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This week: the days of steroid-free homers and aerial heroism (plus Edgar Allen Poe’s other woman)
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Our latest book reviews:
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen, reviewed by Anne Kingston
One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson, reviewed by Brian Bethune
The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison & Pursuit by Carol Baxter, reviewed by Patricia Treble
Conversations With A Dead Man: The Legacy Of Duncan Campbell Scott, by Mark Abley, reviewed by Andrew Stobo Sniderman
| This week’s bestsellers, compiled by Brian Bethune:FICTION 1. THE LUMINARIES Eleanor Catton 5 (3)* 2. THE ORENDA ?Joseph Boyden 3 (8) 3. SYCAMORE ROW?John Grisham (1) 4. WE ARE WATER Wally Lamb (1) 5. BRIDGET JONES:?MAD ABOUT THE BOY Helen Fielding 4 (2) 6. JUST ONE EVIL ACT?Elizabeth George 2 (2) 7. DOCTOR SLEEP Stephen King 1 (6) 8. LONGBOURN? Jo Baker 7 (2) 9. MADDADDAM?Margaret Atwood 6 (10) 10. THE LOWLAND Jhumpa Lahiri 10 (6)NON-FICTION 1. AN ASTRONAUT’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH Chris Hadfield (1) 2. DAVID AND GOLIATH Malcolm Gladwell 2 (5) 3. ORR?Bobby Orr 1 (2) 4. I AM MALALA?Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb 3 (4) 5. THE WAR THAT ENDED PEACE Margaret MacMillan (1) 6. KILLING JESUS Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 6 (5) 7. ONE SUMMER Bill Bryson 5 (4) 8. THE MASSEY MURDER?Charlotte Gray 10 (8) 9. AMSTERDAM Russell Shorto (1) 10. SI-COLOGY Si Robertson 9 (4) *LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST) |
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