{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63013713c953500013439ed5/6756ea847205a5bc68c99603?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Holiday Special","description":"<p>A holiday special. Our year in books has been one of learning, laughing, feeling, and growing. Sometimes, you need to sit down with somebody who gets it, and reflect on what you have read. We gain more than we realize when we give ourselves time to reflect.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>2024 in books:</strong></p><p>The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky</p><p>Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the making of the Modern World by Howard W. French</p><p>The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera</p><p>A New Concept of the Universe by Walter Russell</p><p>To Be A Drum by Evelyn Coleman</p><p>I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll</p><p>Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen</p><p>Hanukkah In Alaska by Barbara Brown</p><p>Deep Work by Cal Newport</p><p>The Reader On The 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent</p><p>The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim</p><p><br></p><p><strong>2025 Recommendations:</strong></p><p>The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter &amp; Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton</p><p>The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie</p><p>African Holistic Health by Llaila Afrika</p><p>The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer</p><p>Labours Of Love by Tawanda Bwerudza</p><p><br></p><p>Music credit : Joy Together</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Books & Black Coffee"}