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Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue

Do we underrate the value of faithfulness?

 

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Living in Parallel

Reading Brian Greene, Dezső Kosztolányi, and Henry James—and discovering the quandaries of the infinite.

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The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise

An unlikely guide to getting ahead in business, from the verbally inventive author of A Void.

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Where Good Ideas Come From

A stimulating and wide-ranging investigation of the genesis of innovation, by a culturally omnivorous reader and thinker (you'll learn a lot).

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The Honor Code

A philosopher argues for honor as a key moral concept—and as the catalyst for moral revolutions.

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June 20: Today is World Refugee Day, as designated by the United Nations in 2001. According to the renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, the modern refugee problem should not be attributed to wars and despots but to a civilization that…

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

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Big Brother

This emotionally taut novel of family dynamics and the limits of sacrifice presents a woman on the verge of giving up everything -- including her marriage -- to help her impassive brother fight his obesity.

Note to Self

A newly fired 20-something becomes an assistant to a filmmaker chronicling people’s failed ambitions in Alina Simone's sharp meditation on internet addiction, celebrity worship, and digital narcissism. 

The New York Review Abroad

This new collection of some of the best of overseas reportage includes articles from Joan Didion, Tim Judah and Susan Sontag, with topics ranging from impromptu theater in conflict-ridden Sarajevo to a gravediggers’ strike in Liverpool.