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BAREFOOT, BY ELIN HILDERBRAND [Fiction] Two sisters and a friend plan to spend the summer on Nantucket. One sister has two small children and has been newly diagnosed with lung cancer. The friend has fled from her cheating husband only to discover she is pregnant. The third member of this diverse trio is single and self-centered. Enter into the picture Josh Flynn, a senior at Middlebury. Is Josh to be the lifesaver in this bleak scenario? This is a charming, bittersweet novel of relationships and love for that perfect summer day.
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STALIN'S GHOST: AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL, BY MARTIN CRUZ SMITH [Fiction] Arkady Renko, a Russian policeman who is a perpetual odd man out, takes the case no one wants: investigating the late-night sightings of Stalin’s ghost in a subway station. Of course, it’s a setup, but what is behind it all? Anyone who knows the Renko series knows that this means trouble.
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ON CHESIL BEACH, BY IAN MCEWAN
[Fiction] The highly-praised author of Saturday and Atonement, among other titles, writes his most spare novel here, detailing the first night that two very innocent just-marrieds go on their honeymoon. While the novel is slight in size, it is quite poignant and there is depth to McEwan’s descriptions and characterizations of young newlyweds Florence and Edward.
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KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN WOMAN GOES BEHIND THE VEIL, BY DEBORAH RODRIGUEZ
[Non-Fiction] The author originally traveled to Afghanistan with an international group, consisting mostly of medical personnel. She was the only hairdresser, and was warmly welcomed by the other workers and eventually by the townswomen. The book starts out with a description of Rodriguez attending a traditional wedding and participating in all the pre-wedding ceremonies and rites as the only American in attendance. From there, she dreams of setting up a school to teach and train the local women as a way of supporting themselves and their families. This is truly a fascinating story as Rodriguez begins to receive product donations and becomes part of a larger organization that sets up a training salon.
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MUSEUM: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, BY DANNY DANZINGER
[Non-Fiction] The unique composition of this book offers the reader a look at what it takes to run one of the most important museums in the world. Danziger interviewed many involved employees, from security guards to curators. The result is an eminently readable and rare view of the Metropolitan.
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LEVIATHAN: THE HISTORY OF WHALING IN AMERICA, BY ERIC DOLAN [Non-Fiction] Whaling was the backbone industry of the New World in the 1600’s. It prospered into the Golden Age of Sail in the 1800’s. The new communities in America were based on the coastline. Men in small ships sailed off to harvest the sea and capture a mighty Leviathan. This is a highly informative and entertaining book.
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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY: COAST TO COAST FROM TIMES SQUARE TO THE GOLDEN GATE, BY MICHAEL WALLIS, PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL S. WILLIAMSON [Non-Fiction] The Lincoln Highway stretches 3,000 miles from Times Square in New York City to San Francisco Bay. This book takes a meandering trip down memory lane. The authors look at the architecture, the history, and the hokey landmarks along the way. It is a wonderfully fun trip that superimposes the new onto the old and vice versa.
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