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New book, 'Getting Unstuck', by Esther Carson Bleuel, is packed with tools and information to free the reader from what holds us back.
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Senior superstar Banana George’s biography, 'Banana George: Don't Wait For Life To Happen, Make It Happen' by The Blair Family, is filled with inspiration and fun.
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Biographer tells the story of an iconic pro-military song and its effect on the soldier who wrote it and took it to the top single in the nation
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'Stand Up And Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice' by Susanna Reich is a picture book intended for children in grades 3 through 7. But, like the music and message of Pete Seeger himself, it is really a book for everyone
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Son’s biography of World War II father, 'A Last Chapter of the Greatest Generation' by Judson I Stone, serves as microcosm of the greatest generation
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