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| The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age |
| Blum, Deborah, 1954- |
| A wonderful and engrossing non-fiction account of a medical examiner and a toxicologist creating the field now popularized by such shows as CSI. The book not only discusses poisons but also Prohibition, industrial negligence, and the courageous, heroic and totally awesome lives of Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book 614.13097 B 2010 |
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| Gentlemen of the road |
| Chabon, Michael. |
| I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of adventure, revenge seeking, raiding, trickery, friendship, and yes even a small dose of romance. The characters are well developed and the story draws one in completely in the space of the first chapter, "On Discord Arising from the Excessive Love of a Hat," the accompanying illustrations by Hal Foster, of Prince Valiant fame, are an added bonus to this wonderful read. |
| Adult Fiction CHABON |
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| Stitches : a memoir-- |
| Small, David, 1945- |
| A very interesting and heart rending memoir in comic style. I found the art beautiful and haunting, the story even more so. Full of tragedy and drops of dark humor, this memoir gives one pause. |
| Adult Fiction SMALL |
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| Assassination vacation |
| Vowell, Sarah, 1969- |
| For those who are afraid of non-fiction sending them spiraling into bits of snoring embarrassment this book is the cure. As the pages fly by one doesn't even realize the amount of information packed into this witty adventure. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book 973.099 V |
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| Old school : a novel |
| Wolff, Tobias, 1945- |
| I haven't read a book this good in a while. The writing was superb, the story excellent and characters so realistic that I had to glance at the back a couple times just to make sure what I was reading was, in fact, fictional. |
| Adult Fiction WOLFF |
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| Level up |
| Yang, Gene Luen. |
| Adult Fiction YANG |
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| Ooku. Vol. 1 : the inner chambers |
| Yoshinaga, Fumi, 1971- |
| An interesting graphic novel exploring an alternate history in which medieval Japan suffers from a plague only effecting young men. What happens to a country governed by men, when the male population drops to 1/4th that of the female? |
| Adult Fiction YOSHINA |
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