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November 1998

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published November 1998.

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Book Review

The Sweet Potato Cookbook

by Nancy Tamburello

A cookbook with recipes only for sweet potatoes sounds limiting, but anything and everything you could ever do with this veggie may be found in this recipe- cyclopedia. Sweet potato appetizers, soups, breads, salads, breakfast, main... Read More

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Equipoise

“We all live in fear of shoreless feelings,” and in Halme’s second book of poems she attempts to provide these shores. Most prominent is Halme’s sensual commitment to language; her poems resonate with a phonetic lushness... Read More

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The Pope's Elephant

by Peter Skinner

This engaging history of the young white elephant that King Manuel I of Portugal gave to Pope Leo X in 1514 explores far more than Hanno’s brief life as a darling of the public and a catalyst to the burgeoning interest in natural... Read More

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River of the Angry Moon

by Nick Bozanic

River of the Angry Moon illustrates both what perceptions and perspectives of the scientist and the sportsman—rigorous reasoning and factual precision on one side and passionate affection coupled with an acute sense of present and... Read More