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Happy at Any Cost

March 28, 2022

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While Zappos may be an easily recognizable name to anyone who shops online and loves shoes, Tony Hsieh is probably not. I knew of him because he was often profiled in business news for his unique take ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: 21st century, biography

Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

November 10, 2021

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Suicide is always shocking to those left behind, but when it’s someone famous, someone with what looks to be a “dream” life, it feels even more inexplicable. This was the case June 2018 when Anthony ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: biography, contemporary life, food

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

March 11, 2020

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It’s May 1940, but Hitler is already on the move, invading and collecting countries like Monopoly properties. In Great Britain, Prime Minister Chamberlain has lost the confidence of his party and is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: biography, Crown, England, history, world war II

The Stranger in the Woods

May 30, 2018

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In case this news slipped by you, as it did me: In 2013 a man was apprehended at a children’s summer camp in northern Maine stealing food and supplies. Not particularly interesting except that when ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: biography, book clubs, Knopf, life, New England

Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox

August 1, 2012

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August 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe and 50 years later the attention on both her life and death is still strong. In Marilyn: The Passion & the Paradox, Lois ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: 1960s, biography, Marilyn Monroe, pop culture

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