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Review – BEYOND THESE WALLS
A groundbreaking investigation into the roots of the American criminal justice system reveals how the past bleeds into the present. Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that...
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Review – THE INVENTION OF YESTERDAY: A 50,000 Year History of Human Culture,...
From language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of...
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Audiobook Review – THE BEAST I LOVED: A Battered Woman’s Desperate Struggle...
Before domestic violence hotlines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband’s head and was sentenced to 15 years to life. This is the shocking, true story of...
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Book Review — BUSES ARE A COMIN’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person
A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward―written by one of the Civil Rights Movement’s pioneers. At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original...
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Book Review — CONTROLLING WOMEN: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive...
This definitive account of the battle for reproductive freedom includes a bold new strategy to safeguard our rights, from two lawyers at the forefront of the movement. Reproductive freedom has never...
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Sunday Share: 7 New Books to Watch For
This past week brought me an eye-popping assortment of books! Six of these are new or upcoming releases, and one is a bit older but no less exciting! Here’s a closer look at each: Dr. Davis has...
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Book Review — THE BOOK OF HOPE by Jane Goodall and Doug Abrams
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel...
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Book Review — COLLECTIVE ILLUSIONS: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science...
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioral economic, and social psychology research, acclaimed author, former Harvard professor, and think tank founder Todd Rose reveals how so much of our...
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Book Review — The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great...
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than...
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Review — Cults: Inside the World’s Most Notorious Groups and Understanding...
Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join...
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