NPR: Minnesota Bookseller Recommends 3 Summer Porch Reads

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NPR

August 16, 2016

Wake Up, Island by Mary Casanova Sue Zumberge of Subtext Books in St. Paul, Minn., shares her favorite books for summer reading: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard and Wake Up, Island by Mary Casanova.

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