Bob Trube
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I love reading and blogging about books as well as choral singing, writing, and art. This X account is #NoPlaceForHate.
Columbus, Ohio
Joined March 2015
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
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Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.
theatlantic.com
Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.
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Romance lovers: Did you know that tomorrow is Bookstore Romance Day?.
bookstoreromanceday.org
Celebrating Romance Fiction in Independent Bookstores
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"Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.".-Gertrude Himmelfarb, born this day, 1922.
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Featured Book. I've always appreciated the insights of the late Roger Lundin on literature, culture, and faith and so was delighted to find this classic from 1993 published by @eerdmansbooks
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A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace.
theguardian.com
A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace
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Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.
bigthink.com
Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.
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Claire M. Andrews Recommends Katherine Arden, Renée Adieh, Chloe Gong, and More.
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From fairytales to mythology, classics to niche, there has always been a love of retellings and reimaginings. In fact, it has remained, steadfastly, one of the strongest markets in publishing for y…
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Radical Quaker Benjamin Lay was a pioneer of abolitionism, who lived what he preached. So why was he erased from history?.
aeon.co
Radical Quaker Benjamin Lay was a pioneer of abolitionism, who lived what he preached. So why was he erased from history?
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An anthology of primary source writings on Black Christianity in America from the 1600's to the present. @ivpacademic @w_strickland.
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Swing Low Volume 2. An anthology of primary source writings on Black Christianity in America from the 1600's to the present.
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Featured Book. A science educator who is a Christian addresses how Christians might best interact with scientific information. @eerdmansbooks
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What we argue about when we argue about colonialism.
comment.org
Modern debates about empire and colonialism are not so different from those that took place thirteen hundred years ago.
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Reading specialist and former classroom teacher Elizabeth Scully works with students who need reading help in a suburban school district in Western New York.
publishersweekly.com
We spoke with reading specialist and former classroom teacher Elizabeth Scully about her experience creating decodable books.
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M.G. Sheftall Chronicles Daily Life in Japan At the End of the Second World War.
lithub.com
Former Daiwa Textile plant North Ujina, Hiroshima Two hundred fifty kilometers east-northeast of Nagasaki 3.7 kilometers southeast of Hiroshima Ground Zero (GZ) August 9, 1945 * In his khaki serge …
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"A book is a gift you can open again and again.".-Garrison Keillor, born this day, 1942.
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Despite the ravages of Dutch elm disease, these once ubiquitous features of our landscape still loom large.
theguardian.com
An enthusiastic and scholarly guide to a noble tree that has been used in herbal medicine and shipbuilding, and romanticised in poetry
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Sometimes, books straddle the line, causing some debate. But, what exactly is the difference between hard sci-fi and soft sci-fi?.
bookriot.com
Sometimes, books straddle the line, causing some debate. But, what exactly is the difference between hard sci-fi and soft sci-fi?
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Do you take perverse pleasure in reading about the end of the world as we know it?.
fivebooks.com
If you enjoy reading about the 'end times'—and who doesn't?—you may be keen to consult our list of the best post-apocalyptic novels.
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