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Book Picks - The Open Door Bookstore

Book Cover - The Perfectionists

    This week's Book Picks from Amy Lane at The Open Door Bookstore and Gift Gallery in Schenectady, NY.

List:
"My Ex-Life" by Stephen McAuley
"The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World" by Simon Winchester
"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'" by Zora Neale Hurston
"Warlight" by Michael Ondaatje
"The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels" by Jon Mecham
"The Destiny Thief" by Richard Russo
"Tyrant" by Stephen Greenblatt
"The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
"Who Was That?" by Olivier Tallec

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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