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Newsletter #111

October 17, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

by Candice Millard

TRUE

So many customers have raved to me about Millard's previous histories, The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic, that I had to try her new one, about one of Churchill's early imperial adventures... (Tom)

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His Bloody Project

by Graeme Macrae Burnet

MADE-UP

The crime is clear: Roderick Macrae, a young crofter in the Scottish Highlands, murdered three people on a summer's day in 1869. But the story is less straightforward, layered by Burnet with great pre... (Tom)

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Under Water, Under Earth

by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski

MADE-UP

For all the kids and grown-ups who have loved this young Polish couple's Maps (it's been one of our most popular kids' books ever since we opened), their new book, equally oversized and equally quirky... (Tom)

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