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Hendrix’s new book comes out as one element of the wave of publications and events worldwide coinciding with the great Charles Dickens’s upcoming 200th birthday celebration (he was born February 7, 1812). There’s far too much Dickensian stuff happening to try to summarize here, but let me mention a couple of other Dickens-related titles we have in stock — ones I can heartily recommend, along with John’s new one...

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Georgia Scott Signs "Down There: Narratives About the Joy, Aroma and Overall Existence of the Bush", Feb 9(5 days)
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Column From Patch.com

A survey of interesting titles, must reads and best sellers from Subterranean Books, University City’s only neighborhood bookstore.

The Leopard by Joe Nesbo

There must be something in the cold arctic air that makes Scandinavia such an incubator for contemporary mystery/thriller writers. Although Stieg Larsson may be the most popular name in the genre, Joe Nesbo may just be the grittiest of a group of contemporary writers who use the starkness, isolation and bitter cold of the region to their advantage to create a brand of brutal, harsh, dramatic suspense noir fiction that has resonated with readers across the globe...

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(also discussed: Arguably By Christopher Hitchens, FINALLY! A Locally Produced Guidebook To St. Louis Produced by and for St. Louisans, Neighborhood By Neighborhood By Amanda Doyle, Charles Dickens: A Life By Claire Tomalin, A History of The World In 100 Objects By Neil MacGregor)