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The Other Side of the River by Alex Kotlowitz. I read this book when it first came out, a few years ago, but I put it at the top of my list because it is relevant to my SJHS classmates. It is about race relations in St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, two towns in Michigan, where we grew up. To my SJHS classmates: this book chronicles true events and you will recognize many names and places. But it can be painful because it hits so close to home and it compels us to question our attitudes, then and now. |
Lisa's Reading List (most recent at top)
This is only a list now, but I hope to include recommendations and short reviews as time allows. Let me know how you like them. If you have any suggestions, please let me know by signing my guestbook.
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From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas Friedman |
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The Kite Runner, by khaled Hosseini |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi |
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Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver |
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IBM and the Holocaust, by Edwin Black |
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The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown |
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Papal Sin, by Garry Wills |
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Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Words and Rules, by Steven Pinker |
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8 Weeks to Optimum Health, by Andrew Weil, M.D. |
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Life Strategies, by Phillip McGraw, Ph.D. |
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It's the Little Things, by Lena Williams |
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Take Time for Your Life, by Cheryl Richardson |
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White Boy Running, by Christopher Hope |
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We Didn't Have Much, But We Sure Had Plenty, by Sherry Thomas |
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Illiterate America, by Jonathan Kozol |
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She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb |
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Evensong, by Gail Godwin |
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I Know This Much is True, by Wally Lamb |
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Where the Heart is, by Billie Letts |
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Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden |
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The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukov |
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The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver |
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Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson |
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The Culture of Disbelief, by Stephen L. Carter |
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Little Altars Everywhere, by Rebecca Wells |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee |
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In Our Defense, by Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman
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Two Nations, by Andrew Hacker |
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells |
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Organizing from the Inside Out, by Julie Morganstern |
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The Schwarzbein Principle, by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. |
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Toujours Provence, by Peter Mayle |
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Encore Provence, by Peter Mayle |
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A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle |
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