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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
09/30/12
submitted by Caren
If you at all enjoy history and the play of ideas across centuries, you will enjoy The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which was a National Book Award winner. The author, Stephen Greenblatt focuses on an ancient poem (De Rerum Natura by Lucretius) nearly lost in t -
One Way or Another by Rhonda Bowen
09/22/12
submitted by Damera
Toni Shields is a hard-nosed reporter who will go to great lengths for a story. This is how we find her at the beginning of One Way or Another. Toni and her best friend, Afrika, are caught snooping on the mayor of Atlanta and they are arrested and take -
Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley and America’s Greatest Marathon by John Brant
09/13/12
submitted by Tommy
If you’re a runner, you’ll love Duel in the Sun by John Brant. If you’re not a runner, it’s still a really good book. It’s the story of two men driven to insanity. It is high drama at its best.
Alberto Salazar was the young, cocky, super tale -
The Imperfections of Memory: Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending
09/05/12
submitted by Rob
“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
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