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Six new book reviews, plus the latest bestsellers

<p>38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)</p>

38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)

January 18, 2013

Screen shot 2013-01-17 at 11.27.04 AM — Photograph courtesy David Esterly, author of 'The Lost Carving'

Our latest book reviews:

The Violin: A Social History of the World’s Most Versatile Instrument, by David Schoenbaum, review by Jaime J. Weinman

Cézanne: A Life, by Cézanne: A Life, review by Joanne Latimer

Trent: What Happened at the Council, by John W. O’Malley, review by Brian Bethune

The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia, by Gregory D. Johnsen, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman

On Wheels, by Michael Holroyd, review by Brian Bethune

The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making, by David Esterly, review by Brian Bethune

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