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One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions

complicate Jill and Kit's finances, but threaten Kit's identity and shake the family's sense of personal history

Kalb shares rip-roaring tales of family history; Bobby's distinct pride in generations of the family

country--and her journalistic discoveries threaten to unearth the painful secrets of Smita's own family history

the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious and complicated) history

This book traces the history of the Tearling as a kingdom crushed by famine, feudalism, corruption, greed Elyssa recalls that the history shared by her tutor Lady Glynn was made up of: "...tales of good, but book in the trilogy is the widespread suffering (and significant effect on the plot) caused by the actions

Female characters--as well as their female friends and relatives who appear in retold stories and histories and bravery required by Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women--to write a new history

disappeared mysteriously in the early twentieth century—she begins a quest to discover the truth about her history judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's

of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters

feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

into Hazard's wonder at new experiences and his and other characters' perspectives on the world and history

The bad-character/good-character split is pretty clear, with purely evil actions set against hearts of Legend touches on but doesn't fully explore potentially intriguing aspects of Lu's world--the history

She weaves more than thirty songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music

They return to Beirut, each broken in a way, each searching for home, fulfillment, history, peace, or

villages of her home country--and threatens to unearth the secrets of Smita's own family and their history

sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that have cemented her place in tennis history

feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.

make ends meet in California and drifting a little bit--oh, and she's been telling her parents about fictitious

Grande digs into her family's complicated history of trauma, disappointment, struggle, and, for some

builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

last week) courtesy of NetGalley and Random House. 03 Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu In an alternate history

discoveries of the famous ornithologist John James Audubon in this combination of biography/memoir, art, history

and backgrounds in those books, I find myself actively trying to separate this immersive, love-filled fictional

the stories across time, he also set up rich glimpses into characters' lives at different points in history

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder

write "in the hopes that what I write and say, and what others write and say, will inform and inspire action the desire to remove the pressure on people of color to be walking Google sources for experience and history often-traditional colorblind approaches to race; and how guilt can paralyze and prevent productive action

their own complications and pain--and which he seems to resent), and linking much of his inability to function

I was most struck by the character-driven World War II sections, which were haunting and lovely. But don’t forget that history isn’t just a study in black and white.

: An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam and Emily Sieu Liebowitz "...I never really wanted

including Bill Laimbeer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Ainge, and Charles Oakley. 02 Why We Love Baseball: A History

and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History

builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

The book was published in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's extensive exhibition

With gorgeous National Parks photography and fascinating National Parks history, this is perfect for

builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

North Carolina woman's thoughtful account of events, written with an aim of preserving the essential history

North Carolina woman's thoughtful account of events, written with an aim of preserving the essential history

I mentioned the music-focused book Music Is History in an earlier book gift list this season and included

the stories across time, he also set up rich glimpses into characters' lives at different points in history

A lot of page time was spent on logistics and on explaining why magical processes and machinations functioned

Beautiful by Maggie Smith Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, and she weaves in history The book is made up of many short sections, and much of Smith's exploration is focused on the way in

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes

assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing the painful truth of her own traumatic history

Hawkins's mystery The Wife Upstairs, set for January 5, 2021 publication, the main players and their histories

builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this She provides lots of action; sometimes poignant internal conflict; some dark humor; and she builds history Both offer unlikely heroes, action, and some dark humor, although Yee's young adult book is more playful

Abu-Jaber made me hungry while drawing me into her history, with recipes special to her placed strategically have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the first section I found the sections about a day in the life of Bourdain's kitchen and a day in the life of a three-star I really fell for Bourdain watching him in action on television--witnessing his bristly manner and his I found her teenage daughter's sections somewhat irritating, but it must be tough to be a teenager drawn