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These are taken from an article in Books & Culture.

The Bones of the Earth by Howard Mansfield
What links the pieces in this collection is a preoccupation wtih how Americans remember or forget their history. He writes with wit and passion; he has an eye for the lumnious details, and wears his learning lightly.

The Divine Voice: Christian Proclamation and the Theology of Sound by Stephen H Webb.
This sounds great! If you read very far in this exploration of "theo-acoustics," you'll begin to see--and hear, and think about--all sorts of things you hadn't previously noticed...

The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
This is a novella. This marvelously deft and enigmatic tale centers on a very precocious young novelist--still a teenager--and his jealous teacher.

Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley
Set largely in a fictitious Middle Eastern kingdom ... Wonderfully entertaining, yes, but the story comes with a wicked punch that leaves the reader unsettled.

Ira Foxglove by Thomas McMahon
It's the story of a winsomely eccentric inventor and a love story, too; and it features a trans-Atlantic flight by blimp.