May Activity Calendar Reads

There is a random holiday for every day. Read a book to mark the occasion!
 

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1. The delight of being ordinary: a road trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama

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Author:
Merullo, Roland
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
MAY 23 IS ROAD TRIP DAY
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Cary Regional - Adult Fiction
MERULLO
East Regional - Adult Fiction has 2
MERULLO
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
MERULLO
Description:
"The Pope and the Dalai Lama [team] up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable"--Amazon.com.

2. The sword and the shield: the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr

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Author:
Joseph, Peniel E.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
MAY 19 IS MALCOLM X DAY
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
323.092 JOSEP
Express - Fayetteville St. - Adult Non-Fiction
323.092 JOSEP
Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
323.092 JOSEP
Description:
In this "dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, ... Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a ... revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define"--