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Freedom
Cover of Freedom: A Novel I recently finished reading Jonathan Franzen’s book, Freedom, which has been described as a portrait of our times. I found a particular line of his prose to be very telling....
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Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone – Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah This is one of those books you should definitely read, but don’t really want to. Yet, you should anyway. Gear up for it if you have to and...
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Same Kind of Different As Me
Same Kind of Different As Me is a true story of a very unlikely friendship between a man who has grown up in abject poverty, too familiar with injustice and tragedy, and an international art dealer...
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Impact of International Travel On Teens and Twenty-Somethings’ Career Paths
Get out and see the world: Why it can be a good idea for teens and twenty-somethings before jumping into the workforce. The irony of traveling in foreign countries, especially when studying abroad or...
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Soft But Potent Power
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking I am loving this book. Author, Susan Cain, discusses how much we lose in undervaluing introverts…how well known figures like Eleanor...
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Three Cups of Tea Lawsuit Dismissed
This past Monday, the civil lawsuit against the Central Asia Institute (CAI) and the authors and publisher of Three Cups of Tea, was dismissed. The CAI is the non-profit Mortenson co-founded that works...
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Half The Sky
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide This is a book every woman should read (and then hand to the men in your life). Pulitzer-winning authors, Nicholas D. Kristof and...
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Chris Cleave: Victims of Terrorism…to Refugees…to Olympic Athletes
I discovered the British author, Chris Cleave, when I was in one of my “happy places” (the bookstore) and picked up Little Bee. As you can tell from the title of this post, Chris Cleave doesn’t exactly...
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Undaunted
“Why didn’t you come sooner?” A young girl once posed this question to Christine Caine—the co-founder of The A21 Campaign, which fights human trafficking. This girl had suffered unspeakable horror as a...
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Books That Make A Difference
So many books, so little time… Are you like me? Do you have multiple pages of wish lists for books on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and “To-Read” shelves on Goodreads and Library Thing? I know this...
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