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July 04
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Mike
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The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma (Paperback)
by Alex Kotlowitz
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read in January, 2008
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Mike
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Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure (Hardcover)
by Michael Chabon
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read in July, 2008
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Mike
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No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by Cormac McCarthy
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read in April, 2008
Mike said:
"This is McCarthy's most accessible book. It reads like an action movie.
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May 23
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Mike
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to:
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush (Hardcover)
by Kevin Phillips
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April 05
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Mike
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to:
The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy
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read in March, 2008
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February 04
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Mike
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to:
Into the Wild (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer
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December 03
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Mike
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to:
Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution (Hardcover)
by Bart Jones
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October 23
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Mike
gave
to:
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by Cormac McCarthy
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read in October, 2007
Mike said:
"A teenager from Tennessee teams up with a pack of bad bad men to kill Indians from El Paso to to Chihuahua to Yuma, selling their scalps for gold, booze and whores. They eventually set up a hateful little camp on the Colorado River and inflict pain o...more
A teenager from Tennessee teams up with a pack of bad bad men to kill Indians from El Paso to to Chihuahua to Yuma, selling their scalps for gold, booze and whores. They eventually set up a hateful little camp on the Colorado River and inflict pain on all wanderers. The style is Faulkner-meets-Tarantino: epic in its language but steeped in violence. McCarthy guides you into the abyss and then leaves you there in the dark....less
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October 04
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Mike
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to:
The Bronx Is Burning (TV tie-in): 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
by Jonathan Mahler
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read in October, 2007
Mike said:
"I love recent NY history and this book provides a lot of insight into the early days of Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch, the blackout of 77, Son of Sam and the Yankees. But some of it reads like a sophisticated rehash. Not much news, though it's a well-told ...more
I love recent NY history and this book provides a lot of insight into the early days of Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch, the blackout of 77, Son of Sam and the Yankees. But some of it reads like a sophisticated rehash. Not much news, though it's a well-told story....less
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Mike
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to:
The Naked and the Dead (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
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