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Audiobook Review: ‘Catherine the Great’ by Robert K. Massie

Title: Catherine the Great: A Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Mark Deakins Genre: Nonfiction Year: 2011 Acquired: Purchased from Audible Rating: One Sentence Summary: Born an...

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Review: ‘Full Body Burden’ by Kristen Iversen

Title: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats Author: Kristen Iversen Genre: Narrative nonfiction Year: 2012 Publisher: Crown Acquired: From the publisher for review...

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Review: ‘The Good Girls Revolt’ by Lynn Povich

Title: The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace Author: Lynn Povich Genre: Nonfiction Year: 2012 Publisher: PublicAffairs Acquired: Book Expo...

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Reviewletts: Contemporary Fiction, Magical and Not

In an effort to get caught up on all the books I read but haven’t reviewed, I’ve started doing doing mini-reviews every couple of weeks for books that I read but didn’t have much to say about. If you...

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Reviewletts: Feminist Manifesto and Historical Thriller

In an effort to maybe, perhaps, hopefully get caught up on all the books I haven’t reviewed, I’m planning to start doing mini-reviews every couple of weeks for books that I read but didn’t have much to...

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Review: ‘The Black Count’ by Tom Reiss

Title: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Coute of Monte Cristo Author: Tom Reiss Genre: Narrative nonfiction Year: 2012 Publisher: Crown Acquired: From the publisher for...

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Review: ‘How the French Invented Love’ by Marilyn Yalom

Title: How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance Author: Marilyn Yalom Genre: Nonfiction Year: 2012 Publisher: Harper Perennial Acquired: From the publisher as part of a...

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Review: ‘Eighty Days’ by Matthew Goodman

Title: Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World Author: Matthew Goodman Genre: Narrative nonfiction Year: 2013 Publisher: Ballantine Books Acquired: From...

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Review: ‘Capital of the World’ by Charlene Mires

Title: Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations Author: Charlene Mires Genre: Nonfiction Year: 2013 Publisher: New York University Press Acquired: From the publisher as part of a TLC...

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Review: ‘The Girls of Atomic City’ by Denise Kiernan

Title: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Author: Denise Kiernan Genre: Narrative nonfiction Year: 2013 Publisher: Touchstone Acquired: From the...

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