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Neil MacGregor: A history of the world in 100 objects (2011, Viking)
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Tony Hillerman: The Fallen Man (Paperback, 2010, Harper)
Emma Lathen: Something in the air (1989, Pocket Books)
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Lillian De La Torre: Dr. Sam. Johnson, detector (1983, International Polygonics, Distributed by Academy Chicago)

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finished reading Dr. Sam. Johnson, detector by Lillian De La Torre (IPL library of crime classics)

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Lillian De La Torre: Dr. Sam. Johnson, detector (1983, International Polygonics, Distributed by Academy Chicago)

Dr. Sam. Johnson, detector by  (IPL library of crime classics)

In eighteenth-century England, Dr. Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, investigate nine mysteries which involve highwaymen, hidden treasure, and murder

reviewed American Lighting - 1840-1940 by Nadja Maril

Nadja Maril: American Lighting - 1840-1940 (Hardcover, 1995, Schiffer Publishing) No rating

Interesting, but short shrift to the last two decades.

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Many photos, interesting text. The overlapping story of gas and electric was well laid out. My quibble is it only briefly mentions the glass lamp bases made in the depression--which was a significant change from the metal bases common since oil was replaced with gas and electric--and shows none of them. That is, of course, the time frame and type I am most interested in! Ah well.

reviewed THREE (3) DOORS TO DEATH by Rex Stout

Rex Stout: THREE (3) DOORS TO DEATH (Paperback, 1980, Bantam Books) No rating

Repetative, and shouldn't be

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All three are good on their own, but they should not have been put together. The method used by Wolfe in two of them is way too close to be in the same set (and it's a method that smells slightly of author not having a good solution anyway). This is the second set of three I've read recently and they both would have been better had they swapped a story.