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Grant

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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

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by Richard Powers

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Matt is currently reading Grant by Ron Chernow	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matt rated a book really liked it Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Zadie Smith is brilliant (obviously) and the range and erudition of these essays is striking. Some really, really good stuff in here ... my friend told me he particularly liked the Justin Bieber / Martin Buber essay and it is delightful, but there's ...more
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A strange, engrossing, powerful book. The story keeps folding back in on itself and you realize pretty quickly that the narrator is not nearly as self-aware as he thinks ... and then as the book goes on you realize that he is also not nearly as aware ...more
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A strange, engrossing, powerful book. The story keeps folding back in on itself and you realize pretty quickly that the narrator is not nearly as self-aware as he thinks ... and then as the book goes on you realize that he is also not nearly as aware ...more
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This was a perfect book to read on vacation earlier this month. I've been listening to Linda Holmes for years and am a big fan, so I have been looking forward to this one. It's funny, it's warm, and it's engaging -- this book was satisfying read ...more
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Unbelievably powerful... sometimes it was hard to keep going because of the relentlessness of the trauma faced by the people in the narrative, but it builds a compelling case in favor of dramatic action on housing in this country. I think this o ...more
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