The Significant Seven: April 2009

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1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
4.2 out of 5 stars (481 customer reviews)
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Delacorte Press
April 28, 2009
Hardcover

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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: It's the beginning of a lazy summer in 1950 at the sleepy English village of Bishop's Lacey. Up at the great house of Buckshaw, aspiring chemist Flavia de Luce passes the time tinkering in the laboratory she's inherited from her deceased ... Read more

2. Genesis
Genesis
by Bernard Beckett
4.1 out of 5 stars (132 customer reviews)
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 20, 2009
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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: If robots began to self-evolve, learning to feel and create as we do, what traits would set humans apart--and help us survive? Beckett isn't the first to dramatize this question, and his Genesis pays subtle homage to his predecessors (including Isaac Asimov, ... Read more

3. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes, and the Worst Nuclear Weapons Disaster in History
The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War, Hot Nukes, and the Worst Nuclear Weapons Disaster in History
by Barbara Moran
4.8 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)
Currently unavailable
Presidio Press
April 28, 2009
Hardcover

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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: In 1966, a mid-air collision off the coast of Spain between a fueling tanker and a B2 bomber resulted in a loss of life, strained international relations, and a PR nightmare for the US government. Not only had the crash put innocent ... Read more

4. The Forgotten Garden: A Novel
The Forgotten Garden: A Novel
by Kate Morton
4.5 out of 5 stars (1,005 customer reviews)
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Atria Books
April 7, 2009
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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: Like Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic The Secret Garden, Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden takes root in your imagination and grows into something enchanting--from a little girl with no memories left alone on a ship to Australia, to a ... Read more

5. In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
by Stacy Perman
3.9 out of 5 stars (68 customer reviews)
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HarperBusiness
April 14, 2009
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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: With In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules, BusinessWeek writer Stacy Perman presents a chronicle of how a family-run California hamburger joint went on to become an American pop culture icon. Founded in 1948 by ... Read more

6. The Song Is You: A Novel
The Song Is You: A Novel
by Arthur Phillips
4.1 out of 5 stars (45 customer reviews)
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Random House
April 7, 2009
Hardcover

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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: A man who's not quite young anymore, his relationship trouble, and his iPod: at first glance Arthur Phillips's The Song Is You sounds like strictly Nick Hornby territory, but it turns out to be a lot closer to The Red Shoes, a ... Read more

7. Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
by R. A. Scotti
4.1 out of 5 stars (72 customer reviews)
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Knopf
April 7, 2009
Hardcover

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Amazon Best of the Month, April 2009: In 1911, Leonardo's da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen off its hooks from the Louvre, remaining missing for over two years. Who took the most famous painting in the world? Was it Pablo Picasso, the upstart Spaniard--and modern ... Read more