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Newsletter #107

September 19, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of All Souls' Rising, Master of the Crossroads,

All Souls' Rising, Master of the Crossroads,

by Madison Smartt Bell

MADE-UP

I just returned from the best summer reading experience I've had in a very long time. I spent almost 2,000 pages soaking up the imagined atmosphere of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) during the decade of 1... (Tom)

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John Aubrey, My Own Life

by Ruth Scurr

TRUE

One of the most acclaimed books in the UK last year (Mary Beard called it a "game-changer") turns out to be as good as advertised. John Aubrey, one of the first modern biographers, was nearly lost to... (Newton)

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They All Saw a Cat

by Brendan Wenzel

MADE-UP

How does a dog, or a snake, or a nocturnal skunk see a cat? Brendan Wenzel's picture book shows you the same cat through the specialized eyes of several different creatures. It's incredibly simple on... (Karlyn)

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