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3) Rascal
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The author's carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
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Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires, failing to fix a truck, or feeding chickens, Perry draws on...
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With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the love hormone —the first effective antidote to her lifelong depression. Over the next eight years, her oxy” cravings, and her family, only grow to the dismay of her husband, Ryan, a freelance public defender. As her reckless baby–making threatens her family’s middle-class existence, Baker identifies more and more with Ryan’s...
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A controversial governor recounts his fight to reform his state and issues a call to action for the whole country. In 2010, Scott Walker was elected governor of Wisconsin with a mandate to improve its economy and restore fiscal responsibility. With the state facing a $3.6 billion budget deficit, he proposed a series of reforms to limit the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, which was costing taxpayers billions in pension and health...