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“How to Be” by Adam Nicolson
The question “how to be” is perhaps the most essential question humans have been trying to answer since our conscious existence on Earth began. Adam Nicolson’s book with the same title takes us into the world of ancient Greeks and shines a new light on the famous philosophers, thinkers, and ordinary citizens of those distant
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“Such Good Friends” by Stephen Greco
In one of his interviews, Truman Capote said, “I like cities, and New York is the only real city-city.” Fittingly, the setting of “Such Good Friends,” the story of friendship between him and Lee Radziwill, a wealthy socialite and Jackie Kennedy’s sister, is mostly New York. Lee and Truman traveled to Europe and even
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“Sing Her Down” by Ivy Pochoda
It’s 2020 and the pandemic time. Florence Baum, aka Florida, and Diana Dios Sandoval – Dios – are on early release from a woman’s prison in Arizona and going to LA. Dios says, “The world is on pause. (…) But we aren’t. We are on the move. (…) The world isn’t paying attention to us.