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\"It'sIt’s What I do:\u00a0A Photographer’s Life of Love and War<\/strong> <\/em>by Lynsey Addario<\/h2>\n

War photographer Lynsey Addario\u2019s memoir\u00a0is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped her life. What she does, with clarity, beauty, and candor, is to document, often in their most extreme moments, the complex lives of others. It\u2019s her work, but it\u2019s much more than that: it\u2019s her singular calling.<\/p>\n

Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a young photographer when September 11 changed the world. One of the few photojournalists with experience in Afghanistan, she gets the call to return and cover the American invasion. She decides to set out across the world, face the chaos of crisis, and make a name for herself.<\/p>\n

Addario finds a way to travel with a purpose. She photographs the Afghan people before and after the Taliban reign, the civilian casualties and misunderstood insurgents of the Iraq War, as well as the burned villages and countless dead in Darfur. She exposes a culture of violence against women in the Congo and tells the riveting story of her headline-making kidnapping by pro-Qaddafi forces in the Libyan civil war.<\/p>\n

As a woman photojournalist determined to be taken as seriously as her male peers, Addario fights her way into a boys\u2019 club of a profession. Rather than choose between her personal life and her career, Addario learns to strike a necessary balance. In the man who will become her husband, she finds at last a real love to complement her work, not take away from it, and as a new mother, she gains an all the more intensely personal understanding of the fragility of life.<\/p>\n

Watching uprisings unfold and people fight to the death for their freedom, Addario understands she is documenting not only news but also the fate of societies.\u00a0It\u2019s What I Do\u00a0<\/i>is more than just a snapshot of life on the front lines; it is witness to the human cost of war. -Penguin Random House description. Recommended by Jamie Johnson. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2uV9XV8<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"BookWhat the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City<\/strong><\/em> by Mona Hanna-Attisha<\/h2>\n

The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, told \u201cwith the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller\u201d (O: The Oprah Magazine<\/i>)\u2014an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power.<\/p>\n

Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan\u2014in the name of austerity\u2014shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water that flowed from their taps\u2014but officials rebuffed them, insisting that the water was fine. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician at the city\u2019s public hospital, took state officials at their word and encouraged the parents and children in her care to continue drinking the water\u2014after all, it was American tap water, blessed with the\u00a0state\u2019s\u00a0seal of approval.<\/p>\n

But a conversation at a cookout with an old friend, leaked documents from a rogue environmental inspector, and the activism of a concerned mother raised red flags about lead\u2014a neurotoxin whose irreversible effects fall most heavily on children. Even as circumstantial evidence mounted and protests grew, Dr. Mona knew that the only thing that could stop the lead poisoning was undeniable proof\u2014<\/i>and that to get it, she\u2019d have to enter the fight of her life.<\/p>\n

What the Eyes Don\u2019t See <\/i>is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona\u2014accompanied by an idiosyncratic team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders\u2014proved that Flint\u2019s kids were exposed to lead and then fought her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, this book shows how misguided austerity policies, the withdrawal of democratic government, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself\u2014an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family\u2019s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n

What the Eyes Don\u2019t See<\/i> is a riveting, beautifully rendered account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their\u2014and all of our\u2014children. -Penguin Random House description. Recommended by Jackie Zak. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2uDFlrL<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ThereThere There<\/strong><\/em> by Tommy Orange<\/h2>\n

Tommy Orange\u2019s \u201cgroundbreaking, extraordinary\u201d (The New York Times<\/i>) There There<\/i> is the \u201cbrilliant, propulsive\u201d (People Magazine<\/i>) story of twelve unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. It\u2019s \u201cthe year\u2019s most galvanizing debut novel\u201d (Entertainment Weekly<\/i>).<\/p>\n

As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow\u2014some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent\u2014momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle\u2019s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle\u2019s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will to perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.<\/p>\n

There There<\/i> is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. <\/i>It\u2019s \u201cmasterful . . . white-hot . . . devastating\u201d (The Washington Post<\/i>) at the same time as it is fierce, funny, suspenseful, thoroughly modern, and impossible to put down. Here is a voice we have never heard\u2014a voice full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. Tommy Orange has written a stunning novel that grapples with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and profound spirituality, and with a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide. This is the book that everyone is talking about right now, and it\u2019s destined to be a classic. -Penguin Random House description. Recommended by Lynn Lampert. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JG2Bdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"FreedomFreedom Rider Diary: Smuggled Notes from Parchman Prison<\/strong><\/em> by Carol Ruth Silver<\/h2>\n

Arrested as a Freedom Rider in June of 1961, Carol Ruth Silver, a twenty-two-year-old recent college graduate originally from Massachusetts, spent the next forty days in Mississippi jail cells, including the Maximum Security Unit at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm. She chronicled the events and her experiences on hidden scraps of paper which amazingly she was able to smuggle out. These raw written scraps she fashioned into a manuscript, which has waited, unread for more than fifty years. Freedom Rider Diary is that account. Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 to test the US Supreme Court rulings outlawing segregation in interstate bus and terminal facilities. Brutality and arrests inflicted on the Riders called national attention to the disregard for federal law and the local violence used to enforce segregation. Police arrested Riders for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and violating state and local Jim Crow laws, along with other alleged offenses, but they often allowed white mobs to attack the Riders without arrest or intervention.<\/p>\n

This book offers a heretofore unavailable detailed diary from a woman Freedom Rider along with an introduction by historian Raymond Arsenault, author of the definitive history of the Freedom Rides. In a personal essay detailing her life before and after the Freedom Rides, Silver explores what led her to join the movement and explains how, galvanized by her actions and those of her compatriots in 1961, she spent her life and career fighting for civil rights. Framing essays and personal and historical photographs make the diary an ideal book for the general public, scholars, and students of the movement that changed America. -University Press of Mississippi description. Recommended by Dean Arnold. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JIlgFh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"NomadlandNomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Jessica Bruder<\/h2>\n

The end of retirement?<\/p>\n

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon\u2019s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves \u201cworkampers.\u201d<\/p>\n

On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald\u2019s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others\u2014including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May.<\/p>\n

In a secondhand vehicle she christens \u201cVan Halen,\u201d Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy\u2014one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable \u201cEarthship\u201d home, they have not given up hope. -W.W. Norton Company & Ink description. Recommended by Marcia Henry. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JFv17k<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"They'reThey\u2019re Playing Our Song: A Memoir<\/strong><\/em> by Carole Bayer Sager<\/h2>\n

A New York Times<\/i> bestseller from Grammy and Academy Award\u2013winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager shares \u201ca delightful and funny tell-all crammed with famous names and famous songs\u201d (Steve Martin), from her fascinating (and sometimes calamitous) relationships to her collaborations with the greatest composers and musical artists of our time.<\/p>\n

For five decades, Carole Bayer Sager has been among the most admired and successful songwriters at work, responsible for her lyrical contributions to some of the most popular songs in the English language, including \u201cNobody Does It Better,\u201d \u201cA Groovy Kind of Love,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Cry Out Loud,\u201d and the theme from the movie Arthur<\/i>, \u201cThe Best That You Can Do\u201d (about getting caught between the moon and New York City).<\/p>\n

She has collaborated with (and written for) a dizzying number of stars, including Peter Allen, Ray Charles, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Clint Eastwood, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Melissa Manchester, Reba McEntire, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand.<\/p>\n

But while her professional life was filled with success and fascinating people, her personal life was far more difficult and dramatic. In this memoir that \u201creads like a candid conversation over a bottle of Mersault on a breezy Bel Air night\u201d (Vanity Fair<\/i>), Carole Bayer Sager tells the surprisingly frank and darkly humorous story of a woman whose sometimes crippling fears and devastating relationships inspired many of the songs she would ultimately write. -Simon & Schuster description. Recommended by Mark Stover. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2O4kFkN<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TurtlesTurtles All the Way Down<\/strong><\/em> by John Green<\/h2>\n

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there\u2019s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett\u2019s son, Davis.<\/p>\n

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within\u00a0the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.<\/p>\n

In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of\u00a0Looking for Alaska\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0The Fault in Our Stars,<\/i>\u00a0shares Aza\u2019s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Turtles All the Way Down<\/em> is a New York Times Best Seller. -Penguin Random House description. Recommended by Jamie Johnson. Location information: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2mwb0Xu<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TheThe Great Alone<\/strong> <\/em>by Kristin Hannah<\/h2>\n

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America\u2019s last true frontier.<\/p>\n

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents\u2019 passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.<\/p>\n

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights\u2019 lack of preparation and dwindling resources.<\/p>\n

But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt\u2019s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.<\/p>\n

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska\u2014a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone<\/i> is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature. -St. Martin’s Press description. Recommended by Lynn Lampert. Location: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2LoyoEr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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