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The Kind of Things Saints Do
by Valeri, Laura
The Painful Beauty of Everyday Triumph and Tragedies
Certain writers are the kinds of people you are almost afraid to meet because their observances about people are so keen that it makes you self-conscious wondering what they are noticing about you. |
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The Bad Witness
by Van Wormer, Laura
Who Killed Narrative?
Trite, dialogue-heavy, and completely uninvolving |
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The NBA at 50
by Vancil, Mark
Wanna Be Like Mike..or Bird...or Kareem?
First-class books about the NBA shine, and The NBA at 50 is such a book. |
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Last Crossing, The
by Vanderhaeghe, Guy
The Dirty Old West
Has a Canadian written the Great American Western? Not quite, but Guy Vanderhaeghe gives Larry McMurtry a run for his money. |
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Making Scrapbooks: Complete Guide to Preserving Your Treasured Memories
by Vanessa-Ann
Preserve and Adorn Your Memories
Protecting your memories and making them gorgeous is easy and important. Do it. |
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The Death of Superman
by Various artists and writers
Can a Superman die? Will we ever find out?
Superman dies. Where were you when this happened? Did you catch it on the news? Did you read about it in TIME? |
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Irish Girls About Town
by Various Authors
If You're Irish or Not - Give This a Shot
A dazzling collection of sixteen short stories about life, love, friendship, relationships and hardship. All are written by female Irish authors. |
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Beyond Stone And Steel
by Vaszily, Brian W.
There Were People In There
Brian W. Vaszily recalls lives of citizens we lost on September 11th. |
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
by Verghese, Abraham
AIDS comes to northeastern Tennessee
Decreasingly connected to feelings of having vocation of caring for people, doctoring had also largely become detached from risks of contracting diseases for which there is no cure...until AIDS appeared (and increased the fear of risk quite out of proportion to the real increase in risk). |
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Wings: Backstage with Cirque du Soleil
by Vial, Veronique
Reality in the World of Illusion
What I like most about the book is how opposite, yet kindred it is to Cirque du Soleil. Cirque is all about light and motion; it is a production, a theatrical spectacle in every way. Wings: Backstage with Cirque du Soleil, on the other hand, is completely shot in black and white; the characters are, for once, still. |
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