Book Reviews for May 2010

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TitleAuthor(s)
Among Thieves David Hosp
End of Al-Qaeda Malcom Nance
Gift of Rain Tan Twan Eng
Then Why Do I Have Toenails Thom Phelps
Water Steve Solomon
Wherever I Lie is Your Bed Margaret Jull Costa and Marilyn Hacker
4 Day Diet Dr. Ian Smith
With Violets Elizabeth Robarbs
Creation of Eve Lynn Cullen
Room and the Chair Lorraine Adams
So Much for That Lionel Shriver
Death and the life of Greate American School System   Diane Ravitch
Autobiography of an Execution David R. Dow
Mother California Kenneth Hartman
Essential Engineer Henry Petroski
Numbers Rachel Ward
Poisoner's Handbook Deborah Blum
Evolution of God Wright
Pearl of China Anchee Min
Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende
Dreams in a Time of War Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson (trans: Reg Keeland)
Game Change John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
U is for Undertow
Breaking Out of Bedlam Leslie Larson
Far Flung and Well Fed R.W. Apple, Jr.
What Should I do WIth the Rest of My Life Bruce Frankel
Lewis Blackwell
Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias (trans: Margaret Jull Costa)
Silk Parachute John McPhee
Good Talk Daniel Menaker
Clean Energy Common Sense Frances Beinecke
Pirate Latitudes Michael Crichton