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Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Fax: 626-792-7308
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Fax: 626-792-7308
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At first glance it may seem that some people are just parodies of a certain type of person. In this book Jonathan Franzen makes it impossible to ‘figure out’ and dismiss any of the characters. They are drawn broadly and then in close up. It’s not sentimental and Franzen doesn’t force the issue (most of the time the story just rolls out in a fun, swashbuckling way) but I was saddened and moved by the truth that everyone was once a child, everyone has so much more to them than meets the eye, and being one’s own ‘best’ self in a family (or elsewhere) can be so infuriatingly difficult. Meanwhile, I loved the humor in here; I was laughing throughout.
Recommended by Jeeyeon
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Scoblic argues that for better or worse, U.S. security has become ever more dependent on other countries, int'l coordination, and even negotiation with nations we'd prefer to think of as intractable enemies, such as Iran and North Korea. Instead of creating a model of foreign relations policy on these essentials, however, President Bush and his advisers have clung to the M.O.
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Narrated by Calliope Bird Morath, daughter of legendary punk star Brandt Morath (whose horrific suicide devastated the world) and her obsessive biographer, this impressive debut novel places rock music within the context of cultural archetypes, from
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