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October 2023 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for September 25, 2023

Breaking The Silence by Mariette Hartley and Anne Commire

Secrets, suffering, and—success–doing Polaroid commercials with James Garner.

Book of the Week for September 18, 2023

Actress: Postcards From The Road by Elizabeth Ashley

Adventures in the theatre.

Book of the Week for September 11, 2023

Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone

The tempestuous life of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Book of the Week for September 01, 2023

The Heart Of A Woman by Maya Angelou

Between 1957 and 1962, the peripatetic author traveled to California, New York, and Cairo to raise her son. The fourth...

Movie of the Month for September 2023

The Farmer’s Daughter

A farm girl who works as a maid for a congressman, must also tolerate his politically powerful mother.

September 2023 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Joan Didion:
The Center Will Not Hold

The documentary, directed by her nephew, actor-filmmaker Griffin Dunne, is a balmy celebration of Didion, covering her entire life.

Book of the Week for August 28, 2023

Clara Barton: Professional Angel by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

A comprehensive biography of the woman who founded the American Red Cross.

Book of the Week for August 21, 2023

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

A professor at Johns Hopkins reveals her struggle with bipolar illness.

Book of the Week for August 14, 2023

Born Free:
A Lioness Of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson

An English game warden and his wife raise Elsa the lion in captivity.