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6:00 pm
Middle Grade Book Club: LOOK BOTH WAYS by Jason Reynolds at The Silver Unicorn
Middle-Grade Book Club is turning 1 year old! Congratulations to our readers and to Rebecca Caprara! **Note the date! We're meeting a week later than usual!** This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too […]
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Robyn Perkins Featured at Story Space at Havurat Shalom
Robyn Perkins: asks "Is It Enough?" In a competitive world where confidence sometimes outweighs skill, this Comedy Award Winner looks at confidence, how we get it, and how it affects performance. Robyn explores how her very competitive nature has shaped both her confidence and her professional life. Feature’s website: http://www.robynperkins.com/ There is an $8 requested […]
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Meredith Atwood presents THE YEAR OF NO NONSENSE: HOW TO GET OVER YOURSELF AND ON WITH YOUR LIFE at Brookline Booksmith Used Cellar
In The Year of No Nonsense, Atwood shares what she learned, tackling struggles with work, family, and body image, and also willpower and time management. Ultimately, she’s the tough-as-nails coach /slash/ best friend who shares a practical plan for identifying and getting rid of your own nonsense in order to move forward and live an […]
Find out more »Bob Garfield presents: AMERICAN MANIFESTO: SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM VILLAINS, VANDALS, AND OURSELVES at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes BOB GARFIELD—cohost of WNYC’s weekly Peabody Award–winning On the Media—for a discussion of his latest book, American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves. About American Manifesto As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often […]
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.