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Summer Pages for the Mind, Heart and Tastebuds

NPR | By Karen Grigsby Bates
Published June 22, 2006 at 3:02 PM EDT
John Baxter give a romantic -- and not so romantic -- history of sorts in his book on Paris.
John Baxter give a romantic -- and not so romantic -- history of sorts in his book on Paris.
Emily Luchetti's homage to ice cream gives you a reason to haul that ice cream maker out from the back of your cupboard.
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Emily Luchetti's homage to ice cream gives you a reason to haul that ice cream maker out from the back of your cupboard.
Multiple characters with intertwining lives tell their stories in Julia Glass' second novel.
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Multiple characters with intertwining lives tell their stories in Julia Glass' second novel.

This week marks the unofficial start of summer -- and it wouldn't be summer without a big list of books to help pass the time. Karen Grigsby Bates offers a wide-ranging selection, from biography to barbecue.

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Karen Grigsby Bates is an NPR senior correspondent.
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