Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Genre: science-fiction, apocalyptic Format: Audio This book starts out like many other end-of-times novels. A terrible disease has quickly wiped out most of humanity, leaving very few alive. The technique the author uses to lead the main character to discovery is very clever, and I was hooked. The book […]
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Red Jacket: A Lute Bapcat Mystery by Joseph Heywood ASIN: B00MJD7H1Q This is the first volume in a series of historical mysteries starring Lute Bapcat, a newly-minted game warden in far northern Michigan just before WorldWar I. The location is what caught my attention, because ancestors of mine lived and worked on the Keweenaw Peninsula in
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Sinful Folk (Omnibus 1–4) by Ned Hayes Campanile Books (2014) ASIN: B00F8J6ME6 This is a depressing story based on truth and set in England in 1377. A woman has lost her son in a fire that also killed four other boys. A small group of villagers sets off on a journey in the middle of winter
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The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization by Jim Lacey Bantam (2011) ASIN: B004HFRJVC A great work for those interested in ancient history, especially military history. Although the battle itself takes up little space here, the work up to it and the results of it should be
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Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross Broadway Books (2009) ASIN: B002BH5HO4 This historical novel tells the incredible story of a girl in the Dark Ages who longs to be a scholar. She runs away from a dysfunctional home and eventually is given a place in a school. She falls in love with her
The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard Published by: Opossom Press (2013) ASIN: B00AHJ5J00 I do love a good historical novel or mystery, and this book includes both. Lizzie Boylston is a young widow in 1775 who lives near John and Abigail Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts. Lizzie is a midwife and healer, and although she grew
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In the Blood (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery) by Steve Robinson Thomas & Mercer (March 2014) ASIN: B00G3NAPLC This first book in the series caught my eye because it includes genealogy, a hobby I have enjoyed for over 25 years. I also love a good mystery, and the setting in lovely Cornwall clinched it. Overall, I liked
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Hell With the Lid Blown Off: An Alafair Tucker Mystery by Donis Casey Poisoned Pen Press (June 2014) ISBN: 978-1464202988 I had no idea that this book was the seventh in a series when I read it. You don’t have to have read the previous stories to understand and appreciate it. I enjoyed it very much and will
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