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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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Cleopatra A Life
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Stacy Schiff
Candy Carter
, January 01, 2011
This biography is beautifully written, compelling, thoughtful, and well-researched (even though, as the author points out, Augustan Romans did an excellent job of covering their tracks, erasing nearly all Cleopatra's story in the process). I gained new insights into the Rome of that time, Mediterranean (Roman, Greek, Ptolemaic, Egyptian, etc.) culture.
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Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, Balco, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports
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Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
Candy Carter
, July 14, 2007
I don't even LIKE sports that much, but I could not put this book down. The writers/reporters risked jail time to tell their story. The book is well-written, well-paced, and reads like terrific fiction (although, unfortunately, it's true). Anyone who follows sports has insights to gain from reading Game of Shadows. Anyone who has children who idolize athletes should view it as a cautionary tale. And coaches--who tolerate their players' bad behavior or look the other way when athletes get "bigger, stronger, faster" way too quickly--should pay very close attention to the messages of this book.
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