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Sep 27

Book Notes 9/26/2022

Posted to Campbell Unclassified on September 27, 2022 at 9:57 AM by Genesis Gaule

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9/26/2022


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Indigenous Continent  by Pekka Hämäläinen

The Epic Contest for North America // In this book Pekka Hämäläinen overturns the traditional, Eurocentric narrative, demonstrating that, far from being weak and helpless "victims" of European colonialism, Indigenous peoples controlled North America well into the 19th century.

970.004 HAMALAINEN


What the Fact?  by Dr. Seema Yasmin

Finding the Truth in All the Noise //Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.

302.23 YASMIN


When Children Feel Pain by Rachel Rabkin Peachman & Anna C. Wilson

From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions // Drawing on the latest research, two leading voices on pediatric pain show parents, teachers, and medical practitioners how to help when they are needed most, attuning adults to practical strategies that make real difference in kids' lives.

618.92 PEACHMAN


The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes

This book is a fresh approach to the thousand years of Russia's history, concerned as much with the ideas that have shaped how Russians think about their past as it is with the events and personalities comprising it.

947 FIGES


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Jan 04

Book Notes 1/4/21

Posted to Campbell Unclassified on January 4, 2021 at 12:27 PM by Genesis Gaule

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1/4/2021


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Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

McConaughey shares the story of his life, including important things he learned and wrote about in the many diaries he’s kept, with a theme throughout: if you can deal with life’s challenges, you can enjoy a state of success he calls “catching greenlights.”

Return from Siberia by Svenja O'Donnell

Democratic political consultant John Simon discovers a 100-year-old manuscript written by his grandfather—a brilliant revolutionary whose exile to Siberia by the last czar of Russia was just the beginning of his extraordinary tale.

A Blessing to Cherish by Lauraine Snelling

Red River of the North Series #7 // After several years of widowhood, Ingeborg has found contentment. But now one of her dearest friendships is changing. And meanwhile, her stepson is raising two children alone since his wife died, but there is a new schoolteacher in town whom he can’t seem to be himself around.

Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney

Neither Cher Ami, a messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, an army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France in this story inspired by true events of World War I.


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