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PR for People® Book Reviews: How May I Help You?

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Barbara McMichael
June 14, 2017
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   The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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How May I Help You? Deepak Singh
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On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

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Patricia Vaccarino
June 01, 2020

Hampton Sides’ fine writing about the Chosin Reservoir Campaign takes you into the eye of the storm.

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Libraries We Love – Requiem for a Dead Library

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Patricia Vaccarino
May 17, 2020

The key to understanding people and the world around us begins with education. One way to learn about the world is by developing a love of books. Each month, we profile a library. Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic; do you have a library that you love? Tell us about it. This month Patricia Vaccarino writes about the James J. Hill Center (formerly named the James J. Hill Reference Library) located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Books We Love: Yonkers in the Twentieth Century

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Patricia Vaccarino
May 08, 2020

For anyone who is interested in the 20th Century history of Yonkers, this book is a must-read. Also, anyone who is interested in the history of American cities that have roots in an 18th Century colonial past and an industrial 19th Century past will also benefit.  Author Marilyn E. Weigold does a fine job of unfolding the city’s rich history which is rooted in the waves of immigrants who found their way to America to seek jobs with a good living wage and a safe place to raise their families. 

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“A Man for All Seasons”

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Peter Corning
April 23, 2020

A Man for All Seasons: A morality play that’s especially relevant for this dark time in our history.

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Book Review by Patricia Vaccarino The House of Mirth

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Patricia Vaccarino
April 18, 2020

John Siscoe, owner of Globe Books in Seattle, recommended that I read “The House of Mirth” before I write my third Yonkers book that covers distinctions between the working-class and upper-class as a leitmotif. 

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