Faith Middleton Archive
Breach of Peace
By Eric Etheridge
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Eric Etheridge is a well-known journalist who found mug shots of 1961 Freedom Riders. He set out to find them, and located 100. The book features current photographs and a brief story of who they were and where they are now. It is a reminder of what it takes to effectuate change. We are also reminded that there are those who deliberately set out to make a difference, and those who accidentally become important players.Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
By Maggie Jackson
Jackson explores the erosion of deep, sustained attention--the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress--and offers the cutting-edge solutions needed to cure, not just live with, an epidemic of inattention.
Is This Thing On?: A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming
By Abby Stokes
"Is This Thing On?" is a reassuring, jargon-free, and totally straightforward nuts-and-bolts guide that introduces late bloomers, grandparents, technophobes, and the digitally challenged to all the wonders of using a computer, and will even have them using digital cameras and PDAs with ease.
Kids' Letters to President Obama
By edited by Bill Adler
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume the perfect gift for any occasion.
Mrs. Astor Regrets
By Meryl Gordon
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A behind the headlines story of hidden betrayal beyond reproach tracing three generations of Brooke Astor’s family.Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat
By Hank Cardello
Are you sure you want to eat that?
The Mother Tongue
By Bill Bryson
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This is a fun book especially the chapters on the origins of language and the chapter on the origin of fancy words. England was overrun so many times by so many countries that we have English words from many different cultures. I enjoyed his research on this.- Lee from the Faith Middleton Show


