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Warren-Newport Public Library > Posts tagged Amy B.

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Things I Learned From Falling: A Memoir by Claire Nelson

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022 Jessica Stalker

Food writer Claire Nelson had always prided herself on her independence and adventurous spirit. When she falls into a hole during an ill-fated day hike in Joshua Tree National Park, however, all her prior assumptions are sorely tested. She survives, Read More …

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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Hardy

April 6, 2021May 10, 2021 Jessica Stalker
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In this candid account, author Jason Hardy describes what it was like for him to work as a parole/probation officer in crime-ridden New Orleans, with clients among the neediest souls anywhere. He finds that the hardest populations to work with Read More …

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Adult Picks, The LatestAmy B., nonfiction, reviews

The King of Confidence by Miles Harvey

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Jessica Stalker

James J. Strang was the founder and ruling figure of The Church of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a small splinter group of Mormons that formed in the power vacuum left by the assassination of Joseph Smith in 1844. Strang persuaded Read More …

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All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love and Ruining Everything by Sasha Chapin

October 28, 2019October 25, 2019 Jessica Stalker

On page 159 of All the Wrong Moves author Sasha Chaplin quotes an eccentric chess grandmaster who said, “The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a Read More …

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Sounds like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman.

July 15, 2019July 9, 2019 Jessica Stalker

Unable to afford the tuition at her pricey Ivy League university, Appalachia native Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman embarks upon a series of money-making ventures, including a job pretending to play the violin in a hugely successful, but fake, orchestra. This ensemble, Read More …

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