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Yes, Chef: A Memoir

September 1, 2012

yes chef

The odds that Marcus Samuelsson would survive infancy were slim. That he would not only survive but would go on to become a world famous chef is almost beyond reckoning. And yet, he did. In his memoir ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, chefs, food, memoir, Random House

The Lemon Grove

August 30, 2012

lemon grove

The Lemon Grove takes place in Iran in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War. Behruz Pirzad returns from America to help his family after learning that his twin brother, Ruzbeh, was injured. He suffers ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1980s, cultural, Iran

The Song of Achilles

August 28, 2012

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While it’s tempting to adopt an intellectual attitude, in this case I’m going to go with honesty and risk losing everyone’s respect: to date, my greatest interest in the Battle of Troy came when ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, ecco, Greece, mythology

Marrying Up

August 26, 2012

marrying up

There is no higher aspiration amongst a certain type of British girl than to marry a royal and no author better suited to skewer this ambition with wit and a lightning fast plot than British author, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, Sourcebooks

Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride

August 24, 2012

Alyssa Harad is a 30-something, self-proclaimed feminist and scholar who finds herself at loose ends when a PhD in English and teaching do not work out the way she thought they would. She fills her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, memoir, perfume, Viking

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