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tapestry100 (306 KP) rated Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens in Books
Aug 2, 2017
Cody Cook (8 KP) rated The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith in Books
Jun 29, 2018
Not strictly a Christian apologetics book, but partly a personal memoir and partly a defense of a kind of thoughtful and nuanced political conservativism influenced by Christian beliefs. Well worth the read, even if you don't find yourself in accord with all of Hitchens' political beliefs.
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Michael C. Hall recommended I Remember in Books (curated)
A Girl Named Zippy
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An entertaining memoir chronicles growing up in a small town in America's heartland, offering...
Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) in Books
May 25, 2018
Angela's Ashes was an extremely heavy, tragic but touching memoir peppered with humor and emotion and love. Frank McCourt is a master at telling stories, but this memoir of his Irish Catholic family, spans so many subjects, so creatively and so beautifully - from family, to love, religion, sickness, abandonment, poverty... The hardship that immigrants had to go through is heartbreaking - as is their strength, and will to survive and make better lives for themselves. So much emotion after reading this. I don't know if this story will leave me for awhile. Definitely something for the mature reader, and definitely something that stays within you.
Erika (17789 KP) rated The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution in Books
Feb 16, 2020
I wasn't sure what to expect of this book. Was it a memoir of the author? A history of the Arab Spring? A history of archaeology in Egypt?
Well, it was all of the above, and I'm not sure I dug it. I minored in archaeology, so that was the main reason I read it. I knew somewhat of the Geo-political situation in that area of the world, but I avoid a lot of current events.
Don't get me wrong, Hessler is a great writer. However, I didn't sign up for a memoir.
It was an interesting mesh of all three subjects, I'm not sure it strictly worked.
Well, it was all of the above, and I'm not sure I dug it. I minored in archaeology, so that was the main reason I read it. I knew somewhat of the Geo-political situation in that area of the world, but I avoid a lot of current events.
Don't get me wrong, Hessler is a great writer. However, I didn't sign up for a memoir.
It was an interesting mesh of all three subjects, I'm not sure it strictly worked.
Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went from Pop to Pulpit
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The memoir of popular BBC Radio 4 SATURDAY LIVE presenter and former member of the Communards, the...
Liner Notes: On Parents, Children, Exes, Excess, Decay & a Few More of My Favourite Things
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A memoir by the influential Grammy Award-winning singer and acto - son of journalist Loudon...