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The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond
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Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters
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Road Through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move
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Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future
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After Surfing Ocean Beach
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River Music
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Frenemy Nations: Love and Hate Between Neighbo(u)ring States
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The Violets of Usambara
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Green City: People, Nature, & Urban Places
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Making Waves: The Continuing Portuguese Adventure
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Saturday Photo: Bridal Veil, the Flower for June Weddings?
According to some studies, June is still a very popular month for weddings, along with (surprise! surprise!) October. I presume the generally good weather is the origin for June's popularity, and, in the circuitous way things work aroumd, why this lovely shrub is called Bridal Veil. Technically, its name is spirea , which comes from the Greek and means "wreath." Aesthetically, it looks lik
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From The Montreal Review of Books The Book of Memory and Forgetting By J.T. Wickham A review of Before We Forget by Mary Soderstrom Published on March 11, 2026 We live in calamitous times: wildfires run rampant, wars proliferate, rising seas threaten to s ...more |
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Historical fiction sometimes has a bad rep. First of all, it can often get the facts wrong. Second, if it sticks too close to history it can be boring, lifeless, removed from the people who were making history. That is why I approached Eve J. Chung's ...more |
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Hello, Mary! Thank you for contacting me! Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Thanks for your friend request. I'm happy to accept. Your review of Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad was very informative. I recently read a long review of several such books and also ordered Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew and Life After Baghdad: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew in Israel, 1950�2000. At first I was going to stop there until I saw your review (and since Amazon Marketplace had them used!).
