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Monday, May 18, 2009

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Reading List

  • Andersen, Kurt. Heyday. 2007.
  • Boorstin, Jon.The Newsboys' Lodging-House: or The Confessions of William James. 2003.
  • Brandreth, Gyles. Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders. 2007.
  • Bryson, Bill. At Home: A Short History of Private Life. 2010.
  • Cahill, Thomas. Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe. 2006.
  • Coelho, Paul. The Alchemist. 1993.
  • Connolly, John. The Book of Lost Things. 2006.
  • Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 1843.
  • Fenster, Julie M. The Case of Abraham Lincoln. 2007.
  • Golden, Eve. Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara. 1996.
  • Green, John & David Levithan. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. 2010.
  • Gruber, Michael. The Book of Air and Shadows. 2007.
  • Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2003.
  • Hay, Sheridan. The Secret of Lost Things. 2006.
  • Holleran, Andrew. Grief. 2006.
  • Homer. The Odyssey. Robert Fagles, trans.
  • Hughes, Bettany. Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. 2005.
  • Hugo, Victor. Notre Dame de Paris. 1831.
  • Hyde, H. Montgomery. The Cleveland Street Scandal. 1976.
  • Isherwood, Christopher. The Sixties: Diaries: 1960-1969. 2010.
  • Larsson, Stieg. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. 2007/2010.
  • Larsson, Stieg. The Girl Who Played with Fire. 2006/2009
  • Larsson, Stieg. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. 2005.
  • Li, Moying. Snow Falling in Spring. 2008.
  • Liebreich, Karen. Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio. 2004.
  • Lord, James. My Queer War. 2010.
  • Marston, Edward. The Bawdy Basket: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery, featuring Nicholas Bracewell, 2002.
  • Nissenbaum, Stephen. The Battle for Christmas, 1997.
  • Sandlin, Lee. Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild.2010.
  • Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. 1818.
  • Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. 2000.
  • Smith, Alexander McCall. The Right Attitude to Rain. 2006.
  • Smith, Sarah. Chasing Shakespeares. 2004.
  • Spring, Justin. Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward. 2010.
  • Swanson, James L. Manhunt: the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. 2006.
  • Tinniswood, Adrian. By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London. 2003.

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  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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  • Kirkman, Robert & Cory Walker. Invincible: Family Matters.
  • Morrison, Grant & Jon J. Muth. The Mystery Play
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