Ordinary Heroes is a beautifully wrought, finely achieved reconstruction of an elusive, clandestine life-a World War II life, as it happens-by Scott Turrow at the very top of his form. So, be warned, a book to start on a Friday night. Reconstructing the terrible events and agonizing choices his father faced on the battlefield, in the courtroom, and in love, Stewart gains a closer understanding of his past, of his father's character, and of the brutal nature of war itself.

Ordinary Heroes

Literature & Fiction

TUROW,SCOTT

Literary

Farrar

Boy Tales Of Childhood

Children's Books

DAHL, ROALD

Biographies

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The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel

Mason, Z., (Author)

The twenty-nine stories in this volume include all nine from RETURNING; four uncollected stories that have previously appeared in the NEW YORKER and the author's own selections from THE LOVE OBJECT, A SCANDALOUS WOMAN and MRS REINHARDT. Love and loss, the villages and countryside of western Ireland, sexual intimacy and social alienation - everything that makes Edna O'Brien such a distinctive voice in contemporary fiction is contained in these stories.

A Fanatic Heart [Signed Association Copy]

O'BRIEN, EDNA.

Short Stories & Anthologies

The most famous gourmet in France, Robert Courtine (1910-1998) was a world-renowned authority on French cuisine. For over 25 years he wrote an avidly read column called "The Pleasures of the Table" for the Paris newspaper 'Le Monde'. Like many of the great gastronomes in history and fiction, Courtine was a marvelous story teller: highly opinionated, even cantankerous, but always entertaining. His anecdotes about unusual dishes, superb or dreadful restaurants, prodigious eaters, and imperious chefs were written with gusto, and well-seasoned with salt &amp; pepper comments. This profusely illustrated book is the crowning glory of Courtine's career, a selection of his hundred favorite recipes out of the entire range of French cookery: from simple country-style dishes to the triumphs of the haute cuisine. To those who could not follow him across France into the high places of culinary art, Courtine said: "No matter, make these dishes yourself";, and he provides his own keys to the heart of the French kitchen. Drawing on the legerdemain of the great chefs, Courtine's book is virtually a cultural history of French cooking, with emphasis on those dishes that have stood the test of time: from such classics as Coquilles Saint-Jacques, Caneton Tour d'Argent, and Choucroute to lesser-known pleasures such as Estofinado, Dindon Farci, and Lapin en Gelee. The hundred dishes Courtine chose include soups, fish dishes, entrees, vegetables, and desserts. He introduces each recipe with a fascinating essay about its origin an development, interlarding all sorts of odd and intriguing tales associated with the dish. For each recipe, he also proposes the specific menu which will be complement the dish, and the wine to accompany the meal. Over 300 illustrations - old engravings, paintings, photographs, drawings - add to the charm of the gourmet's treasure chest. A delicious book!

The Hundred Glories of French Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Courtine, Robert

Regional & International

It happened in the 1949-50 college basketball season. The unranked City College team ("five street kids from the City of New York—three Jews and two blacks") outstripped the competition from the Midwest to take the titles in both the NCAA championship and National Invitation Tournament. The feat was unprecedented, and never again duplicated. Sadly, the scandal that followed it—and ended with the indictment of twenty players (for shaving points) as well as fourteen fixers—left New York bereft of big-time college basketball. Cited by Sports Illustrated as one the twenty-five best literary sports books ever published and the basis for the award-winning HBO documentary City Dump, which has been optioned for a major film, The Game They Played comprises both a history of the fixed and dumped college basketball games from the late 1940s to the early 1960s and a morality tale that contemplates the nature of justice in America. It poignantly tells the story, too, of dreams that were lost, illusions broken, and kids betrayed by the sad truths of greed and corruption.

The Game They Played

Biographies & Memoirs

Cohen, Stanley

True Crime

My Home Sweet Home

GUARESESHI, Giovanni

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Shalom: Peace: The Sacrament of Reconciliation

HARING, Bernard

Religion & Spirituality

The Stream

MURPHY, ROBERT

United States

Sir Tristan of all Time

HOLBROOK, Sabra

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