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‘The Poisoner’s Handbook’: Tracking Murder Through Forensic Sciencenew

The storytelling skills of Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, show no diminishment in The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Penguin Press).
Shepherd Express  |  Roger K. Miller  |  02-12-2010  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Deborah Blum, poison, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, nonfiction books

Tony Horwitz Shows Folks What They Didn't Know in 'A Voyage Long and Strange'new

The book's chief attraction, even more than its historical revelations about discovering North America, lies in armchair traveling with a personable, entertaining companion.
Shepherd Express  |  Roger K. Miller  |  05-09-2008  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Christopher Columbus, history, Jamestown, A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World, explorers, North America, Plymouth, Tony Horwitz, Nonfiction Reviews

Before the Nazis, a Germany on the Brinknew

More so than previous works, Weitz's ably written and thoroughly researched book examines the politics of Weimar and explains how the republic segued into Nazi tyranny.
Shepherd Express  |  Roger K. Miller  |  01-25-2008  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Eric D. Weitz, Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, Nonfiction Reviews

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