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...Samuels’ tone—balanced between sarcastic and vulnerable, innocent and disillusioned—invites the reader to connect with his text. No matter what he’s discussing, Samuels writes non-judgmentally and makes it possible to identify with his subjects, even if that person daydreams about using his knowledge of demolition for acts of terrorism. Samuels universalizes his subjects, presenting a world that is no longer governed by God or tradition, one in which his subjects struggle to reconstitute a shattered belief system and grapple to find meaning. When writing about a rehabilitation program, Samuels...
Upon a closer look, the reader would be surprised to discover that, despite the title and illustrations, “Warped Passages” is not a surrealist young adult thriller, but rather a book about particle physics and dimensions written by one of the nation’s most prominent physicists...
...huge part of the population never thinks about picking up books about science,” Hauser said. “I am writing not for the average American, but [for] the average New York Times reader because people below that level won’t buy my books...
...Reflecting the career track of every police officer, Moskos’ tale begins at the Police Academy. The reader quickly discovers the dysfunctional nature of police work, piles of red tape, overly hierarchical and often contradictory management, and a culture that values loyalty, silence, and self-preservation over effective detective work and transparency—what Moskos calls the “Blue Wall.” With such absurdities, we begin to see how poorly the academy prepares its cadets to combat Baltimore’s violent drug markets...
...success of “The Corrections”—a National Book Award winner that examines how children want to correct the mistakes of their parents’ lives, and how parents live vicariously through their children—Franzen identified two types of readers: one who reads because it is the “right thing to do” and one of a more intellectual nature. Franzen placed himself in the second category of what he termed the “resistant” or “isolated” reader...