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          <body><![CDATA[Biting, gossipy (but apparently well-researched) history of the relationship between the Mountbattens and Nehru during the British withdrawal from India and afterwards.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:51:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[For once, Stephenson actually CONCLUDES one of his cinderblock-sized novels rather than just ENDS it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:22:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great cultural-popular history that looks at changes in America, 1900-1950, from the vantage point of 1951! Amazing how Allen gets historical perspective on events of the (to him) very recent past.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:15:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[40 year-old undergoes hypnosis to try to quit smoking and ends up re-living his high school days in the mid-1980s. Pitch-perfect detail, powerful story, pleasing artwork. Best graphic novel of 2008.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Historical novel focusing on the Wilson and Harding administrations, including the political scandals and the cultural evolution from wartime puritanism and progressivism to the Roaring 20s.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Typically wide-ranging riff from Marcus on the hidden currents of Appalachian folk music and how they found their way into the 1960s culture via Dylan.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:09:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Meditation on the problems of finding truth and evaluating expertise in the Internet age, when so many people have a vested interest in spreading propaganda, disinformation and nonsense.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:07:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ground-level look at contemporary Indian politics and culture. Very well-written and thoughtful.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:06:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hilarious. Perfect beach reading!]]></body>
        
    
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