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How do you feel about wide-spread reading phenomenons – Harry Potter, for instance, or the more current Twilight Saga? Are these books so widely read for a reason, or merely fads or crazes? Do you feel compelled to read – or NOT to read – these books because everyone else is? I don’t really feel [...]
The Faith of Barack Obama, by Stephen Mansfield The American Journey of Barack Obama, by The Editors of Life Magazine The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann How We Decide, by Jonah Leher The Beautiful Cigar Girl- Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of [...]
The Jewel Trader of Pegu: A Novel, Jeffrey Hantover Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: January 2, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 227 pages The Jewel Trader of Pegu is a delightfully descriptive and gently observed novel by Jeffrey Hantover. Told in epistolary fashion, The Jewel Trader of Pegu follows the journey of 16th century jeweler Abraham. Abraham [...]
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