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Melissa Gray is a senior producer for Weekend Edition. NPR senior producer, queen mother sassy pants, Virginian, twangy raconteur. RTs often do not mean endorsements.

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Book Cover for: The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil, Tina Brown

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown
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On page 291 of Tina Brown’s dishy 497 new book “The Palace Papers,” evidence of where the editor fell asleep for just a titch, then resumed work. https://t.co/fXWbDqz2VN

Paperback, Large Print, 2022

$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Glory, Noviolet Bulawayo

Glory

Noviolet Bulawayo
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@rachsyme Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo. Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick, Ariel Lawhon

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

Ariel Lawhon
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This is a most uncozy mystery that addresses the unbalanced power dynamics of men and women, rich and poor. Bonus: The character of the midwife and some plot points are based on a real person, Martha Ballard. Not quite true crime but true enough!

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: What the F: What Swearing Reveals about Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves, Benjamin K. Bergen

What the F: What Swearing Reveals about Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

Benjamin K. Bergen
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@ConnieSchultz can’t recommend Benjamin Bergen’s book, “What the F” enough. https://t.co/XvkYtBlnhA

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Book Cover for: Bad Cree, Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns
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Taping interview with Jessica Johns about her novel “Bad Cree.” Bruce usually just stands on the bed and meows at the back of my head. I guess attention MUST now be paid

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Yonder, Jabari Asim

Yonder

Jabari Asim
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"Yonder" by Jabari Asim. I would recommend it. Especially if your country was built on slavery and hey, maybe your ancestors took part in that and hey, yeah, wait OURS DID and I think we can, you know, at the very least START DOING SOME READING ABOUT IT WHEN WE TURN 13.

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus
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@rachsyme Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo. Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Little

Edward Carey
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@kalyani_saxena New book: “The Pallbearer’s Club” by Paul Trembley. Otherwise, it’s “Little” by Edward Carey.

Paperback, 2019

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick, Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick

Charmaine Wilkerson
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@rachsyme Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo. Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book