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THE BEVERAGE LIBRARY


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Find your next great read with reviews, recommendations, and author features covering fiction, nonfiction, mystery, romance, thrillers, fantasy, historical fiction, business, biographies, memoirs, self-development, and more.


Julian Blair Baldwin’s To Zuri: Leadership That Outlives Us Explores Legacy, Leadership and Generational Wisdom
The latest Edelman Trust Barometer found that 7 in 10 people are now unwilling or hesitant to trust anyone whose values or background differ from their own, while only 32% of people believe the next generation will be better off. As faith in institutions collapses, people are placing what trust they have left in those closest to them: family, neighbors, mentors, and colleagues, which raises a question we must ask ourselves: Where is leadership truly forged, and what do we inh

Marshelle Sanders
Oct 30


J. Vanessa Lyon Explores Race, Identity and Art in New Memoir Blackness Thirteen Ways
The art historian, poet, and novelist close-reads images, moving and still, canonical and lesser known, that have shaped her evolving identity as an American “Mulatta” lesbian born at the end of the Civil Rights Movement in this singular blend of life-writing and cultural studies. The daughter of the WASP mother who raised her and a Black father she has never known, J. Vanessa Lyon delivers a candid memoir across thirteen uniquely structured chapters in conversation with endu

Marshelle Sanders
Oct 28


Author and Certified Death Doula Becky Robinson Brings Guidance, Warmth, and Wit to End-of-Life Planning at Chicago Expo
Becky Robison is a writer and certified death doula
living in Louisville, Kentucky. After her parents died, she created My Parents Are Dead: What Now?—a
website documenting her journey through the legal,
financial, and bureaucratic aftermath in order to help
others do the same.

Marshelle Sanders
Aug 19
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