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Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
Highly recommended for baseball fans and those interested in early 20th-century American history.
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11/22/63
Though this hefty novel starts strong, diving energetically into the story and savoring the possibilities of time travel, the middle drags a bit—particularly during Jake's small-town life in Texas. Still, King remains an excellent storyteller, and his evocation of mid-20th-century America is deft. Alternate-history buffs will especially enjoy the twist ending. Film rights have been optioned by Jonathan Demme (of Silence of the Lambs fame). [See Prepub Alert, 5/23/11.]
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The Abbott and Costello Show
Classic comedians William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello are known primarily for their onstage comedy routines—particularly the baseball-themed "Who's on First?"—and their films, including Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), which was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2001 by the Library of Congress...
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A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Fans will certainly appreciate this entry, which recaptures the feel of the best Scudder mysteries of the 1980s and fills in part of the series chronology. That said, it will also likely work well as an introduction to the detective for new readers. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 12/10.]
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Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Gertrude Berg (1898–1966) was the creator, writer, and star of the long-running Depression-era radio show The Rise of the Goldbergs and the early TV sitcom The Goldbergs (1945–56)...
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