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Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
by Melissa Milgrom

still life (1/13/2010)

I thought it was a great book. It brought back my own memories of the sights and smells of the shop which I hung out in when a boy.

Serena: A Novel
by Ron Rash

Serena (9/17/2009)

I enjoyed this book,and I'm looking forward to getting another of Mr.Rash's books.

The Secret Keeper
by Paul Harris

The Secret Keeper (3/9/2009)

Mr.Harris kept me riveted from start to finish. I learned a lot about that war in Sierra Leone.

Findings: Faye Longchamp Mysteries, No. 4
by Mary Anna Evans

findings (5/17/2008)

A very good page turner,so good that I'm ordering her other three books.

Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss

gomorrah (10/17/2007)

I found Roberto Saviano's book a fasinating trip into the Camorra underworld.He writes almost poeticly in parts.Extremly riviting throughout. A book that can be read in one setting.

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For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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