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Dr. Mae Jemison, First Woman of Color in Space, Releases Young Adult Autobiography FIND WHERE .
Signal Hill Road Publishing, LLCFebruary 18, 2021 GMT
Houston, TX, Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Dr. Mae Jemison is already in the history books: NASA astronaut, first woman of color in space, physician in developing countries, engineer, educator, schools named in her honor and even the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek.
Now Dr. Jemison’s book, Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life 2nd edition is set to energize a new generation. Available now for pre-order and in bookstores on February 23, Find Where the Wind Goes shares candid, humorous and heartfelt stories of life events from her childhood to becoming who she intended to be – space explorer, scientist, dancer and positive force. Dr. Jemison states, “I wrote this book to share with my 16-year-old self some of th
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Japanese author Haruki Murakami has a remedy for those who need relaxation from stress and worries â bossa nova
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
February 15, 2021, 3:22 AM
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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami signs his autograph on his novel Killing Commendatore during a press conference in Tokyo. Murakami said politicians need to reduce public uncertainty and fear over the coronavirus by speaking sincerely about the pandemic. Murakami, in a two-hour live New Year s Eve show on Dec. 31, 2020, urged political leaders to âtalk honestly from the gutâ to the people to encourage them to help slow rising infections which are on the verge of getting out of control. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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2021 Reed Awards Honor Great Writing About the Southeast’s Fragile Coast
February 11, 2021 GMT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Two writers who have delved into the past and present challenges facing treasured places on the Southeast coast will receive the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards from the Southern Environmental Law Center. SELC will present the awards March 25 during this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book.
In the book category, former Georgia state legislator Paul Bolster will receive the Reed Award for Saving the Georgia Coast: A Political History of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. In the journalism category, Tony Bartelme of The Post and Courier in Charleston will receive the Reed Award for his in-depth reporting on South Carolina’s coastal environment, including communities where the damaging impacts of climate change are happen
The cover of the “Pop-Up Book of Stonington.” (Courtesy of the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce)
Pages feature the Old Lighthouse Museum in the “Pop-Up Book of Stonington.” (Courtesy of the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce)
Published February 09. 2021 7:20PM | Updated February 09. 2021 7:49PM
Stonington The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce Foundation has donated 600 copies of its Pop-Up Book of Stonington to elementary school families in town.
Chamber President Lisa Konicki said the books were distributed at West Vine Street and Deans Mill schools last Friday and also will be distributed to Pine Point School and St. Michael School families and Stonington students who attend the Regional Multicultural Magnet School in New London.