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September 16, 2022

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith *** (of 4)

Clint Smith educates white Americans who likely never learned the true extent and depth of slavery in the foundation and enduring legacy of the country....

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September 16, 2022

Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg *** (of 4)

It would be a cozy murder mystery from which a lot could be learned about the culture of modern day China, if not for the...

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September 4, 2022

Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe ** (of 4)

Keefe is the author of a couple of other books I thought were terrific (Empire of Pain, Say Nothing), but not this one. A staff...

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September 4, 2022

Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Falade *** (of 4)

As the Civil War dragged on and Union troops made advances across the south, formerly enslaved people fled bondage to take up refuge behind northern...

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August 19, 2022

River of the Gods by Candace Millard **** (of 4)

By the 1860s California had absorbed an influx of hundreds of thousands of gold miners, the southern states of the U.S. had seceded, and North...

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August 19, 2022

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke *** (of 4)

Dave Robicheaux is a Cajun detective, poet, and philosopher with no patience for corruption or injustice. When a young Black woman floats to the surface,...

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August 19, 2022

Squeeze Me by Carl Hiassen *** (of 4)

Escapist fiction about an outbreak of Burmese pythons from their confines in the Everglades to the poshest of all Florida communities, Palm Beach. The book...

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July 27, 2022

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr *** (of 4)

There are a lot of layers to this book. On the surface is the retelling of a fragment of an ancient Greek story about a...

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July 27, 2022

To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron *** (of 4)

Mount Kailash in Tibet is a mountain revered and sanctified by Hindus and Muslims. Walking around its base cleanses the soul and brings respect and...

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July 27, 2022