Book: Darktown: A Novel Author: Thomas Mullen Review by: Paul Varian, retired CNN executive producer “Darktown” by Thomas Mullen is a brilliantly woven template for the police procedural — a […]
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Books 2021: Women, Not Wallflowers, Helped Raise Up the United States
Book: Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Author: Cokie Roberts Review by: Michael Manely, family law attorney at The Manely Firm P.C. As it turns out, women of the […]
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Books 2021: ‘He Travels Alone’ to Restore Indigenous Dignity
Book: Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity Author: Darrel J. McLeod Review by: Kirk Duguid, acting consul general of Canada in Atlanta In “Peyakow,” award-winning Cree author Darrel J. McLeod shares weaves […]
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Books 2021: Finding a Shared Sense of Calm Across Turbulent Generations
Book: We Took To The Woods Author: Louise Dickinson Rich Review by: Gene Kansas, cultural developer at Gene Kansas | Commercial Real Estate and founder of Constellations culturally inspired workspace, […]
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Books 2021: How Classical Music Became a 20th Century Ideological Battleground
Book: Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America From the Great War Through the Cold War Author: Jonathan Rosenberg Review by: Rickey Bevington, former Georgia Public Broadcasting journalist and newly appointed […]
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Books 2021: A Fictional but Empathetic Look at Native Peoples’ Plight
Book: The Night Watchman Author: Louise Erdrich Review by: Jorge Fernandez, consultant, Pendleton Group, and former vice president of global commerce at the Metro Atlanta Chamber and U.S. Air Force pilot […]
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Books 2021: Learning the Hero Code From the Celebrated and the Unsung
Book: The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived Author: William H. McRaven Review by: Shelby Grubbs, an arbitrator, mediator and special master with 45 years of legal experience, […]
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Canadian Consul General: Biden’s Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Could Threaten U.S.-Canada Auto Trade and Kill Georgia Jobs
Editor’s note: This commentary article was written by Ambassador Louise Blais, acting consul general of Canada for the Southeast, based in Atlanta. As a point of clarification, the tax credit […]
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Micron to Open Memory Design Center in Atlanta
Semiconductor giant Micron is opening a computer memory design and development center at Atlanta’s Tech Square that will employ 500 people. The Boise, Idaho-based company, the last manufacturer of memory […]
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Canada’s Hootsuite to Add Atlanta Office, Hire 60
Canadian social-media software company Hootsuite is set to add an Atlanta office, hiring 60 people as part of an expansion into the city’s growing tech hub. Based in Vancouver, British […]