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Newsletter #92

May 30, 2016

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living"

Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living"

by Ricky Jay

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Twenty-nine inches tall, born without hands and feet, husband of four and father of fourteen, and celebrated throughout 18th-century Europe not only for his rare condition but for his remarkable skill... (Tom)

Cover of String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

by David Foster Wallace

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Fans of the late Wallace are often divided between those who like his novels (in other words, Infinite Jest) best and those who prefer his essays, but there is another, narrower group (which includes... (Tom)

Cover of Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up

by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

MADE-UP

It's the summer of 1976 and nothing seems to be going right for 10-year-old Sunny Lewin. She is sent by her parents to spend the summer with her Gramps at his retirement home in Florida and it's quite... (Karlyn)

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