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Book of the Week for July 22, 2017

My Life by Golda Meir

From Russia to Milwaukee; Israel to Prime Minister.

Book of the Week for July 13, 2017

Maybe: A Story by Lillian Hellman

During a forty year period, the author meets a woman from time-to-time in Paris, New York, Hollywood, and Rome.

Book of the Week for July 06, 2017

Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography by Kitty Kelley

The first lady’s life through the White House Years.

Book of the Week for June 30, 2017

The President’s Lady by Irving Stone

A love story about Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel.

Jewish Stories From The Revolutionary War

“… there was nothing but war talked of etc. Every-body has there (sic) hands and herts (sic) full.” When the...

Book of the Week for June 24, 2017

Roosevelt’s Second Act by Richard Moe

How FDR strategically and successfully manipulated a third term in the White House.

Book of the Week for June 06, 2017

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

The life–so far–of the tennis champion and education advocate.

Book of the Week for June 01, 2017

Last Wish by Betty Rollin

Betty Rollin’s, LAST WISH; a mother suffers from painful cancer, and her daughter helps her die.

Book of the Week for May 30, 2017

Black Water: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates

A famous senator, a beautiful girl, and an accident. Chappaquiddick re-told.

Book of the Week for May 24, 2017

First Lady From Plains by Rosalynn Carter

A memoir partially about the 1980 election defeat.

Book of the Week for May 22, 2017

Second Heaven by Judith Guest

Three very different people–a divorced absentee father, his former client, and a troubled teenager, become friends.

Book of the Week for May 15, 2017

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

A widow who opens a bookshop in an English seaside town is snubbed.