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February 28, 2011

The Long Road Home

By BEN SHEPHARD
Reviewed by Barbara Spindel

The struggles faced by survivors and refugees of World War II—after the shooting stopped.

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November 19, 2010

Lethal Warriors

By DAVID PHILIPPS
Reviewed by Anthony Swofford

An investigative reporter looks at the destructive fallout of combat's violence on both soldiers and the civilians they come home to.

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November 16, 2010

Unbroken

By LAURA HILLENBRAND
Reviewed by Barbara Spindel

A true story of a World War II airman's unimaginable ordeal, and endurance against the odds, from the author of Seabiscuit.

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May 7, 2010

War

By SEBASTIAN JUNGER
Reviewed by Graeme Wood

From the author of The Perfect Storm, a searing report on the reality of the war in Afghanistan's Korengal valley.

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Daybook

June 19: On this day in 1816, the Shelleys, Lord Byron, and entourage gathered at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva to tell the ghost stories that would trigger Frankenstein. This most legendary of storm-tossed evenings inspired…

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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin

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.