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  1. Reading Lolita in Tehran

    Staff Pick Review:
    Wed, Mar 27, 2013
    Reading Lolita in Tehran
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    The transformative power of literary fiction is debated, challenged, and celebrated in "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi.  A former professor of literature in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nafisi uses prolific authors the likes of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov to connect with students coming of age during a  very tumultuous time in Iran's history.  The Memoir illuminates the delicate fabric that is Iran by weaving a story set against the backdrop of a revolution and subsequent war with neighboring Iraq.  

  2. Gone Girl

    Staff Pick Review:
    Wed, Jan 30, 2013
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    July 5th, 2012 was the fifth wedding anniversary for Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott Dunne.  They did not celebrate the day together.  In the bestseller "Gone Girl", author Gillian Flynn takes the classic elements of a good mystery novel and transforms the story into a psychological thriller by shining a provocative lens onto the intimate details of a fragile marriage.  Circumstances trigger that which once was meant to be private and between husband and wife into tantalizing fodder for a hungry public.      

  3. Rules of Civility

    Staff Pick Review:
    Mon, Dec 24, 2012
    Rules of Civility
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    The "Rules of Civility" is a delightful tale that parachutes the reader straight out of the Manhattan skyline into the lives of three friends poised to resurrect leftover dreams placed on hold during the era of the Great Depression. Author Amor Towles begins the story starring two best friends and one wealthy, eligible bachelor by igniting the promise of a hopeful future on the eve of New's Years 1938.

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