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Midmorning Book List
(All ISBNs listed are hardcover editions unless otherwise specified.)

May 4, 2004: For My Next Act ... Women Scripting Life after Fifty, by Karen Baar. Rodale Press, 2004. ISBN: 1579546870
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April 28, 2004: Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark, by Jim Bouton. Midpoint Trade Books, 2003. ISBN: 0970911718
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April 27, 2004: Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child's Life, by Lynn Kern Koegel. Viking Books, 2004. ISBN: 0670032948
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Talking Volumes April 21, 2004: Empress Orchid, by Anchee Min. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2004. ISBN: 0007175337
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April 20, 2004: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford. Crown Publishers, 2004. ISBN: 0609610627
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April 19, 2004: All in Good Time: A Memoir, by Jonathan Schwartz. Random House, 2004. ISBN: 037550480X
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April 12, 2004: Night of the Radishes, by Sandra Benitez. Theia, 2004. ISBN: 0786864001
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April 9, 2004: At the President's Side: The Vice Presidency in the 20th Century, by Timothy Walch. University of Missouri Press, 1997. ISBN: 082621133X
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April 7, 2004: Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman, by Alice Steinbach. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0375504419
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April 6, 2004: War in the Gulf, 1990-1991: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and Its Implications, by Edmund Ghareeb. Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd), 2004. ISBN: 0195149793
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April 5, 2004: Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work: One State's Successful Experiment, by Dave Hage. Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd), 2004. ISBN: 0816640947
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Talking Volumes April 2, 2004: Empress Orchid, by Anchee Min. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2004. ISBN: 0007175337
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March 31, 2004: Why I am a Muslim: An American Odyssey and American Muslims, by Asma Hasan. Element Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN: 0007175337
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March 30, 2004: Just Kiss Me and Tell Me You Did the Laundry: How to Negotiate Equal Roles for Husband, Wife, Career and Home Life, by Karen Bouris. Rodale Press, 2004. ISBN: 1579547605
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March 29, 2004: Foreign Wife Elegy, by Yuko Taniguchi. Coffee House Press; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 1566891485
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March 25, 2004: Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement, by Daniel Philippon. University of Georgia Press, 2004. ISBN: 0820325767
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March 17, 2004: Children of God Go Bowling, by Shannon Olson. Penguin USA, 2004. ISBN: 0670032816
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March 15, 2004: Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet, by James Mann. Viking Press, 2004. ISBN: 0670032999
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March 11, 2004: Dr. Seuss: American Icon, by Philip Nel. Continuum Pub Group, 2004. ISBN: 0826414346
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March 10, 2004: Playing the Black Piano, by Bill Holm. Milkweed Editions, 2004. ISBN: 1571314172 (paperback)
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March 9, 2004: The Working Poor: Invisible in America, by David Shipler. Knopf; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 0375408908
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March 3, 2004: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, by Azar Nafisi. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003. ISBN: 081297106X (paperback)
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March 3, 2004: Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, by Nancy Pearl. Sasquatch Books, 2003. ISBN: 1570613818 (paperback)
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March 2, 2004: Birds of North America, by Kenn Kaufman. Houghton Mifflin Co; Flexicover edition, 2004. ISBN: 0618132198
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March 2, 2004: The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age and The Unwanted Gaze: The Discussion of Privacy in America, by Jeffrey Rosen. Random House; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 0375508007
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March 1, 2004: Home By Design: Transforming Your House into a Home and The Not So Big House, by Sarah Susanka. Taunton Press, 2004. ISBN: 1561586188
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March 1, 2004: 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, by Mark Kurlansky. Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN: 0345455819
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February 27, 2004: Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History, by Jennifer Vogel. Scribner, 2003. ISBN: 0743217071
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February 26, 2004: Europe Through the Backdoor, by Rick Steves. Avalon Travel Publishing (paperback), 2003. ISBN: 1566915317
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February 25, 2004: The Epicure's Lament, by Kate Christensen. Doubleday, 2003. ISBN: 0767910303
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February 24, 2004: The Great Unravelling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, by Paul Krugman. W.W. Norton & Company; 1st edition, 2003. ISBN: 0393058506
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February 24, 2004: The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, by Sandra Mackey. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 0393324281
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February 20, 2004: Children of God Go Bowling, by Shannon Olson. Penguin USA, 2004. ISBN: 0670032816
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February 18, 2004: Coal: A Human History, by Barbara Freese. Penguin USA, 2004. ISBN: 0142000981
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February 17, 2004: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer. Riverhead Books, 2003. ISBN: 1573222348
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February 17, 2004: Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, by Cyrus Bina. ISBN: 0226077586
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February 16, 2004: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman. HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 0380977788
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February 16, 2004: Defining Realty: Definitions and Politics of Meaning, by Edward Schiappa. Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Txt), 2003. ISBN: 0809325004
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February 11, 2004: Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy, by Robert Fatton. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. ISBN: 1588260852
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February 9, 2004: Magnificent Mars, by Ken Croswell. Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN: 0684845946
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February 3, 2004: Crossing the Moon: A Journey Through Infertility, by Paulette Alden. Ruminator Books, 2000. ISBN: 1886913080
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February 3, 2004: Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need, by William Ouchi. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0743246306
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January 28, 2004: The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations, by William Mayer. The Brookings Institution, 2003. ISBN: 0815755198
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January 27, 2004: Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820 - 2000, by Dolores Hayden. Pantheon Books, 2003. ISBN: 0375421289
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January 21, 2004: Mass Media and Elections, by Richard Joslyn. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1984.
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January 21, 2004: An End To Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, by Neil Gaiman. Random House, 2004. ISBN: 1400061946
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January 20, 2004: Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation, by L. David Mech. University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN: 0226516962
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January 16, 2004: A Gravestone Made of Wheat, by Will Weaver. Graywolf Press, 1990. ISBN: 1555971253
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January 15, 2004: A Brief History of the Flood, by Jean Harfenist. Vintage, 2004. ISBN: 0375713352
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January 14, 2004: Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil, by David Samuels. Hazelden Information Education, 2004. ISBN: 1568385552
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January 12, 2004: Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain and How it Changed the World, by Carl Zimmer. Free Press, 2004. ISBN: 0743230388
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January 8, 2004: Dangerous Drugs: An Easy-to-Use Reference for Parents and Professionals, by Carol Falkowski. Hazelden Information Education, 2004. ISBN: 1568385552
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January 7, 2004: Cook-off: Recipe Fever in America, by Amy Sutherland. Viking Press, 2004. ISBN: 0670032514
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January 6, 2004: Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World, by Ruth Hayden. Kirk House Pub, 2004. ISBN: 1886513651
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January 5, 2004: The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier. Dutton Books, 2004. ISBN: 0525947671
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December 30, 2003: Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why, by Peter Post. HarperResource, 2003. ISBN: 0060539801
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December 29, 2003: The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, by Gregg Easterbrook. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0679463038
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December 24, 2003: Religion and Popular Culture in America, by Bruce Forbes. University of California Press, 2000. ISBN: 0520220285
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December 22, 2003: The Truth About Stepfamilies, by Anne O'Connor. Marlowe & Company, 2003. ISBN: 1569244944
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December 22, 2003: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert Rubin. Random House; 1st Edition, 2003. ISBN: 0375505857
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Talking Volumes December 18, 2003: A Brief History of the Flood, by Jean Harfenist. Vintage, 2003. ISBN: 0375713352
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December 10, 2003: Why Still Dance: 75 Years; 75 Poems , by Phebe Hanson. Nodin Press, 2003. ISBN: 1932472053
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December 8, 2003: The Way to Eat, by David Katz. Sourcebooks Trade, 2002. ISBN: 1570719837
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Talking Volumes December 5, 2003: Dry, by Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin's Press, 2002. ISBN: 0312272057
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December 3, 2003: Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages, by Edmund Ghareeb. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2003. ISBN: 061823649X
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December 2, 2003: War in the Gulf, 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and Its Implications, by Edmund Ghareeb. Replica Books, 2003. ISBN: 0735104158
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November 28, 2003: One Nation Under Goods: Malls and the Seductions of American Shopping , by Jim Farrell. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003. ISBN: 1588341526
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November 24, 2003: Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, by Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 067003231X
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November 24, 2003: When Germs Travel , by Howard Markel. Pantheon Books, 2003. ISBN: 0375420959
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November 20, 2003: Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate, by Alice Medrich. Artisan Sales, 2003. ISBN: 1579651607
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November 18, 2003: The Kitchen Detective, by Christopher Kimball. Boston Common Press, 2003. ISBN: 0936184701
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November 17, 2003: When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies...and What You Can Do About It, by Leslie Perlow. Crown Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN: 1400046009
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Talking Volumes November 14, 2003: Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Algonquin Books, 2003. ISBN: 1565123875
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November 13, 2003: Leaning into the Wind: A Memoir of Midwest Weather, by Susan Allen Toth. University of Minnesota Press, 2003. ISBN: 0816642621
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November 10, 2003: The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen, by Diana Crone Frank and Jeffrey Frank. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. ISBN: 0618224564
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Talking Volumes November 5, 2003: Dry, by Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin's Press, 2002. ISBN: 0312272057
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November 4, 2003: Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, by Nancy Pearl. Sasquatch Books, 2003. ISBN: 1570613818
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October 30, 2003: America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines, by Gail Collins. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0060185104
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October 23, 2003: Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, by Bill Gates Sr. Beacon Press, 2003. ISBN: 080704718X
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Talking Volumes October 22, 2003: Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Algonquin Books, 2003. ISBN: 1565123875
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October 20, 2003: War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival, by Sheri Fink. PublicAffairs, 2003. ISBN: 1586481134
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October 16, 2003: Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World, by Ruth Hayden. Kirk House Pub, 2003. ISBN: 1886513651
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October 15, 2003: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken. E P Dutton, 2003. ISBN: 0525947647
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October 15, 2003: Dinosaurs: Under the Big Sky, by Jack Horner. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2003. ISBN: 0878424458
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October 14, 2003: Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated History, by Kathryn Koutsky. Minnesota Historical Society, 2003. ISBN: 0873514521
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October 13, 2003: The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2003. ISBN: 0763617229
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October 10, 2003: It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics, by David Rosengarten. Little Brown & Company, 2003. ISBN: 0316053155
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October 8, 2003: The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution the American Landscape, by Joel Kotkin. The Random House Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN: 0375501991
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October 6, 2003: No Horizon Is So Far: A Historic Journey Across Antarctica, by Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, with Cheryl Dahle. Da Capo Press, 2003. ISBN: 0738207942
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October 3, 2003: Trustworthy Physicians: The Hippocratic Oath and the Ethics of Medicine, by Steve Miles. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195162196
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September 29, 2003: Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, by Bruce Schneier. Copernicus Books, 2003. ISBN: 0387026207
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Talking Volumes September 26, 2003: Blessings, by Anna Quindlen. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0812969812
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September 24, 2003: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. ISBN: 0395927218
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September 18, 2003: The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Mothers & Fathers Are Going Broke, by AElizabeth Warren. Basic Books, 2003. ISBN: 0465090826
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September 17, 2003: Blue Shoe, by Anne Lamott. Wheeler Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1587243628
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September 17, 2003: The Soul of Capitalism, by William Greider. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0684862190
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September 16, 2003: Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind, by David Quammen. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 0393051404
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September 15, 2003: Traveler's Guide to Wildlife in Minnesota and Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality, by Carrol Henderson. Minnesota's Bookstore, 1997. ISBN: 0964745119
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September 11, 2003: The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2003. ISBN: 0763617229
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September 10, 2003: Past Choices/Present Landscapes: The Impact of Urban Renewal on the Twin Cities, by Judith Martin. Random House Inc, 2002. ISBN: 0375502238
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September 9, 2003: Saul and Patsy, by Charles Baxter. Pantheon Books, 2003. ISBN: 0375410295
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Talking Volumes September 3, 2003: Blessings, by Anna Quindlen. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0812969812
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September 1, 2003: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich. Metropolitan Books, 2001. ISBN: 0805063889
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August 28, 2003: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0684807610
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August 20, 2003: Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, by Michael Sims. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 0670032247
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August 18, 2003: Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance, by Warren Bass. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195165802
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August 12, 2003: Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects 1990-1994, by Janet Abrams. Rizzoli International Publications, 1995. ISBN: 0847819027
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August 8, 2003: Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence, by Willard Gaylin. Public Affairs, 2003. ISBN: 1586481665
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August 4, 2003: Kate Remembered, by A. Scott Berg . Putnam Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN: 0399151648
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August 4, 2003: States and Power in Africa, by Jeffrey Herbst. Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0691010277
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July 29, 2003: The Joy of Pickling, by Linda Ziedrich. Harvard Common Press, 1998. ISBN: 1558321322
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July 22, 2003: How to Turn Your Life Around: The Money Book for Women, by Ruth Hayden. Health Communications Inc, 1992. ISBN: 1558742255
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July 16, 2003: Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a Life, by Joe Robinson. Perigee, 2003. ISBN: 0399528504
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July 14, 2003: Living It Up: America's Love Affair with Luxury, by James Twitchell. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0231124961
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July 10, 2003: Morning Earth: Field Notes in Poetry, by John Caddy. Milkweed Editions, 2003. ISBN: 1571314164 (paperback)
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July 7, 2003: Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life, by Lauren Winner. Algonquin Books, 2002. ISBN: 1565123093
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July 1, 2003: Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos, by K.C. Cole. Harcourt, 2003. ISBN: 0151008167
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June 27, 2003: Europe Through the Backdoor, by Rick Steves. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 1566914655
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June 26, 2003: Kaufman Focus Guides: Birds of North America, by Kenn Kaufman. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2001. ISBN: 0618073248
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June 25, 2003: Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways, by Jamie Jensen. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 1566913969 (paperback)
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June 25, 2003: Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbeque Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much More, by Jane and Michael Stern. Broadway Books, 2002. ISBN: 0767908090 (paperback)
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June 23, 2003: Long Time, No See, by Beth Finke. University of Illinois Press, 2003. ISBN: 0252028279
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June 18, 2003: What A Woman Must Do, by Faith Sullivan. Random House Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0375503900
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June 18, 2003: Raising America: Experts, Parents and a Century of Advice about Children, by Ann Hulbert. Random House Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0375401202
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June 17, 2003: The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love and Family, by Jon Katz. Random House Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0375508147
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June 12, 2003: Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy. Random House Childrens, 2003. ISBN: 0375821805
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June 11, 2003: Made from Scratch: Reclaiming the Pleasures of the American Hearth, by Jean Zimmerman. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0684869594
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June 3, 2003: Sappho's Leap, by Erica Jong. W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0393057615
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June 3, 2003: The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin, by Ruppel Shell. Pub Group West, 2002. ISBN: 0871138565
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May 26, 2003: Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN: 0618173870
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May 26, 2003: Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town, by Paul Theroux. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN: 0618134247
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May 22, 2003: BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America, by Steven Raichlen. Workman Publishing Co., 2003. ISBN: 0761131337
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April 28, 2003: The Next Big Thing Is Really Small, by Jack Uldrich. Crown Pub, 2003. ISBN: 1400046890
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April 15, 2003: Turn of the Century, by Kurt Andersen. Delta, 2000. ISBN: 0385335040 (paperback)
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April 15, 2003: America and Political Islam: Clash of Interests or Clash of Cultures?, by Fawaz Gerges. Cambridge Univ Pr, 1999. ISBN: 0521639573 (paperback)
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Talking Volumes April 14, 2003: The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. Anchor Books, 1998. ISBN: 038549081X
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April 11, 2003 When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution, by Devra Davis. Basic Books;, 2002. ISBN: 0465015212
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April 2, 2003 Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town, by Paul Theroux. Houghton Mifflin Co;, 2003. ISBN: 0618134247
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April 1, 2003 Arab Nationalism in the 20th Century: From Triumph to Despair, by Adeed Dawisha. Princeton Univ Pr;, 2003. ISBN: 0691102732
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April 1, 2003 The Stakes: America and the Middle East, by Shibley Telhami. Westview Press, 2002. ISBN: 0813340780
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March 31, 2003 You Can't Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Allied Psychological Warfare against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific, by Allison Gilmore. Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1998. ISBN: 0803221673
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March 28, 2003 The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, by Sandra Mackey. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 0393324281 (paperback)
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March 27, 2003 Terrorism and the Media, by Brigitte Nacos. Columbia University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0231100159
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March 26, 2003 Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture, by Jack Shaheen. Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, 1997. ISBN: 1929218001 (paperback)
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March 21, 2003 Good Heart, by Deborah Keenan. Milkweed Editions, 2003. ISBN: 1571314156
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Talking Volumes March 18, 2003: Stone Heart: Novel of Sacajawea, by Diane Glancy. Overlook Press, 2003. ISBN: 158567365X
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March 17, 2003 Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, by Michael Perry. HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 0060198524
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March 13, 2003 The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last, by Robert Alexander. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 067003178X
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March 6, 2003 Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, by Nuala O'Faolain. Riverhead Books, 2003. ISBN: 1573222410
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March 6, 2003 Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman, by Nuala O'Faolain. Owl Books, 1999. ISBN: 0805056645
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March 4, 2003 Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, by Bernd Heinrich. Ecco, 2003. ISBN: 0060197447
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March 3, 2003 And Now a Few Words From Me: Advertising's Leading Critic Lays Down the Law, Once and For All, by Bob Garfield. McGraw-Hill Trade, 2003. ISBN: 0071403167
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February 28, 2003 Europe Through the Backdoor, by Rick Steves. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 1566914655
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February 27, 2003 The Good, The Bad and The Difference: How to Tell Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations, by Randy Cohen. Broadway Books, 2003. ISBN: 0767908139
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February 27, 2003 The Age of Sacred Terror, by Daniel Benjamin. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375508597
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February 26, 2003 The Minimalist Cooks at Home, by Mark Bittman. Broadway Books, 2002. ISBN: 0767909267 and How to Cook Everything, by Mark Bittman. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN: 0028610105
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February 26, 2003 The Myth of Laziness, by Mel Levine, MD. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 074321367X and A Mind at a Time, by Mel Levine, MD. Touchstone Books, 2003. ISBN: 0743202236
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February 24, 2003 America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack, by Bradley Thayer. MIT Press, 1998. ISBN: 0262561182
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February 24, 2003 The Rural Life, by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Little Brown & Co., 2002. ISBN: 0316741671
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February 21, 2003 Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, by Greg Critser. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN: 0618164723
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Talking Volumes February 20, 2003: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar, by Robert Alexander. Penguin USA, 2003. ISBN: 067003178X
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February 18, 2003 The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush, by David Frum. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0375509038
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February 10, 2003: The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdich. HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN: 0066209773
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January 29, 2003: The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken by Terry Teachout. HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 0060505281
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Talking Volumes January 23, 2003: Transcircularities, by Quincy Troupe. Coffee House Press, 2002. ISBN: 156689137X
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January 22, 2003: Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars by Cynthia Gorney. Touchstone Books, 2000. ISBN: 0684867478
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January 21, 2003: Inventing America by Pauline Maier, Merritt Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel J. Kevles. W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. ISBN: 0393974340
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January 14, 2003: A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness by Pumla Goboda-Madikizela. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2003. ISBN: 0618211896
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January 7, 2003: A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis by David Rieff. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 068480977X
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January 6, 2003: The Magic Mountain: Defining and Using a Budget Surplus by Kevin Hassett. AEI Press, 1999. ISBN: 0844771279
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January 2, 2003: High and Mighty. SUVs: The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way by Keith Bradsher. PublicAffairs, 2002. ISBN: 1586481231
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December 31, 2002: The Republic of Korea. Economic Transformation and Social Change by David Steinberg. Westview Press, 1989. ISBN: 0865317208
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December 31, 2002: Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and Time by Tom Siegfried. Joseph Henry Press, 2002. ISBN: 0309084075
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December 30, 2002: Best of Intentions: America's Campaign Against Strategic Weapons by Henry D. Sokolski. Praeger Pub Text, 2001. ISBN: 0275967522
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December 26, 2002: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar. W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. ISBN: 0393051633
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December 23, 2002: Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music by Fred Plotkin. Hyperion Press, 2002. ISBN: 0786886277
Opera 101 by Fred Plotkin. Hyperion Press, 1994. ISBN: 0786886277
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December 19, 2002: Desperation Entertaining by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross. Workman Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN: 0761118152
Desperation Dinners by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross. Workman Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN: 076110481X
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Talking Volumes December 17, 2002: Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis. Delacorte Press, 1999. ISBN: 0385323069
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December 16, 2002: Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself by Jon Grant. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 2002. ISBN: 0071398260
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December 11, 2002: Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy by Walter Willett. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 0684863375
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December 9, 2002: Bachelor Girl by Betsy Israel. William Morrow & Co, 2002. ISBN: 0380976498
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December 5, 2002: Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette by Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners. W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. ISBN: 0393048616
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December 2, 2002: Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War co-authored by John Collins. New York University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0814716288 (paperback)
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November 27, 2002: The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg. Viking Press, 2002. ISBN: 0670031356
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November 26, 2002: Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear by Paul Fussell. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2002. ISBN: 0618067469
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November 25, 2002: If Only They Could Speak by Nicholas Dodman. W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. ISBN: 0393051005
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November 20, 2002: Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God by Jack Miles. Vintage Books, 2002. ISBN: 0679781609
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November 19, 2002: The End of the America Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century by Charles Kupchan. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375412158
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November 19, 2002: An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal by Linda Chavez. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 0465089038
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Talking Volumes November 18, 2002: The Tapestries, by Kien Nguyen. Little Brown & . Co., 2002. ISBN: 0316284416
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November 11, 2002: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0743223527
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November 5, 2002: The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvment in an Age of Uncertainty by Tom Patterson. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375414061
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November 4, 2002: Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness by Larry Jacobs. University of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN: 0226389820
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October 30, 2002: July, July by Tim O'Brien. Houghton Mifflin Co, 2002. ISBN: 0618039694
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October 24, 2002: Serial Murderers and Their Victims by Eric Hickey. Wadsworth Pub Co, 1996. ISBN: 0534507042 (paperback)
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October 24, 2002: Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War by Antonio Mendez. Pocket Books, 2002. ISBN: 0743428528
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October 23, 2002: The Modern Gentleman: A Guide To Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice by Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod. Ten Speed Press, 2002. ISBN: 1580084788
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Talking Volumes October 22, 2002: My Losing Season, by Pat Conroy. Doubleday, 2002. ISBN: 0385489129
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October 21, 2002: The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today by Douglas Brinkley and Stephen Ambrose. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0792269136
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October 9, 2002: Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain, by David Buchholz. Workman Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN: 0761127984
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October 8, 2002: Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights, by Steven Wise. Perseus Book Group, 2002. ISBN: 0738203408
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October 1, 2002: Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America, by Adam Pertman. Perseus Book Group, 2001. ISBN 0465056512 (paperback)
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September 30, 2002: The Father of Spin: Edward l. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations, by Larry Tye. Henry Holt, 2002. ISBN: 0805067892 (paperback)
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September 25, 2002: Menopause: Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Conventional Medicine, by M. Brooke Barss, Cheryl Gibson, and Lorilee Schoenbeck. Kensington Publishing Corp., 2002. ISBN: 1575668157 (paperback)
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September 24, 2002: Hey, Waitress! The USA from the Other Side of the Tray, by Alison Owings. University of California Press, 2002. ISBN: 0520217500
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September 16, 2002: Roofwalker, by Susan Power. Publishing Group West, 2002. ISBN: 1571310398
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Talking Volumes September 13, 2002: Step Across This Line: Collected Non-Fiction 1992-2002, by Salman Rushdie. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0679463348
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September 3, 2002: The War Against America: Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks, by Laurie Mylroie. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 006009771X (Paperback)
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August 28, 2002: Minnesota Place Names, by Warren Upham. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001. ISBN: 0873513967
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August 27, 2002: Why I Am a Catholic, by Garry Wills. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002. ISBN: 0618134298
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August 23, 2002: Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, by Jennifer Delton.
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August 20, 2002: Choices at the End of Life: Finding Out What Your Parents Want—Before It's Too Late, by Kerstin McSteen and Linda Norlander. National Book Network, 2001. ISBN: 1577491033 (Paperback)
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August 19, 2002: The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, by David Thomson. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375411283
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August 12, 2002: The Emotional Revolution: How the New Science of Feelings Can Transform Your Life, by Norman E. Rosenthal. Citadel Press, 2002. ISBN: 080652295X
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August 1, 2002: Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players, by Stefan Fatsis. Penguin USA, 2002. ISBN: 0142002267 (Paperback)
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July 31, 2002: The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood, by Raghavan Iyer. St. Martin's Press, 2002. ISBN: 0312276826
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July 25, 2002: Snobbery: The American Version, by Dr. Larry Savett. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN: 0395944171
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July 22, 2002: The Human Side of Medicine: Learning What It's Like To Be a Patient and What It's Like To Be a Physician, by Dr. Larry Savett. Auburn House, 2002. ISBN: 0865693188
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July 17, 2002: The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, by Richard Florida. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 0465024769
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July 8, 2002: No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home, by Chris Offutt. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0684865513
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July 2, 2002: The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House, by Katherine Salant. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0609805835 (paperback)
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June 26, 2002: The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease. Penguin Books, 2001. Peter Smith Publishers, 1989. ISBN: 0844661724
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June 18, 2002: Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror, by Rohan Gunaratna. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0231126921
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June 17, 2002: Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich, by Kevin Phillips. Broadway Books, 2002. ISBN: 0767905334
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June 12, 2002: The Inventor's Bible: How to Market And License your Brilliant Ideas, by Ron Docie. Ten Speed Press, 2001. ISBN: 1580083048
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June 4, 2002: What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained, by Robert Wolke. W.W. Norton & Co., 2002. ISBN: 0393011836
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May 31, 2002: From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals, by Barbara Haber. Simon & Shuster, 2002. ISBN: 0684842173
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May 13, 2002: The Good, The Bad and The Difference: How to Tell Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations, by Randy Cohen. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2002. ISBN: 0385502737
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Talking Volumes May 9, 2002: The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions, by Rick Moody. Little Brown & Co., 2002. ISBN: 0316578991
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May 6, 2002: Your Child-Bully or Victim?: Understanding and Ending School Yard Tyranny, by Peter L. Sheras. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0743229231 (paperback)
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April 25, 2002: Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis, by Miriam Nelson et. al. Putnam Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN: 0399148523
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April 23, 2002: Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex, by Judith Levine. University of Minnesota Press, 2002. ISBN: 0816640068
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April 22, 2002: The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems, by Dana Jackson (ed.). Island Press, 2002. ISBN: 155963846X
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April 18, 2002: Junk English, by Ken Smith. Blast Books, 2001. ISBN: 0922233233 (paperback)
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April 10, 2002: Jersey Rain, by Robert Pinsky. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001. ISBN: 0374178879
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April 10, 2002: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, by David Shipler. Penguin USA, 2002. ISBN: 0142002291 (paperback rerelease)
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April 3, 2002: Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect, by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0609806912
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March 26, 2002: Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, by Frank Bruni. Harpercollins, 2002. ISBN: 0066213711
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March 22, 2002: Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, by P.M. Forni. St. Martins Press, 2002. ISBN: 0312281188
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Talking Volumes March 19, 2002: Desireable Daughters, by Bharati Mukherjee. Hyperion, 2002. ISBN: 0786865989
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March 5, 2002: A Bite Off Mama's Plate: Mothers' and Daughters' Connections Through Food, by Miriam Meyers. Greenwood Publishing, 2001. ISBN: 0897897889
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February 28, 2002: A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born, by John Shelby Spong. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060670843 (See also Jan. 1.)
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February 27, 2002: Recipes from Home, by David Page and Barbara Shinn. Workman Publishing Co., 2001. ISBN: 1885183992
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February 21, 2002: The Wonder of Girls, by Michael Gurian. Pocket Books, 2002. ISBN: 074341702X
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Talking Volumes February 11, 2002: The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2001. ISBN: 0763609110
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February 4, 2002: A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal, by Anthony Bourdain. St. Martins Press, 2001. ISBN: 1582341400
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January 29, 2002: Uplift: The Bra in America, by Colleen Gau. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. ISBN: 0812236432
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January 25, 2002: The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of Pets to Make and Keep People Healthy, by Marty Becker. Hyperion, 2002. ISBN: 0786868082
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January 23, 2002: Claiming the City: Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul, by Mary Lethert Wingerd. Cornell University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0801439361
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January 21, 2002: Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375421726
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Talking Volumes January 17, 2002: Disobedience, by Jane Hamilton. Thorndike Press, 2001. ISBN: 0786231599
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January 15, 2002: Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, by John McWhorter. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684836696
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January 14, 2002: Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, by Allan Fisher and Jane Margolis. MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 0262133989
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January 8, 2002: Garage: Reinventing the Place We Park, by Kira Obolensky. Pub Group West, 2001. ISBN: 1561583782
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January 7, 2002: The Devil's Details: A History of the Footnote, by Chuck Zerby. Independent Pub Group, 2001. ISBN: 1931229058
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January 2, 2002: Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essentail Virtues That Teach Kids to Do the Right Thing, by Michele Borba. John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN: 0787953571
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January 1, 2002: A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born, by John Shelby Spong. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060670843
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December 31, 2001: The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House, by Katherine Salant. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0609805835 (paperback)
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Talking Volumes December 19, 2001: Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. ISBN: 087113795X
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December 14, 2001: Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities, by Dale Susan Brown, et al. Ten Speed Press, 2001. ISBN: 1580081959
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December 13, 2001: Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year, by Harvey Cox. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN: 0618067434
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December 10, 2001: Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children, by Michael Thompson. Ballantine Books, 2001. ISBN: 0345438094
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December 5, 2001: American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood, by Marie Arana. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2001. ISBN: 0385319622
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Talking Volumes December 4, 2001: The Night Abraham Called to the Stars, by Robert Bly. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060188812
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December 4, 2001: At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God With Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land, by Yossi Klein Halevi. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0688169082
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November 23, 2001: Ghost Light: A Memoir, by Frank Rich. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0679452990
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November 23, 2001: The Intentional Family: How to Build Family Ties in Our Modern World, by William Doherty. Perseus Book Group, 1997. ISBN: 0201694662
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November 21, 2001: Between Gay and Straight: Understanding Friendship Across Sexual Orientation, by Lisa Tillmann-Healy. Altamira Press, 2001. ISBN: 0759101116
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Talking Volumes November 14, 2001: Hoop Roots, by John E. Wideman. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001. ISBN: 0395857317
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November 6, 2001: The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative, by Vivian Gornick. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001. ISBN: 0374167338
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November 5, 2001: The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy, by Neil Howe and William Strauss. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1997. ISBN: 055306682X
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October 31, 2001: Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet , by Howard Gardner. Perseus Book Group, 2001. ISBN: 0465026079
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October 29, 2001: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression , by Andrew Solomon. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 068485466X
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October 25, 2001: Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood, by Naomi Wolf. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2001. ISBN: 0385493029
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October 25, 2001: Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World, by Jan Goodwin. Little Brown & Co., 1994. ISBN: 0316320285
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October 24, 2001: The Essential Writer's Notebook , by Natalie Goldberg. Peter Pauper Press, 2001. ISBN: 0880882433
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October 22, 2001: Packinghouse Daughter, by Cheri Register. Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. ISBN: 0873513916
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October 18, 2001: Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School, by Elinor Burkett. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0066211484
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October 17, 2001: Tales of a Female Nomad, by Rita Golden Gelman. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0609606425
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Talking Volumes October 9, 2001: The World Below, by Sue Miller. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375410945
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October 3, 2001: The Boys' House, by Jim Heynen. Minnesota Historical Society, 2001. ISBN: 0873514130
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September 6, 2001: The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease. Penguin Books, 2001. Peter Smith Publishers, 1989. ISBN: 0844661724
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August 24, 2001: Planning a Wilderness, by James Kates. University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Univ of Minnesota Press, 2001. ISBN: 081663579X
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Talking Volumes August 20, 2001: Fury, by Salman Rushdie. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 067946333X
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August 2, 2001: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. W. Morrow, 2001. ISBN: 0380973650
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July 30, 2001: Fearless Jones, by Walter Mosley. Little, Brown, 2001. ISBN: 0316592382
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July 23, 2001: Do I Look Like a Daddy to You?: A Survival Guide for First-Time Fathers, by Quentin Skinner. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2001. ISBN: 0440509149 (paperback)
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July 12, 2001: Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West (Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0195106695) and Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East (Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0195106687), by Jeffrey Glassberg.
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June 26, 2001: In Cuba I was a German Shepherd, by Ana Menendez. Publishing Group West, 2001. ISBN: 0802116884
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June 25, 2001: Beyond the Writers' Workshop: New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction, by Carol Bly. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0385499191
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Talking Volumes May 24, 2001: Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring, by Maureen Howard. Penguin, 2001. ISBN: 067089978X
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May 21, 2001: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich. Henry Holt & Co., 2001. ISBN: 0805063889
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Talking Volumes April 19, 2001: Jim the Boy, by Tony Earley. Little, Brown and Co., 2000. ISBN: 0316199648
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April 16, 2001: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, by Louise Erdrich. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060187271
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Talking Volumes March 21, 2001: The Weight of All Things, by Sandra Benitez. Hyperion, 2001. ISBN: 0786863994
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February 19, 2001: Who Owns Death? Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions, by Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell. Harpercollins, 2000. ISBN: 0380974983
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February 16, 2001: Potus Speaks: Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidency, by Michael Waldman. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0743200209
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February 13, 2001: The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape, by Joel Kotkin. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375501991
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February 6, 2001: Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future, by John Stauber. Putnam Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN: 158542059X
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Talking Volumes February 1, 2001: The Bonesetter's Daughter, by Amy Tan. Putnam Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN: 0399146431
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January 31, 2001: The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, by K. C. Cole. Harcourt Inc., 1998. ISBN: 0151003238
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January 22, 2001: World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies, by Ken Auletta. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375503668
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December 29, 2000: Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, by David Gergen. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684826631
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Talking Volumes December 15, 2000: The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere On Earth: Minneota, Minnesota, by Bill Holm. Publishers Group West, 2001. ISBN: 157131251X
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December 4, 2000: Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home, by Sarah Susanka. Publishers Group West, 2000. ISBN: 1561583774
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Talking Volumes November 22, 2000: Collected Stories, by Ellen Gilchrist. Little Brown & Co., 2000. ISBN: 0316299480
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October 31, 2000: In A Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375430563
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October 18, 2000: Firebird: A Memoir, by Mark Doty. Harpercollins, 1999. ISBN: 0060193743
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Talking Volumes October 17, 2000: Off Keck Road, by Mona Simpson. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375410104
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October 16, 2000: Boundaries, by Maya Lin. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684834170
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October 12, 2000: Cherry: A Memoir, by Mary Karr. Penguin, 2000. ISBN: 0670892742
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October 4, 2000: Gemini, by Dorothy Dunnett. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375708561(paperback)
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October 2, 2000: Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education, by Murray Sperber. Henry Holt & Co., 2000. ISBN 0805038647
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August 14, 2000: Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later, by Sandy Tolan. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684871300
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August 9, 2000: A History of Celibacy: From Athena to Elizabeth I, Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence Nightingale, Ghandi, and Cher, by Elizabeth Abbott. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684849437
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August 3, 2000: What A Woman Must Do, by Faith Sullivan. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375503900
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June 29, 2000: Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. Little Brown & Co., 2000. ISBN: 0316777722
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