Book Review: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey by the Countess of Carnarvon

Tweet England’s Highclere Castle has become widely known as the setting for the Downton Abbey series on PBS, with opening credits of each episode and interior scenes focusing on the grandeur of the historic seat of the Earl of Carnarvon. … Continue reading

Book Review: The Pieces We Keep by Kristina McMorris

Tweet It’s been two years since Audra’s husband died, but she can’t let go of her grief and move on. Especially now that her seven-year-old son Jack is having night terrors and difficulty at school. In a chance encounter, she … Continue reading

Book Review: In Falling SNow by Mary-Rose MacColl

Tweet When Iris gets an invitation to attend a special dedication to the women who worked at a hospital in France sixty years before during World War I, she begins to remember her life there and events she would rather … Continue reading

Book Review: Why? Answers to Everday Scientific Questions

Tweet Have you ever wondered why trees drop their leaves in the fall, why the wind blows, or why ice floats? The answers to these and other common questions about the world around us can be found in Joel Levy’s … Continue reading

Book Review: A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert

Tweet Laura Ingalls Wilder is widely loved as the author of the Little House books that detail her life growing up in woods and on the prairies that were the frontiers of her time. Yet unknown to readers and publishers … Continue reading

Book Review and Giveawy: The Artist’s Way for Parents by Julia Cameron and Emma Lively

Tweet For years millions of readers have discovered how to be more creative by reading Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. But many readers who are also parents pushed Cameron for more, asking how they could apply her thoughts on creativity … Continue reading

Book Review: American Political Speeches by Terry Golway

Tweet Part of Penguin Books Civic Classics, American Political Speeches by Terry Golway should be on every American’s bookshelf. Here is a collection of speeches that many of us have heard of at some point during our schooling or in … Continue reading

Book Review: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Tweet Richard is not the kind of guy to make waves. He lives a normal life in London with a fiancée who tells him what to do and a good-enough job where he performs well even if he doesn’t distinguish … Continue reading

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