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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.

Book of the Week for May 07, 2017

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

A baby bird goes searching for his mother after they are separated.

Book of the Week for May 01, 2017

Sailor And Fiddler by Herman Wouk

The novelist’s memoir about a life that has spanned two centuries.

Book of the Week for April 21, 2017

Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

In the continuation of her story, the great actress/comedienne/dancer/entrepreneur remains unstoppable despite professional highs and lows, betrayals, and lousy husbands.

Jewish Literature Live! Presents Faye Moskowitz

George Washington University’s Department of English and Jewish Literature Live proudly present a reading by Faye Moskowitz on Thursday, April 27,...

Book of the Week for April 14, 2017

Keep Moving by Dick Van Dyke

How to stay young and vital–even at an advanced age.