Norma Holt Davis, President, Cincinnati branch of the NAACP:

        • Ella Baker: Freedom Bound by Joanne Grant (John Wiley & Sons Inc; $16.95).

        “The biography is about one of the heroines of the civil rights movement and chronicles a lifetime of civil rights work. It's very well done and written by a woman whom she mentored.”

        • Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson Inc; $19.99).

        “A great book. The thesis is that all of us fail, but the successful people keep moving and turn their mistakes into stepping stones.”

        Linda Menz, Board member, Dayton Opera:

        • Truth at Any Cost: Ken Starr and the Unmasking of Bill Clinton by Susan Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf (HarperCollins; $26).

        “Written by (Washington Post reporter) Susan Schmidt and (Time magazine's) Michael Weisskopf, it's highly detailed. I highly recommend it for anyone who is a political junkie like me.”

        — Maxine Berkman

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