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Longreads Club: Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents himself as an ascetic economic visionary. He is also a hero of anti-Muslim bigots. The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. 13,750 words, about 60 minutes ARTICLE: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india (If the article is pay-walled, click here to read: http://archive.is/DfcVS) If you prefer to listen to the article, there is an audio track at the top of the page. Another option is that you can create a Text-To-Speech mp3 for free here: http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/. The TTS is a robotic voice, but many people get used to it fairly quickly. The Longreads Club is a twice-monthly program hosted by WorldOregon's Young Professionals group. Join us for Longreads Club where we discuss a long-form article focused on global…

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The Boy Who Became a Dragon: A Biography of Bruce Lee

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 – in both the hour and the year of the dragon. Almost immediately, he was plunged into conflict: as a child in Hong Kong as it was invaded and occupied by the Japanese; as the object of discrimination and bullying; and as a teenager grappling against the influence of gangs. As the world knows, Lee found his salvation and calling through kung fu – first as a student, then as a teacher, and finally as a global star. Jim Di Bartolo’s The Boy Who Became a Dragon (Graphix) tells his astonishing story in brilliant comic form.

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True Crime Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

The True Crime Book Club is led by the true crime aficionado Rachel Newton Cumley. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our mystery and thriller loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us for the February meeting of the True Crime Book Club. This month's pick is If You Tell by Gregg Olsen. After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons, triggering memories that have…

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Richard Bell

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland

Philadelphia, 1825: five young, free black boys fall into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States. Determined to resist, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. Their ordeal shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. Impeccably researched and breathlessly paced, Richard Bell’s Stolen (37 Ink) tells the incredible story of five boys whose courage forever changed the fight against slavery in America.

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