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SUMMARY:THE ESSENTIALS - The Adventures of Augie March
DESCRIPTION:The Adventures of Augie March\, winner of the National Book Award in 1954\, and hailed as an all-time great by many of the greatest American authors\, is our first book in this series that truly feels obscure. How we haven’t heard of this book\, we’re not sure\, but we’re going to discover this one together! \nAugie March is a Jewish-American boy growing up fatherless and poor in Depression-era Chicago. He seeks a “special destiny\,” although his circumstances seem to position him for a uniquely disappointing life: his family consists of a simple-minded mother\, a brother and “grandmother” who prove to be Machiavellian in their intentions\, and an “idiot” youngest brother\, Georgie.
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LOCATION:Story Line Books\, 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55101\, United States
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SUMMARY:STORIES AT THE STATION - Sally Franson
DESCRIPTION:Help us welcome to the Stories at the Station series Sally Franson\, Swedish-reality TV star and award-winning author to share with us her two hilarious novels: Big in Sweden and A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out. This event is not to be missed – Sally’s work is heartwarming\, charming\, and funny in that uniquely Swedish-Minnesotan way. \nTo Pre-Order Your Copies: \nBig in Sweden Paperback\, $18.99\, Pre-Order for Release 7/1 \nBig in Sweden Hardcover\, $28.00 \nA Lady’s Guide to Selling Out\, Paperback\, $18.99
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SUMMARY:STAFF CHOICE - Jezebel
DESCRIPTION:Jezebel. We know the word\, but not the woman who wore the name long before it was an epithet. Now\, we’ll learn her story\, told in the style of Madeline Miller’s Circe\, as a triumphant feminist warcry for a queen who deserved more than history gave her. \nAbout the Book \nWith a bold voice reminiscent of Madeline Miller’s Circe\, a stunning reimagining of the story of a fierce princess from Tyre and her infamous legacy \nJezebel was born into the world howling. She intends to leave it the same way. \nWhen Jezebel learns she can’t be a king like her father simply because she’s a girl\, she vows never to become someone’s decorative wife\, nameless and lost to history. At fifteen she’s married off\, despite her protests\, to Prince Ahab of Israel. There\, she does what she must to gain power and remake the dry and distant kingdom in the image of her beloved\, prosperous seaside homeland of Tyre\, beginning by building temples to the gods she grew up worshipping. As her initiatives usher in an era of prosperity for Israel\, her new subjects love her\, and her name rings through the land. \nThen Elijah\, the prophet of Yahweh and her former lover\, begins to speak out against her. Bitter at having been abandoned by Jezebel\, he lashes out\, calling her a slut. Harlot. Witch. And the people\, revering their prophet’s message\, turn on her. \nAs ancient powers and faiths are pitted against each other\, bloodshed descends on Israel and Jezebel faces the fall of her legacy. Determined despite the odds to make Israel a great nation\, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect her family\, her throne—her name. A stunning revision of a notorious queen’s story\, Jezebel is a thrilling lyrical debut about a fierce woman who refuses to be forgotten.
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SUMMARY:CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
DESCRIPTION:Join me and Katie as we revisit one of our all-time favorites. This book makes me buy everything that V.E. Schwab writes\, sight unseen. It’s perfect and beautiful and heartbreaking and everything you could want in a novel. \n  \nAbout the Book \nFrance\, 1714: in a moment of desperation\, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. \nThus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue\, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents\, across history and art\, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. \nBut everything changes when\, after nearly 300 years\, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. \n  \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nUSA TODAY BESTSELLER\nNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\nTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER \nIn the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life\, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force. \nRecommended by Entertainment Weekly\, Real Simple\, NPR\, Slate\, and Oprah Magazine\n#1 Library Reads Pick―October 2020\n#1 Indie Next Pick―October 2020\nBOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST―Book of The Month Club \nA “Best Of” Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite * \nA Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.
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SUMMARY:NONFICTION - Autocracy\, Inc.
DESCRIPTION:Jimmy leads our quarterly Nonfiction book club with a meeting about Autocracy\, Inc. Fair warning\, this one hits a little close to home. \nAbout the Book \nFrom the Pulitzer-prize winning\, New York Times bestselling author\, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world\, and how we should organize to defeat them \nWe think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators\, and maybe some brave dissidents. \nBut in the 21st century\, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays\, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator\, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures\, surveillance technologies\, and professional propagandists\, all of which operate across multiple regimes\, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another\, and propagandists share resources and themes\, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America. \nInternational condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements\, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow\, don’t stand a chance. The members of Autocracy\, Inc\, aren’t linked by a unifying ideology\, like communism\, but rather a common desire for power\, wealth\, and impunity. In this urgent treatise\, which evokes George Kennan’s essay calling for “containment” of the Soviet Union\, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.
URL:https://storylinebooks.com/event/nonfiction-autocracy-inc/
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