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• S'il-Vous-Plait: Raising Your 'Bebe' The French Way
  Raising her children in Paris, American journalist Pamela Druckerman discovered that the French have mastered the art of child-rearing — or at least they have mastered the art of smoothly assimilating children into adult routines and reducing the stress of parenting. [Wed, Feb. 1]

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• Finding 'Life, Death And Hope' In A Mumbai Slum
  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo spent more than three years in Mumbai's Annawadi slum. In her new book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, she profiles people living in extreme poverty — right in the shadow of luxury hotels. [Wed, Feb. 8]

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• Donald Hall: A Poet's View 'Out The Window'
  The 83-year-old former poet laureate reflects on how life has changed as he's grown older. "My body causes me trouble when I cross the room, but when I am sitting down writing, I am in my heaven — my old heaven," he says. [Wed, Feb. 8]

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• 'Revolution 2.0': How Social Media Toppled A Dictator
  Egyptian activist Wael Ghonim offers a rousing firsthand account of the Egyptian popular uprising and the power of social media to catalyze political change. [Wed, Feb. 8]

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• New In Paperback Feb. 6-12
  This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care. [Tue, Feb. 7]

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