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Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past by William Zinsser My rating: 5 of 5 stars What I thought would be an instruction manual on how to write memoirs turned out to be a moving memoir about the … Continued
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer My rating: 4 of 5 stars The author, Michael A. Singer, has packed a lot of interesting ideas and recommendations for improving one’s spiritual mindset in a relatively slim … Continued
Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums by Franklin D. Vagnone My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums offers fresh ideas for museum administrators and staff to evaluate and improve the visitor experience to their … Continued
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 5 of 5 stars Yuval Noah Harari writes with humor and conviction about complex topics in human history starting with the evolution of Homo sapiens through the Agricultural, … Continued
Museums 101 by Mark Walhimer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Museums 101 is a great place to start for anyone interested in learning how museums operate. The book is well organized and methodical in its approach. It is easy … Continued
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund My rating: 4 of 5 stars The cover caught my eye first while I was browsing in the bookstore. Not surprisingly, I later learned that the author, Peter Mendelsund, is an … Continued
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 5 of 5 stars Homo Deus is an engaging and well-written book that explores the rise and perhaps imminent fall of humans (by our own collective design) … Continued
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist My rating: 5 of 5 stars The “Half Has Never Been Told” is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the complicated … Continued
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher”, the biography of Edward Sherriff Curtis, one of America’s most … Continued
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars Timely and relevant, “The Origin of Others” examines the ways in which literature reflects color-coded attitudes in obvious and sometimes oblique ways. It explores the subtle messages … Continued
