Book World: The best audiobooks to listen to this month
Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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The Nature of Fragile Things
Susan Meissner s latest novel is an absorbing, cleverly plotted historical tale of perfidy and pluck. Set chiefly in the first decade of the 20th century, it encompasses the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent inferno, linked catastrophes that are horrifyingly conjured. At the center is Sophie Whalen, an immigrant from Northern Ireland who has answered an ad placed by a widower seeking a wife and mother for his 5-year-old daughter. The book begins ominously with a transcript of Sophie, 22, being questioned by a U.S. marshal about her husband s whereabouts and activities. Jason Culp narrates this and a later section, bringing an authoritative approach to a tale that is filled with formidable twists, duplicity and stunning revelations. Alana Kerr Collins, herself a native of Northern Ireland, narrate
State-run mass vaccination site to open in Queensbury
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A mass vaccination site will open in Queensbury, the governor announced Monday, March 8. Pictured: Syringes are loaded with a dose of theÊPfizer Covid-19 vaccine at Rivers Resort and Casino during a mass vaccination POD on Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. The vaccines were allocated to Schenectady county specifically for county residents 65 year of age or older. Those who received the vaccine on Sunday were also signed up for their second dose again at Rivers in 21 days. County officials said that they planned on vaccinating 1,100 people on Sunday. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
History & Hope: Pastor talks growing up in South during Jim Crow era, fight for equality Share Updated: 9:27 AM CST Mar 8, 2021 Caray Grace Share Updated: 9:27 AM CST Mar 8, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS KID LAYING ON THE GROUND. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENT. THE WORLD WENT CRAZY. EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE GOING TO OVERCOME. WE WILL MAKE IT. REPORTER: REVEREND CHARLES ELLIOTT CLEARLY REMEMBERS THE DAY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS ASSASSINATED. AT 86-YEARS-OLD, REVEREND ELLIOTT HAS MADE IT HIS LIFE’S WORK TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. WHAT KING WAS TELLING US WHAT HATE IS. HATE HURTS THE HATER. IT DOES NOT HURT THE ONE YOU HATE. REPORTER: WHILE ELLIOTT HAS BEEN A FIGURE IN LOUISVILLE FOR MANY DECADES, HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SMALL TOWN OF WHEELER, ALABAMA. WHEELER, ALABAMA WAS A VERY, VERY RACIST. AS I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IT WAS NOTHING FOR ME TO GO DOWN IN THE WOODS BECAUSE WE
Northland All Black Jack Goodhue continues to raise funds for region s at-risk youth
8 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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All Black Jack Goodhue appeared on the television show Celebrity Brain Busters to raise funds for the Bald Angels charity. Photo / supplied
All Black Jack Goodhue appeared on the television show Celebrity Brain Busters to raise funds for the Bald Angels charity. Photo / supplied
Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocate s feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
First it was the mullet campaign, which saw Jack Goodhue put his famous locks on the block to raise funds for the Bald Angels charitable trust.