The Friends of the Delaware County District Library is bringing a very special visitor to us through Zoom all the way from the United Kingdom. Author Annie
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Some 3,400 Black athletes played in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948, but it took 100 years for Major League Baseball to recognize them as major-league-caliber players and to enter their achievements in the historical record. Author Andrea Williams loves the sport, but early on, she found herself even more curious about the business that makes it work. Her curiosity led her to discover a little-known Black American woman named Effa Manley, the co-owner and business manager of the Negro Leaguesâ Newark Eagles. Williamsâ new nonfiction middle-grades book,
Baseballâs Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues, shows Manley as a pioneer who understood the value of the leagues, while others insisted it was inferior.Â
Hour Detroit Magazine
December 23, 2020
Best Books of 2020: The Margot Affair, A Burning, The Address Book, and Craft Cocktail are among are top picks.
In 2020, there were the big political books, like
Rage by Bob Woodward; celebrity memoirs, like
The Meaning of Mariah Carey; and new installments from big-name writers such as John Grisham, Elin Hilderbrand, and Stephen King. There was even the new
Twilight installment,
Midnight Sun. (Not that I read it. Cough. Cough.) Tucked in between these big releases was a plethora of not-to-be-missed titles. Here’s a handy guide to the best books of 2020.
(Clarkston Potter)
The New Craft of the Cocktail