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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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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Michelle Alexander
Sandra Miller
, January 01, 2012
If you want to believe that the war on drugs is working, if you think that everyone gets a fair deal under the law and you absolutely do not want to hear anything to the contrary, well, don't read this book. If you have a sense that something isn't right with our justice system, the privatization of our prisons, right up to the Supreme Court then get a group together and read this book, discuss what you've read, spread the word, and find out what you can do to stop the mass incarceration of people of color, especially men. Ms. Alexander has done her homework well and writes a compelling review of what is happening across our country, and in your neighborhood. You may not agree with each of her conclusions, but the hard facts alone will frighten you. I'd love to say this is a "good" read, but I can't. It is an important read.
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New & Selected Poems
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Mary Oliver
Sandra Miller
, September 01, 2011
I read a fair amount of poetry ranging over a wide variety of styles, eras when written and yet more criteria, but when I feel confined by the city and need a dose of the great order of nature, when I'm in need of solace, or want to be reminded of the depth of joy I am capable of feeling, it's Mary Oliver to whom I turn. She is a consummate wordsmith, picking her words carefully but with the best of intent, and with the greatest impact. If you love poetry this book should be by your bedside as a companion for the few moments before sleep, or as a companion on sleepless nights.
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Night Train To Lisbon
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Pascal Mercier, Barbara Harshav
Sandra Miller
, January 01, 2011
Wow! I absolutely loved this book. What an adventure, and so exceedingly well told. I couldn't put it down and stayed up way too late too many nights as I avariciously ate up each and every word as if I were starving for the rest of the story. Add to that the philosophical food for thought sprinkled like gem stones throughout the story. Is it possible to be quiet and yet so intense you can hardly stand it? This book accomplishes that with great aplomb. Could you turn your life upside down on a whim? Find out as you consider your life in relationship to Gregorius, and let him grow on you as he struggles with his own story.
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Cracking India
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Bapsi Sidhwa
Sandra Miller
, January 01, 2011
I really liked this book. It came recommended to me by a dear Pakistani friend who lived and breathed this story. Quite frankly, the writing style is not my favorite but it is fine and the story will open up a piece of the history of India, issues of prejudice and colonialism. Ms. Sidhwa was impeccable credentials for writing this story and it will captivate you in surprising ways. I also recommend her book The Crow Eaters.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Michelle Alexander
Sandra Miller
, January 01, 2011
Favorite may not be the right word to use for my relationship to this book. Most important book I read this year would be a more apt description. I work with chronically street homeless men and women and read this to get a perspective I didn't have on some of the issues that contribute to their circumstances. What I got was an education about a level of injustice that astounded and disheartened me. I may not agree with all of Michelle Alexander's conclusions, but the indisputable facts she cites will give even the most hardened cynic real pause for thought. Read this book and find out what the Supreme Court has done in your name!
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Piano Shop on the Left Bank Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
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Thad Carhart
Sandra Miller
, January 01, 2011
With a quiet and exquisitely written narrative we are invited into and asked to share a deep and passionate journey into real relationships, a community of music lovers, and the artistry/craftmanship that makes this possible. It is and isn't about the music itself which is remarkable in a way, but when the music rises to prominence in vignettes within the larger story it takes your breath away, just as it did for Thad Carhart. If you love music, if you love pianos, or if you just like an extremely well written memoir, read this.
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New Cooks Catalogue
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Burt Wolf
Sandra Miller
, September 16, 2006
OK, let me be up front - I don't own this book, and that is much to my chagrin. The first issue of this book, The Cook's Catalogue, lo these many years ago, changed the way I looked at cooking and how I cooked. Mind you, I was already teaching cooking classes in that first front of the education of talented home cooks, but this book taught me much I didn't know. And [a]Burt Wolf [/a]is knowledgeable and witty, and has drawn on some of the best chefs of our time. If you arm yourself with a love of food, a copy of the [t]Joy of Cooking,[/t] and [t]The New Cook's Catalogue [/t]you are assured of garnering as much success as only you yourself limit yourself to in the kitchen. Be good to yourself and your loved ones, buy this book!
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