A Spark of Light
by Jodi Picoult
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The central premise of A Spark of Light involves a gunman holding hostages within the confines of a Mississippi abortion clinic. Outside, anti-abortion protesters hold signs ...
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Karen Lewis
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Beyond the Book: The History of the Condom
Women's health clinics like the one depicted in A Spark of Light offer many services beyond abortion, including providing access to pregnancy prevention tools like condoms. The condom is arguably the oldest pregnancy prevention method used by men ... Beyond the Book
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
by Hank Green
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As one half of the extremely popular YouTube duo "Vlogbrothers" (the other half being his brother John Green), Hank Green is no stranger to fame, and consequently in a good ...
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Erin Szczechowski
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Beyond the Book: Celebrity Status: Books about Fame
Airhead by Meg Cabot: After tomboy Emerson Watts is swapped into the body of supermodel Nikki Howard, her life is turned upside down, and she must learn to deal with all of the ups and (major) downs of fame. From The Princess Diaries to All-American ... Beyond the Book
Waiting for Eden
by Elliot Ackerman
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Elliot Ackerman's latest novel, Waiting for Eden, follows Marine Eden Malcom as his death approaches due to combat injuries suffered in Iraq. Narrated by Eden's best...
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Kim Kovacs
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Beyond the Book: SERE
In Elliot Ackerman's novel Waiting for Eden, a pivotal scene is set at the Marine Corp's SERE school. SERE is an acronym that stands for 'Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.' Created by the U.S. Air Force at the end of ... Beyond the Book
A Well-Behaved Woman
by Therese Anne Fowler
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The full title of A Well-Behaved Woman includes the subtitle A Novel of the Vanderbilts which is mostly accurate, but in truth this story is more specifically about Alva ...
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Davida Chazan
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Beyond the Book: New York Society in the Gilded Age
Most of the first half of Therese Anne Fowler's A Well-Behaved Woman focuses on Alva Vanderbilt's efforts to break into New York society, which was ruled by a small group of families during what is known as the Gilded Age (1870s-1900). The ... Beyond the Book
Paris Echo
by Sebastian Faulks
A story of resistance, complicity, and an unlikely, transformative friendship.
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa
A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice.
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
A timely novel that explores the human capacity for resiliency and compassion.
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Strangers in Budapest
A couple trying to make a new life in a foreign land find themselves drawn into a cultural and generational vendetta.
New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel ...
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A sweeping debut that crosses continents and generations, Rebellion tells the story of ...
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Force of Nature
by Jane Harper
Jane Harper has done it again. Staying in the Australian vein, again engaging with Detective Aaron Falk, this second book of the series is another great who-done-it. Her ...
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I Contain Multitudes
by Ed Yong
I listened to the audiobook version of I Contain Multitudes on my commute to and from school four days a week. I'm a biotechnology major so I have some background in some...
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Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
The writing style of George Saunders is unlike any other author I have ever read. His words sear, touch your heart like few things ever have. He has captured a beloved ...
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A Well-Behaved Woman
by Therese Anne Fowler
Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont was anything but a well- behaved woman. Left near-penniless as she approached marriageable age in the 1870’s, she set her aim for a wealthy ...
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Waiting for Eden
by Elliot Ackerman
Many moons ago, when I was a junior in high school I read a book for my contemporary history class, called, Johnny got his gun. Several years back I read a novel called, ...
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The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason
I had a lot of trouble getting into this book. I felt it read like a foreign dictionary. I was disappointed. I so liked Mason's book The Piano Tuner and was excited to ...
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