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Newsletter #115

November 14, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Ada Twist, Scientist

Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts

MADE-UP

Ada Twist, by the same team that brought us Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect, is already one of our picture-book hits of the year, so perhaps I'm not telling you anything you don't alre... (Tom)

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Memoirs of a Polar Bear

by Yoko Tawada

MADE-UP

Sometimes a book comes into the store that I know almost nothing about, and I can't help but divert it into my own bag instead of putting it onto the shelf. That's what happened with this short novel,... (Tom)

Cover of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

by Peter Guralnick

TRUE

We've each turned to different books in the past week. Some of you have said you're too distracted to read at all. I found myself ravenous for this one, which I had been hungry to read ever since it c... (Tom)

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