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		<title>Decision Points</title>
		<link>http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2011/09/28/decision-points/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decision Points by George W. Bush is easy to read and to the point.  I love the way the book is structured around key decisions during his presidency.  I enjoyed it thoroughly and highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in finding out how and why George W. Bush made the key decisions during his presidency.
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		<title>Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed reading ‘Spoken from the Heart’ by Laura Bush.  I have always admired her as the First Lady and so, I was really interested in her book.  I found her very elegant, poised, composed and matured.  This book confirmed my opinion about Mrs. Bush.
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<li><a href='http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2007/02/24/the-heart-of-a-woman/' rel='bookmark' title='The Heart of a Woman'>The Heart of a Woman</a> <small>I felt that Maya Angelou in 'The Heart of a...</small></li>
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		<title>Cane River</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cane River by Lalita Tademy is an indepth look into slavery and Creole culture in Louisiana.  The author chronicles four generations and enlightens the readers of the lives of slave women pre, during and post civil war.  All these women were so strong, brave and above all, practical!  This is also a story of mixing of races and its repercussions.  Thank you Mr. Abraham Lincoln for the “The Emancipation Proclamation”!
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		<title>Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman&#8217;s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert really motivated me to meditate more. I had a strong desire to go to a meditation camp where all I’ll do is cleanse myself and meditate. Then I will be ready to come back recharged to enjoy this beautiful world more thoroughly.
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		<title>Things I&#8217;ve Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, I understand the history of Iran because of the book, Things I’ve been silent about by Azar Nafisi.  She has explained the history of Iran very well by narrating her own life history.
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		<title>Three Weeks in October</title>
		<link>http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2010/08/13/three-weeks-in-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three weeks in October by Charles Moose and Charles Fleming is the first book I read that takes me inside the life of a police officer and inside a police department.  Also, I do remember the terror caused by the sniper but I didn’t know the details.
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		<title>Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Among Schoolchildren</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Angela’s Ashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<title>Geisha: A Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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