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Connecting Goals to Impacts and Outcomes by Claude Hanhart & Rachel Collins

A widely applicable guidebook for businesses struggling to get on the same page Claude Hanhart and Rachel Collins’ Connecting Goals to Impacts and Outcomesdelivers on its title. This book is a practical tool for anyone tired of sitting through planning meetings where everyone at the conference table nods solemnly at phrases like “improve customer experience” […]

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The Woman in the Third Floor Front by Richard Scharine

The moving melodies of family and marriage form the chorus of this poignant collection of short stories. In The Woman In the Third Floor Front, Richard Scharine assembles a dynamic arrangement of stories that examine childhood memories, love, and a little bit of noirish fun in between.  In the titular opening, Jack is an adventure […]

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Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry

Sequels carry a particular kind of pressure. Shield of Sparrows introduced readers to Odessa, a princess thrust into a political marriage in a monster-ravaged land, and the warrior who turned out to be her greatest threat and her greatest love. It earned a devoted following and landed Devney Perry on the New York Times bestseller […]

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Naguib Mahfouz: His Life

The Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz was the Arab world’s most prominent literary figure. Neglected in the west, modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1988. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Naguib Mahfouz: His Life Naguib Mahfouz […]

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Female Gothic: What It Is, Why It Matters, and the Books That Define It

Female Gothic fiction is concerned with constraint. Not just fear, but the structures that produce it: marriage, inheritance, reputation, the… The post Female Gothic: What It Is, Why It Matters, and the Books That Define It appeared first on She Reads Everything.

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Invisible Threads by Maureen Walgren

A tender account of a mother’s  grief after a devastating loss and the countless echoes of love it leaves behind Invisible Threads is a deeply affecting portrait of loss and resilience that begins with every parent’s worst nightmare: the sudden death of Maureen and Doug Walgren’s sixteen‑year‑old son, Corey. What started as a regular, mundane […]

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Mixtape by Johnzelle Anderson

Finding the rhythm of resilience In his debut memoir, Mixtape, therapist and storyteller Johnzelle Anderson presents a lyrical, track-by-track account of a life composed of the “sound and silence of survival.”  Growing up mixed-race in 1990s Roanoke, Virginia, Anderson faced the complex dissonance of a disengaged West African father and a volatile white mother. Feeling […]

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Best Gothic Books for Beginners: Where to Start with Gothic Literature

Gothic books can look intimidating at first. Long novels, older language, unfamiliar settings. It’s easy to assume you need to… The post Best Gothic Books for Beginners: Where to Start with Gothic Literature appeared first on She Reads Everything.

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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Natalie Heller Mills is, by every measure she has designed, perfect. Her Idaho farmhouse photographs in that honeyed, heirloom-linen light that makes followers sigh and reach for their wallets. Her six children are beautiful and well-behaved. And her husband, a senator’s son, tips his cowboy hat on camera with practiced sincerity. Eight million people watch […]

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DAHLIA by Christian Laurian

A novel as fluid and brooding as the sea, as cold and calming as the tide What wouldn’t you do for the ones you love? What would you do? These are the questions at the heart of Christian Laurian’s poetic debut, DAHLIA. But make no mistake—the story of Jack and Dahlia Donner is not a […]