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NAZIS ON THE RUN, by Gerald Steinacher

January 11, 2012

EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED INVESTIGATION of how Nazi war criminals escaped justice is shocking and comprehensive.

Grade: B PLUS

NAZIS ON THE RUN: HOW HITLER'S HENCHMEN FLED JUSTICE
Oxford University Press
2011

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PARADISE LUST, by Brook Wilensky-Lanford

January 10, 2012

FASCINATING TRUE TALES of the scholars, zealots, and eccentrics who have searched for an actual Garden of Eden.

Grade: B PLUS

PARADISE LUST: SEARCHING FOR THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Grove Press
2011

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CHILDISH LOVES, by Benjamin Markovits

January 9, 2012

STORY-WITHIN-A-STORY starts with a bang and ends with a whimper. Even Byron can’t make this novel sizzle!

Grade: B MINUS

CHILDISH LOVES
W. W. Norton
2011

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BOOKS BURN BADLY, by Manuel Rivas

January 8, 2012

EPIC HISTORICAL NOVEL with a magic realist touch takes in the Spanish Civil War, its origins and its aftermath.

Grade: SOLID B

BOOKS BURN BADLY
Random House
2011

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THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ, by Anne Enright

January 7, 2012

THOUGHTFUL, COMPLEX NOVEL traces a relationship from its start as a brief affair to the end of two marriages.

Grade: B PLUS

THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ
W. W. Norton
2012

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MY DYSLEXIA, by Philip Schultz

January 6, 2012

HEARTBREAKINGLY CANDID MEMOIR of dyslexia, surprising in its source: Pulitzer-winning poet Philip Schultz.

Grade: SOLID A

MY DYSLEXIA
W. W. Norton
2011

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SNUFF, by Terry Pratchett

January 5, 2012

THE LATEST DISCWORLD TALE!  Delightful adventure, as Commander Sam Vimes takes on the cause of goblins’ rights.

Grade: B PLUS

SNUFF: A NOVEL OF DISCWORLD
HarperCollins
2011

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EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I LEARNED FROM ROMANCE NOVELS, by Sarah Wendell

January 4, 2012

FUNNY, SNARKY, INSIGHTFUL celebration of romance novels, and of the ways many readers find them empowering.

Grade: SOLID B

EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I LEARNED FROM ROMANCE NOVELS
Sourcebooks
2011

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RANDY LOPEZ GOES HOME, by Rudolfo Anaya

January 3, 2012

VIVID, DREAMLIKE FANTASIA on race and culture in the US Southwest is strongest on landscape, weakest on plot.

Grade: B MINUS

RANDY LOPEZ GOES HOME
University of Oklahoma Press
2011

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SHOCKAHOLIC, by Carrie Fisher

January 2, 2012

CARRIE FISHER’S LATEST tell-all is more candid than ever, with revelations about her parents and celeb friends.

Grade: B PLUS

SHOCKAHOLIC
Simon & Schuster
2011

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