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Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
Title: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Author: Fuller, Alexandra Length: 256 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Biography Publisher / Year: Penguin Press / 2011 Source: SantaThing through...
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Review: The Good Girls Revolt by Lynn Povich
Title: The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace Author: Povich, Lynn Length: 288 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Women, History Publisher / Year: Public...
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Review: Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach
Title: Dinner: A Love Story Author: Rosenstrach, Jenny Length: 336 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Cookbook Publisher / Year: Ecco Press / 2012 Source: From the publisher at Book Expo America (picked up at...
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Review: Jane Doe No More by M William Phelps with Donna M Palomba
Title: Jane Doe No More: My 15-Year Fight to Reclaim My Identity – A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Redemption Author: Phelps, M. William with Donna M. Palomba Length: 320 pages Genre: Non-Fiction,...
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Review: Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
Title: Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness Author: Thaler, Richard and Sunstein, Cass Length: 312 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Economics, Psychology Publisher / Year: Penguin...
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Review: The Hanging of Angelique by Afua Cooper
Title: The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Montreal Author: Cooper, Afua Length: 309 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, History Publisher / Year: Harper Perennial /...
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Review: Savage Pastimes by Harold Schechter
Title: Savage Times: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment Author: Schechter, Harold Length: 192 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, History Publisher / Year: St. Martin’s Press / 2005 Source: Amazon...
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Last Year I Read Books!
Last year I read a number of books which I didn’t discuss at all here. I’ve been rather offline (due to personal and professional reasons) for quite some time, and I likely won’t get caught up again...
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Review: A Question of Choice by Sarah Weddington
Title: A Question of Choice: Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Edition Author: Weddington, Sarah Length: 315 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir Publisher / Year: Feminist Press / 2013 first published in 1992...
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Review: Reality Bites Back by Jennifer L Pozner
Title: Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV Author: Pozner, Jennifer L. Length: 386 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Culture Publisher / Year: Seal Press / 2010 Source:...
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Review: Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson
Title: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Author: Anderson, Scott Length: 577 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Politics, History Publisher / Year: Signal...
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Thoughts on The Beast by Óscar Martínez
If you pay any attention at all to the news, and you live in North America, you are sure to have heard of the large numbers of Central American immigrants entering the Southern United States, and the...
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Thoughts on Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and...
I picked this book up from the library because I read a review of it somewhere and thought it sounded really interesting. Here in Canada we like to have this holier-than-thou attitude where we...
View ArticleNonfiction November: My Year in Nonfiction
I am a huge fan of nonfiction, so am ridiculously excited about Nonfiction November! The event is being hosted by Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness), Leslie (Regular Rumination), Katie (Doing Dewey), and...
View ArticleBrief Thoughts on November Nonfiction Reads
I had plans to actually get some longer thoughts posted on a few books I read and loved recently, but work got busy, and now my mom and aunt are visiting for a few days. My mom flew in from PEI with...
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Brief Thoughts on November Nonfiction Reads (2)
As I get back into blogging, one thing I’m going to have to keep reminding myself is to keep reading what *I* want to read. During my time away from blogging world, I read fairly widely and diversely....
View ArticleNoir Reads Subscription Box – Did You Subscribe?
Earlier this month I heard about a new monthly subscription box, Noir Reads, which promises to deliver great Black Authors to your front door each month. Their site says, about the books: “Noir Reads...
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Thoughts on Policing the Planet Edited By Jordan T. Camp and Christina...
Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter is a collection of 22 incredibly intersectional and deeply researched essays on policing in the US and internationally. The...
View ArticleRelated Reading: Policing the Planet – Policing and the Criminal Justice System
Earlier this week I posted my thoughts on Policing the Planet edited by Jordan T Camp and Christina Heatherton. Are you looking for more books on similar topics? Check out these other great titles...
View ArticleThoughts on Why I Am Not a Feminist by Jessa Crispin
Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto is a book where “Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism… and a bracing manifesto for revolution.” Through...
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