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June 28, 2012

Book Review: The Take-Charge Patient

June 28, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A thorough new book aims to give patients more power over their hospital experience

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hospitals, June 2012, martine ehrenclou, medical care, medical reform, patient advocacy, patient rights, the take-charge patient
June 25, 2012

Book Review: The Omnivorous Mind

June 25, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

An amiable new book lays out the neurology behind food and eating

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June 25, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
eating, food, food history, john s- allen, June 2012, neuroscience, the omnivorous mind
June 21, 2012

Book Review: The Last Lost World

June 21, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A wonderful new book explores not only the Pleistocene era but the IDEA of the Pleistocene

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June 21, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
ice age, June 2012, lydia pyne, natural history, pleistocene, prehistory, stephen pyne, the last lost world
June 21, 2012

Book Review: Life Everlasting

June 21, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A slim, fantastic new book on dead bodies, decay, road kill, and circling vultures! Happy summer!

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June 21, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
bernd heinrich, June 2012, life everlasting, natural history, nature, nature writing
June 19, 2012

Book Review: At the Mercy of the Queen

June 19, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A heartfelt debut novel about an innocent young woman who comes to the court of Henry VIII - except she's Anne Boleyn's cousin, so innocence isn't going to last very long!

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June 19, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
Anne Boleyn, at the mercy of the queen, June 2012, Keeping up with the tudors, margret shelton, tudor fiction
June 17, 2012

Book Review: Hitler's Berlin

June 17, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Now in English: a richly researched and deeply moving history of the capital of the Third Reich.

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June 17, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
Adolf Hitler, berlin, german history, hitler's berlin, June 2012, nazi germany, stewart spenser, thomas friedrich
June 16, 2012

Book Review: Exposing the Big Game

June 16, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A fiery new book condemns the evils of hunting

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June 16, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
exposing the big game, hunting, jim robertson, June 2012, natural history, nature
June 14, 2012

Book Review: Capital

June 14, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In John Lanchester's new novel, a posh London street is hit hard when the housing bubble bursts

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June 14, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
capital, contemporary fiction, john lanchester, June 2012
June 14, 2012

Book Review: The Laws of the Ring

June 14, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

"Ultimate Fighter" Urijah Faber talks about life and goals in a new book

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June 14, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
cage-figthing, fighting, June 2012, mixed martial arts, mma, sports, the laws of the ring, urijah faber
June 12, 2012

Book Review: Her Highness the Traitor

June 12, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A new novel tells the story of two women who played a very dangerous game for the biggest prize of all: the throne of England

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June 12, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
frances grey, her highness the traitor, historical fiction, jane grey, June 2012, Keeping up with the tudors, lady jane, sarah kestelman, susan higginbotham, tudor fiction
June 10, 2012

Book Review: The Weight of Vengeance

June 10, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A fine and fact-filled new account of the War of 1812

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June 10, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
american history, June 2012, military history, the weight of vengeance, troy bickham, War of 1812
June 09, 2012

Book Review: Elusive Victories

June 09, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A stunning and insightful new book about the ways modern American presidents go to war, stay at war, and exit war.

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June 09, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
american history, andrew polsky, contemporary history, elusive victories, george w bush, June 2012, Lyndon Johnson, military history, the american presidency at war, warfare
June 08, 2012

Comics: The Court of Owls

June 08, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

DC Comics re-creates its entire line of superheroes - including the Caped Crusader himself, Batman

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batman, comics, court of owls, graphic novels, greg capullo, June 2012, scott snyder
June 07, 2012

Book Review: The Last Full Measure

June 07, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A sharp new work seeks to get at the gory reality behind the Hollywood images of warfare.

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history, June 2012, michael stephenson, military history, the last full measure
June 05, 2012

Book Review: The Family Corleone

June 05, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Veteran writer Ed Falco pens a prequel to "The Godfather," featuring the rise of a crime family - and the story of a vicious strongman named Luca Brasi.

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June 05, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
contemporary fiction, ed falco, fiction, June 2012, the family corleone, the godfather
June 03, 2012

Comics: The Legion Archive, Vol. 13

June 03, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The long-awaited next volume in the ongoing Legion of Super-Heroes reprint line is finally here!

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June 03, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
comic books, comics, jim shooter, June 2012, legion archives, legion of super-heroes, legion of super-heroes archives volume 13, mike grell, paul levitz
May 31, 2012

Keeping Up With the Windsors - The Invisible Woman

May 31, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

She's occupied the throne of Great Britain and the Commonwealth for 60 years, and in June Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee. Three new biographies try to understand the woman wearing the crown.

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May 31, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
Features, Current Events, History, Politics & History, The Windsors
andrew marr, Diamond Jubilee, Elizabeth the queen, her majesty: Queen Elizabeth and her court, June 2012, Keeping up with the Windsors, OLM, Open Letters Monthly, Queen Elizabeth II, robert hardman, sally bedell smith, Steve Donoghue, the real elizabeth
May 31, 2012

Supping with Glaucus: A Tour of Roman Historical Fiction

May 31, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Steve Donoghue takes the emperor’s box to thumbs-up or thumbs-down an array of Roman historical novels, as “A Year with the Romans” continues.

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May 31, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
Ancient Rome
ancient rome, historical fiction, June 2012, Steve Donoghue
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