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Newsletter #91

May 23, 2016

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4 books featured in this issue

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Almost Completely Baxter

by Glen Baxter

Surely I had come across the absurdities of "Colonel" Baxter before, but never in such a concentrated fashion: in this career-spanning collection, the illustrated incongruities of this British madman... (Tom)

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Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

by David Dayen

TRUE

Want to get angry? Dayen's character-driven expose takes up where Michael Lewis's Big Short left off, in the chaotic, greedy aftermath of the real estate collapse. Among the millions—millions!—of home... (Tom)

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Douglas, You Need Glasses!

by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abigail Halpin

MADE-UP

Kids' Books of the Week Finding Wild by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abigail Halpin Douglas, You Need Glasses! by Ged Adamson Well, I tried to choose a favorite between these charming new picture books and... (Tom)

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Finding Wild

by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abigail Halpin

MADE-UP

Douglas, You Need Glasses! by Ged Adamson (Tom)

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