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The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
by Doug Most
Never really thought about subways... (12/19/2013)
I never really thought about why or how mass transit came into being. It is hard to believe that cities were that congested in the late nineteenth century. Little did I know, the Race Underground awakened a rich part of both Boston and New York's history that lead to themore
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
Disaster Recovery (12/1/2013)
This is such a sad story - For 5 days Memorial Medical Center became an island in hurricane stricken New Orleans. No running water, no electricity - a city totally unprepared for the tragedy that stuck.

My personal take from this book is that Memorial Medical was in no waymore
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
Burial Rites (11/11/2013)
Burial Rites based on the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, In 1829, she was convicted along with two others, of murdering two men and setting a house a fire to cover their crimes. Agnes was the last person in Iceland to receive a capital punishment sentence.

The storymore
Where Monsters Dwell
by Jørgen Brekke
Where Monsters Dwell (11/11/2013)
Where Monsters Dwell is a strong debut novel from Norwegian author Jorgen Brekke.
Alternating between the sixteenth and present day. Berrke weaves a story of the practice of medieval anatomy with the present day fascination with a rare book The Book of Johannes, whichmore
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