wwnorton: Au contraire.  NPR says: “There is an important distinction to be made between a great book and a great gift book. Last month, the curious minds at W.W. Norton published a fascinating nonfiction keeper called The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Guide to History’s 100 Worst Atrocities. In its own thoughtful way, it is genius. But you couldn’t, in good faith, put a bow on it.”

wwnorton:

Au contraire. 

NPR says:
“There is an important distinction to be made between a great book and a great gift book. Last month, the curious minds at W.W. Norton published a fascinating nonfiction keeper called The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Guide to History’s 100 Worst Atrocities. In its own thoughtful way, it is genius. But you couldn’t, in good faith, put a bow on it.”

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