1861: The Civil War Awakening - Adam Goodheart

Stunning collection of interconnected, personal histories illuminating the tumult leading up to the American Civil War.

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The Casual Vacancy - J.K.Rowling

Based on the blurb on the cover there is no way I would have read this book had it been by any other author. As a Potterphile I was obliged and am very glad I did.

Real characters inhabit the town that Ms Rowling has created and their stories are compelling.

Aubrey, on the other hand, never touched money during his office hours, and yet he caused it to move in unimaginable quantities across continents. He managed it and multiplied it and, when the portents were less propitious, he watched magisterially as it vanished.

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A Dance with Dragons - George R R Martin

I thought the crossbow fitting. You shared so much with <redacted>, why not that?

Varys

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

It's no wonder Tiffany dreads my visits. Even when silent, I seem to broadcast my prissy disapproval, comparing the woman she is with the woman she will never be, a sanitized version who struggles with real jars and leaves other people's teeth and frozen turkeys where she finds them.

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Stasiland: Oh Wasn't it so Terrible - True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

I like trains, I like their rhythm and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of.

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