On Gold Mountain: If you love Lisa See’s fiction, try this
The amazing story that is the basis for Lisa See’s amazing novels.
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The Queens of Animation by Nathalia Holt
If You Like Your Disney Princesses, You’ll Love the WOMEN Who Created Them (and much more) Like so many other fields that we’re finding out about these days, there were a lot of women working in Disney animation whose significant contributions have gone mostly uncredited until now. That’s the story of The Queens of Animation. …
“The Making of Biblical Womanhood”: The Truth about the Role Jesus Intended for Women in the Church
Does the Bible really tell women that they can’t have a visible role in the church?
Ford’s book “Dress Codes”: How what we wear helps determine destiny
In which we discover fashion isn’t frivolous.
“Craft: An American History” by Glenn Adamson: Is Hand Made Better?
Where does hand craft end and factory work begin?
Best Book Club Ideas for “When Women Invented Television”
Everything you need to lead a successful discussion of The Women Who Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
“When Women Invented Television”: How to Invent an Entertainment Empire
24 hours and nothing to watch? Leave it to the women!
“America and Iran” by John Ghazvinian: Why the United States and Iran Struggle to Get Along
Street shopping in Iran. Yes, those are “no parking” signs right next to all the parked cars plus the guy in the street hanging out on his motor bike. Pretty standard for that part of the world. Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons As soon as I saw John Ghazvinian’s new book, …
Forsyth’s “A Short History of Drunkenness”: The Importance of Handling the Buzz
Americans in Paris celebrate the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Unknown /w New York Times, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, 1933. Who would think to write a history of drunkenness, and what is there to say? That’s what I thought when I ran across this bizarre little book, but as it turns out, people have …
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The Great Depression and the Optimism of Shirley Temple
Could any child star today be as big as Shirley Temple? You will be amazed to discover the breadth of this little girl’s influence.
