Public Domain Works are Important to Readers and WritersThere’s a treasure trove in expired copyrights
Jan 5
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Jan 5
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The Two Sides of the Berlin WallA fictional love story dramatizes East vs. West in “The Berlin Apartment”
Nov 5, 2024
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Nov 5, 2024
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Do You Trust the Narrator?What to make of the “unreliable narrator”
Oct 24, 2024
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Oct 24, 2024
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How the American Civil War Started“The Demon of Unrest” has startling parallels to today
Sep 26, 2024
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Sep 26, 2024
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Why We Love Serial CharactersThe best fiction features characters we really get to know
Sep 22, 2024
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Sep 22, 2024
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Behind the Scenes of Sixties Politics“An Unfinished Love Story” features an unusual dual view of a tumultuous decade
Sep 11, 2024
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Sep 11, 2024
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What a Professional Book Reviewer Looks for in Non-FictionThese insights will help you be a better author or reader
Sep 6, 2024
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Sep 6, 2024
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What I Learned About Kamala Harris by Reading “The Truths We Hold”Who she is and what she believes in
Aug 19, 2024
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Aug 19, 2024
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Is Reading Books Better Than Listening to Them?The growing popularity of audiobooks raises an intriguing question
Aug 15, 2024
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Aug 15, 2024
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Could the Graphic Novel Replace the Conventional Book?Why the “grownup comic book” bears close scrutiny
Jul 2, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
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What You Could Learn from Reading “Scientific Advertising”This 100-year-old marketing book is about human psychology
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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The Quest for Author ImmortalityFamous authors “continue to write” after they die
May 24, 2024
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May 24, 2024
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The Intelligent Animal in Contemporary Adult FictionIs it magical or manipulative when authors assign human qualities to animals?
May 16, 2024
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May 16, 2024
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The Tech-Enabled BookAre big changes coming to how you interact with books?
Apr 26, 2024
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Apr 26, 2024
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How Books Build BusinessesThe book you’re reading may actually be a marketing platform
Apr 7, 2024
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Apr 7, 2024
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When Non-Fiction Feels Like FictionStorytelling techniques aren’t restricted to novels
Mar 23, 2024
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Mar 23, 2024
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The Fictional Pull of World War IIWhy so many historical novels are entrenched in wartime
Mar 16, 2024
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Mar 16, 2024
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Opening The Window To Race In America‘Our Hidden Conversations’ is a rich tapestry of diverse voices
Mar 3, 2024
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Mar 3, 2024
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Even Best-Selling Authors Can Falter‘The Exchange,’ John Grisham’s latest novel, is an example
Feb 19, 2024
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Feb 19, 2024
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