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Newsletter #118

December 5, 2016

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5 books featured in this issue

Cover of A History of Pictures

A History of Pictures

by David Hockney and Martin Gayford

You can find all kinds of beautifully printed surveys of art history for your library, but why not choose as your guide the charming, deeply knowledgable, and idiosyncratically opinionated David Hockn... (Tom)

Cover of Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History

Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History

by Molly Schiot

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Add this big, beautiful new volume to the growing shelf of books celebrating ground-breaking women (Rad Women Worldwide, Dead Feminists, Women in Science, and more), with portraits and profiles of bet... (Tom)

Cover of Hamilton: The Revolution

Hamilton: The Revolution

by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

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Speaking of how things are made, we've been admiring this handsome item in the store since spring (often while playing the Hamilton soundtrack). "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" are the wo... (Tom)

Cover of Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls

Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls

by Paul Bannick

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Bannick, a Seattle photographer and naturalist, has captured the lives of owls in all their weird majesty, through the kind of stunning moments—at home, in flight, and with prey—that take hours and mo... (Tom)

Cover of The Godfather Notebook

The Godfather Notebook

by Francis Ford Coppola

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I love seeing how things (especially movies) are made. I've listened to all three DVD commentary tracks for Scorsese's Raging Bull and wished there were more, and, to be honest, I'd rather watch Heart... (Tom)

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