Joe Pace
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #71: The Mighty & The Almighty
Madeleine Albright has long been one of my favorites. Her story is a fascinating one. Born in 1937 in a sovereign Czechoslovakia, her...
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Joe Pace
Mar 27, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #70: Red Sox Century
A lot of sports books lately - but what else would we talk about on Opening Day? As a lover of history and sports, I adored this book...
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Joe Pace
Mar 26, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #69: It’s Good to Be Gronk
In honor of this week’s well-earned, unsurprising early retirement by the best tight end the game has ever seen, I include this “book”....
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Joe Pace
Mar 25, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #68: Captain James Cook, A Biography
There are a lot of reasons the life of James Cook resonates with us today, more than two centuries after his iconic death at the hands of...
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Joe Pace
Mar 23, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #67: Pedro
I’m coaching Bobby’s baseball team this year, and our first practice will be this afternoon, so I’m in a hardball state of mind. Our...
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Joe Pace
Mar 22, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #66: Iceland’s Ring Road
Lonely Planet puts out the best road-trip guides. We wore out their Pacific Northwest version during our years in Washington, and have...
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Joe Pace
Mar 19, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #65: The Emperor of All Maladies, A Biography of Cancer
I first bought this book as a gift for my physician wife, who encounters and battles skin cancers every day. Last year, when yet another...
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Joe Pace
Mar 18, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #64: Henry Clay, Statesman for the Union
Among my non-presidential American political heroes, Henry Clay is pretty high up on the list. He was supremely talented, relentlessly...
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Joe Pace
Mar 17, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #63: Small is Beautiful, Economics as if People Mattered
Later today I'll be sworn in as a member of the Select Board in Kensington. It's a small town here, with a little over 2,000 people....
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Joe Pace
Mar 12, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #62: Great Quotes from Great Leaders
During our senior year at Exeter High, my best friend Nate Oxnard gave me this book for Christmas. In the 27 years since, I have referred...
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Joe Pace
Mar 11, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #61: Democratic Governance in American States and Cities
A beloved relic from my senior year at UNH serves as today’s reminder to get out there and vote in your municipal elections. All the...
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Joe Pace
Mar 10, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #60: Fraud of the Century
The 2000 US presidential election looms large in our recent memory. Depending on your political ideology, it was either a blatant theft...
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