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review 2017-02-21 00:00

Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail

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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Cr...

4.5 stars

This book is really good at breaking policies and actual history down in understandable facts instead of just a bunch of information that doesn't have a clear meaning. If you have any interest at all in the subject matter, it's worth a read for sure. A lot of not well known occurrences both good and bad that happened concerning this administration are brought to attention.

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review 2016-09-10 09:15

WHAT THE EYE HEARS: A HISTORY OF TAP DANCING by Brian Siebert

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WHAT THE EYE HEARS: A HISTORY OF TAP DANCING

Brian Siebert

Hardcover, 624 pages

Published November 17th 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN: 0865479534 (ISBN13: 9780865479531)

also available for Kindle and ebook.

Seibert has magnificently researched Tap; starting with original steps brought in with Irish Jigs, African Drums, and Appalachian Clogging in very early American society, then through Thomas Jefferson's plantation, Charles Dicken's visit to the Five Pointes Dance Hall, and more. He wonderfully brings us through the minstrelsy, the jazz age, to Taps comeback with television, then movies and Broadway. Seibert leaves nothing out, making this a long book (624 pages). He includes some great photos throughout. the book is definitely an entertaining read while giving us, the readers, a remarkable view at a true piece of American history. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who dances, enjoys music, and wants to learn more.

****I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway from Farrar, Straus and Giroux in exchange for a fair review.****

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url 2015-12-17 17:59

Did Tolkien write 'juvenile trash'?

Bookloving author and publisher

When it was first published, critics called The Lord of the Rings backward-looking and unimaginative.

Read more here.

(Hint: I don't agree with the title!)

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Source: www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151215-did-tolkien-write-juvenile-trash

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review 2015-12-14 00:00

The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture

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The State of Play: Creators and Critics ...

An absolutely amazing collection of essays about the states of past, present, and future gamer/gaming culture. I highly recommend this read to anyone who plays video games, anyone who has played a video game, and anyone who will play a video game.

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photo 2014-09-17 17:48

Dilettante

I wonder if any of my books might qualify?

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