Against the Day
By Thomas Pynchon
EXCELLENT SELECTION
LITERARY - A history, of sorts, of "progress" plays out starting at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. (Jan/Feb 2007)
WHAT IS THE WHAT
The Autobiography of Valentino Achak
Dang
By Dave Eggers
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LITERARY - A Sudanese Lost Boy's life, recovered. (Jan/Feb 2007)
BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
24 Stories
By Haruki Murakami
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LITERARY - Real and surreal, fiction and autobiography. (Nov/Dec 2006)
HOLLYWOOD STATION
By Joseph Wambaugh
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CRIME - It's a motley crew at the LAPD. (Mar/Apr 2007)
FRAGILE THINGS
Short Fictions and Wonders
By Neil Gaiman
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SF - Blending science fiction, fantasy, and horror. (Jan/Feb 2007)
FLAUBERT
By Frederick Brown
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BIOGRAPHY - A look at the author of Madame Bovary. (July/Aug 2006)
MY LIFE IN FRANCE
By Julia Child, with Alex Prud'homme
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BIOGRAPHY - Julia Child's memoir. (July/Aug 2006)
PATHFINDERS
A Global History of Exploration By Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
EXCELLENT SELECTION
HISTORY - How we explore the world, past and present. (Mar/Apr 2007)
THE WAR OF THE WORLD
Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
By Niall Ferguson
EXCELLENT SELECTION
HISTORY - What forces gave rise to...
