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The obsession nora roberts ending6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Blue Hills, Northern Lights and The Search are all favorites because of their glimpses into wildcat rescue, life in Alaska and search and rescue dogs. Off the top of my head we’ve seen the world of ballerinas ( several times ), chefs, marine archeologists, writers, cops, hostage negotiators, psychics, witches, musicians, art restorers/historians, bush pilots, firefighters, arson investigators, search and rescue dogs, wild cat rescue parks, actresses, gardeners, renovators/contractors, shopkeeper and dozens more. One of my other favorite things about Nora’s writing is the glimpses we get into different worlds and careers. It’s a familiar routine that draws me into the book – check one item of my ‘why I read Nora’ list. The core of any Nora plot is always the romance, the building of trust and a the couple working towards a shared purpose – which is usually to save the Woman-with-a-Past from that past. It’s the same kind of suspicious initial response that she’s done in Carnal Innocence, Sanctuary and Angel’s Fall. ![]() ![]() It’s the Charming-Man meets Woman-with-a-Past pattern that Nora does so well. The book starts out with the main character in childhood, then continues with her as an adult living in a small town. I’ve been a bit behind on buying her books in the last year, and was looking forward to the Witness. I have her entire back catalog in storage right now ( there being no room in our apartment for the 11 bookshelves we had before ). ![]()
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The state must provide by adam harris6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() While governments and private donors funnel money into majority white schools, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and other institutions that have high enrollments of Black students, are struggling to survive, with state legislatures siphoning away federal funds that are legally owed to these schools. Black students have always been an afterthought. ![]() From its inception, our higher education system was not built on equality or accessibility, but on educating-and prioritizing-white students. ![]() It is an invaluable text from a supremely talented writer.” -Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed The definitive history of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education America’s colleges and universities have a shameful they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed. “A book that both taught me so much and also kept me on the edge of my seat. ![]() |