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The Bookworm Sez: The American Spirit
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
One nation, under God, indivisible.
The Bookworm Sez: Dreaming the Beatles
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Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
By Rob Sheffield
c. 2017, Dey Street
351 pages
The Bookworm Sez: The Broken Road
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The Broken Road
By Richard Paul Evans
c. 2017, Simon & Schuster
304 pages
The Bookworm Sez: Vicious Circle
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
It’s gone around and around.
Your mind just can’t let go: how can you put an end to a ticklish problem?
The Bookworm Sez: Cradles of Power
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your parents had such high hopes for you.
You were going to make it, and make something of yourself.
The Bookworm Sez: They Left Us Everything
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your grandmother’s jewelry will be yours someday.
You’ve known that since you were small and were caught playing with them.
The Bookworm Sez: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
Thank you for your service.
You’ve said that many times recently, and meant every word to every soldier. Thank you for keeping us protected. Thank you for your bravery. Thank you for your sacrifice.
The Bookworm Sez: Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
Someone, call the fire department.
Right. That old birthday-candle joke was funny the first time you heard it, decades ago; now, though, not so much.
The Bookworm Sez: Political Suicide
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- Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer Terri Schlichenmeyer
Politicians are human.
There are surely times when you’d like to think otherwise, but the truth is that they laugh, they cry, they love—and they do boneheaded things.