Category: Politics
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DAWNLANDS by Philippa Gregory
“Dawnlands” is the third novel in the Fairmile series by historical fiction writer Philippa Gregory. The Fairmile series is back with Alinor and her family getting entangled in the palace gossip, politics, and a lot of secrets and backstabbing. We are in 17th-century England. Continuing with Alinor’s story. The year is 1685 and England is once…
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THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET by DIANE CHAMBERLAIN
Some history, a little mystery and a lot of prejudice! Told in two times, this story takes one of the characters, Ellie Hockley, and tells her story from 1965. A time when I watched the world through a child’s eyes. I was a child of the deep south and integration didn’t come for longer that…
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LADIES of the HOUSE by LAUREN EDMONDSON
A very modern spin on Sense and Sensibility that I adored. Daisy, Wallis, and their mother Cricket never expected the sudden death of father and husband Senator Gregory Richardson. And they certainly never imagined it would be in such a salacious way. The media is all over this juicy headliner and Daisy just wants to…
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City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763–1856 (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900 Ser.) by Marcus P. Nevius
A well-researched look at Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina. I am not sure that people really understand the different slave classes. This work gives us as much information as can be found about this city of refuge for runaway slaves. People today would call it living off the grid. HIding in a…
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THE SHIP of DREAMS: The Sinking of THE TITANIC and the end of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell
Gareth Russell has done his research. Uncovering previously unpublished sources and including photographs. Russell tells the story not just of the sinking of the Titanic, but of six well-known and well-heeled passengers and the role they played in history. He is a gifted writer and puts the event in context with what was going on…
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BROKE: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises by Jodie Adams Kirshner
The author has taken a hard look at the state of affairs in Detroit. Through the voices of seven people whose lives have been changed forever by the mismanagement of the city and its eventual bankruptcy. I visited Detroit regularly during the late ’80s and through the ’90s. It was a huge, sprawling place and…
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THE GOOD COP by PETER STEINER
In a world of growing nationalism, a quiet few are determined to resist. This gripping historical mystery explores the darkest days of the early 20th century. Peter Steiner has given us a work of Historical Fiction with a lot of truth in the mix. WWI has been lost. Germany is in chaos and the new…
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The BeeKeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survival as they undertake the Syrian refugee trail to Europe. A beautiful and haunting tale of Syria and the families who lost so much and fought so hard to stay in their home country, only to be driven…
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The Undertaker’s Assistant by Amanda Skenandore
“The dead can’t hurt you. Only the living can.” Effie Jones, once a slave, escaped a place she can not even remember as a child. Found outside of a Union camp and taken in as a ward for an army surgeon. The Captain and his wife taught her to read and write, also how to…
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TRUTH WORTH TELLING by SCOTT PELLEY
An inspiring memoir from the front lines of history by award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. Don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you? Journalist, Scott Pelley, is someone I have always respected. And counted on to give us the news and the story behind the news. The Truth.…
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