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August 4, 2026

One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle **** (of 4)

A series of concise, inspirational, exquisitely crafted essays about nature, friendship, basketball, love of basketball, hawks, children, children growing up, childhood, brothers, and so on....

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August 4, 2026

Winter Counts by David Heska Banbli Weiden ** (of 4)

Virgil Wounded Horse is a vigilante for hire on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Vigilantes are a real thing because tribal police do...

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August 4, 2026

The Nordstream Conspiracy by Bojan Pancevsky *** (of 4)

On September 22 2022, four underwater blasts in the Baltic Sea blew up the Nordstream pipelines. The pipelines delivered natural gas from Russia to Germany....

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July 14, 2026

The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke ** (of 4)

The 22nd book in the Detective Dave Robicheaux series should have been skipped. The short version is that a serial killer in the Louisiana bayous...

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July 14, 2026

White River Crossing by Ian McGuire *** (of 4)

This is a fictionalized account of a 1769 British expedition from northern Canada across the frozen tundra to very-northern Canada in search of gold. Three...

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July 7, 2026

Breadtopia’s Magnificent Sourdough Recipes

All hail Melissa Johnson, the weekly recipe inventor for the website and store, Breadtopia. Sign up for their free weekly newsletter and once a week,...

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July 7, 2026

Ghalen: A Romance in Black by Walter Mosley *** (of 4)

Jamilah Fenestra is a working on her PhD and a medical student. She marries Robert Horton who is someplace on the spectrum, but probably the...

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June 24, 2026

Notes on a Foreign Country by Suzy Hansen **** (of 4)

In 2007, as a 29-year-old journalist, Hansen won a fellowship to Turkey. Eight years later she published this combination memoir–reports from the Middle East–in depth...

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