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FEBRUARY 2024: 14 Great Books by Black Authors
FEBRUARY 2024: 14 Great Books by Black Authors
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The List / Yomi Adegoke
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time. Young, beautiful, and successful – she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all….
Chart an exploration into this listing of nonfiction titles featuring courageous, yet catastrophic, expeditions into the unknown.
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The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darién Expedition and America’s Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas / Todd Balf
With rival warships and explorers from England and France days behind, the 27-member U.S….
Books to Foster Self-Acceptance in the New Year
Books to Foster Self-Acceptance in the New Year
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The perfection trap : embracing the power of good enough / Thomas Curran
A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life….
Sometimes it is just better to hear someone’s writing from their own voice. Even better when it is the well-oiled delivery of a comedian, the dramatic inflection of a beloved actor, or the crooning of a mellifluous accent. Delivery can elevate the words and galvanize the meaning. Get all the perks from these “read by the author” favorites.
The argonauts / Maggie Nelson
This story,…
Southeast Michigan has produced many talented writers. Check out these books from the area’s finest!
Fiction Books
How it happens / Jean Alicia Elster
How It Happens follows the story of author Jean Alicia Elster’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson,…