The New York Review of Books - 09.04.2020

(Martin Jones) #1

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“Meticulously researched, this


reads like a Graham Greene


thriller - only it’s true.”


James L. Gelvin, UCLA


“No political commentator


should be allowed to opine


about Trump in 2020 without


fi rst reading this book.”


Morris P. Fiorina,
Stanford University

“Alex Edmans has produced


rigorous evidence that the choice


between people and profi ts is


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”Female Husbands combines


intellectual rigor and impeccable


historical research with


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Room and Akin

“Even if you don’t topple


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Sean Carroll, author of Something
Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds
And The Emergence Of Spacetime

In this prize-winning exploration


of the meaning of home, Annie


Zaidi refl ects on places, cultures


and confl icts that shape identity.

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