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My Selma
Willie Mae Brown was a child during the Civil Rights movement, which reached its high point in 1965, with the Selma to Montgomery march that resulted in the Civil Rights bill of 1965, with great assistance from the local sheriff and … Continue reading
Short rounds: The Office, sword-making, and love in the time of yellow fever
The Office BFFs, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Foes on the show, but IRL best friends Jenna and Angela here deliver a very personal memoir of not just the show, but of their friendship over the years – forged … Continue reading
Posted in General, Reviews
Tagged 2000s, architecture, arts-entertainment, audiobook, Colonial America, historical fiction, memoir, philosophy
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Diary of a Psychosis
Tom Woods is a historian and podcast host with a daily newsletter which (in part) analyzes issues of the day from a libertarian point of view. From February 2020 forward, both the podcast and the newsletter were largely oriented toward … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged coronamania, health/wellness, history, memoir, Politics-CivicInterest
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Uncensored Memoirs of a Trailer Park Refugee
Ahh, boyhood. A time for digging out forts in the sides of hills, running from water moccasins at the creek, and repeatedly bashing .45 ACP rounds to see what’s inside. I stumbled upon this book while researching a Selma suburb … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Alabama, Alaska, American West, memoir, Of Boys and Men, Selma, sports and outdoors, Texas
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Carrying the Fire
Yet a higher call was calling, and we vowed we’d reach it soonSo we gave ourselves a decade to put fire on the moonAnd Apollo told the world, we can do it if we try —There was One Small Step, … Continue reading
Redcoats , los presidentes, and medieval making-merry
Alllrighty, short rounds time, featuring: British Soldiers, American War; The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women; and The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Secret Fraternity. First up, British Soldiers, American War. This is an interesting volume in which … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American Revolution, Britain, Europe, Hail to the Chief, history, Medieval, memoir, military, sexuality, social history, women
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The Dirty Life
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love© 2011 Kristin Kimball287 pages When Kristin Kimball left her cozy confines in the big city to interview a passionate young farmer in the sticks, she had no idea her life … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged agrarianism, animal domestication, community, farming, food, labor, localism, marriage and family, memoir, participation, simple living
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The Human Experiment
The Human Experiment: Two Years and 20 Minutes Inside Biosphere 2© 2006 Jane Poynter384 pages From this patch of desert in sunny Oracle, Arizona, eight Americans are beginning the trip of a lifetime. Divided into two tribes and locked into … Continue reading
Laughing all the Way to the Mosque
Laughing all the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman© 2016 Zarqa Nawaz240 pages ‘A hit religious comedy show about Muslims worshipping in a broken-down mosque, within a broken-down church, living in a tiny town in the … Continue reading
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