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Guide to the Birds of East Africa
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Nicholas Drayson
Karl L Stenger
, September 06, 2008
If you enjoy Alexander McCall Smith's charming books about Precious Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you will like this book as well.
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In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
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Andrea Weiss
Karl L Stenger
, September 01, 2008
Excellent dual biography of Erika Mann and Klaus Mann, Thomas Mann's talented and troubled eldest children.
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WRITTEN IN BONE
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Simon Beckett
Karl L Stenger
, August 31, 2008
After The Chemistry of Death, Beckett's second riveting mystery featuring forensic anthropologist turned country doctor David Hunter. I could not put the book down and cannot wait for the next David Hunter mystery to be published.
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Sail
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James Patterson
Karl L Stenger
, August 30, 2008
A rollercoaster ride - full of twists and turns. Perfect reading while enjoying the summer on the beach. Just don't plan on a boattrip.
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Pyramid & Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
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Henning Mankell
Karl L Stenger
, August 30, 2008
Originally published in Sweden in 1999, these five stories are finally available in English translation. Featuring Mankell's beloved Kurt Wallander, the stories cover the detective's early career and are required reading for those who have enjoyed Mankell's multi-layered mysteries.
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Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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Kate Summerscale
Karl L Stenger
, April 12, 2008
This page-turner proves that real life can be more suspenseful and gripping than fiction. Centering around one of the most infamous murders of the Victorian era, the book traces the career of Jonathan Whicher, one of the first and best known detectives in England. When three-year-old Saville Kent is viciously murdered, Detective-Inspector Whicher is dispatched by Scotland Yard to investigate. When his investigation, which concentrates on the boy's family and their servants, fails to procure a conviction, his promising career is derailed. The book not only turns readers into armchair detectives, it also provides a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of Victorian propriety and shows the effect the case had on the development of the detective in the novels of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.
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White Tiger
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Aravind Adiga
Karl L Stenger
, April 11, 2008
An amazingly accomplished debut novel recommended to those who want more than idealized depictions of contemporary India. This raw and crude view of the economic and social struggles of India's classes features a fascinating narrator, a homicidal chauffeur, who wins the reader's sympathy despite the fact that he murders his employer. The concept of the novel is as unusual as it is ingenious: it consists of letters the chauffeur writes to the Premier of China who is about to embark on a state visit of India.
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Art & Sex in Greenwich Village Gay Literary Life After Stonewall
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Felice Picano
Karl L Stenger
, April 10, 2008
Felice Picano, an accomplished author in his own right, was the moving force behind several small gay publishing companies in New York in the 1970s and 80s. He sheds light on this important, yet still largely unknown part of gay literary history by offering a behind-the-scenes account of his dealings with such writers as Harvey Fierstein, James Purdy, Gore Vidal, and Andrew Holleran.
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Carrion Death Detective Kubu
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Michael Stanley
Karl L Stenger
, April 09, 2008
Like Alexander McCall Smith's popular detective novels this debut mystery is set in Botswana. It is much grittier and more realistic and features the resourceful and quick-witted detective David Bengu, whose nickname "Kubu" ("hippopotamus") is a perfect description of his personality. The vivid descriptions of the cultural and political background give this page-turner an added dimension. A second Detective Kubu novel is in preparation.
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Dead Time
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Stephen White
Karl L Stenger
, April 08, 2008
Past and present collide in the newest page-turner by bestselling author Stephen White, when the disappearance of a young woman causes psychologist Alan Gregory to investigate an earlier unsolved disappearance during a camping trip to the Grand Canyon. What makes the novel especially poignant is the treatment of parenthood and surrogacy and the depiction of Gregory's conflicted personal life.
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Indian Bride
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Karin Fossum
Karl L Stenger
, April 06, 2008
The latest of Karin Fossum's psychological thrillers has all the hallmarks that have made her a bestseller in Europe. It is set in a small Norwegian village, peopled by quirky characters, and features the shy but insightful detective inspector Konrad Sejer. Written in crystalline prose, Fossum's books are less whodunnits than whydunnits and paint a vivid picture of life in the bleak Norwegian landscape.
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