Friday, May 27, 2011

Doc: A Novel, by Mary Doria Russell--Review

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Random House, ISBN 9781400068043, May 2011 This novel is a rather different look at the life of John Henry "Doc" Holliday, famou...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Ashfall, by Mike Mullin--A Review

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Tanglewood, ISBN 9781933718552, October 2011 Alex Halprin is a few weeks away from his sixteenth birthday when, somewhat to his surprise, ...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Chasing Science at Sea: Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, and Living Undersea With Ocean Experts, by Ellen Prager--A Review

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University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226678719, May 2009 Prager has a noble purpose in this book: to convey the excitement and adventure ...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Escape Artist: An Edna Ferber Mystery, by Ed Ifkovic--A Review

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Poisoned Pen Press, ISBN 9781590588475, June 2011 It's 1904, and nineteen-year-old Edna Ferber is working as a "girl reporter...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Goddess Test, by Aimee Carter--Review

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HarlequinTEEN, ISBN 9780373210268, April 2011 Kate Winters' mother is dying, and wants to return from New York City, where Kate has li...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better, by Tyler Cowen--Review

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Penguin Group/Dutton, ISBN 9781101502242, February 2011 This is a long essay about what Tyler Cowen considers to be the real roots of our ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

A Turn in the Road, by Debbie Macomber--Review

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Harlequin/Mira Books, ISBN 9780778329831, April 2011 It's been six years since Bethanne Hamlin's husband Grant divorced her to mar...

Unearthed: A Blackpool Mystery, by Jordan Gray--Review

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Harlequin/Mystery Case Files, ISBN 9780373837540, April 2011 This is apparently the fourth of four books, the adventures of Michael Graham...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet, by Tim Flannery

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Grove/Atlantic, ISBN 9780802119766, April 2011 Flannery gives us an overview of life on our planet and of our species, with an eye to maki...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The new "Kindle with Special Offers" is a terrible "bargain"

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Amazon is offering a Wonderful New Bargain in Kindle e-readers: the lower-end, $139 wi-fi-enabled Kindle for  $114, a $25 price break, in ex...
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