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March 1, 2012

Haiti: The Aftershocks of History by Laurent Dubois ** (of 4)

This book covers Haiti’s history from the first importation of enslaved Africans to the months immediately following the devastating 2010 earthquake. It is as thorough...

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February 22, 2012

Lost to the West by Lars Bronworth *** (of 5)

OK, I did not know a thing about the Byzantine empire before I read this book and now not only do I have a sense...

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February 5, 2012

The Long Song by Andrea Levy **** (of 4)

This is the story of Miss July a house slave in Jamaica from her birth in the cane fields to her post-slavery restitution living in...

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February 5, 2012

Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English ** (of 4) by Natasha Solomons

Mr. Rosenblum and his wife Sadie arrive in England as German refugees in 1937. Mr. Rosenblum wants so desperately to assimilate that he keeps lists...

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January 27, 2012

Hellhound on his Trail by Hampton Sides *** (of 4)

Hampton Sides gimmick as a writer is to start two or three parallel stories and watch as they converge in a single moment in history. ...

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January 20, 2012

Ghost Wars by Steve Coll **** (of 4)

This book changed the way I viewed the CIA. I used to believe they were ideologically driven bumblers, but after observing the careful exhibition of...

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January 7, 2012

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson *** (of 4)

The conclusion, and maybe the best, of the Swedish trilogy about men who hate women and abuse, cut apart, strangle, murder, beat, rape, and do...

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December 29, 2011

Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

Hitchen’s esophageal cancer inevitably throws a shadow over this spirited, provocative, prodigiously witty collection.

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December 29, 2011

A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block

NPR Book Summary 17th in the Scudder series. When a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins as per the...

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December 29, 2011

Ghost Hero by S.J. Rozan

NPR Book Summary Eleventh book in this series. Investigating a rumor about new paintings by a famous contemporary Chinese artist who has been dead for...

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