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EAST WEST STREET by Philippe Sands

September 29, 2016

INTENSELY READABLE HISTORY of four lives linked by the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials. Brilliant, wise. B PLUS

EAST WEST STREET: ON THE ORIGINS OF “GENOCIDE” AND “CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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THE EYES OF THE WORLD by Harold Bell Wright

September 26, 2016

1914 BLOCKBUSTER BY Harold Bell Wright has some interesting stuff about old California amid lots of moralizing.

THE EYES OF THE WORLD
(Project Gutenberg)
1914

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STILETTO by Daniel O’Malley

September 23, 2016

HIGH-ENERGY SUPERNATURAL THRILLER pits super-powered secret agents against creepy horrors. Lots of fun! B PLUS

STILETTO
Little, Brown and Company
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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ONE OF OURS by Willa Cather

September 19, 2016

A RESTLESS NEBRASKA MAN finds purpose while serving in World War I; 1923 Pulitzer winner still tugs heartstrings.

ONE OF OURS
A. A. Knopf
1922

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THE WOLF IN THE ATTIC by Paul Kearney

September 17, 2016

A VERY ENGLISH FANTASY blends the world of 1920s Oxford with the oldest legends of pre-Roman Britain. Wow! B PLUS

THE WOLF IN THE ATTIC
Solaris
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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LIVING WITH A DEAD LANGUAGE by Ann Patty

September 15, 2016

A LOVE LETTER TO LATIN, and to learning new things after fifty, is also a charmingly frank memoir. B PLUS

LIVING WITH A DEAD LANGUAGE: MY ROMANCE WITH LATIN
Penguin Publishing Group
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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EARLY AUTUMN by Louis Bromfield

September 12, 2016

1927 PULITZER PRIZE novel tells the story of a New England family imprisoned by its traditions. Dated but effective.

EARLY AUTUMN: A STORY OF A LADY
Wooster Book Co.
2000

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A BODY, UNDONE by Christina Crosby

September 9, 2016

AN UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of life with quadriplegia combines raw personal experience, cultural theory. A MINUS

A BODY, UNDONE : LIVING ON AFTER GREAT PAIN
New York University Press
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980 by Molly Prentiss

September 7, 2016

NEW YORK’S ART scene in 1980 is the setting for this richly textured novel (with a touch of magic realism). SOLID B

TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980
Gallery/Scout Press
2016

Grade: SOLID B

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THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY by Abraham Cahan

September 5, 2016

RUSSIAN JEWISH EMIGRÉ finds wealth in 19th century America, but not the happiness he seeks. 1917 smash still stuns.

THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY
Penguin Twentieth Century Classics
1993

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