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Is It a Moral Awakening or Just One Man’s Midlife Crisis?

In Rupert Thomson’s new novel, “Dartmouth Park,” the sound of a mundane beep triggers in one man what may be…

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1960s London Comes Alive in a Fierce, Funny Coming-of-Age Novel

In “The Halt During the Chase,” by Rosemary Tonks — first published in 1972, and newly reissued — a young…

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From Pest to Ecosystem Engineer: The Beaver Gets a Makeover

“Beaverland,” by Leila Philip, offers an appreciative account of the North American rodent, whose habit of taking down trees and…

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