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Book Review: ‘Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America,’ by Michael Kimmel
New York Times 22 Mar 2026
In “Playmakers,” Michael Kimmel traces, and celebrates, the immigrant roots of the American toy industry. (Batteries not included.) ... .
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World Poetry Day book review: Beowulf offers another look at evil
The Philadelphia Inquirer 21 Mar 2026
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Book Review: ‘The Feather Wars,’ by James H. McCommons
New York Times 21 Mar 2026
In “The Feather Wars,” James H. McCommons pays tribute to the nation’s first conservationists ... .
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Book Review: ‘Everybody’s Fly,’ by Fab 5 Freddy
New York Times 21 Mar 2026
As his new memoir demonstrates, he himself would achieve fame as a visual artist, filmmaker, TV host and formative tastemaker ... .
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Decatur Daily
21 Mar 2026
BOOK REVIEW: 'Aging Parents' looks at challenges children face
Decatur Daily
21 Mar 2026
“Let’s Talk About Aging Parents. A Real-Life Guide to Solving Problems with 27 Essential Conversations,” by Laura Tamblyn Watts (The Experiment. New York City) 2024, 243 pages, softcover ... .
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Lima Public Library Book Reviews
Lima Ohio 21 Mar 2026
FICTION. Eloise and the Queen by Jennifer Ashley. I, Eloise Rousell, grew up with Elizabeth, the queen. My aunt, Kat Ashley, was her governess, and Elizabeth and I transitioned together from girlhood to womanhood ... Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity ... Williams ... .
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BOOK REVIEW | Growing up in post-war Malaya
Malaysia Kini 20 Mar 2026
Umasuthan speaks about how ties among communities changed over the years, among others. .
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BOOK REVIEWS: ‘We the People’ by Jill Lepore, and ‘Captain America’
Moultrie Observer 19 Mar 2026
Historian Jill Lapore’s massive book tells the story of the Constitution from its origins to recent court decisions affecting how we perceive it ... Her book illustrates the fights to make that title inclusive.
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Book Review: ‘We’ and ‘The People Can Fly,’ by Joshua Bennett
New York Times 18 Mar 2026
Joshua Bennett’s two new collections, “We” and “The People Can Fly,” take different paths to the same destination ... .
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Book Review: ‘A Scandal in Königsberg,’ by Christopher Clark
New York Times 18 Mar 2026
A new book by the historian Christopher Clark chronicles a nearly 200-year-old scandal with echoes of the present day ... .
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Book Review: ‘Paradiso 17,’ by Hannah Lillith Assadi
New York Times 18 Mar 2026
“Paradiso 17,” by Hannah Lillith Assadi, considers the toll of displacement through the tale of a Palestinian émigré ... .
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Book Review: ‘Sometimes an Island’: Northampton author weaves together stories of Jewish immigrants, their descendants
Daily Hampshire Gazette 18 Mar 2026
I can construct a recipe — or even a chapter of recipes — without worrying about planning a whole book at once ... The book is composed of a patchwork of related stories ... As the book progresses, their descendants learn to do the same in various forms.
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