Greek to Me
by Mary Norris
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Mary Norris' Greek to Me received an overwhelmingly favorable response from our First Impression reviewers, with 18 out of 23 rating the book four or five stars.
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Beyond the Book: Greek Influence on the English Language
As Mary Norris notes in her travelogue/memoir/historical narrative Greek to Me, many words and terms in the English language are derived from Greek. These range from somewhat arcane medical and scientific terminology, to more commonly used words and ... Beyond the Book
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
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Miracle Creek, the debut novel from Angie Kim, hinges on the mysterious explosion of an oxygen tank. This disaster has unfolded at Miracle Submarine—a treatment center ...
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Beyond the Book: HBOT: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen therapy), the medical treatment at the center of Miracle Creek, is a real treatment used for a variety of conditions. While undergoing HBOT, you breathe pure oxygen in an environment where the air pressure is much higher than ... Beyond the Book
Courting Mr. Lincoln
by Louis Bayard
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19 out of 21 of our First Impression Reviewers rated Louis Bayard's latest novel, Courting Mr. Lincoln, 4- or 5-star for an average overall rating of 4.4.
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Beyond the Book: History of the First Lady
Today the First Lady of the United States has her own Secret Service handle (FLOTUS) and her own staff. There's an unwritten expectation that she will choose a cause to champion, generally one that focuses on issues that appeal to women and also has ... Beyond the Book
Transcription
by Kate Atkinson
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Over her two-decade-plus career, Kate Atkinson has reinvented herself as a writer several times by working in, and often bending, a variety of genres, from the family drama of...
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Beyond the Book: World War II Bombings at the BBC
'Roughly speaking, for everything that could be considered an historical fact in this book, I made something up,' writes Atkinson in an author's note at the end of Transcription. One thing she did not need to augment with fiction were the ... Beyond the Book
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
"An American epic in the truest sense…"
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Women Rowing North
by Mary Pipher
The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia.
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Her Kind of Case
by Jeanne Winer
A highly-recommended emotion-filled legal drama with three starred reviews!
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The Song of Achilles
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One of the best books I've read in a while. The song of Achilles pulls you in and you kinda just keep flipping the pages, that before you know it, you're at the end and ...
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
If you think you don't have enough work in your life, read this book. It feels like trying to sort out your attic. Obscure prose, hordes of dusty bits and pieces you have...
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
The book thief is a poignant and powerful tale a young girl named Liesel growing up in Nazi Germany. This is the kind of book which demands quite a few re-readings and I ...
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The Night Tiger
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