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Week of May 21, 2012
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by Laurent Binet


Imagines the story of two Czechoslovakian partisans responsible for assassinating the 'Butcher of Prague' Reinhard Heydrich, traces their escape from the Nazis and recruitment by the British secret service.
 
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The Emerald Storm
by William Dietrich


While in the Caribbean, swashbuckling hero Ethan Gage and his new wife, Astiza, embark on a desperate search to find the Lost Treasure of Montezuma, which plunges them into the center of a bloody struggle for freedom when St. Dominique's black slaves take up arms against their white masters.
 
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These Days Are Ours
by Michelle Haimoff


In the unsettled days following the September 11 terror attacks, a wealthy but jobless and listless college graduate, Hailey, stays out all night partying with her trust fund friends until a recent Brown graduate changes her view of the world.
 
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Little Bones
by Janette Jenkins


It's 1899. London. A young girl is abandoned by her feckless family and finds lodging and work assisting a doctor. But Jane Stretch is no ordinary girl, and Mr. Swift is no ordinary doctor.
 
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The Uninvited Guests
by Sadie Jones


One evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for a supper party in honour of Emerald Torrington's 20th birthday. But only a few miles away, an accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savoury survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor - and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.
 
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What Happened to Hannah
by Mary Kay McComas


As a teenager, Hannah Benson ran away from home in order to save herself. Twenty years later, this loner is called home by tragedy, finding herself the sole responsible party for a troubled teenage niece.
 
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Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel


Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. When the discarded Katherine of Aragon dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle.
 
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Mudwoman
by Joyce Carol Oates


M.R. Neukirchen--the first female president of a lauded Ivy League institution--struggles to hold onto her self-identity in the face of personal and professional demons.
 
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Calling Invisible Women
by Jeanne Ray


Feeling unattractive and unappreciated as she enters her 50s, wife and mother Clover wakes up one morning and discovers that she has actually become invisible, a condition that goes unnoticed by her family.
 

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Helen Keller in Love
by Rosie Sultan


A tale inspired by a little-known romance between the famous blind and deaf Radcliffe graduate and her private secretary, Peter Fagan, takes place in Keller's thirties when, in the wake of Annie Sullivan's diagnosis with tuberculosis, Keller's plans to marry are thwarted by her disapproving family.

 
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The Big Cat Nap
by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown


When a series of inexplicable car accidents are attributed to driver error, Harry Harristeen knows that something is amiss and together with her intrepid team of feline, canine, and equine helpers, she begins to investigate.
 

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Range of Ghosts
by Elizabeth Bear


Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study.

 

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Intolerable : A Memoir of Extremes
by Kamal Al-Solaylee

Intolerable is part memoir of an Arab family caught in the turmoil of Middle Eastern politics over six decades, part personal coming-out narrative and part cultural analysis. This is a story of the modern Middle East that we think we know so much about.

 
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The Art of Intelligence : Lessons From a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service
by Henry A. Crumpton

A counterterrorism spy describes his leadership of the campaign that routed al Qaeda and the Taliban in the weeks after the September 11 attacks, offering insight into the ways in which the Afghanistan campaign changed American warfare.
 
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Birdseye : The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky


A profile of eccentric genius inventor Clarence Birdseye chronicles how his innovative fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
 
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What the Robin Knows : How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
by Jon Young


Shares strategies for expanding one's awareness of bird communication and maintaining a non-threatening presence in natural environments, explaining the sounds and behaviors that reflect various bird warnings, feelings, and messages.
 

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Breasts : A Natural and Unnatural History
by Florence Williams


A science journalist draws from the fields of anthropology, biology and medicine to describe the life cycle of the human female breast, from puberty to pregnancy to menopause and discusses the organ's modern susceptibility to toxins and disease.

 
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Fatal Flaws : How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain
by Jay Ingram


In Fatal Flaws, Jay Ingram unties a complicated interweaving of biology, medicine, human tragedy, surprise and disbelief in the world of prions, and he unravels some of history’s most stunning revelations about disease, the brain and infection.
 
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Man Made : A Stupid Quest for Masculinity
by Joel Stein


Recounts how fatherhood inspired the author to attempt haphazard activities designed to further his maturity, from a shift with Los Angeles firefighters and three days of basic training with the Marine Corps to a fight with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture.
 
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Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
by Rosecrans Baldwin


An account of a Francophile's haphazard relocation to Paris in spite of his lack of French fluency describes how the region considerably differed from his expectations and the ways in which he overcame cultural challenges.
 
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The Queen Mother : The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
by Lady Colin Campbell


Campbell shows us that the untold life of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is far more interesting and moving than the official version that has been peddled since 1923. Elizabeth's life has been filled with controversy-- beginning with the mysterious circumstances of her birth, the roles she played in her daughters' marriages, and her relationship with Princess Diana.
 
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In My Father's Country : An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate
by Saima Wahab


Saima Wahab describes how years after her father was taken away from her family by the KGB, the Afghanistani author relocated to her uncle's home in America, where she pursued an education and worked as an interpreter before becoming a cultural adviser for the U.S. Army.
 
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Season of the Witch : Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
by David Talbot


A founder of the web magazine Salon traces the story of San Francisco in the latter half of the 20th century, covering topics ranging from the civil rights movement and pop culture to the 49ers and famous crime cases.
 

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The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat : Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
by Thomas McNamee

Drawing on personal records and interviews with prominent names in the culinary industry, an account of the influential food critic's life and career discusses his tutelage in the bistros of Paris, his legendary dinner parties, and his international travels.

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