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“She was a nice girl from a good family.”

Mistress of Life and Death by Susan J. Eischeid

December 27, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

As Head Overseer of the woman’s camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Maria Mandl was the highest-ranked female perpetrator of the Holocaust. In this book, author Eischeid examines how she came to reach this position, and more broadly the role of women in the Nazi killing machine. The architects and perpetrators of the Holocaust that most people are familiar with are male, but female Nazi party members played a major role in running the concentration camps too. Though the vast majority of them managed to slip back into […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #history, ARC, Nazi Germany, NetGalley, Poland, Susan J. Eischeid, the Holocaust, World War 2

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:114 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #history, ARC, Nazi Germany, NetGalley, Poland, Susan J. Eischeid, the Holocaust, World War 2 ·
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She was for the birds

Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey by Jess Keating

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Online reader copies have pretty much become the way that I read future publications as fewer physical reader copies are finding themselves in my hands. And one that I am glad I read, regardless of the format, is Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey by Jess Keating and some far out illustrations by  Devon Holzwarth. Due in mid-March 2025, I am excited to tell you about it so you can go to your local independent bookstore and pre order copies. Yes, copies. You […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, Bird Watching, birds, Devon Holzwarth, Florence Merriam Bailey, Jess Keating, Ornithologists, Science & Nature, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:622 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, Bird Watching, birds, Devon Holzwarth, Florence Merriam Bailey, Jess Keating, Ornithologists, Science & Nature, zoology ·
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When you’re the first person in 150 years to be charged with horse theft, but you did it, so then what?

Grand Theft Horse by G. Neri

December 23, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Grand Theft Horse started out slow, but once we get into the legal aspects and the world of horse racing things pick up. Told in first person narrative, G. Neri tells the story of his cousin Gail, who on Christmas Eve decided to steal a horse. Of course, it is not as simple as that. Part owner of a racing horse, she (as his trainer) realizes he is unable to run the next race due to an injury. But the majority-owners do not see an […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: animal welfare, animals, corban wilkin, g. neri, Gail Ruffu, horse racing, horse trainers, horses, legal, racing, women

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:613 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: animal welfare, animals, corban wilkin, g. neri, Gail Ruffu, horse racing, horse trainers, horses, legal, racing, women ·
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Did you hear the one about…?

How to Make a Turkey Laugh by Chris Cate

Spooky Silly Halloween Jokes  by Chris Cate

December 20, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Hello Dads and Little Kids. I have two joke books for you. First, How to Make a Turkey Laugh by Chris Cate and second, Spooky Silly Halloween Jokes  also by Chris Cate. If you know a dad joke, you are ahead of the game. If you need to learn dad jokes, you came to the right place. Both of these books are due late summer 2025, and therefore, ready for the holiday season. You can eat your ‘taters and find out why the turkey shouldn’t be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Chris Cate, halloween, holidays, jokes, Thanksgiving

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:611 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Chris Cate, halloween, holidays, jokes, Thanksgiving ·
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Thoughts of Home

The Flavors of Iraq: Impressions of My Vanished Homeland by Feurat Alani and Léonard Cohen

December 20, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The old “I was looking at my saved online reader links” comes into play with how I found The Flavors of Iraq: Impressions of My Vanished Homeland by Feurat Alani and Léonard Cohen.  I saw that it was the only one in that email (how I save the links) and figured it was a sign to read it. From May 2024, the history I grew up with comes back into play. However, instead of seeing it from an American or Western point of view, we […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Arab & Middle Eastern, family, Feurat Alani, Feurat Alani and Léonard Cohen, France, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011), journalism, leonard cohen, social life & customs, Wars & Conflict

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:609 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Arab & Middle Eastern, family, Feurat Alani, Feurat Alani and Léonard Cohen, France, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011), journalism, leonard cohen, social life & customs, Wars & Conflict ·
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“To accept evil without challenging it, would be to condone it.”

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

December 19, 2024 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I am a huge fan of Barack Obama’s reading lists, and I usually pick up many of his suggestions. But Obama also often includes a hefty biography on his annual list, and these books are generally too much of a commitment for me. I was ready to skip King: A Life (2023) by Jonathan Eig, just because I didn’t have the time, but then I figured I could listen to it on Audiobook. I already knew the basics of King’s life from school, but I’d never done […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jonathan Eig

Sophia's CBR16 Review No:39 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Jonathan Eig ·
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