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SUMMARY:1\,000 Books: Battle of the Books
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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom with James Mustich\, author of <i>1\,000 Bo
 oks to Read Before You Die</i>\, and our all-star readers as they champion
  their favorite books..\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/4852486
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>This event will be broadcast live 
 on Zoom.&nbsp\;Registration and an email address are required to rec
 eive the link to participate. </strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Order your 
 copy of&nbsp\;<strong><em>1\,000 Books to Read Before You Die </em></stron
 g>from Mac&rsquo\;s Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry: <a href="https://www
 .macsbacks.com/book/9781523504459">macsbacks.com/book/9781523504459</a></p
 >\n<p><em>&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>About the event:</em><br /><br 
 />Join us for an event for book lovers! We will talk books with&nbsp\;Jame
 s Mustich\, author of&nbsp\;<strong><em>1\,000 Books to Read Before You Di
 e</em></strong>\, the compulsively readable\, entertaining and surprising 
 book that celebrates the greatest books of all time\, from&nbsp\;<em>Harol
 d and the Purple Crayon</em>&nbsp\;to the works of Shakespeare to sci-fi c
 lassics like&nbsp\;<em>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep</em>? There&rsq
 uo\;s something for every reader.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />Each of our five co
 mbatants will advocate for their favorite books\, vying for the hearts and
  minds of the audience members. Attendees will then vote to name the champ
 ion!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Our literary gladiators are <strong>Mary Bly </strong>
 (aka\, best-selling Regency and Georgian romance author Eloisa James)\,&nb
 sp\;<strong>Anne Bogel</strong> (host of the podcast <em>What Should I Rea
 d Next?</em>)\,&nbsp\;<strong>Andromeda Romano-Lax&nbsp\;</strong>(journal
 ist\, travel writer\, and author of historical fiction)\,&nbsp\;<strong>Do
 nna Seaman</strong> (book reviewer and Editor for Adult Books&nbsp\;at <em
 >Booklist</em>)\, and <strong>Thrity Umrigar</strong>&nbsp\;(journalist\, 
 critic\, and best-selling author).</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><img
  src="https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuyahoga/Bly3.jpg" 
 width="140" height="278" alt="Mary Bly" title="Mary Bly" /><img src="https
 ://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuyahoga/Bogel3.jpg" width="12
 5" height="278" alt="Anne Bogel" title="Anne Bogel" /><img src="https://at
 tend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuyahoga/Andromeda_Romano2.jpg" wid
 th="131" height="278" alt="Andromeda Romano-Lax" title="Andromeda Romano-L
 ax" /><img src="https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuyahoga/
 Donna_Seaman2.jpg" width="131" height="278" alt="Donna Seaman" title="Donn
 a Seaman" /><img src="https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuy
 ahoga/Umrigar2.jpg" width="140" height="278" alt="Thrity Umrigar" title="T
 hrity Umrigar" /><br /><em></em></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><em><b
 r /><br /></em></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><strong></strong><stron
 g><img src="https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/images/editor/cuyahoga/Jim_
 Mustich-Color__copy__Trisha_Keeler_Photography.jpg" alt="James Mustich" ti
 tle="James Mustich" width="167" height="249" style="float: left\; margin: 
 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></strong><em>About James Mustich:</em></p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: left\;"><strong></strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;
 "><strong>James Mustich</strong> began his career in book-selling at an in
 dependent book store in Briarcliff Manor\, New York\, in the early 1980s. 
 In 1986\, he co-founded the acclaimed book catalog\,&nbsp\;<em>A Common Re
 ader</em>\, and was for two decades its guiding force. His book\,&nbsp\;<s
 trong><em>1\,000 Books to Read Before You Die</em></strong>\, was fourteen
  years in the making. It is the fifth book in the&nbsp\;1\,000 &hellip\; B
 efore You Die&nbsp\;series that has over 4.4 million copies in print.</p>\
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