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21 Books Coming in March

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21 Books Coming in March

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie It’s been years since Adichie, the author of “Americanah,” released a work of fiction; now she returns with the stories of four women navigating life during the pandemic. Centered on Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer based in the United States, the story also swivels to her …

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Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54

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Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54

Eleanor Maguire, a cognitive neuroscientist whose research on the human hippocampus — especially those belonging to London taxi drivers — transformed the understanding of memory, revealing that a key structure in the brain can be strengthened like a muscle, died on Jan. 4 in London. She was 54. Her death, …

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