Blogs in August 2016

Two in the Far North 1st August 2016

This enduring story of life, adventure, and love in Alaska was written by a woman who embraced the remote Alaskan wilderness and became one of its strongest advocates. In this moving testimonial to the preservation of the Arctic wilderness,...

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Seneca Falls Inheritance 1st August 2016

In the small town of Seneca Falls, New York, history was in the making. And so was murder… Amidst the bustle of the Women’s Rights Convention of 1848, the independent, free-thinking town librarian Glynis Tryon is called on by...

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The Summoning 30th July 2016

My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again. All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don’t even know what that means anymore. It all started...

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The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox 30th July 2016

Here is the first authoritative biography of Margaret Fox, the world-famous medium and cofounder of the Spiritualism movement that swept America in the mid-1800s. In 1848, fifteen-year-old Maggie and her sister Katy created rapping sounds by manipulating their toe...

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Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life 30th July 2016

Mount Allegro is an extraordinary memoir, a celebration of Sicilian life, an engaging sociological portrait, a moving reminiscence of a fledgling writer’s escape from the restrictive culture in which he grew up. Jerre Mangione’s autobiographical chronicle of his youth...

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