Category: America

January 11, 2024

The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland *** (of 4)

Historically accurate, this is a fictional recounting of an 1811 fire in Richmond, Virginia that consumed a theater and scores of patrons inside. A young...

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December 11, 2023

A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers ** (of 4)

A recently executed body shows up on a beach in Norfolk, Virginia, home to military bases and private military contractors. As the police and a...

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December 11, 2023

Cheap Land Colorado by Tim Conover ** (of 4)

There is a part of the dry flatlands of Colorado called the San Luis Valley where five acres of land can be purchased for a...

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October 27, 2023

Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin ** (of 4)

Toobin can be a captivating writer; he is one of the greats at uncovering the backstories of a variety of criminals and noteworthy trials: OJ...

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October 27, 2023

All the Sinners Bleed *** (of 4)

Nobody captures underlying racial tension in the contemporary south, wrapped in a crime thriller, as well as S.A. Cosby. His leads–this is Cosby’s fourth in...

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October 20, 2023

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen Guelzo *** (of 4)

Tens of thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, and thousands have covered one of the most significant battles of the conflict:...

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October 7, 2023

How to Make a Slave by Jerald Walker **** (of 4)

Jerald Walker is a Black professor at a prestigious Boston college. He lives in an overwhelmingly upscale Boston-adjacent community, and on the surface would appear...

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September 19, 2023

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride **** (of 4)

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is a one-room general store owned by Moshe, but run, at a loss, by his warm-hearted, open-minded, club-footed (polio),...

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September 19, 2023

Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins *** (of 4)

An ambitious book that centers the Owen’s Valley in California, the valley’s desertification following rerouting all of the valley’s water to Los Angeles, and the...

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August 23, 2023

Deep South by Paul Theroux **** (of 4)

This is Paul Theroux’s only travel book wherein the act of traveling is intentionally easy. Unlike his other books – taking the railroad across Siberia,...

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