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		<title>Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith (2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unusual Uses for Olive Oil  by Alexander McCall Smith is best enjoyed in audio to fully appreciate the outrageously funny names and inane chatter surrounding Prof Dr. Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the Institute of Romance Philology in &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/23/unusual-uses-for-olive-oil-by-alexander-mccall-smith-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/23/unusual-uses-for-olive-oil-by-alexander-mccall-smith-2011/</link>
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		<title>Holes by Louis Sachar (1998)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Louis Sachar’s Holes is a young adult book with short, bite-sized chapters that make you want to read the whole thing in one sitting—and you do. It follows young Stanley Yelnats who is unjustly sent to a correctional facility in &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/20/holes-by-louis-sachar-1998/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/20/holes-by-louis-sachar-1998/</link>
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		<title>Paris in Love by Eloisa James (2012)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eloisa James wrote this memoir based on her blog and Twitter posts during a sabbatical in Paris. The entries are filled with wit, wisdom, and insights into motherhood and life in general. Tidbits on daily life in Paris abound. The &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/16/paris-in-love-by-eloisa-james-2012-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/16/paris-in-love-by-eloisa-james-2012-2/</link>
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		<title>Sutton by J. R. Moehringer (2012)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Sutton or “Willie the Actor” led quite a remarkable life robbing banks, stealing an estimated two million dollars during his lifetime. J.R. Moehringer’s characterization of the notorious bank robber in Sutton is of an intelligent “Robin Hood” figure. Told &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/13/sutton-by-j-r-moehringer-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/13/sutton-by-j-r-moehringer-2012/</link>
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		<title>The Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page (1990)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing like finding a dead body to cure a case of ennui. Faith Fairchild, a transplanted successful Manhattan caterer, was ruing her dull but comfortable life as a mother to baby Benjamin, and wife to Aleford, Massachusetts’ minister Tom &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/09/the-body-in-the-belfry-by-katherine-hall-page-1990/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/09/the-body-in-the-belfry-by-katherine-hall-page-1990/</link>
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		<title>Dream Team by Jack McCallum (2012)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Dream Team: how Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever, sportswriter Jack McCallum presents a behind-the-scenes look at the creation and execution of the greatest &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/06/dream-team-by-jack-mccallum-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/06/dream-team-by-jack-mccallum-2012/</link>
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		<title>Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy (2003)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This thriller mystery jumps right through cyberspace. A killer begins murdering victims on a computer game. By duplicating each murder exactly, the police department of Minneapolis must try to outwit and out think a psychopathic genius. The story is easy &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/02/monkeewrench-by-p-j-tracy-2003/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/05/02/monkeewrench-by-p-j-tracy-2003/</link>
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		<title>Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos (2009)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sing Them Home is an imaginative novel that covers familiar themes of loss, grief, and family; a moving portrait of three siblings who have lived with unresolved grief since their mother’s death in the tornado of 1978. When they’re summoned &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/29/sing-them-home-by-stephanie-kallos-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/29/sing-them-home-by-stephanie-kallos-2009/</link>
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		<title>Death is a Cabaret by Deborah Morgan (2001)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first book in the Antique Lover&#8217;s Mystery series. Both the premise and the characters have potential, but the plot drags in parts. Jeff Talbot is a retired FBI agent who has turned his passion for antiques into &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/25/death-is-a-cabaret-by-deborah-morgan-2001/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/25/death-is-a-cabaret-by-deborah-morgan-2001/</link>
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		<title>Stardust by Neil Gaiman (1999)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Stardust young Tristran Thorn grows up in the Village of Wall which lies on the edge of Fairie land. The villagers only enter the land beyond their walled town once every nine years when they mix with magical folk &#8230; <a href="http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/22/stardust-by-neil-gaiman-1999/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ippl.info/blog/currentpicks/2013/04/22/stardust-by-neil-gaiman-1999/</link>
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