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NAGASAKI -- A former junior high school teacher in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, has translated an English book written by a former U.S. Navy employee about Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese edition, "Pearl Harbor no Mokugekisha: Kodomo-tachi no Dec. 7, 1941," was released prior to the 81st anniversary of…

FICTION: Two Gold Rush-era working girls set out to solve some murders.

NONFICTION: The little-known story of pacifist activism during World War II, told through the lives of four people.

It was a particularly good year for excellent books and 10 is way too few. In order of authors’ names:

FICTION: A darkly compelling novel about a woman forced to confront the sins of her past.

“Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman,” edited by Alan Taylor. (Henry Holt, $32.)

CHICAGO — The new editor of Poetry magazine, one of the city’s most important and influential publications, is Adrian Matejka, a great poet and a good guy.

Chloe won the book 10 years ago

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Snowed In For Christmas by Sarah Morgan and Jim’s Spectacular Christmas by Emma Thompson.