Nonfiction & Memoirs

At The Dark End Of The Street by Danielle L. McGuire & Rosa Parks Day

Sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks got herself booted off a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, some say deliberately, sparking the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement and leading to millions of citizens of this country, including me, being able to sit anywhere they please on public transportation.  Go Rosa! While Rosa is credited with this […]

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5 Creative Cookbooks for Your Holiday Feasting

The holidays are the perfect time to indulge our appetites with treasured (and savory!) ​food and treats. Still, they don’t curb our desire for new flavors and cuisines to add to our menus. If you’re looking for memorable ​entrée additions or the odd side dish to try this winter, don your apron and look no further than these entertaining

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Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto Edited by Anita Friedman

More than a half century after the destruction of the Lodz ghetto and the liberation of Auschwitz, 14-year-old Rywka Lipszyc’s voice is still strong and clear. Although several diaries from the Holocaust have been published, Lipszyc’s is important and unique, especially because of her unwavering faith in God. Lipszyc kept her short diary from the

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You’re Never Weird On The Internet (Almost): A Memoir by Felicia Day

I’m familiar with Felicia Day from her recurring role as Charlie Bradbury on the CW’s paranormal drama Supernatural, but the introduction to Day’s new memoir, You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), reveals several other identities for which Day is decidedly more famous. You could say she’s a pioneer in scripted web series; from 2007 to

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The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World by Tracy Slater

Women’s increasing equality in the U.S., along with a changing economy, has continued to expand women’s prevalence in the workplace at all stages of life—making our dilemmas about balancing work roles with those of traditional marriage and motherhood unlikely to go away anytime soon. How, for example, can I even find the time to date

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