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Minneapolis: An Urban Biography by Tom Weber
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: New book explores cycles and whiplash of Minneapolis history Minneapolis is Minneapolis is because of the water—because of the Mississippi River, and St. Anthony...
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The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: For fantasy fans looking for their next book series Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader...
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How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: New book teaches kids 'How to Solve a Problem' like a rock climber would To a rock climber, a boulder is called a "problem,"...
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Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: 'Bright Precious Thing' encompasses memories unleashed by #MeToo movement In a voice as candid as it is evocative, Gail Caldwell traces a path from...
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Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Privilege takes many forms in 'Friends and Strangers' Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small...
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A Silenced Voice: The Life of Journalist Kim Wall by Ingrid and Joachim Wall
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Journalist Kim Wall's parents show she was more than a victim in 'A Silenced Voice' Kim Wall was a thirty-year-old Swedish freelance journalist with...
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Demagogue by Larry Tye
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: 'We've got to learn from our history,' 'Demagogue' author warns In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never...
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The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Coronavirus and drinking games: Author of new book sees commonalities These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor,...
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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary Trump
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: 'The stakes are far higher than they've ever been': Trump's niece pens tell-all Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large,...
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