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THIS LOVE IS NOT FOR COWARDS, by Robert Andrew Powell

April 30, 2012

TOUCHING TRUE STORY of the pride and hope the beleaguered citizens of Ciudad Juárez have found in soccer.

Grade: SOLID B

THIS LOVE IS NOT FOR COWARDS: SALVATION AND SOCCER IN CIUDAD JUAREZ
Bloomsbury USA
2012

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NINETY DAYS: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY, by Bill Clegg

April 29, 2012

CLEAR-EYED, CANDID, AND BEAUTIFULLY written, Bill Clegg’s memoir of recovery from addiction stirs the soul.

Grade: B PLUS

NINETY DAYS: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY
Little, Brown
2012

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THE LIVES OF MARGARET FULLER, by John Matteson

April 28, 2012

IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY of the fascinating 19th century American Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.

Grade: B PLUS

THE LIVES OF MARGARET FULLER: A BIOGRAPHY
W. W. Norton & Company
2012

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THE VOYAGE OF THE ROSE CITY, by John Moynihan

April 27, 2012

SNAPSHOTS OF A LOST ERA vividly captured in a young writer/artist’s diary of his 1980 Merchant Marine voyage.

Grade: SOLID B

THE VOYAGE OF THE ROSE CITY: AN ADVENTURE AT SEA
Random House
2011

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RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard

April 26, 2012

KENTUCKY NOIR RIDES again in these latest adventures of Elmore Leonard’s US Marshal antihero, Raylan Givens.

Grade: B PLUS

RAYLAN
William Morrow
2012

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RAGNAROK, by A. S. Byatt

April 25, 2012

POETIC, COMPELLING MEDITATION on the power of myth: a girl’s fascination with Norse legend during, after WWII.

Grade: A MINUS

RAGNAROK: THE END OF THE GODS
Grove
2012

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IT’S PROBABLY NOTHING, by Beach Conger

April 24, 2012

CHARMING, CHATTY MEMOIR from a Vermont country doctor has plenty of humor, compassion, and local color.

Grade: SOLID B

IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING: MORE ADVENTURES OF A VERMONT COUNTRY DOCTOR
Chelsea Green
2011

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THE SNOW CHILD, by Eowyn Ivey

April 23, 2012

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL MAGIC-REALIST tale of 1920s Alaskan settlers and their wild, enigmatic foster daughter.

Grade: A MINUS

THE SNOW CHILD
Hachette/Reagan Arthur Books
2012

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FAITH, by John Love

April 22, 2012

THOUGHTFUL SPACE OPERA features anti-hero outsiders battling a mysterious, technologically superior alien ship.

Grade: SOLID B

FAITH
Night Shade Books
2012

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HOW ESKIMOS KEEP THEIR BABIES WARM, by Mei-Ling Hopgood

April 21, 2012

ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING look at the many  different ways people raise children all around the world.

Grade: SOLID B

HOW ESKIMOS KEEP THEIR BABIES WARM: AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN PARENTING (FROM ARGENTINA TO TANZANIA AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN)
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2012

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