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Gifts of War: A Novel
by Mackenzie Ford
Gifts of War (4/24/2009)
Starting with the Christmas Truce in 1914 and continuing through World War I until it's end in 1919, this book uses the life of Hal Montgomery to illustrate the effects of war on participants as well as those left behind. Hal meets a German soldier during the truce and,more
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer
How We Decide (1/28/2009)
By using psychological and neuroscience studies as well as examples about and interviews with people who make decisions, Mr. Lehrer has produced a fascinating book about how we make our own decisions. The book opens with a pilot steering a plane (actually a simulator) tomore
Madapple
by Christina Meldrum
Madapple (4/29/2008)
I eagerly began this book looking forward to a mystery built around a mystical premise of birth as well as a trial. The author deftly moves from Asslang's life to her trial for murder and arson. However, as a reader, I soon became bogged down in the details of the medicinalmore
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