Franchise by Marcia Chatelain6/8/2023 ![]() Marcia has received awards and honors from the Ford Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her latest book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America examines the intricate relationship among African American politicians, civil rights organizations, communities, and the fast food industry. In 2021, Marcia received the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Hagley Prize in Business History, and the Organization of American Historians Lawrence W. The author of South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration, she teaches about women’s and girls’ history, as well as black capitalism. Marcia Chatelain is a Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University. I’m excited to dig into all this with Marcia Chatelain. ![]() ![]() In order to continue the fight for civil rights and name ongoing social and racial disparities, it’s important to learn how we got here. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and Vuori.įood and racism are heavily tied, and the history of fast food franchises in America is one of many examples. ![]()
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Daffodil by Helen O'Neill6/7/2023 ![]() Moving, fascinating, eloquent, and also beautiful. But, appropriately enough for a flower that is now used on a worldwide basis to raise funds for cancer research, it is, above all, a story of hope. It's a narrative of progress from superstition and myth, taking in politics, greed, religion, science, chance, redemption and love. Over centuries, the daffodil has been so many things to so many people: it was called 'Narcissus' by the Greeks and prized by the Romans as guarantee of passage to the Underworld it was used by medieval Arabs and ancient Chinese for its medicinal properties and it has inspired poets, lovers, artists and scientists down the ages.īut in telling the story of the daffodil, what award-winning, best-selling writer Helen O'Neill is really telling is the story of humanity. The daffodil is the beautiful first flower of spring, the inspiration of poets, a treasure-trove to scientists and a symbol of everything from unrequited love, rebirth, eternal life and misfortune. A beautifully illustrated, visually lush and intriguing book about the world's most popular and most powerful flower. ![]() ![]() ![]() To gain her freedom, Moira partners with Keenan Edwards, a handsome young detective, to stop the killer. Hunting the Phoenix will bring Moira on a more dangerous road than she imagined, forcing her to confront dark minds, twisted moralities, and her growing feelings for the detective. A mysterious serial killer known as the Phoenix has been planting suggestions in his victims’ minds that drive them to murder and suicide. This could be the end for Moira, but the government has need of her skills. Determined to escape life as a concubine, she kills her master, and is imprisoned for the crime. Clever and beautiful, Moira has learned to rely on no one but herself. ![]() Her skill is as much a curse as a gift, for in the harshly stratified city of Braxton empaths are slaves. Moira is a powerful empath, a psychic graced with the ability to read emotions and memories. ![]() Book amy and isabelle6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Strout nicely interweaves these elements within the record of Amy and Isabelle’s increasingly charged relationship. New elements, however, signal a darker time: UFO’s have been sighted, and a young girl is missing and may have been abducted. ![]() Some elements of the life there seem timeless: the steady flow of gossip, the invisible but nonetheless rigid social hierarchies, the ancient disruptions of life (illness, adultery, violence). Part of the novel’s power derives from Strout’s ability to set Amy and Isabel’s painful struggles within the larger context of a small town. Amy, at 16, has a poised, delicate beauty, and finds herself-at first with alarm, then with a barely suppressed excitement-responding to the flirtations of a new teacher. Now, Amy’s innocence is under assault from various quarters, and her mother finds herself losing touch with the daughter who has been the focus of her existence. Amy has grown up knowing little about her father and, thanks to her closeness to Isabel, also knowing little about the rough give-and-take of life. ![]() Isabel Goodrow had settled in the mill town of Shirley Falls when her daughter Amy was an infant, reluctantly admitting to those who asked that both her husband and her parents were dead. A lyrical, closely observant first novel, charting the complex, resilient relationship of a mother and daughter. ![]() Marriage on madison avenue6/6/2023 ![]() Clarke is the charming playboy Audrey can always count on, and he knows that the ever-loyal Audrey will never not play along with his strategy for dodging his matchmaking mother-announcing he’s already engaged…to Audrey. ![]() After all, they’ve been best friends since childhood without a single romantic entanglement. ![]() “The word charm is pretty much synonymous with Lauren Layne.” -Hypable One of O, The Oprah Magazine's “22 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020” and one of Goodreads’s “28 of the Hottest Romances of 2020” From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne, the “queen of witty dialogue” (Rachel Van Dyken, New York Times bestselling author), comes the final installment of the Central Park Pact series, a heartfelt and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that’s perfect for fans of Sally Thorne and Christina Lauren.Can guys and girls ever be just friends? According to Audrey Tate and Clarke West, absolutely. ![]() Sookie stackhouse book 76/6/2023 ![]() ![]() This coven of witches has a lot of power that they are willing to use for evil, drink vampire blood, and is composed exclusively of werewolves. If he would entertain her for seven nights, she would only demand a fifth of his business, rather than half. Pam tells Sookie that a witch had come with a message from Hallow, saying that their leader lusted for Eric and offered him a deal. Their leader, Hallow, and her brother threatened Eric that they would curse him by turning Fangtasia's alcoholic drinks bad, and cause patrons to trip over the dance floor and sue them, which would badly affect Fangtasia’s revenues. This group seems to be more powerful than other witch coven and they either want to take over Eric's businesses or make Eric pay them money to leave him alone. She reveal that true witches can do plenty of bad things to vampires because witches control magical forces. In Dead to the World, Pam explains to Sookie Stackhouse the true nature of witches. ![]() The best of brain droppings6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Brain Droppings spent a total of 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and this new one is certain to tickle even more ribs (and rattle a few more cages) with its characteristically ironic take on life's annoying universal truths. Few comics make the transition from stage to page as smoothly or successfully as George Carlin. ![]() A hilarious new collection of razor-sharp observations from the New York Times bestselling author of Brain Droppings. ![]() The happy list briar prescott6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s a good plan, if only Anders wasn’t so unbelievably stubborn. Now I need to get this Anders Kelly to fire me. Neither am I happy when my dad and one of my so-called friends trick me into becoming a personal trainer for some guy who wants to do a triathlon. It only took a handful of seconds for my life to irreversibly change course. I’m the guy.Ī year ago I was on top of the world. There once was a guy who flew unimaginably high. The more time I spend with him, the more I start to think that maybe, just maybe, that person could be me? The more time I spend with him, the more I start to think that maybe somebody should find him. Frankly, I’m surprised the chip on his shoulder hasn’t crushed him yet.īut the more time I spend with him, the more I realize that the anger is just a facade that conceals a man who is more than a little lost. Wells Montgomery is an angry, rude, judgmental bastard. ![]() I never expected them to sign me up for one! Now I’m forced to deal with my very cantankerous personal trainer. Once upon a time, I told my brother and sister that I wanted to do a triathlon. There once was a guy who told a little white lie. ![]() 37 Things I Love by Kekla Magoon6/5/2023 ![]() Ellis' dad is in a coma, about to die, Ellis asks to come over. ![]() About midway through the book, they've just started talking again. It was disturbing, I didn't like Cara, and I put the book down.Įllis and Cara were friends as kids, for some reason Ellis and Cara stopped hanging out. I mean seriously, Ellis goes over at a time of emotional hardship and Cara starts putting moves on her, without even knowing if she's gay. Cara is like, "yeah, we've pretty much been through the same situation." And we're supposed to like her? Probably the most obvious foreshadowing would've been that cover (it looks like a romance).Ĭan we talk about how Cara takes advantage of Ellis' emotional distress? And when confronted, she acts like being un-friended is equal to having a dad in a coma about to die? Worse than about to die, our MC is supposed to decide if she wants him taken off life support. ![]() It's a chick-on-chick romance without much foreshadowing - I had the book with the other cover, with the swing on the front. I'm not putting this on the DNF because I did read it mostly. I wish I'd known it was going to get sexual (I put down a lot of books for that reason, especially when it pertains to teenagers). ![]() I liked the plot about her dad, and the prose, but the actions in the story made me uncomfortable, starting with the party scene and leading up to the point I quit, which was shortly after a hang-out session gone wrong. I found this in the college library and read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley in 1994, followed by Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc. ![]() ![]() Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. Guralnick's first two books, Almost Grown (1964) and Mister Downchild (1967), were collections of short stories published by the Larry Stark Press, a small press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, devoted to stories and poems. Music critic Nat Hentoff called Guralnick a “…national treasure ” Bob Dylan said Guralnick's book, Last Train to Memphis “…cancels out all others.” He then began writing books about the history of rock'n'roll, blues, country music, and soul music. ![]() Guralnick graduated from Boston University in 1971 with a master's degree in creative writing. He specializes in the history of early rock and roll and has written books on Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Sam Cooke. Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, author, and screenwriter. Boston University College of Arts and Sciences ![]() |