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A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: KIM PHILBY AND THE GREAT BETRAYAL
by Ben MacintyreWhile the topic of espionage has been in the public eye and imagination for many years, I only got interested in it when we went to a traveling exhibit about spies at a local museum. While I can’t even pretend to understand what goes through the mind of someone who decides to do ( Read more... )

kim philby, spy museum, spies, get smart, great game, monied and stupid, benedict arnold

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BOOKLOG 28: SEASON OF STORMS

eilisflynn Sep 24, 2014 07:00

SEASON OF STORMS ( Read more... )

season of storms, mary stewart, italy, cruden bay, daphne dumaurier, susanna kearsley

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Booklog 27: CUJO

eilisflynn Sep 17, 2014 07:05

CUJO
by Stephen KingI avoid horror for a simple reason. I terrify easily. (I also terrify easily, apparently, according to my hub, but that’s another topic.) I tried to read this book many decades ago, when I was traveling somewhere, and a coworker lent me his copy. I started to read it, understood why King was considered a master of the genre, and ( Read more... )

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BOOKLOG 26: AGNES AND THE HITMAN

eilisflynn Sep 10, 2014 09:00

AGNES AND THE HITMAN
by Jennifer Crusie and Bob MayerThis is yet another book that was purchased ages ago and never read at the time, but now, since I decided to use it for a workshop I'm presenting online for voice & style, I finally got around to reading it. And I was reminded once more that there's a reason why Crusie and Mayer are both New York ( Read more... )

jennifer crusie, serial frying pan assaulter, bob mayer, agnes and the hitman

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BOOKLOG 25: THE SONS OF THE PROFITS

eilisflynn Sep 09, 2014 09:00

THE SONS OF THE PROFITS
There’s No Business Like Grow Business: The Seattle Story 1851-1901
by William C. SpeidelThere’s a well-known tourist thing in downtown Seattle called the Underground Tour, about the abandoned part of the city that was literally built over after a fire leveled a chunk of the downtown core back in June 1889. (I had to look up ( Read more... )