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Five Book Friday: In Memoriam
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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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In the Garden of Beasts Love Terror & an American Family in Hitlers Berlin
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Larson, Erik
MoonHowler
, January 05, 2012
Great book that explores 1933-1934 Berlin, as experienced by U.S. Ambassador William E. Dodd and his adult daughter, Martha. The opinions and observations of Dodd, a college history professor who takes a break from writing his history of the South to become Ambassador, are scoffed at by U.S. government insiders who seek only to recover money owed to the U.S. and are blind to Dodd's reports of violence against both German and American citizens. Martha is initially entranced by the parties and pomp, and a succession of young handsome Third Reich men, but she gradually comes to see the darker side of the Third Reich. The book also covers the early years of the Third Reich, and the infighting among the various groups within it. Enlightening book about how Hitler was allowed to rise to power.
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Sparrow
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Mary Doria Russell
MoonHowler
, April 25, 2011
I just finished re-reading The Sparrow. I originally read it in a book group in the late 1990s. Russell's background in social and biological anthropology help her create a two worlds filled with sympathetic characters, while following the intrusion of outsiders to believable ends. If you've read The Sparrow once, I recommend a re-read.
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Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
MoonHowler
, January 13, 2011
Henrietta Lacks, a poor African American woman, died of a particularly virulent cancer in 1951. Diseased cells harvested during her diagnosis and treatment were later found to be unique. The medical researchers used some of those cells (without the knowledge of her family) to develop treatments that have touched the lives of many (if not every) American. Skloot describes for the reader not just the value of Henrietta's cells, but the lives of her husband and children after her death.
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People of the Book
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Geraldine Brooks
MoonHowler
, January 01, 2010
Geraldine Brooks is an expert at weaving stories together. As I read each era I thought it was my favorite. She took a bit of a story not commonly known and created a history to explain how various parts of the Sarajevo Haggadah came to be, and how the book came to Sarajevo. A book to keep and reread.
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