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Newsletter #18

November 17, 2014

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3 books featured in this issue

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges

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You'll be hearing a lot about Alan Turing this fall, with The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, telling the story of this math genius who played a crucial code-breaking role in World War... (Tom)

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It's Useful to Have a Duck

by Isol

I first heard about It's Useful to Have a Duck when Mac Barnett (author of former Kids' Book of the Week Sam and Dave Dig a Hole) called it "a perfect board book," so I brought it in the store, and it... (Tom)

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Prune

by Gabrielle Hamilton

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Okay, I don't cook much from cookbooks—in fact, I don't cook much at all—so take this with a grain of sea salt, but in a season of gorgeous and appetizing cookbooks, Prune is the one (along with, of c... (Tom)

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