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September 26, 2014

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling *** (of 4)

The plot entails a battle in city council, in Britain called Parish Council, over whether the poorer neighborhood of Yarvil should be cut free from...

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September 9, 2014

Sourdough Pizza

Sourdough crust, fresh Roma tomatoes, red onion, parmesan, spinach, garlic, and Spanish olive oil Summertime! Click on the photo twice to enlarge it. Guaranteed to...

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September 9, 2014

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene ** (of 4)

Greene is supposed to be one of the great storytellers of our age, and this version read aloud by Colin Firth (pitter pat goes my...

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August 31, 2014

Age of Ambition by Evan Osnos *** (of 4)

Evan Osnos has been living in China for the last eight years and reporting for the New Yorker for much of that time. Age of...

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August 20, 2014

11/22/63 by Stephen King *** (of 4)

The premise is a standard trope of science fiction: time travel. And each time the main character, Jake Epping, closes his eyes and taps with his toe...

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August 20, 2014

Bread and Wheat

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August 11, 2014

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr **** (of 4)

Two parallel stories. In France, a teenage girl, blind since the age of five, has her life turned upside down when the Germans invade Paris....

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August 11, 2014

New recipe, good results

This recipe is based on one published in the New York Times. It is from Tartine’s Bakery in San Francisco. Labor intensive, but well worth...

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July 21, 2014

Shake Off by Mischa Hiller **** (of 4)

The protagonist, he goes by several aliases, but Michel Khoury appears to be his given name, is a former Palestinian refugee from Lebanon. His parents...

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July 13, 2014

Thank you for your Service by David Finkel **** (of 4)

The war after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq consists of 500,000 broken soldiers, men and women returned to the United States suffering from PTSD...

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