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What exactly does a high school basketball coach do? Roll the balls out? Draw some Xs and Os on the whiteboard/ clipboard thingy? Rehearse halftime speeches? Perception vs Reality. Marc Skelton has made teaching and coaching his calling. From choosing to teach at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the Bronx to the relationships... Continue Reading →
Radtke's memoir looks at loss, relationships, and our limited time on earth. The narrative starts with the story of the death of a favorite uncle due to hearth disease, and moves to memories of art school and the beginnings of her relationship with a long-term boyfriend. She travels and sees the world, but focuses her... Continue Reading →
I'm going to start this review off with the verdict: A must-read for those spy novel fans who want to find out the truth behind those twisty plots. The ultimate 'truth is stranger than fiction' Cold War spy story. Oleg Gordievsky is a man who grew up in the world of the KGB. His father... Continue Reading →
Here's the Best Nonfiction Books I read in 2018. Covering many different topics, from true crime to sports. These are all great works. Click through for the entire review. The Last Cowboys by John Branch I recommend The Last Cowboys to anyone interested in The American West, agribusiness, or sports, or to anyone... Continue Reading →
‘It was very difficult for the Americans to tell the good guys from the bad guys.’ Would the United States allow a man to take the fall for a CIA agent’s murder? Would the government be complicit in the cover-up? These are the overreaching questions directing Michael Pullara's book The Spy Who Was Left Behind.... Continue Reading →
Do you bank online? Do you use social media? Do you have a smartphone? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are vulnerable to cyber attack. As much as we depend on technology in our lives, it's important to think about the implications of these choices we are making as individuals, and... Continue Reading →
At its heart, Ghettoside is a page-turning account of a murder investigation in South Los Angeles, but this book dives deep into many issues. Leovy presents a balanced account of the issue of black on black crime in Southern California, throughout the United States, and its history in our country. The case presented is a... Continue Reading →
“Any successful escape... would need to be a four-stage event: intense preparation, a foolproof breakout, an evasion scheme, and a bid to cross the border.’ From getting shot down in dogfights to being caught spying in the trenches, prisoners were rounded up in a multitude of ways during The Great War. And once locked up... Continue Reading →
Sarah Smarsh's Heartland is a telling memoir about growing up in a working-poor family in and just outside of Wichita, Kansas during the 80s and 90s. It's a piece that is built on powerful storytelling, and a unique voice in which the writer addresses her future daughter throughout the narrative. She shares the stories of... Continue Reading →
