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Books (along with a smattering of movies and plays) that I have found of interest and want to share

Giving thanks for childhood heroes

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Willie Mays has written a glorious memoir, as you would expect from the greatest player ever.

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Christopher Carter’s book is part history lesson, part spiritual meditation, and part call to action on food justice.

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Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from October 2022.

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Ali Humayun Akhtar shows us how 14th century actions in China helped build the modern world.

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Seeking to confront difficult history is important in building just and ethical memories.

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Joe Posnanski’s magnum opus is “an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write.”

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Kwon Yeo-sun has written a novel that pulls the reader along page-after-page.

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Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from September 2022.

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Christine Madrid French’s new book on the built world in the films of Alfred Hitchcock is spooky good!

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Timothy Snyder on how sometimes you change the subject, and sometimes the subject changes you.