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We should take courage from this splendid work about how truth and justice triumphed over stupidity and prejudice, and how much the loyalty and love and determination of one remarkable family could accomplish a hundred and thirty years ago.
“Faraway the Southern Sky” is an extraordinary literary achievement because it makes real and present the scuffling life and education of the very young man who grew up to become Ho Chi Minh.
In this book, readers are given a full taste of the lives of three complicated musical artists.
The history of U.S. policy on immigration might charitably be described as shameful.
“I wanted to explore the real nature of guilt and innocence, and why it isn’t easy for society to forgive.”
Two books chase the devil’s tail as they examine America’s evil ways.
What sets “Cold Nights of Childhood “wonderfully apart from today’s autofiction genre is the narrator’s absolute lack of self-pity. There is no blame-game, and no lugubrious victimhood.
Clea Simon’s latest mystery, “Bad Boy Beat,” features the memorable heroine Em Kelton, a tough Boston journalist who can mix with the hard-boiled reporters and hard-living cops on her beat — none of whom want to realize that she happens to be a brilliant detective.
Other readers may be more sympathetic to this informative book’s broader conclusions about the rise of LP’s and the “erasure of black bodies and black aesthetics.
Book Review: Finding Well-Paid Work After Graduation — The Luck of the Draw
Readers interested in understanding how typical Americans transition from college to work should savor this provocative book.
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