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December 29, 2011

Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner

NPR Book Summary Traces the history of the CIA from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a study that condemns the organization...

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December 29, 2011

The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

Autobiography of how one Jewish woman survived the Holocaust.

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December 29, 2011

The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak

NPR Book Summary Follows young Jozef Vinich as he struggles to survive the brutal conditions on the Southern Front of World War I. Nominated for...

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November 22, 2011

The Big Necessity by Rose George **** (of 4)

Summary: Everybody poops. Nobody talks about it. It’s a big problem everywhere. In the First World disposing of sewage consumes too much water and generates...

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November 20, 2011

Tinkers by Paul Harding ** (of 4)

An old man lies in his bed surrounded by family and his memories as his life winds down like the clocks he used to fix. ...

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November 7, 2011

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ** (of 4)

A book about and probably for young adults, and not a very good one at that, about a high school farm boy accepted at a...

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October 24, 2011

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett **** (of 4)

The Queen of England, nearing the age of 80, and bored with the routine of the Royal Wave, Royal Art opening, and Royal Ship inauguration...

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October 16, 2011

The Free World by David Bezmozgis *** (of 4)

A paean to the Russian virtue to endure. This set of Russians are Jewish emigres, among the first to be granted permission to escape the...

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September 30, 2011

The Tiger: A true story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vailiant *** (of 4)

One of those intriguing books about an animal I knew surprisingly little of and a part of the world, eastern Siberia, about which I was...

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September 18, 2011

The Case of the Man who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall *** (of 4)

The second in the series of Tarquin Hall mysteries taking place in contemporary New Delhi. In this one our food-loving detective, Vish Puri, whose assistants...

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