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america
berg, lindberghberman, central park
bird & sherwin, american prometheus
bordewich, washington
brinnin, the sway of the grand saloon
estabrook, tomatoland
fehrenbacher, the dred scott case
fernández-armesto, amerigo
freinkel, plastic
gidley, photography and the usa
gillespie, finding amelia
kazin, a godly hero
mckibben, deep economy
marcosson, original sin
michaelis, schulz and peanuts
moneyhon, edmund j. davis of texas
okrent, last call
sandweiss, passing strange
savage, the commitment
schwartz, ed ruscha's los angeles
shapiro, julia child
taylor, various small books
thoreau, walden
tobin & dobard, hidden in plain view
yellin, your call is (not that) important to us
civilization
curtis, disarmeddevlin, the unfinished game
edmonds & eidinow, bobby fischer goes to war
fernández-armesto, amerigo
greenblatt, the swerve
larson, in the garden of beasts
meyer, the year that changed the world
morris, believing is seeing
petroski, the toothpick
schiff, cleopatra
sundman, the flight of the eagle
wenke, the ancient egyptian state
woolf, rome
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food
apple (janik)
banana (koeppel)
bread (rubel)
cake (humble)
caviar (fletcher)
champagne (epstein)
cheese (dalby)
chocolate (moss & badenoch)
cocktails (carlin)
curry (sen)
currywurst, die entdeckung der (timm)
dates (nasrallah)
food, in defense of (pollan)
gin (solmonson)
hamburger (smith)
herbs (allen)
hot dog (kraig)
ice cream (weiss)
lemon (sonneman)
lobster (king)
lobster (townsend)
milk (velten)
oyster (stott)
pancake (albala)
pecans (manaster)
pie (clarkson)
pizza (helstosky)
[pork] pig (mizelle)
pork (rogers)
potato (smith)
pudding (quinzio)
rum (foss)
salmon (coates)
sandwich (wilson)
season to taste (birnbaum)
soup (clarkson)
spices (czarra)
taste for war, a (davis)
tea (saberi)
tomatoland (estabrook)
vodka (herlihy)
whiskey (kosar)
kids
an na, a step from heaven
baum, the road to oz
blume, forever
chambers, postcards from no man's land
collins, the hunger games
cormier, the chocolate war
crutcher, chinese handcuffs
dodge, hans brinker
hinton, the outsiders
johnson, the first part last
mafi, shatter me
pullman, clockwork
rockwood, bomba the jungle boy
rosoff, how i live now
roth, divergent
rowling, harry potter and the deathly hallows
rowling, harry potter and the half-blood prince
ruiz zafón, el palacio de la medianoche
salinger, the catcher in the rye
yang, american born chinese
language & literature
bayard, le hors-sujet
bayard, how to talk about books you haven't read
bayard, le plagiat par anticipation
blum, my word
erard, babel no more
everett, don't sleep, there are snakes
farrell, latin language and latin culture
howard & robillard: pluralizing plagiarism
kenneally, the first word
moll, cryptogram-a-day book
okrent, in the land of invented languages
pinker, the stuff of thought
reynolds & wilson: scribes and scholars
sanders, german
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song
addonizio, what is this thing called love
finch, calendars
jordan, m-a-c-n-o-l-i-a
sport
bascomb, the perfect mile
century, barney ross
crutcher, chinese handcuffs
echenoz, courir
feinstein, a good walk spoiled
mcdonagh & pappano, playing with the boys
riess, the sport of kings and the kings of crime
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story
austen, persuasion
bainbridge, a quiet life
barbery, the elegance of the hedgehog
barnes, the sense of an ending
benson, queen lucia
brooks, people of the book
dickens, great expectations
echenoz, courir
echenoz, des éclairs
echenoz, ravel
ferreira de castro, o senhor dos navegantes
gardam, old filth
goncharov, oblomov
goncharov, the precipice
goolrick, a reliable wife
grimbert, un secret
griner, collectors
homer, odyssey
hugo, les travailleurs de la mer
james, fifty shades of grey
kadare, the palace of dreams
keller, jackpot
krauss, the history of love
kunzru, transmission
kurkov, death and the penguin
levi, the jewish husband
mcewan, on chesil beach
maugham, the razor's edge
miéville, perdido street station
murakami, 1Q84
murakami, sputnik sweetheart
oksanen, purge
paasilinna, la cavale du géomètre
paasilinna, le fils du dieu de l'orage
paasilinna, la forêt des renards pendus
paasilinna, the howling miller
paasilinna, petits suicides entre amis
paasilinna, prisonniers du paradis
paasilinna, the year of the hare
proust, à la recherche du temps perdu
robinson, gilead
saramago, all the names
scliar, max e os felinos
simenon, le confessional
simenon, le coup de vague
simenon, la maison des sept jeunes filles
spark, the ballad of peckham rye
swift, tomorrow
steinbeck, in dubious battle
stendhal, la chartreuse de parme
toussaint, l'appareil-photo
toussaint, faire l'amour
toussaint, fuir
toussaint, monsieur
toussaint, la réticence
toussaint, la salle de bain
toussaint, la télévision
toussaint, la vérité sur marie
vaughan & guerra, y: the last man
whitehead, apex hides the hurt
whitehead, sag harbor
winterson, lighthousekeeping
yates, revolutionary road
yrsa, geisterfjord
zola, l'assommoir
zola, au bonheur des dames