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Matthew Dowd Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond

Bear Called Paddington

Michael Bond
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

On this day in 1958 A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond was first published. My daughter loved this book growing up and loved when we read together before she fell asleep. “I’ll never be like other people, but that’s alright because I’m a bear” https://t.co/m0EhEhzOhM

Paperback, 1968

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Book Cover for: Curious George, H. A. Rey

Curious George

H. A. Rey
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happy bday German-born American writer/illustrator Margret Rey, b.1906, best known for Curious George done with her husband. https://t.co/AKcCQjePHs

Paperback, 1973

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Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

On this day in 1949 George Orwell's novel, 1984, is first published. “Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

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Book Cover for: Frolic and Detour: Poems, Paul Muldoon

Frolic and Detour: Poems

Paul Muldoon
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

happy bday Irish poet Paul Muldoon, b.1951, won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. "The best poems come from the world, go through the poet, and go back in to the world." "Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect."

Paperback, 2020

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Book Cover for: Church, Hans Küng

Church

Hans Küng
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

Happy bday Swiss theologian Hans Küng, b.1928. "Rome bases the exclusion of women priests on the idea that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, there were only male disciples, etc. They are defending a patriarchal Church with a patriarchal God…

Paperback, 2001

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Book Cover for: Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter

Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter
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happy bday English writer Beatrix Potter, b1866, Tale of Peter Rabbit. “All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.” https://t.co/0pQLPVu9bl

Board Book, 2008

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Book Cover for: Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

On this day in 1892 Ida B. Wells, early civil rights leader, first published pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” https://t.co/NqW9d4dIlC

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Book Cover for: Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths; The Valiant Never Taste of Death But Once, Gary D. Chattman

Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths; The Valiant Never Taste of Death But Once

Gary D. Chattman
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

happy bday and RIP William Shakespeare, b1564, d.1616 "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee,

Paperback, 2019

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Book Cover for: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers
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On this day in 1940 22-year-old Carson McCullers’ first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, is published. “All we can do is go around telling the truth.” “For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage…

Hardcover, 1993

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Book Cover for: Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, Ida B. Wells Barnett

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Ida B. Wells Barnett
Matthew DowdMatthew Dowd

On this day in 1892 Ida B. Wells, early civil rights leader, first published pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” https://t.co/NqW9d4dIlC

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