Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words by Susan Reyburn

A companion book to the latest Library of Congress exhibit, this is a great way to explore the collection without having to travel all the way to D.C. I didn't know how involved in the Civil Rights movement Rosa was, or that she was fierce activist all throughout her life. I loved reading the letters and narratives of her life written in her own voice.

A glimpse into an inspiring life!

82 pages

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson  founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system.

Here he recounts many of the cases he worked on, and gives a devastating view of the criminal justice system in this country.



368 pages

A Right to Die by Rex Stout

(Posted for Paul Mathews)

In 1964, a wealthy young white woman is killed in Harlem.  Nero Wolfe and Archie must find out who really did it.

Audio:  5 hrs. 6 min.
Print:  190 pages

Hellhound on His Trail

Author: Hampton Sides
Audio Hours: 15.2 hours
Pages: 480


Cover blurb:
On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents. With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a President and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. With Hellhound On His Trail, Sides shines a light on the largest manhunt in American history and brings it to life for all to see.


My take:
This is a great book. Vibrant and detailed without being too boring. I listened to the book and wasn't bored at any point. The author is thorough, he does a great job intertwining all the accounts and information without it being too cumbersome for the reader. Anyone will like this book, especially those with an affinity for history.