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EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, by Edmund Russell

May 7, 2012

THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN society on the evolution of other species, and vice versa, explored with admirable clarity.

Grade: B PLUS

EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY: UNITING HISTORY AND BIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE ON EARTH
Cambridge University Press
2011

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MAD LIKE TESLA, by Tyler Hamilton

May 4, 2012

A LAID-BACK LOOK AT a wide range of “clean energy” inventors, from the mainstream to the maverick. Fascinating!

Grade: SOLID B

MAD LIKE TESLA: UNDERDOG INVENTORS AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF CLEAN ENERGY
ECW Press
2011

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SOME OF MY LIVES, by Rosamond Bernier

May 3, 2012

AN ELEGANT COLLAGE OF a memoir from writer, art historian Rosamond Bernier; fun and gossipy about the greats.

Grade: SOLID B

SOME OF MY LIVES: A SCRAPBOOK MEMOIR
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2011

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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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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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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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NINA HERE NOR THERE, by Nick Krieger

April 18, 2012

CANDID, ENGAGING MEMOIR of gender transition from a travel writer, athlete, and yoga student is illuminating.

Grade: SOLID B

NINA HERE NOR THERE: MY JOURNEY BEYOND GENDER
Beacon Press
2011

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