| Title |
The Jesus Cow |
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| Author |
Michael Perry |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Submitted |
Brooks McDaniel |
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| Date |
12/12/2017 |
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| A great deal
of humor, but serious issues in small towns every where. When the
4-lane comes through and Wall-Marts. A bit of a glance at different
styles of religion, as well. Hope you
find it a good read. |
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| Title |
The Silence of Trees |
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| Author |
Valya Dudycz
Lupescu |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Submitted |
Elly Peterson |
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| Date |
12/7/2017 |
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| As a teenager during WWII, Nadya snuck out of her
Ukrainian home and returned to find her village ransacked and her family
killed. To escape and survive the war
on her own, she must make big decisions and learn some hard lessons. Decades later, from her comfortable family
life in Chicago, she privately reminisces on her harrowing journey and the
many secrets she kept from her husband and family all these years. Beautifully written war story from the less
commonly discussed Ukrainian perspective. |
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| Title |
Healer |
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| Author |
Rudy Reed |
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| Submitted |
Ted E. Lewis |
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| Date |
5/18/2016 |
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The book,
"Healer" written by Rudy Reed about his brother, Dr. James
Reed. Dr. James Reed Practiced
Medicine in Farmington for about 40 years. He died while still
practicing at age 83 years. Rudy was a classmate of my sister
Jill at Farmington Comm. High School. I believe that they both
graduated in 1957. Dr. Reed replaced both Dr Dimmit and Dr Williams in
Farmington, Trivoli and Canton. If anyone should be interested in
this book, I have a copy, signed by Rudy, that I will loan to a person that I
know. foundrydoctor@comcast.net 309 370 4457
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| Title |
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness,
Needs, and Communications of the Dying |
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| Author |
Maggie Callahan
and Patricia Kelley |
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| Submitted |
Mary Anne
Michelet |
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| Date |
2/23/2016 |
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| The authors are hospice nurses and though
the book is about dying, it is very uplifting and gives a sense of
empowerment as well. Most of us OLLI-ers have been through deaths of
parents, siblings, friends, but this book opens our eyes to some
communication issues that can make the transition from this life more
meaningful and more peaceful for all concerned. |
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| Title |
Man's Search for Meaning |
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| Author |
Vikor Frankl |
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| Submitted |
Don Wagner |
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| Date |
2/9/2016 |
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| Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted
generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and
its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in
four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and
pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of
others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid
suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move
forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the
Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life
is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what
we personally find meaningful. |
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| Title |
The Murrow Boys: Pioneers in the Front Lines of
Broadcast Journalism |
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| Author |
Lynne Olson,
Stanley Cloud |
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| Genre |
History |
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| Rating |
4 stars out of 5 |
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| Submitted |
Keith
Butterfield |
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| Date |
2/7/2016 |
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| Tells the story of the legendary band of
correspondents who, under Edward R. Murrow’s direction, formed CBS’s
pioneering World War II news team, and in doing so, invented modern broadcast
journalism. An excellent history of the emergence of the still new
medium of radio and later on, television. Offers interesting, and to
large extent, unique perspectives of the U.S. and the world before, during
and after World War II— shared through the personas and egos of those who
comprised the first wave of broadcast news talent. |
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| Title |
A Higher Call |
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| Author |
Adam Makos |
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| Genre |
History |
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| Rating |
5 stars out of 5 |
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| Submitted |
Keith
Butterfield |
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| Date |
2/7/2016 |
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| True story of two WWII pilots — one American; one
German — whose lives collided and were changed — in the skies four days
before Christmas 1943. What happened would be classified by the
American Eighth Air Force as top secret, and it was act that the German pilot
could never mention without facing a firing squad. The encounter
haunted both pilots for 40 years until, as old men, they would search for one
another, a last mission that would change their lives forever. While
their amazing story is the “hook” that draws the reader in, this book,
written by a longtime World War II air history magazine journalist, offers
many other deep insights into the day to day lives — and eerily similar
perspectives, hopes and aspirations — of the air combatants from both Allied
and German sides. |
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| Title |
The Righteous Mind |
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| Author |
Jonathan Haidt |
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| Submitted |
Greg Peine |
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| Date |
2/4/2016 |
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Haidt's hope is that this book gives the reader a
new way to think about 'two of the most important, vexing, and divisive
topics in human life: politics and religion.' His insights helped me come to terms with
current political scrums and religious extremes by offering, what seemed to
me to be, usable answers to the question 'Why?'. Future Study Group material I
think.
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| Title |
Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and
Truman--from World War to Cold War |
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| Author |
Michael Dobbs |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Carol May |
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| Date |
2/4/2016 |
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| For those OLLI folks who savor World War II and
Cold War history, this Michael Dobbs book is a must read. Dobbs takes
us back to the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences and helps readers understand how
Post-War Europe and the rest of the world were impacted by the decisions of
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Truman. When you read about Uncle
Joe Stalin, it's hard not to think a guy named Putin. |
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| Title |
The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution |
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| Author |
Marcia Coyle |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Carol May |
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| Date |
2/4/2016 |
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| As preparation for the Landmark Supreme Court
Decisions Study Group, I have started to read and learn about the Supreme
Court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.
Since his appointment in 2005, some of the Court's most controversial
decisions have been handed down by what some historians call the most
conservative Supreme Court that most Americans alive today can remember.
Marcia Coyle, the author, appears on the PBS NewsHour regularly to
summarize the decisions of the Court for viewers. |
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| Title |
The Boys in the Boat |
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| Author |
Daniel James
Brown |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Andrea Wygle |
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| Date |
2/4/2016 |
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| Great story of rowing team from Washington state
that competed in Summer Olympic in Germany during Hitler’s reign.
Shows real character, perseverance and determination in spite off great odds. |
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| Title |
Just Mercy |
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| Author |
Bryan
Stevenson |
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| Submitted |
Helen Martin |
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| Date |
10/4/2015 |
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| Even though I highly recommend the book, JUST
MERCY by Bryan Stevenson, and even though Stevenson writes simply and
coherently, the book is difficult to read; difficult because it is based on
true stories which defy one's possible disbelief. It is basically a storied report on the
criminal justice system in the United States as that system exists in certain
localities. Bryan Stevenson is a
Harvard Law School Graduate who has worked for many years defending the poor
and the wrongly condemned, and he has founded the Equal Justice Initiative
which continues that effort. The book
is a New York Times best seller with good reason. Nothing in the legal system can change
until we are educated to know and understand the problems which exist in that
system. For this reason I would urge
everyone to read the book. You will be
hooked from the very first chapter. |
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| Title |
Dark Lies the Island: Stories |
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| Author |
Kevin Barry |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Greg Peine |
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| Date |
9/28/2015 |
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| When
character dialogue in Irish literature reflects the sensibilities of OLLI
folks it might be an indicator of a good read started: “Or would we chance a scone, Kit? It would hardly put us in the ground,
Ernestine.” Elsewhere throughout the
13 short stories in Kevin Barry’s
latest book , “Dark Lies the Island” the common vernacular of the isle
intensifies the descriptions of life being lived hard and OLLI sensibilities
fade; “…a good class of pelt…”, “brass monkey weather”, “well, this is a nice
bag of sticks”, “fartin’ through silk here”, “strange what comes over as
hilarious when hangovers are general”, “ Mo was down a testicle..”,
“dogs-dying-in-parked-cars weather” , and one of my favorites, “So that was
enough with the mushrooms. Next thing
Patrick took a wrong signal off one of the crustie women and dropped a hand
that shouldn’t have been dropped. That
ended up in a row involving a crowbar and a fella with dreadlocks from
Gloucester and a three-legged pit bull.”
In many of the stories I sensed a tip of the fedora to the gonzo of
Hunter Thompson. Barry used the
vernacular of the isle to expose deeper insights about the varied characters
that all endured in their own way the arrow of time. For me, entertainment. Please look for an upcoming study group on
Irish writers that will include at least one Kevin Barry short story. |
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| Title |
The New Jim Crow |
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| Author |
Michelle
Alexander |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Arlene
Davis |
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| Date |
9/22/2015 |
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| Title |
Inferno |
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| Author |
Dan Brown |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Bliss Philips |
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| Date |
9/18/2015 |
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| I hope you read this book and enjoy it as much as
I did! |
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| Title |
Plainsong |
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| Author |
Ken Haruf |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Janet Lange |
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| Date |
9/16/2015 |
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| Title |
Eventide |
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| Author |
Ken Haruf |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Janet Lange |
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| Date |
9/16/2015 |
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| Title |
Benediction |
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| Author |
Ken Haruf |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Janet Lange |
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| Date |
9/16/2015 |
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| Title |
Our Souls at Night. |
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| Author |
Ken Haruf |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Janet Lange |
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| Date |
9/16/2015 |
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| Title |
My Thoughts Be Blody |
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| Author |
Nora Titone |
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| Genre |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Carol May. |
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| Date |
9/9/2015 |
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| Title |
The Nightingale |
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| Author |
Kristin Hannah |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Marty Sprecher |
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| Date |
8/17/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
All the Light You Cannot See |
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| Author |
Anthony Doerr |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Marty Sprecher |
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| Date |
8/17/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Alchemy of Air |
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| Author |
Thomas Hager |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Peggy Cornelius |
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| Date |
8/15/2015 |
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| yes, it does have a bit of chemistry but much much
more. |
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| Title |
All the Light We Cannot See |
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| Author |
Anthony Doerr |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
One of the best
ever. |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Lila |
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| Author |
Marilynn
Robinson |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
So so good, like
everything she writes |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Marilynne Robinson's Lila, has been nominated
for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, which will be announced October 13.
There are several great books by Americans listed, but I'm crossing my
fingers for Lila. The quiet, intense backstory of a character from Robinson's
earlier Gilead and Home, Lila tells of a homeless young woman whose ragged
unsure goodness catches the heart of a lonely, much older minister. As with
all her fiction, Robinson's spare style and tender (but never sentimental) handling of characters and plot make Lila a
book you'll read and reread. Sigh! It's fabulous. Future study group? |
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| Title |
After Rain |
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| Author |
William Trevor |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
Fabulous short
stories. |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Foreign Affairs |
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| Author |
Alison Lurie |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
worth the
Pulitzer Prize Lurie won |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Bird by Bird |
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| Author |
Anne Lamott |
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| Genre |
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| Rating |
wonderfully
funny; good writing advice |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Winter Wheat |
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| Author |
Mildred Walker |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
reread - maybe
for the 10th time |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Paris Architect |
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| Author |
Charlesz Belfour |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
Okay |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Nightingale |
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| Author |
Kristin Hannah |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
a predictable
summer read, fodder for a plane trip. |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry |
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| Author |
Gabrielle Zevin |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
just plain
pitiful |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Go Set a Watchman |
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| Author |
Harper Lee |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
am sorry it was
published. |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Green Road |
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| Author |
Anne
Enright |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
reading now |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Our Souls at Night |
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| Author |
Kent Haruf |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
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| Rating |
reading now |
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| Submitted |
Jane Hense |
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| Date |
8/12/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
The Wright Brothers |
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| Author |
David McCullough |
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| Genre |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Maryanne
Rastatter |
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| Date |
8/11/2015 |
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| Annotation |
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| Title |
Being Mortal |
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| Author |
Atul Gawande |
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| Genre |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Greg Peine |
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| Date |
8/11/2015 |
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| Gawande quotes from Philip Roth's Everyman:
"Old age is not a battle. Old age is a massacre.” And as my end of
life approaches I wonder if reading through Gawande's Being Mortal will bring
any comfort in an answer to my question, "Is this going to hurt,
much?" In the first half of the book he recounts stories of both
others and himself that detail the current state of old age triage and
establish, in my mind, Roth as an optimist. So far fun is a no show in
this read. There is at least one positive here in that actionable items
to improve the end of life experience are identified. That improvement comes
in part via a hundred parakeets and an environment like home where you can
eat m&ms anytime, help others, and have the freedom to make bad choices.
So, what is the answer to my question? It appears that answer is up to
me and my caretakers. The choice of enlisting palliative care and
hospice earlier rather than later ensures the answer to "Is this going
to hurt, much?" will be "not much at all". More
affirmation here than enlightenment. |
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| Title |
The Train to Crystal City |
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| Author |
Jan Jarboe
Russell |
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| Genre |
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| Rating |
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| Submitted |
Carol May |
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| Date |
8/11/2015 |
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| Title |
German Boy |
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| Author |
Wolfgang W.E.
Samuel |
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Carol May |
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| Title |
Goebbels A Biography |
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Peter Longeri |
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Carol May |
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| Title |
Racing for the Bomb |
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Robert Norris |
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Carol May |
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8/11/2015 |
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| Title |
Creating a World Without Poverty |
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Mohammed Yunus |
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Carol May |
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The Boys in the Boat |
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Daniel James
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Shari Dearing |
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| This is the story about the American Olympic crew
team's triumph against all odds in Nazi Germany in 1936. Daniel James Brown tells the passionate and
heartwarming story of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers who
never expected to beat the great teams of the East Coast, and yet they go on
to shock the world. This story
revolves around Joe Rantz, a teenager without a family, who rows to regain
his self respect and a place in the world!
I hope you read this book and enjoy it as much as I did! |
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| For editing
contact Elly Peterson |
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| eepeterson@bradley.edu |
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