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Down Around Midnight
Sabbag, Robert
Sabbag's exploration into how he and the other survivors' lives have been affected has humor and sharp insight into the workings of memory. The flashbacks to 1979 evoke both the era and the details of the crash with startling clarity.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Kay D., Maple Grove Library
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The Soloist
Lopez, Steve
While hustling back to his office Steve Lopez stumbles across Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless African American man coaxing beautiful music from a two-stringed violin. Over the next few days Lopez discovers that Ayers had been a promising string bass player who attended Julliard in the early 1970s. Los Angeles Times columnist Lopez relates the first two years of his friendship with Nathaniel Anthony Ayers; his story is by turns harrowing, winsome, and inspiring. This powerful title at times brought tears to my eyes.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Jennifer L., Ridgedale Library
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The Well and the Mine
Phillips, Gin
This novel captivates you from the start when a little girl witnesses a woman tossing a baby into a well. As the story unfolds, one glimpses the incredible hardships of life during the Depression in Alabama where coal miners are faced with the possibility of death on a daily basis, housewives work themselves to the bone trying to make ends meet and children are expected to labor alongside their parents fron dawn until dusk. Yet, alongside these miseries there are the simple pleasures of life like jumping on cotton bales or sharing a family meal that make life bearable. Gin Phillips is a master storyteller whose first novel is a pleasure to read.
[Adult Fiction Book PHILLIP]
Lynn M., Osseo
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Tye, Larry
How does one write a story about a man who even during his glory days was as much myth as he was real? Leroy "Satchel" Paige is a poster child for the tragedy of segregated baseball. Tye interviewed more than 200 veteran fellow players of the Negro and Major Leagues and fleshes out the Satchel Paige persona. Through Paige’s hardscrabble years growing up in Jim Crow Alabama to his time with the Negro Leagues’ Kansas City Monarchs, his tours barnstorming against the likes of Dizzy Dean and Bob Feller and seasons played in Cuba, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and the Major Leagues, Tye tells the story of one of the finest pitchers ever who finally was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. A joy to read as it was about his life outside of baseball as much as about his baseball career.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Jennifer L., Ridgedale Library
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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Tenzing, Norgay Jamling
A beautifully written account of Norgay's ascent of Mt. Everest as the leader of the IMAX expedition in 1996. He deftly weaves accounts of his father's (Tenzing Norgay) ascent of Everest with Edmond Hillary in 1953, his own ascent and the infamous storm, and the Sherpa's beliefs about Everest and their roles in outsiders' ascents. For those who enjoyed "Into Thin Air" and other adventure survival nonfiction.
[Adult Nonfiction Book 796.522 N]
Jennifer L., Ridgedale Library
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Finding Betty Crocker: The Secret Life of America's First Lady of Food
Marks, Susan
This delightful book traces the history of one of America's most beloved icons, the indomitable Betty Crocker. From her inception in the 1920s through the present, Betty Crocker has helped and inspired homemakers and shown them the importance of their contribution to hearth and home. The narrative is liberally sprinkled throughout with historic recipes from Betty Crocker's "Big Red" cookbook, first published in 1950 and letters from loyal fans. A must read for food lovers.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Lynn M., Osseo Library
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Beat the Reaper
Bazell, Josh
This book is chock full of black humor, sarcasm and irony. Not only that, but it is hard-boiled; what more could one want? An ex-killer is now a doctor and, through the Witness Protection Program, hides and works in a hospital when a patient recognizes him. Events cascade from there in a fun and entertaining way.
[Adult Fiction Book BAZELL]
Lorenzo T., System & Network Services
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
Posnanski, Joe
At 93 years old, Buck O'Neil, possibly baseball's greatest ambassador of all time and former Negro League player, led Posnanski on a cross-country journey from New York to San Diego, Atlanta to Chicago, to discover the soul of baseball. O'Neil had lived and played baseball during a time when African Americans were not welcome in the Major Leagues. But Buck wasn't bitter and said that he was "right on time." His stories make up much of this wonderful book.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Jennifer L., Ridgedale Library
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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
Haupt, Lyanda Lynn
An inspired choice for bird lover or reading group, "Crow Planet" is the author's personal journey to better understand nature in the urban landscape in which we live. Her work is a conversation with the reader pondering questions like: What is nature? How do we affect it and it us? Crows are the gateway into her growth as an urban naturalist, and we are invited along to wonder at their intelligence and adaptability. There is a breezy style to Haupt's prose that is thought provoking, wistful, comforting, like reminiscing with an old friend late into the night. In "Crow Planet," Haupt is equal parts environmentalist, biographer and naturalist, inspiring us to discover more about own corner of the world
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Eddie A., St. Anthony Library
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The Middle Place
Corrigan, Kelly
If you love memoirs, you are in for a treat with this one. Although young wife and mother Kelly Corrigan develops breast cancer in her thirties, her memoir is about so much more than her struggle. Kelly alternates chapters between her childhood and young adulthood with the reality of her illness and life now. She has a special relationship with her outgoing and unfailingly optimistic father, Greenie. I hope Corrigan continues to write because she has a true gift. Both funny and tender, "The Middle Place" is an outstanding memoir.
[Adult Nonfiction Book ]
Kim B., Ridgedale Library
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