book reviews

Working at a public library, I'm tempted by a great variety of new books.

choices:

after the quake by Haruki Murakami, hackwriters
Ashes by Kenzo Kitakata, hackwriters
Alison's Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley, hackwriters
Beyond Illusions by Duong Thu Huong, hackwriters
Born Twice by Giuseppe Pontiggia, hackwriters
The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar, hackwriters
The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel, hackwriters
Candy by Mian Mian, hackwriters
Canone Inverso by Paolo Maurensig, savoy
Embracing Family by Nobuo Kojima, hackwriters
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin, hackwriters
The Gourmet Club by Jun'ichiro Tanazaki,savoy
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips, hackwriters
Graceland by Chris Abani, hackwriters
The Guru of Love by Samrat Upadhyay, hackwriters
Happy Days by Laurent Graff, hackwriters
Heaven's Edge by Romesh Gunesekera, hackwriters
How I Became Stupid by Martin Page, hackwriters
In the Pool by Hideo Ochida, hackwriters
Just Like a River by Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib, hackwriters
The Last Night of a Damned Soul by Slimane Benaissa, hackwriters
The Lesser Evil by Michael Ignatieff, hackwriters
Lessons in Essence by Dana Standridge, hackwriters
Long Way Back by Brendan Halpin, hackwriters
Looking for Spinoza by Antonio Damasio, hackwriters
My Life as a Quant by Emanuel Derman, slashdot
Notice by Heather Lewis, hackwriters
Oak: The Frame of Civilization by William Bryant Logan, hackwriters
Perishable by Dirk Jamison, hackwriters
Please Don't Come Back From the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos, hackwriters
The Redneck Manifesto by Jim Goad, eclectica
The Rice Sprout Song by Eileen Chang, savoy
Riding With Strangers by Elijah Wald hackwriters
Rosario Tijeras by Jorge Franco, hackwriters
The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills, hackwriters
Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara, hackwriters
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, savoy
Sparrow Nights by David Gilmour, hackwriters
Temping by Kirby Olsen, hackwriters
Tremble + Ennui by Edgar Nicaud, hackwriters
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford, hackwriters
Welcome to Paradise by Mahi Binebine, hackwriters
A Year in Japan by Kate T. Williamson, hackwriters

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