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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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A master of many genres Originally published in 1890, The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first ...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

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The power of the prairie O Pioneers! was originally published in 1913. It is the first novel in Willa Cather’s “Prairie Trilogy,” whic...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The Mysteries of Marseille by Emile Zola

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A catalog of corruption and misery This early novel by Emile Zola was originally serialized in the French newspaper Le Messager de Prov...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss

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The legend made flesh Spartacus. The very name is the stuff of legends. His slave rebellion against the Roman Empire in the first centu...
Monday, January 12, 2015

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

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Short but sweet The Autobiography of Charles Darwin was originally published in 1887. Darwin began writing it in 1876, though the fina...
Friday, January 9, 2015

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne

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A competent but bland adventure Jules Verne is best known for his science fiction novels, but he wrote plenty of down-to-earth adventur...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

BadAzz MoFo’s Book of Spaghetti Westerns by David F. Walker

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Only for the “uninformed” The introduction to this book explains that BadAzz MoFo is the name of a magazine devoted to pop culture, fo...