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New Nonfiction

2021 has been a great year for nonfiction so far.  Here are four titles you may have missed:

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The Three Brothers

Three brothers have acquired amazing skills; who will most impress their father, and earn the inheritance? 

The halcyon days of late summer, 1963, brought about one of the most significant actions of the era.  It brought attention to the problems of inequality and the demands of a people who were willing to stand together and say, "no more."  Congress heard and acted. 

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Just Listen Podcast: Two Friends

“Two Friends,” by French short story maestro Guy de Maupassant, is a melancholic story about loyalty in which the characters Sauvage and Morissot share far more than a passion for fishing during wartime.

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The House in the Wood

Three sisters, each lost in the woods, find themselves in the same humble home for the night. Who will know the importance of kindness, and who will receive an unpleasant surprise?