**1/2 In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin Author: Erik Larson First Edition: Crown, 2011 Original language: English Awards: Short list, 2011 Independent Literature Awards, Non- Fiction Summary: From Barnes & Noble: “Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new […]
September
26
Dreams of Joy, Lisa See
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**** Dreams of Joy Author: Lisa See First Edition: Random house, 2011 This edition: Kindle, 2012 Original language: English Summary: From Lisasee.com: “In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic […]
September
24
Ciclovía: closing major roads on Sundays for bicycle and pedestrian traffic
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From my column at the Washington Times Communities: WASHINGTON, DC, September 22, 2012 – Every Sunday from 7 am to 2 pm, 121 kilometers of main streets and thoroughfares in Bogotá, Colombia–a city of almost 8 million people–are closed to vehicular traffic to allow the city’s residents to bike, jog, roller-skate, skateboard, and stroll. There […]
September
22
Broken Harbor, Tana French
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***** Broken Harbor Author: Tana French First Edition: Viking, 2012 This edition: Kindle Original language: English Summary: From Amazon: “Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy, the brash cop from Tana French’s bestselling Faithful Place, plays by the book and plays hard. That’s what’s made him the Murder squad’s top detective—and that’s what puts the biggest case of […]
September
22
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman
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***** Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Author: Beth Hoffman First Edition: Viking, 2010 This edition: Kindle edition, Viking 2010 Original language: English Awards: Southern Independent Booksellers Award Okra Pick Summary: From Amazon.com: “Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town-a […]
September
22
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
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***** Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Author: Lisa See First Edition: Random House 2005 This edition: 2006 Kindle Ed. Original language: English Awards: WINNER 2006 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age Summary: From Random House: “In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender […]
September
22
The Coral Thief, Rebecca Stott
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** The Coral Thief Author: Rebecca Stott First Edition: Spiegel & Grau, 2009 This edition: Imprint, a division of Random House, 2010 Original language: English Summary: From Amazon: “Paris, 1815. Napoleon has just surrendered at Waterloo and is on his way to the island of St. Helena to begin his exile. Meanwhile, Daniel Connor, […]
September
20
Cool, Favorite, and Necessary Bicycle Accessories, Gadgets, and Toys
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Cool, favorite, and necessary bike accessories and toys Today there is an excess of gadgets, accessories, and toys for every bike rider. Whether you are a commuter, recreational rider, or hard-core trail rider, there are literally hundreds of accessories for you. Below is a list of the newest Shooting authority in air-soft guns and the […]
September
18
In One Person, John Irving
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**** In one Person Author: John Irving First Edition: Simon & Schuster, 2012 This edition: Simon & Schuster, 2012 Original language: English Summary: See summary at John Irving.com Quotes: “Aunt Muriel managed to be both arrogant and judgmental without saying anything that was either verifiable or interesting.” (12) “The character with […]
Geek Love, Katherine Dunn
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**** Geek Love: A Novel Author: Katherine Dunne First Edition: 1989 Alfred E. Knopf This edition: Vintage Contemporary, 2002 Original language: English Summary: Editorial reviews on Amazon.com: “A wild, often horrifying, novel about freaks, geeks and other aberrancies of the human condition who travel together (a whole family of them) as a circus. It’s a […]
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