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Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

By on June 14, 2013 in Great Reads

I loved this book.  There was so much that I gleaned from it.  I loved reading about President James A. Garfield.  He was an incredible man with amazing, heroic character.  He was against slavery and didn’t want to be president.  None of us are born great, we have to earn it through all the experiences […]

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The Emperor of All Maladies A Biography of Cancer By Siddhartha Mukherjee

By on May 8, 2013 in Great Reads

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee My friend, Linda Dunn, told me about this book with a bit of trepidation just as you would suggest a book about the very disease that almost took that person’s life.  I found the information about this horrible, daunting disease incredible and it gave me such an […]

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

By on February 26, 2013 in Great Reads

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot This is the amazing, true story of Henrietta Lacks who when treated for cervical cancer, the doctors take some of those cells and find that they multiply.  These cells are used in research and we are all the recipients of the progress medical research is able […]

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