Author: joyandmatts
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The Enemy Within: 1917 Edition
In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson issued a series of proclamations restricting or voiding the rights of German-Americans after the United States declared war on Germany. The government seized over 500 […]
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A Nuclear Scenario
Annie Jacobsen’s book uses declassified documents and accounts from pertinent ex officials to describe a scenario involving nuclear war, step by step, beginning with the launch of a single weapon […]
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Launching a Book Club
Hello, we would like to have occasional informal events that provide opportunities to discuss and gush or jeer and listen about books. This is usually called a book club. But…we […]
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The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
How do you choose friends? Common interests? Shared values? Compatible temperaments? Now, how about characters for a story? The opposite? If you are going to throw people in a can […]
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Our New Store is At 915 Vine Street
Our new store is open at 915 Vine Street in central Cincinnati. The location was once a luggage repair shop and later French Crust (YUM), which moved to Elm street. […]
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Why Read Shakespeare
I picked up a copy of Hamlet at a bookstore in Milford called the Bookmatters. Here’s my review: it’s good and funny and you should read it not just for […]
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Poverty, By America: Do we choose to let poverty persist?
Matthew Desmond asks a difficult question in his latest book, Poverty, By America. Why does a country with so much wealth have so much poverty? But his answer is much […]