Category: biography
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Book Review: The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz by Sara Leibovits & Eti Elboim
I’ve read a number of Holocaust memoirs over the years. While they are all unique and heart-wrenching in their own right, The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz is a standout…
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Book Review: Reaching for the Stars by José M. Hernández
I had the honor of getting to hear José Hernández speak while I was visiting the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. His story and outlook on life are inspiring…
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Book Review: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Behind Jack the Ripper is the lives of his victims. Given the illusiveness of this particular killer, the women he slayed tend to be swept aside. This book gives them a voice…
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Book Review: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
I didn’t realize first going into this that this was a memoir. I guess from the cover I assumed it was a depiction of the Holocaust with a ‘cat and mouse’ metaphor. I realized as soon as I started reading that this wasn’t fiction and it made the analogy all the more powerful…
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Book Review: Camera Girl by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Having carried surnames such as Kennedy and Onassis, very often Jaqueline Bouvier gets overlooked. In Camera Girl, we get a close look at the life of Jaqueline as a young woman…
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Book Review: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Being a woman in the early 20th century was no picnic, especially when it came to getting a job. Add a disability to the mix and getting someone to hire you was near impossible. Virginia Hall broke down barriers and excelled over her able-bodied male counterparts…
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Book Review: Becoming FDR by Jonathan Darman
This isn’t so much a biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as it is a prelude to his presidency. Most of the focus is on his battle with polio and how he used this challenge to shape himself into the man we look back upon today…
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Book Review: Yesterday, Today, and Forever by Maria von Trapp
Though this book wasn’t at all what I thought it was going to be, I was pleasantly surprised with the content I got instead…