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People Who Made a Difference” Or “People Who Tried”

Joey: The Story of Joe Biden by Jill Biden and Kathleen Krull

Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Because America's Doctor by Kate Messner

King Of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza

November 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I do not care what you think about Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, or Scott Joplin (he fits my theme, if not a smidgen loosely, which is “People Who Made a Difference” Or “People Who Tried”), but these books are really cool. Okay, not “cool” as in The Fonz was cool or a snowman is cool, but in the way that a good book can be cool. Each of the below titles (though all are available, I read via online reader copies) talks about how […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Alexandra Bye, Amy June Bates, doctor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jill Biden, Jill Biden and Kathleen Krull, Joe Biden, Kate Messner, Kathleen Krull, medicine, politics, president, Scott Joplin, Stephen Costanza

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:841 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Alexandra Bye, Amy June Bates, doctor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jill Biden, Jill Biden and Kathleen Krull, Joe Biden, Kate Messner, Kathleen Krull, medicine, politics, president, Scott Joplin, Stephen Costanza ·
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Obama and Biden—but they fight crime.

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer

Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer

August 19, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“Barack once told me that, at the end of the day, every one of us is just part of a long-running story. All we can do is try to get our paragraph right.” Joe Biden is lamenting the end of his bromance with former President Obama, the man himself shows up at his house, lurking in the shadows to inform him his address was found in the pocket of a body hit by an Amtrak train. With an unrelenting need for justice, Amtrak Joe sets […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Andrew Shaffer, Barack Obama, Crime Fighting, Joe Biden

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Andrew Shaffer, Barack Obama, Crime Fighting, Joe Biden ·
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