The Age of Living Machines
by Susan Hockfield
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In the face of looming global challenges, such as overpopulation, resource depletion and disease, Dr. Susan Hockfield shows that sustainable solutions—those that can be ...
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Beyond the Book: Funding Research in STEM
In The Age of Living Machines, Susan Hockfield tells readers about the work of Angela Belcher, a chemist and bioengineer who found a way to make affordable, clean and natural renewable energy. Belcher and her colleagues did this by harnessing the ... Beyond the Book
The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner
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There is palpable tension between expectation and reality in Rachel Kushner's third novel. The protagonist, 29-year-old Romy Hall, is an inmate at a Central Valley ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber
In The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner provides excerpts from Ted Kaczynski's journals to draw parallels between the Unabomber and her character Gordon Hauser, the man that teaches an English class at Stanville Prison. Ted Kaczynski was a reclusive U.S. ... Beyond the Book
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
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Sarah Blake's critically-acclaimed third novel The Guest Book was a hit with our First Impressions reviewers, with 18 out of 24 respondents rating the book four or five stars....
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Beyond the Book: The Islands of Maine
Sarah Blake's The Guest Book is set predominantly on a private island off the coast of Maine owned by the Milton family. There are roughly 3,000 islands in Maine's territory, some that are popular vacation spots, others that are entirely uninhabited.... Beyond the Book
How It Feels to Float
by Helena Fox
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Even though Biz's dad has been dead for ten years, he constantly visits her and tells stories about the life they used to have. These visits are a secret – not something...
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Michelle Anya Anjirbag
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Beyond the Book: Grief and Intergenerational Trauma
As the narrative of How It Feels to Float unfolds, it becomes apparent that Biz's father suffered from some mental health problems and that there is a connection between how he and Biz process the world. The hereditary effects of trauma are only ... Beyond the Book
More News Tomorrow
by Susan Richards Shreve
An irresistible portrait of a family drawn together in search of truth.
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Patsy
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
A haunting depiction of immigration and womanhood, and the silent threads of love.
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An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
A masterpiece of storytelling, and a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection.
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Conviction by Denise Mina
The captivating, utterly unforgettable new thriller for fans of Killing Eve and The Woman in the Window
Based on real events and told through the "minutes" of the women's all-female symposium, ...
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Lisa Butts
An exquisite, slender first novel set on the American frontier about a restless widower ...
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This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a novel published in the year 2007 to unprecedented acclaim, and the novel turned to be a huge critical and popular ...
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
This book has a teenage male protagonist but readers of all ages and genders will be able to relate to the difficulties he faces. Darius's Persian ancestry makes him a ...
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
By the time my name came up to get this from the library, I was more than a little burned out on political autobiographies, so started this half-heartedly. Boy was I ...
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The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
This is not my usual choice, I happened across it at a duty free shop at an airport many years ago. I opened it and read the prologue and bawled my eyes out. I felt ...
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Her Kind of Case
by Jeanne Winer
There are not many books that get a 5 star rating from me. However this book rose right to the top. I had to often remind myself that this book is fiction. In story and ...
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is a brilliant story teller. If life can be hard, life is harder in Alaska. Leni, the main character moves here from Washington with her mother and her ...
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