A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity

December 5, 2009

Summary: A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity is a memoir by news commentator Bill O’Reilly that strives to give people insight into how he became the man he is today. To do that, he tells many stories of his childhood and how those incidents, as well as the people involved in them, helped shape his [...]

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Against Medical Advice by James Patterson

December 3, 2009

Summary: At about the age of 5, Cory Friedman started getting uncontrollable urges to move his body in certain ways or perform certain actions, such as tapping people, hopping, or shaking his head violently from side to side. His concerned parents brought him to doctors, and after an initial misdiagnosis that put the kid on [...]

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After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

December 1, 2009

Plot summary (with possible spoilers): The wealthy Richard Abernethie has just died, apparently of natural causes. As the family gather together for the funeral, many of the members are seeing each other for the first time in decades. Things go rather smoothly until after the funeral, when Cora Lansquenet, Richard’s sister, says, “But he was [...]

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