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 Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad
by Leslie A. Yerkes; Charles Decker
"I found this book to be very insightful, and I was so impressed that I have
passed it on to my local chamber of commerce and job service. It should be helpful
to many businesses." -- Lee Musgjerd, Lee's Book Emporium, Glasgow, MT
 Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth
by Joe Conason
"This handy little compendium takes each of the right-wing's lies ('Conservatives
are fiscal conservatives'; 'Democrats are not pro-defense'; etc.) and rebuts them
in witty and well-researched detail. Perfect for that argument around the dinner
table at the in-laws." -- Matthew Lage, Iowa Book L.L.C., Iowa City,
IA
 Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity: One Season in a Progressive School
by Elizabeth Gold
"Think of this as the perfect back-to-school book: a thought-provoking look
at how theory plays havoc with reality in one 'progressive' school. Gold's book
should be to teachers what Nickel
and Dimed was to the working class." -- Tara O'Donnell, Paperbacks
Plus, Bronx, NY
 Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales
"Accidents and survival are the subjects of Gonzales' gripping account of
why some people survive impossible conditions while others die. Drawing on personal
interviews of survivors, accident reports from various high-risk activities, and
his own experiences as an outdoorsman and aerobatics pilot, he has crafted a fascinating
book from which all readers can benefit." -- Joe Monroe, The Country Bookshop,
Southern Pines, NC
 An Execution in the Family: One Son's Journey
by Robert Meeropol
"Robert Meeropol was three years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg,
were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. His memoir shows
us a child trying to survive a nightmare, a young man struggling to understand
and honor his parents' legacy, and his reflections on patriotism and treason today."
-- Joan Grenier, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
 The
Middle Mind : Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
by Curtis
White
"White shows how our world, filled with devices he calls 'prostheses,' handicap
us because we experience the world through machines--that we even adapt ourselves
to our machines. Not only is The Middle Mind great, but, after finishing
it, I want to go and read up on the authors White mentions throughout the book."
-- Walter Conklin, The Putnam Book Center, Carmel, NY
 The
Oath: The Remarkable Story of a Surgeon's Life Under Fire in Chechnya
by Khassan Baiev
"Dr. Baiev gives voice to the Chechen people who have suffered generations
of terror largely in isolation. Through Chechen wars, he heroically lives the
Hippocratic oath, treating Russians and Chechens with equal measures of humanity,
until he becomes a hunted man by extremists from both sides. The Oath brings
depth and understanding to a part of the world we often encounter only in passing
headlines." -- Linda Ramsdell, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT
 Raising a Reader: A Mother's Tale of Desperation and Delight
by Jennie
Nash
"Raising a Reader contains great hints on helping your child develop
a love of reading. I really enjoyed this delightful book and will recommend it
to my customers." -- Linda Vinstra, Great Northern Bookstore, Oscoda,
MI
 Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
by Julie
Gregory
"I'll never understand how Gregory survived her childhood, much less went
to college and now freely shares details of her childhood horrors in order to
save others. Her story is so mesmerizing that, as hard as it is to read the details,
you can't stop." -- Susan Wasson, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
 They Marched Into Sunlight : War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967
by David Maraniss
"This is a compelling narrative that reconstructs two battles that occurred
during the same seven days -- one in Vietnam and one on the campus of the University
of Wisconsin -- to present an in-depth analysis of what it was like to be alive
in America in October of 1967. Like a seismic fissure, the effects of this era
permeate contemporary American politics." -- Miriam Sontz, Powell's Books,
Inc, Portland, OR
 Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 World Tour that Changed the World
by Larry Kane
"Legendary broadcast journalist Larry Kane, the only American reporter in
the official Beatles entourage during their history-making tours of 1964 and 1965,
offers up a memorable account that is revelatory, fun, and refreshingly self-effacing.
This book will ring in your heart like the opening chord of 'A Hard Day's Night'!"
-- Joe Drabyak, Chester County Book & Music Company, West Chester, PA
 Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by David Von Drehle
"Triangle is an engaging look at the heroes, martyrs, and villains
of this infamous chapter in the history of the American labor movement. Von Drehle
has created something rare--a history that reads like fiction." -- Jennifer
Laughran, Cover To Cover Booksellers, San Francisco, CA
 True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall
by Mark Salzman
"Salzman's account of a writing course he taught at a juvenile detention
facility in Los Angeles is surprising in every way. The stories of the teenage
writers exhibit a great depth and array of feelings, and Salzman allows them
to speak for themselves through dialogue and their writing. This book will almost
certainly open eyes to how society's outcasts are redeemable simply as human
beings." -- Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
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