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On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt,
Princeton University Press, 2005 - Reviewed by J. Rocky
Colavito
What's about the size of a Gideon Bible, is titled with one of
George Carlin's infamous "seven words," and spent over 20 weeks on
The New York Times bestseller list?
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The Post-American World by Fareed
Zakaria, Norton, 2008 - Reviewed by Dave Mason
Newsweek editor and columnist Fareed Zakaria has written a
thoughtful and thought-provoking book about America's relative
decline in the world, and "the rise of the rest"-especially China
and India. These emerging powers are following a "third way," not
always the path or model of the United States...
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This Way for Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
by Tadeusz Borowski, translated by Barbara Vedder, Penguin Classics
1992- Reviewed by Ulf Goebel
An incident recounted in the title story renders the entire
horror Borowski lived through. It is the narrator's "fortune" to be
taken along one day to work on the ramp, where the plunder from the
new arrivals is shared by the SS and the inmates whose survival it
assures.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, Random
House, 2008 - Reviewed by Judi Morrel
If you have never read an epistolary novel (or even if you
have), this charming tale is a wonderful place to begin (or begin
anew). Set just after the Second World War, the story unfolds
entirely and gracefully through a series of letters written to or
received by the protagonist, Juliet Ashton.
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Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous
Idea by Christine Garwood , Thomas Dunne Books 2008 -
Reviewed by Michael Zimmerman
Garwood, historian of science at the Open University in England,
has produced a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging first book. She
examines the belief that the world is flat from a wide array of
perspectives and makes a number of important points.
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David
Wroblewski, Ecco Press 2008 - Reviewed by Lacey Echols
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a simple one about a family
breeding and training a line of exceptional dogs. The tale begins
with the grandfather chancing upon an unusually bright dog which he
cannot leave behind.
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