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Jan 14, 2025 | 
shorturl.at | James Lindsay |Edward Alden |Irina A. Faskianos |James McBride
Show Notes Enter the CFR book giveaway by January 28, 2025, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of When the World Closed Its Doorsby Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | James McBride
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Pennsylvania History Made Universal
Pennsylvania history shapes the ethnic neighborhoods of today, and books like 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' by James McBride serve as a poignant reminder of their origins. In a state as vast as Pennsylvania, countless stories exist for the telling.
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May 2, 2024 | 
sonderbooks.com | James McBride
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride read by Dominic Hoffman Review posted May 2, 2024. Books on Tape, 2023. 12 hours, 22 minutes. Review written April 13, 2024, from a library eaudiobook.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
sacbee.com | Emily Habeck |Erik Larson |Lori Gottlieb |James McBride
Welcome, literature lovers, to the FIRST for Women weekly book club!Here at FIRST for Women, when we’re not hard at work bringing you stories about health, nutrition, beauty and lifestyle, we like to kick back with a good book. We know firsthand that reading provides relief from stress, improves brain health and ushers in more joy.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Diana Roy |James McBride |Claire Klobucista
For decades, the United States was a world leader in refugee admissions. From taking in hundreds of thousands of Europeans displaced by World War II to welcoming those escaping from communist regimes in Europe and Asia during the Cold War, the United States has helped define protections for refugees under international humanitarian law.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
dailyjournal.com | James McBride
Further to K. Chike Odiwe's guest column ("Hoodies, racial stereotypes, and the California Racial Injustice Act," Feb. 29, 2024), discussing the trial court's failure to consider "implicit bias" in a Racial Justice Act hearing over the traffic stop of a Black man, may it be noted that the RJA expressly sanctions "exhibited bias," not "implicit bias." Penal Code Section 745.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
thebanner.org | Carole Weatherford |Frank Morrison |James McBride
By Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Frank MorrisonReviewed by Sonya VanderVeen Feddema“MacNolia Cox was no ordinary kid. Her idea of fun was reading the dictionary.” So begins author Carole Boston Weatherford’s gripping true account of how a Black eighth grader from Akron, Ohio, won her school’s spelling bee and advanced to a citywide bee in 1936. In an event attended by 3,000 onlookers, Cox faced 50 of the city’s greatest spellers and won, the first Black student to do so.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Angela Brown |James McBride |Mitch Albom
A heartfelt exploration of figuring out what one truly wants from life. A unique birthday present causes a woman to rethink her life in this debut novel. Olivia Strauss is turning 39.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
cbsnews.com | Ron Charles |James McBride
The Book Report: Ron Charles' favorite novels of 2023 By Washington Post book critic Ron CharlesEvery year it's always agonizing to pick a too-short list of my favorite novels from among so many, but here goes: "The Bee Sting" by Paul Murray (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is an epic tragicomedy about an Irish family straining under the weight of accumulated secrets and lies.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
nbcchicago.com | James McBride |Benjamin Labatut |Matthew Desmond |Safiya Sinclair
Barack Obama's year-end list of book recommendations is here. The former president this week continued his annual tradition of sharing his favorite reads of the year. The list of 15 titles — 11 new and four carried over from his summer recommendations — features various genres, including fiction, history and memoir. "If you're looking for a new book over the holidays, give one of them a try," Obama wrote.
