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 Sonderbooks 84

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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
In this site, you can find good books for yourself or for friends.
You can hear about books to read, talk about books you've read, and order your own copies.
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Happy reading!

August 24, 2004

Nonfiction

****Earth from Above, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
****The Pentagon's New Map, by Thomas P. M. Barnett
****Sweeping Changes, by Gary Thorp
***Slipping into Paradise, by Jeffrey Mousaieff Masson
***Life's Work, by Lisa Belkin
**The Candidate, by Paul Alexander

Fiction

*****Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
***Murder is Academic, by Christine Poulson
***Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower

Young Adult Fiction

  ****The Grand Tour, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Children's Fiction

***The Tail of Emily Windsnap, by Liz Kessler

Old Favorite

(Young Adult Fiction):  ****Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones

Picture Book Pick

****Catherine Certitude, story by Patrick Modiano, pictures by Jean-Jacques Sempé
 

Quotation of the Week

“The joy comes not from trying to keep things forever, but from keeping them well.”

—Gary Thorp in Sweeping Changes

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