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What the House Remembers
Write about a room you have not entered in years. Let the objects speak before the people do, and end on a sound rather than an image.
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Four books worth meeting
A Fourth Group & Co selection of history, memoir, literary fiction, and stories of public life.
Historical fiction
Early Mornings with “Dick”
by Jack Ryan · Hardcover
5.0 · 1 review
A compelling historical novel following a Georgetown law student whose private breakfasts with President Richard Nixon reshape his understanding of leadership, truth, and public service.
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Literary fiction
Blame It on Socrates
by Jack Ryan · Kindle Edition
5.0 · 7 reviews
Professor Patrick Dolan returns to the turbulent 1960s after a long-lost letter forces him to examine the ideals, friendships, and unfinished choices that shaped his life.
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Memoir
Proud American
by Sergio A. Tinoco · Kindle Edition
5.0 · 2 reviews
A remarkable true story of a South Texas migrant worker who became a soldier and federal agent—a testament to service, sacrifice, faith, and Hispanic American pride.
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Campus novel
Blame It on Socrates
by Jack Ryan · Kindle Edition
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A witty, reflective campus novel about philosophy, nostalgia, and the weight of unfinished business, bridging the unrest of the 1960s with one professor’s present reckoning.
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Early Mornings with “Dick”
A compelling historical novel following a Georgetown law student whose private breakfasts with President Richard Nixon reshape his understanding of leadership, truth, and public service.
Blame It on Socrates
Professor Patrick Dolan returns to the turbulent 1960s after a long-lost letter forces him to examine the ideals, friendships, and unfinished choices that shaped his life.
Proud American
A remarkable true story of a South Texas migrant worker who became a soldier and federal agent—a testament to service, sacrifice, faith, and Hispanic American pride.
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Jack Ryan
Historical & literary fiction
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Literary fiction
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History, memory, and the private rooms of public life
Jack Ryan’s novels return to defining political moments through characters still deciding what duty means. Our conversations with authors look beyond the synopsis to the questions that keep a book alive.
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Early Mornings with “Dick”
Jack Ryan · Historical fiction
A young law student’s unexpected conversations with President Nixon become a lens on ambition, unrest, and public service.
A Place to Begin
Three prompts for the blank page
Fiction
The Room After Everyone Leaves
Begin with what remains on the table, then let one object reveal what no one said aloud.
Poetry
A Map Drawn From Memory
Trace a familiar place without naming its streets. Let sound and scent establish the borders.
Memoir
The Letter That Arrived Twice
Write about news you understood differently the second time you received it.
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