Driving Miss Norma
by Ramie Liddle, Tim Bauerschmidt
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In my cultural life, I've met and been awed by two Normas: The demanding, clueless, fiercely determined gangster's moll Norma Cassidy (Lesley Ann Warren) in the ...
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Rory L. Aronsky
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Beyond the Book: Retired RV Adventurers
When Norma joined her son Tim Bauerschmidt and his wife Ramie Liddle on the road, Tim was 57 years old. 'Ramie and I had been able to retire early because of many years of frugal living, our lack of debt, and forgoing having a family,' he writes in ... Beyond the Book
Driving Miss Norma
by Ramie Liddle, Tim Bauerschmidt
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In my cultural life, I've met and been awed by two Normas: The demanding, clueless, fiercely determined gangster's moll Norma Cassidy (Lesley Ann Warren) in the ...
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Rory L. Aronsky
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Beyond the Book: Retired RV Adventurers
When Norma joined her son Tim Bauerschmidt and his wife Ramie Liddle on the road, Tim was 57 years old. 'Ramie and I had been able to retire early because of many years of frugal living, our lack of debt, and forgoing having a family,' he writes in ... Beyond the Book
The Last Ballad
by Wiley Cash
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A hundred years ago or so, farming land west of Charlotte, North Carolina was given over to giant textile mills. The town of Gastonia was called the "City of Spindles" and ...
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Gary Presley
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Beyond the Book: A Brief Look at the American Communist Party and Labor Unions
America prospered at the turn of the 20th century, but that prosperity wasn't reflected in working conditions or compensation for laborers. Many on the left felt the American Federation of Labor leadership was corrupt and began to support ... Beyond the Book
The Graybar Hotel
by Curtis Dawkins
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We – those of us on the outside – are lucky. So very lucky. We get to experience life – all of it, including every insipid moment. The prisoner in the short ...
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Poornima Apte
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Beyond the Book: The Rise of the Prison-Industrial Complex
The Graybar Hotel makes one reflect on the incarceration rates in the United States and the reason for its explosion over recent decades. Readers might remember the George H. W. Bush vs. then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis presidential ... Beyond the Book
A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A deeply moving story of love, identity and belonging--the first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint.
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Salt Houses
From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home.
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If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel
Patel's stories introduce a bold and timely new literary voice.
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Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
The meaning of the title is noted three fourth of the way through the book when the family patriarch, Atef, reminisces, “the houses glitter whitely…like structures made ...
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The Twelve-Mile Straight
by Eleanor Henderson
Warning: Many readers may find this book too dark, sad and brutal - unfortunately it is probably a very accurate of life at the time (1930's) and place (Georgia). As ...
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The Last Ballad
by Wiley Cash
Written in the true-to-life battle of workers rights, Wiley Cash does what he is so good at.
It is 1929 in Appleton County North Carolina and Ella Mae Wiggins ...
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The Radium Girls
by Kate Moore
Such a good, but sad book. The investigation that went into this book is astounding. The author Kate Moore had to have spent every single waking minute on this book. To ...
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American by Day
by Derek B. Miller
A piercing commentary on America seen through Norwegian eyes makes this novel one of the best of the year. I found myself relishing this book, rolling each word over my ...
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Lots of twists and turns and I'm still taking it in after finishing it. The ending didn't bother me at all, in fact I don't think it's an ending, but perhaps a beginning ...
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