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Eggs
Working | Robert A. Caro
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Caro‘s mini-memoir about his research and interviews for The Power Broker and his 4 LBJ volumes (a 5th one is in the works). He is an amazing writer who is dedicated to getting the “whole story”.

#RushAThon Day 13 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 8mo
Eggs @DieAReader 🤗😊 8mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 7mo
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fredthemoose
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Phew, that was a long one! 66 hours but fascinating and well written. In-depth (like, really in-depth) look at the career of Robert Moses and how he obtained, used, and eventually lost power over public works in New York in the early and mid 20th century. A definite pick if you‘re interested in politics and policy and how cities and regions are shaped. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Smarkies Despite the length, I really loved this one. 2y
fredthemoose @smarkies Me, too! It held my interest (although there were points of me just wishing he was less awful/unreasonable) and the writing was great! 2y
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fredthemoose
Working | Robert A. Caro
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Robert Caro looking back on what it took to write his books on Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. Less “how to write books” and more reflections. Not what I expected, but still really interesting. In some cases it sounds like he republished essays from other publications, but that wasn‘t clear on audio until the end of the essay, so I‘m some cases it seemed a little disjointed. But still great.

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QBub
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro
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Robert Moses began his career as someone trying to improve New York City. The longer he remained there, the more power he acquired and wielded. What Caro shows is that Robert Moses was a power hungry, vindictive, racist megalomaniac, on his best days. What you see is the rise and all too late of fall old New York City‘s Parks Commissioner

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Vivlio_Gnosi
Working | Robert A. Caro
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Guess what arrived in the mail today?? I'm excited to get started on this #Nonfiction book about #writing

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IamIamIam
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Hey all!! I proposed a book club to my adult education coordinators and we decided on 2 books a semester, 9 weeks. I'm thinking we can do a fiction book and a non fiction counterpart for discussion and some different perspectives.
What fiction books have you read that have a non fiction book related to the incidents involved? Please drop your ideas into the comments below! 💜

Traci1 The Witches Salem, 1692 and 3y
IamIamIam @Traci1 Great recommendations! 3y
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IamIamIam Has anyone read this? I find these 2 so interesting... maybe it's a New York thing? Lol 3y
IamIamIam @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Yes! Those are great suggestions, thanks! 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I guess those are more similar topic, but not same event.... let me think some more... 3y
IamIamIam @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I'll take any suggestions you can give! They're not all going to pair up perfectly but a theme is good too. I was thinking the Collyers and a book on mental illness or watching Grey Gardens together. I'm still fleshing out ideas because the spring semester doesn't start until February. 👍 I appreciate your help! 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @IamIamIam I don‘t know Collyers, but a for a fiction book in mental illness maybe Challenger Deep or Still Alice 3y
IamIamIam @Riveted_Reader_Melissa That's great!!! Check out the story of Homer & Langley Collyer, btw... 🤯🤯🤯 But maybe I can do hoarders for spring, since we're all kind of recluses now, and mental illness/unreliable characters for the fall? 3y
dariazeoli Ooh, I love this! I need to give it some thought - we started talking about this over at the Nonfiction Nerds group earlier this year: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21166857 3y
IamIamIam @dariazeoli Awesome!!! Sadly, I kind of fell off the NFN wagon but I've had a rough reading year as it is. I'll check back into the group to see what the discussion was! 💜 I'm leaning towards Homer and Langley as a fic pick, Empty Mansions as a nf pick and maybe Grey Gardens if we have time. Recluses and hoarding will be my topic after our quarantine! Lol, I do want to keep it going so I'll have to stockpile topics. 😁 3y
LibrarianRyan Lets See Here; There is The Wizard of Oz and (I suggested this for work and it never happened.) 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I started adding “book pairing” suggestions in my reviews on GR and my blog around a year ago. Or maybe longer. So I would refer you there first. And I‘ll suggest a couple here too. 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts and 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates and 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Walking with the Wind by John Lewis and 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Grief is a thing with Feathers by Max Porter and 3y
IamIamIam @LibrarianRyan @BarbaraTheBibliophage All awesome suggestions! I really appreciate your input, Ryan and Barbara! 💜 3y
Cinfhen Such an awesome idea!!! You‘ve got great suggestions already!! I need to think a bit...my brain is seriously frazzled at the moment 😬 3y
MrBook @IamIamIam , looks like you might be covered! 😁 If you want any others, maybe something Jack the Ripper-related, like Portrait of a Killer and Lyndsay Faye‘s Dust and Shadow. 3y
IamIamIam @MrBook Thanks!! I was happy to see you had read Homer & Langley!! I'm hoping to keep this going as a class so I'm definitely looking to stockpile ideas! 😁 Hope you're well, Jason! 3y
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jaskalra
Working | Robert A. Caro
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Robert Caro‘s methodology

I am in awe of Robert Caro, and his approach to researching and writing.

Eggs I‘ve read everything Caro wrote-he is phenomenal - I recommend the audio of this book, in his own voice! 4y
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keithmalek
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro

This book is boring, and you know it. Rather than slogging through this (unless you actually are interested in reading a three page description of what Robert Moses had for breakfast) read "Wrestling With Moses" by Anthony Flint.

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