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Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
by Melissa Milgrom

still life (1/13/2010)

I thought it was a great book. It brought back my own memories of the sights and smells of the shop which I hung out in when a boy.

Serena: A Novel
by Ron Rash

Serena (9/17/2009)

I enjoyed this book,and I'm looking forward to getting another of Mr.Rash's books.

The Secret Keeper
by Paul Harris

The Secret Keeper (3/9/2009)

Mr.Harris kept me riveted from start to finish. I learned a lot about that war in Sierra Leone.

Findings: Faye Longchamp Mysteries, No. 4
by Mary Anna Evans

findings (5/17/2008)

A very good page turner,so good that I'm ordering her other three books.

Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss

gomorrah (10/17/2007)

I found Roberto Saviano's book a fasinating trip into the Camorra underworld.He writes almost poeticly in parts.Extremly riviting throughout. A book that can be read in one setting.

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Real Americans
by Rachel Khong

From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.

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The River Knows Your Name
by Kelly Mustian

A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.

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The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin

A book-length essay on racism in American films, by "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review).

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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
by Evie Woods

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.

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