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The Book Doctors: July Edition

When the weather is so wonderful, what better time is there to read outside? The Book Doctors share literary news and their recommendations, so that you may enjoy a relaxing, outdoor summer read.By The Walt Bodine Show, July 23, 2009

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Mark Luce from Barstow School

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

How to Read a Modern Painting by John Thompson

Candide by Voltaire

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by author Shirley Jackson

Libra by Don DeLillo

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

Third Man by Graham Greene

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols

Flashman by George McDonald

Coyote V. Acme by Ian Frazier

Steve Paul, Kansas City Star

A Moveable Feast: Restored Edition by Ernest Hemmingway, Sean Hemmingway and Patrick Hemmingway

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene

Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Kinsey Milhouse Mysteries by Sue Grafton

Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America by David A. Taylor

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