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(P)luck
"(P)luck" is a memorable story of the work of two brothers on some of the twentieth century’s most crucial public health and bioethics issues. Alfred and Blair Sadler’s memoir "(P)luck" is about their groundbreaking collaboration in...
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They Don't Pay Me To Say No
They Don’t Pay Me to Say No captures the human moments of making a movie or television show via a fascinating series of anecdotes. Dean Goodine’s They Don’t Pay Me to Say No, a memoir about working as a film and television prop...
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Heimat
In the historical novel "Heimat", German immigrants face new challenges in the United States in the 1930s, shifting their understandings of “home.” In Paul Marzell’s historical novel "Heimat", nostalgic longing for their lost...
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I Can Take It From Here
Lisa Forbes writes with power and insight about recovering from trauma, incarceration, and subsequent injustices in her memoir I Can Take It from Here. Forbes served fourteen years in prison for the murder of a former lover. She spent...
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Child
Judy Goldman relishes memories of a loving relationship in her memoir "Child" while also struggling to reconcile herself to the systemic racism of the Jim Crow South. In midcentury South Carolina, Goldman blossomed under the care of...
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A Sky of Infinite Blue
Quiet, meditative, and graceful, the memoir "A Sky of Infinite Blue" intertwines a spiritual journey with the personal pursuit of freedom. Kyomi O’Connor’s elegant memoir "A Sky of Infinite Blue" is about an immigrant’s grief; it...
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Reflections on Mountaineering
The musing poems in "Reflections on Mountaineering" chart a course through a personal, enigmatic relationship with mountain landscapes. Alan V. Goldman’s poetry collection "Reflections on Mountaineering" explores the challenge and...
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The Rainstorm
The mysterious free verses collected in "The Rainstorm" explore the power of language and the paradoxes of the self. Rachel Downing’s poetry collection "The Rainstorm" delves into a world of opposing forces centered in the self. The...