$25.95
ISBN: 9780393651645
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 12th, 2019
Everybody knows about lip-syncing. But fake playing? Believe it. In the early 2000's, the author made a living playing violin in front of dead microphones while loud recorded music by "The Composer" for whom she worked enraptured his adoring fans. In addition to being as kooky a true story as I have recently encountered, this is also a moving coming of age memoir. Hindman grew up in rural West Virginia, went to college at Columbia University, and wanted nothing more than to be a journalist in the Middle East. An expressive meditation on identity and authenticity. ~ Reviewed by Stan Hynds
$32.00
ISBN: 9780812998368
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Published: Random House - May 21st, 2019
Mulish, pugnacious, and racist, President Andrew Johnson foiled civil rights, disdained Reconstruction, and promoted white supremacy. His policies provoked his impeachment, and the country lurched from a horrifying Civil War to an uncharted Constitutional crisis which threatened to spill political, and human blood. ~ Reviewed by Mike Hare
$30.00
ISBN: 9781476796628
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Published: Scribner - October 2nd, 2018
Krug examines personal and collective German heritage and history uniquely, through drawings, sketches, notebooks, photos, and original text. Traveling from her American home to Germany, she sees long-lost relatives, and discovers she cannot escape, and must reconcile, her family's direct associations with Germany's Nazi past. ~ Reviewed by Mike Hare
$24.95
ISBN: 9781524732714
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Published: Knopf - January 15th, 2019
Inheritance is about memory, love, loss and self, all things often written about but here the truth of identity is weighty and profound. But never sloppy or over sentimental. In a truly astonishing personal twist to the social/scientific fad of DNA testing, Shapiro tells her personal story in nail tearing detail. You know what I mean the half painful, sometimes necessary ripping of a nail when no clippers are available. I read this book in one sitting and if you don't think this story could apply to you - just read the 1st paragraph. ~ Reviewed by Maeve Noonan
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399573262
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 1st, 2018
A hilarious look into Lockwood's experience moving back in with her zany Catholic parents as a married adult. The author's father who just so happens to be an unconventional priest will simultaneously confuse you while leaving you in stitches because of his shenanigans. Easily one of the most unique and bizarrely charming memoirs I have ever read! ~ Reviewed by Laura Knapp
$32.00
ISBN: 9780399589287
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Published: Random House - March 19th, 2019
Our nation's first female Supreme Court Justice took an incremental approach to the law. Avoiding sweeping judgments, grandiose language, and cutting dissents, she approached each case rationally and realistically. O'Connor's flexibility placed her in the middle of an often divided court, and made her, during her tenure, the most influential jurist in America. ~ Reviewed by Mike Hare
