Religious

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"For [international students] are, indeed, commodities in a larger academic capitalist system that has grown to depend on them for its survival." 

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“a triumph for its riveting storytelling, and for Dowd's ability to occupy the consciousness of the girl she was, striving to survive an extraordinarily oppressive and dangerous environment

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“There have been other books about the polygamist Mormons in Mexico, some of them first-hand accounts.

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Some stories are hard to believe, and this is one of them.

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For a century and a half, Confederate statesman and former US Senator Judah P. Benjamin was a source of pride to parochial Southern Jews who longed for regional legitimacy and validation.

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“Leah Garrett must be congratulated for pulling all these stories together by bringing praiseworthy attention to these young Jewish resisters of Nazism who became among the most noble and c

Early on in The Truth at the Heart of the Lie, former Catholic priest James Carroll announces three themes or stories he will tell.

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“Volume 1 of Seewald’s revealing biography covers Joseph Ratzinger’s life from his birth during the last years of the Weimar Republic through the rise of Nazism, the Second World War, the d

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Sister Helen Prejean is known for campaigning against the death penalty, reinstated in the US in 1976, responsible for 1, 940 deaths.

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“Black’s tender and heartfelt love letter to his remarkable mother is an act of courage and reclamation. It’s a well-deserved tribute. Clearly, she was something.”

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“even readers already somewhat familiar with Sulak’s extraordinary life will find many things here to engage and surprise.”

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Born and raised in India, Shoba Narayan left for college in the U.S. and stayed for the next 20 years.

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“A satisfying read on many levels . . .” 

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This book comes just after the celebrated U.S. visit of Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina), the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

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“. . . a swift, unrelenting trip down a shocking rabbit hole of incredible and frightening reality.”

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“While possibly a bit dry for bedtime reading, That’s What They Want You to Think does make fun plane, train, and (if someone else is driving) automobile reading.

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“. . . it is clear, as stated on her biography page, that Ms.