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Book review ➡️by Patty➡️This book is about a group of women who survived Auschwitz because of their sewing talents. They outfitted the wives of SS officers and guards.
Friday’s book review ➡️by John, librarian ➡️ The authors make the point that “fake news” is not a new phenomenon and has been with us since at least the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century.
“Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different.”
Roces shares a historical approach involving data and experiences by Filipino migrants from the 1970s to the present describing their perspectives and highlighting their impact as active agents of social, cultural, and economic change for their home and host countries.
Friday’s book review, by Erika: The book is an excellent guide to learn more about how to work through the stress of the last two years and how to make our life better in this new normalcy.
Friday’s book review by Isabelle, librarian ➡️ This was a fun to read about some of the most well-known songs in Latin music in recent history. Starting from 1970, and continuing in chronological order up to 2018, each song is introduced with context of the music and pop culture.
Friday’s book review ➡️by Reiko, library staff➡️ What I enjoyed most about this book was the descriptive visuals that Helen Oyeyemi uses as a way to really put her readers in the book when describing the scenery outside the train or the emotions being felt by the characters.