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Code Name: Lise
Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
The Overstory

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Good book, bad mystery

April 19, 2016

Thesis not particularly supported, but interesting vignettes.

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I thought the parts about her childhood in the Bronx were very compelling and novel-like, but the unending cliches, gratuitous nostalgia and self-back-patting made it hard for me to finish. “How Great I Am” might be a more appropriate title.

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Starts stupid. I ended up liking it a lot, but the first few chapters read very self-involved, and are sorta weirdly less well written. But stick with it!

May 6, 2013

This book should be called “The Assholes Abroad”.

September 20, 2012