VPR Vermont Edition Must Reads Winter 2010

Must Reads Of 2010: Vermont Edition's Winter Reading Show  Listen (46:02)

 

Ana's favorites of 2010 (Ana McDaniel, manager of The Book Cellar in Brattleboro): 

Skippy Dies, Paul Murray

The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall

The Wave, Susan Casey

At Home, Bill Bryson

First Family, Joseph Ellis

 

Stan's favorite novels of 2010 (Stan Hynds of Northshire Bookstore): 

Solar, Ian McEwan

Nemesis, Philip Roth

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin

The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman

The Bells, Richard Harvell

 

Jane's favorites of 2010 (Jane Lindholm Of VPR):

The Tiger, John Vaillant

Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving

Insectopedia, Hugh Raffles

Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny

 

Recommendations from the 2010 book show:

The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Harriet E. Smith, et al

Breakfast with Buddha, Roland Merullo

Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff

Washington, A Life, Ron Chernow

Young Vermonters - Not an Endangered Species, Joe Sherman and Martina Tesarova

Death by Laughter, Harry Bliss

The Wake of Forgiveness, Bruce Machart

The Left Behind series, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

How Lucky You Can Be, Buster Olney

The Dispossessed and Always Coming Home, Ursula LeGuin

Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers, Vincent Feeney

Life in a Jar, Jack Mayer

The Revolutionary War in Bennington County, Richard B. Smith

Ethan Allen and the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Richard B. Smith

World Without End, Ken Follett

Cuba Run, David Schaefer

The Unknown Rockwells, James "Buddy" Edgerton and Nan O'Brien

Holiness and the Feminine Spirit, Susan Perry

 

December 10, 2010

 

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Skippy Dies (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780865479432
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Published: Faber & Faber, 8/2010
Why does Skippy, a 14-year-old boy at Dublin's venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop? Why Skippy dies and what happens next unravels a mystery that links the boys of Seabrook College to their parents and teachers in ways nobody could have imagined.

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ISBN-13: 9780393062625
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 5/2010
Beautifully written, keenly observed, and ultimately redemptive, The Lonely Polygamist is an unforgettable story of an American family--with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak, and comedy--pushed to its outer limits.

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ISBN-13: 9780767928847
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Published: Doubleday, 9/2010
Casey follows a unique tribe of extreme surfers as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport, a 100-foot wave. In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Laird Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed against scientists' urgent efforts to understand the destructive powers of waves.

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ISBN-13: 9780767919388
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Published: Doubleday, 10/2010
From beloved author Bryson comes a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place people call home.

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ISBN-13: 9780307269621
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Published: Knopf, 10/2010
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Founding Brothers and His Excellency brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that unfolds in the context of America's birth as a nation.

Solar (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780385533416
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Published: Nan A. Talese, 3/2010
Can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity? A complex novel that brilliantly traces the arc of one man's ambitions and deceptions, Solar is a startling, witty new work from the author of On Chesil Beach and Atonement.

Nemesis (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780547318356
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 10/2010
In the stifling heat of equatorial Newark, a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, and even death. This is the startling and surprising theme of Roth's wrenching new book: a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a community and its children.

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ISBN-13: 9780060594664
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Published: William Morrow, 10/2010
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.

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ISBN-13: 9780385343664
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Published: The Dial Press, 4/2010
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it--and themselves--afloat.

The Bells (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780307590527
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Published: Crown, 9/2010
Dazzling, enchanting and epic, The Bells is the confession of a thief, kidnapper, and unlikely lover--a boy with the voice of an angel whose exquisite sense of hearing becomes both his life's tragic curse and its greatest blessing.

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ISBN-13: 9780307268938
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Published: Knopf, 8/2010
A haunting, gripping exploration of predators and prey, and an intimate portrait of a remarkable animal increasingly threatened by interaction with humans, this work recreates the hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East.

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ISBN-13: 9780345479730
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Published: Ballantine Books, 6/2010
In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course. What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author's unmistakable voice--the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller. Vermont Author!

Insectopedia (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780375423864
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Published: Pantheon, 3/2010
For as long as humans have been here, insects have been here. Yet people hardly know them, not even the ones they're closest to: the insects that eat their food, share their beds, and live in their homes. This insectopedia changes that lack of knowledge.

Bury Your Dead (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780312377045
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Published: Minotaur Books, 9/2010
Chief Inspector Gamache receives a letter from the village of Three Pines, where beloved Bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder. The letter proclaims Olivier's innocence, so Gamache must relive the terrible events that killed one of his men before he can bury the dead. Great series starring Chief Inspector Gamache - Canadian detective

$34.95
ISBN-13: 9780520267190
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Published: University of California Press, 11/2010
The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone, Twain's uncensored autobiography is available in its entirety and exactly as he left it.

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ISBN-13: 9781565126169
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 8/2008
When Otto's sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto is not amused. In Merullo's masterful hands, Otto tells his story with all the wonder and wry humor of a man who unwittingly finds what he's missing in the most unexpected place.

Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780316001922
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 11/2010
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.

Washington: A Life (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9781594202667
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Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 10/2010
From National Book Award-winner Chernow comes a landmark biography of George Washington--a richly nuanced portrait of the father of the nation featuring a breadth and depth unmatched by any other narrative.

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ISBN-13: 9780151014439
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 10/2010
In the winter of 1910, Karel rides in the ultimate high-stakes race against a powerful Spanish patriarch and his alluring daughters. Hanging in the balance are his father's fortune, his brother's futures, and his own fate.

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ISBN-13: 9780345524119
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Published: ESPN, 9/2010
On the verge of surpassing legendary coach Bobby Knight's record for wins, Don Meyer loses his leg in a devastating car accident and is diagnosed with cancer. After several weeks, he is back on the basketball court, triumphing over his adversity and expressing himself to family, friends, and former players in unexpected ways.

The Dispossessed (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780060512750
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 9/2003
Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born. The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity -- and one man's brave undertaking to question the unquestionable and ignite the fires of change.

Always Coming Home (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780520227354
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Published: University of California Press, 2/2001
An ethnographic novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

Always Coming Home (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780520227354
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Published: University of California Press, 2/2001
An ethnographic novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

World Without End (Mass Market Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780451228376
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Published: Signet, 7/2010
In 1989, Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in 12th-century England that centers on the building of a cathedral, and the hundreds of lives it affects. This sequel takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries later. A novel of majesty and power.--Chicago Sun-Times.

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