Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
by Taylor Branch
TRUE
For those thinking of Dr. King this week, because of Selma or his birthday, you might turn, if you haven't done so already, to Taylor Branch's three-volume biography of King, which doubles as a histor... (Tom)
Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found
by Frances Larson
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This was the cover in our nonfiction section that—sorry—turned the most heads during the holidays, but the book inside is more than just a macabre history. A head separated from its body carries a dee... (Tom)
The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency #1)
by Jordan Stratford
MADE-UP
Imagine the future Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, as an 11-year-old Sherlock Holmes, with the future Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, as her 14-year-old Watson (and the young Charle... (Tom)
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