Category: Book Reviews

May 20, 2015

All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer *** (of 4)

Henry and Celia were working for the CIA in Vienna when a hijacked plane landed and failure of international spy agencies to respond appropriately led to the...

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May 13, 2015

Paper Love by Sarah Wildman **** (of 4)

Sarah Waldman’s grandfather escaped the Nazi Aunchshloss in Austria by the skin of his teeth. He settled in America, opened a successful medical practice, and...

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April 24, 2015

March: Books 1 and 2 by John Lewis **** (of 4)

These graphical biographies cover the early years of John Lewis, now a congressman, but formerly a preacher and activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Book one...

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April 14, 2015

Mary Coin by Marissa Walter *** (of 4)

On the surface this is a fictionalized account of two women who made one another famous during The Great Depression: Dorothea Lange, a government employed...

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April 5, 2015

On Immunity by Eula Biss **** (of 4)

Every once in a long while you read a book by an author you recognize is much, much smarter than the rest of us. Christopher...

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March 22, 2015

The Property by Rutu Modan **** (of 4)

Modan is part of the first generation of Israeli graphic novelists. In The Property, an elderly Israeli grandmother returns to Poland with her granddaughter to...

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March 22, 2015

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson **** (of 4)

After a couple of decades of living in Britain, Bill Bryson decides to journey around the country one last time before moving with his family back...

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March 22, 2015

Swim by Lynn Sher ** (of 4)

Includes everything you ever wanted to know about swimming: Greek mythology; the history of swimsuits and swimming pools; the beauty of open water swimming and...

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March 15, 2015