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2010 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists

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THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES

A Biography of Cancer

By Siddhartha Mukherjee (Author)

Pub Date: Nov 16, 2010

The story of cancer, as well as a coming-of-age tale of a renowned oncologist.
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THE KILLING OF CRAZY HORSE

By Thomas Powers (Author)

Pub Date: Nov 7, 2010

Sprawling account of the grim conclusion of the Indian Wars.
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APOLLO'S ANGELS

A History of Ballet

By Jennifer Homans (Author)

Pub Date: Nov 2, 2010

A magisterial and often moving history of the silent art by a former dancer and current journalist.
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A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

By Sarah Bakewell (Author)

Pub Date: Oct 19, 2010

Former Wellcome Library curator Bakewell (Creative Writing/City Univ. London; The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson, 2005, etc.) sketches the life of essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533–1592) and traces his evolving reputation.
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TO THE END OF THE LAND

By David Grossman (Author) , Jessica Cohen (Translator)

Pub Date: Sep 21, 2010

A provocative antiwar novel by one of Israel's best-known writers (See Under: Love, 1989, etc.).
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By Darin Strauss (Author)

Pub Date: Sep 15, 2010

Redress and atonement mar a boy's adolescence after the accidental death of a classmate.
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