Book Reviews
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07.19.08 ‘What Was Lost’ A dark, thrilling debut novel about a girl detective who goes missing. |
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07.18.08 ‘When We Get to Surf City’ Bob Greene lives out a dream traveling with a 1960s surf band. |
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07.17.08 “How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone” An imaginative debut novel spins fractured tales of Bosnia. |
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07.16.08 “America Eats: On the Road with the WPA” A writer takes her own journey to update the WPA's guide to America's eating habits. Peter Smith talks with Pat Willard |
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07.15.08 Why I Came West Nature writer Rick Bass becomes an advocate. Todd Wilkinson talks with Rick Bass. |
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07.14.08 ‘Empires of the Sea’ A dramatic retelling of the 16th-century clash of Christian and Muslim armies. |
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07.12.08 Universe of Stone A history of Chartres, "the most perfect cathedral ever created." |
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07.11.08 Netherland In the chaos of upended lives after 9/11, a cricket connection is made. |
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07.10.08 What the Chinese must not forget Mao may be gone but a legacy of repression lives on. |
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07.09.08 Keeping up with the Jameses A 'House of Wits' that dazzled even as it disappointed. Interview with Paul Fisher |
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07.08.08 A love that shocked Russia’s aristocracy How an 18th-century playboy fell in love with the serf he made into a star. |
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07.07.08 Books: A Memoir Larry McMurtry's life and times as a bookseller. |
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07.04.08 Kazakhstan beyond Borat A British journalist offers a colorful look at an ancient land and its people. |
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07.03.08 Wry views of a feisty generation Jane Gardam's short stories depict the challenges of aging in a changing world. |
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07.02.08 ‘Rome 1960′: birth of a new era Ideals clashed with reality in the 1960 Olympic Games. Erik Spanberg talks with David Maraniss |



