Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Note: The “Holy Land” is made up of the countries that are currently known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Israel, and Palestine. Outcasts United, by Warren St. John (creative nonfiction, new journalism) I cannot remember how I …
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Lois Duncan has been around for a long time. She started publishing short works as a teenager, and her first novel was published in 1959. Daughters of Eve was published in 1979, but I really thought it was older. First, I aged out of YA books in the early 80’s, and secondly, the attitudes presented …
Buy on Amazon Imitation of Life Two-Movie Special Edition Starring Claudette Colbert, Lana Turner, Louise Beavers, Juanita Moore, Warren William Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon Buy on Amazon What was the world trying to tell women in the 30’s, 40’s and …
3 Different Books about Women who fed people for a living, and made it??? Read More »
I love a good book about books, so this one has popped up as a recommendation from Amazon! I love that my branch library has it! Amazon Block Search for an Amazon product to display. Learn more Libraries are wonderful things. We take them for granted, but really, they are amazing. Think of it: the …
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When I was a kid, most of my books came from the public library. I don’t think I went to a bookstore until I was seven or eight years old, and then the children’s book section was small, unlike the entire room devoted to children at the central library. One of the library books I …
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When I was a kid, most of my books came from the public library. I don’t think I went to a bookstore until I was seven or eight years old, and then the children’s book section was small, unlike the entire room devoted to children at the central library. One of the library books I …
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1. The Bestseller by Olivia Goldsmith (novel) Buy on Amazon 2. The Library Book by Susan Orlean (nonfiction narrative) Buy on Amazon 3. 1000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich (nonfiction, guide, reference) Buy on Amazon 4. The Literature Book, multiple authors (nonfiction, reference) Buy on Amazon 5. When …
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On Labor Day weekend, I finally got to connect with the mother ship. I went to the United States’ National Book Fair sponsored by the Library of Congress, which is our national library (not just for congress!!). It was amazing. I can’t even fathom the number of authors who were there, let alone the number …
Buy on Amazon Understood Betsy is another one of those books that I remember finding in a plain, hardback edition in the children’s room of the Chesapeake Public Library. As I recall, I didn’t know anything about the book except its title: I don’t think they kept the dust covers on the books in those …
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