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Antonina Zabinski always had a way with animals, which made her the perfect women to marry a zookeeper. For many years, Antonina and her husband Jan tended the animals of the Warsaw Zoo with humor and passion. But when the Nazi’s took over Poland, their lives and the lives of the zoo animals are thrown into disarray.
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Title: Assassination Vacation
Author: Sarah Vowell
Genre/Format: Nonfiction/Journalism
Year: 2005
Acquired: Library
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Summary: Sarah Vowell loves death and she loves U.S. history, so writing a book about presidential assassinations seems almost inevitable. To tell the story, Vowell travels with friends and family to see various landmarks and locations connected to the first three presidents who were shot — Lincoln, [...]
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Title: Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven
Author: Susan Jane Gilman
Genre/Format: Memoir/Audiobook
Year: 2009
Acquired: Won in an online giveaway
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Summary: After their graduation from college, friends Susan and Claire decide they are going to go on a year-long backpacking trip around the world. Their first stop: China, a country just opening up to the west that’s [...]
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Title: Into Thin Air
Author: Jon Krakauer
Genre/Format: Literary Journalism/Audiobook
Year: 1999
Acquired: Library
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Summary: On May 10, 1996, eight climbers were killed and several others were injured when a storm hit the peak of Mount Everest while multiple groups of climbers were on the mountain. Journalist Jon Krakauer was along on the trip, writing about a new trend [...]
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Title: The Wordy Shipmates
Author: Sarah Vowell
Genre/Format: Nonfiction/Audiobook
Year: 2008
Acquired: Library
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Summary: A bunch of important Puritans came to America in 1630 to start the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Things weren’t all fine and dandy, however. The Puritans of this colony didn’t get along very well with the previous colonists, the Puritans of the Plymouth colony. The differences [...]
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Everyone and their brother has already reviewed or read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, so I’m not going to post a long review myself. Instead, I want to write a little bit about listening to the book on audio book, something I’ve never done before.
Over Christmas, I had a discussion with my sister and cousin about [...]
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