Book Recommendations
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas père, Richard Pevear (Translator)
As his masterful translation of Anna Karenina proved, Peavar is adept at bringing classics of world literature to life. In a translation that's colloquial and accessible, Peavar's Three Musketeers is an invigorating story of derring-do and court intrigue that's given little boys reason to swordfight each other for hundreds of years.
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February 21,2007 - Reviewed by Lily Hamrick.
A Piece of Normal
by Sandi Kahn Shelton
Shelton's wonderful story about an advice columnist for a smalltown newspaper who can't seem to change her own life for the better will make you laugh and make you think. Pitch perfect and memorable, A Piece of Normal is the perfect thing to read when you want to be entertained by a really smart, really funny friend.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
Lots of food for thought in Michael Pollan's beautifully written book about why and how we eat what we eat -- and what might be wrong with that. You'll never look at a Chicken McNugget in quite the same way again. A terrific, conversation-provoking choice for reading groups.
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The Elements of Style Illustrated
by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
Take one classic and well-loved style manual, and mix it with witty illustrations by children's book author and New Yorker cover artist Maira Kalman and you have this week's recommendation. For those who don't know, Strunk & White's little book on writing well is no hoary tome of dusty grammar rules. It's an inspiring read that's as light on its feet today as it was when it first came out decades ago. Now paired with wonderful illustrations by Maira Kalman, it's worth revisiting, or coming to for the first time.
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