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A THOUSAND PARDONS, by Jonathan Dee

May 21, 2013

A SUBURBAN FAMILY SHATTERS in a time of crisis, but builds new futures in this sly comedy of manners.

Grade: B PLUS

A THOUSAND PARDONS
Random House
2013

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MAY I BE HAPPY, by Cyndi Lee

May 20, 2013

A YOGA TEACHER, BUDDHIST practitioner shares thoughts for women on making peace with body and mind. Candid!

Grade: B MINUS

MAY I BE HAPPY: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, YOGA, AND CHANGING MY MIND
Dutton
2013

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IS THIS TOMORROW, by Caroline Leavitt

May 19, 2013

A CHILD’S DISAPPEARANCE plays out against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this complex, deft historical.

Grade: A MINUS

IS THIS TOMORROW
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2013

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LITTLE ELVISES, by Timothy Hallinan

May 18, 2013

MARVELOUS COMIC NOIR stars a sleuthing burglar embroiled with mobsters and old-school rock ‘n’ roll.

Grade: A MINUS

LITTLE ELVISES: A JUNIOR BENDER MYSTERY
Soho Crime
2013

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WEIRD LIFE, by David Toomey

May 17, 2013

EARTH’S STRANGEST LIFEFORMS and the hunt for other “extremophiles” on land, in ocean, in space.  Fun science!

Grade: B PLUS

WEIRD LIFE: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE THAT IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN
W. W. Norton & Company
2013

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THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL, by Carlos Rojas (translated by Edith Grossman)

May 16, 2013

GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca.  Luminous new translation!

Grade: B PLUS

THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL
Yale University Press
2013

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THE MAGIC CIRCLE, by Jenny Davidson

May 15, 2013

GAMES, THEATER, MAGIC, and the tangled relationships of young Manhattan academics.  Absorbing, complex novel.

Grade: A MINUS

THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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HIDDEN CITIES, by Moses Gates

May 14, 2013

URBAN EXPLORATION, FROM the catacombs of Paris to the bridges of New York, captured in an exciting memoir.

Grade: B PLUS

HIDDEN CITIES: TRAVELS TO THE SECRET CORNERS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST METROPOLISES---A MEMOIR OF URBAN EXPLORATION
Penguin/Tarcher
2013

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BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST, by Monte Reel

May 13, 2013

SUPERB TRUE ADVENTURE tale of the first Western explorer/naturalist to study, document (and hunt) gorillas.

Grade: B PLUS

BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST: AN UNLIKELY EXPLORER, THE EVOLUTION DEBATES, AND THE AFRICAN ADVENTURE THAT TOOK THE VICTORIAN WORLD BY STORM
Doubleday
2013

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RAISING CUBBY, by John Elder Robison

May 12, 2013

FIERCE, FUNNY, LOVING memoir of father and son—both creative, adventurous, and living with Asperger’s.

Grade: B PLUS

RAISING CUBBY: A FATHER AND SON'S ADVENTURES WITH ASPERGER'S, TRAINS, TRACTORS, AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Crown
2013

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