Amy's Picks -- 12/28/2010

Here's a list of bookbuyer Amy Lane's "Roundtable" picks as heard on WAMC.

Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Homans
$40.00
ISBN-13: 9781400060603
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Published: Random House, 11/2010
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A magisterial and often moving history of the silent art by a former dancer and current journalist.

The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times (Hardcover)

By Ilyon Woo
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780802119469
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press, 8/2010
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Woo's "The Great Divorce" is the dramatic, richly textured narrative history of one of early America's most infamous divorce cases, when a young mother single-handedly challenged her country's notions of women's rights, family, and marriage itself.

The Year of the Hare (Paperback)

By Arto Paasilinna, Pico Iyer
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143117926
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 12/2010
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While out on assignment, a journalist hits a hare with his car. This small incident becomes life-changing: he quits his job, leaves his wife, sells his possessions, and spends a year wandering the wilds of Finland--with the bunny as his companion.

A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression (Hardcover)

By Ted Gup
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594202704
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Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 10/2010
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An inspiring account of America at its worst--and Americans at their best--woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author's generous and secretive grandfather.

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Hardcover)

By Tom Franklin
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780060594664
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Published: William Morrow, 10/2010
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In a small Mississippi town, two men are torn apart by circumstance and reunited by tragedy, in this resonant new novel from the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed "Hell at the Breech."

Revolution (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Donnelly
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9780385737630
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Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 9/2010
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Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine's diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession.

The Boy and the Moon (Hardcover)

By James Christopher Carroll, James Christopher Carroll, J. Carroll
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781585365210
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Published: Sleeping Bear Press, 9/2010

A young boy slips outside his house to join some special friends in a nighttime celebration. Complete with howls and whoops, they joyously celebrate the mystery and magic of the night, basking in the glow of the moonlight. Full color.

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