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Jill Hunting

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Released February 2022 by the University of Oklahoma Press: A BIRD WITH TEETH AND A DINOSAUR IN THE FAMILY by Jill HuntingIn 1872, a young graduate of Yale University named Thomas Russell unearthed the bones of an 83,000,000-year-old dinosaur in western Kansas. The rare fossil, an avian dinosaur with teeth and flightless wings, proved that birds evolved from reptiles. More than a century later, Russell's great-granddaughter set out to retrace her ancestor's forgotten expedition. Part detective history, part memoir, FOR WANT OF WINGS is Jill's captivating account of her journey into prehistory, national...

Heather McGhee

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Heather Charisse McGhee is an American political commentator and strategist. She is a former president and currently a distinguished senior fellow of Demos, a non-profit progressive U.S. think tank. McGhee is a regular contributor to NBC News and frequently appears as a guest and panelist on Meet the Press, All In with Chris Hayes, and Real Time with Bill Maher.