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Thunderbolt Kid

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:24:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LOL, especially if you were there!

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Humor: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson

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Jane Austen's Lost Love

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:34:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: just a little romance

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Jane Austen’s Lost Love

I think most fans of Jane Austen, and there are legions, like to think of her as having experienced love in her short life. Now a miniature of the young man she is believed to have cared for has been placed on the art market. This morning, an article was posted in The Guardian about Jane Austen and penniless law student, Tom LeFroy:

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Inheriting the Trade

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:29:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: a family looks at it's heritage of slave trading

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Nonfiction: Inheriting the Trade, by Thomas Norman DeWolf

Learning about your family’s slave trading empire must be hard to stomach, and the members of the family who undertook to study the facts deserve credit for facing up to it. Too bad they didn’t hire a qualified historian to write their story.

Mystery: Careless in Red

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The newest Thomas Lynley mystery

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Mystery: Careless in Red, by Elizabeth George

To Make Men Free

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:38:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: historical novel about the Civil War battle at Antietam.

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Historical Fiction: To Make Men Free, by Richard Croker

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Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman is credited with being the first to say “War is Hell”, and in To Make Men Free, Richard Croker has vividly illustrated that truism.

Historical Fiction: The Dark Lantern

Sat, 24 May 2008 21:54:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: atmospheric mystery

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Historical Fiction: The Dark Lantern, by Gerri Brightwell

Set in the final years of the reign of Queen Victoria, the Dark Lantern is a novel about 3 women with dark secrets.

Free Ebooks.

Sun, 11 May 2008 17:45:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Really!

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Free Knitting Ebooks!

3 free titles! Really! And, there are tons of other titles on this site. Check it out!

The Year of Fog

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:52:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: awesome novel

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Modern Lit: The Year of Fog, by Michelle Richmond

here are many times in life when it all changes, irrevocably, in a sudden, single moment. One of those timesthat most of us will never have to experience is the abduction of a child. One can only imagine….. If you read The Year of Fog, you won’t have to imagine.

Because You Loved Me

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:03:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: cold blooded murder

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True Crime: Because You Loved Me, by M. William Phelps

Because You Loved Me is a detailed case study of different sorts of love, platonic, parental, romantic, and obsessive. It’s easy to predict which type will go wrong. The High Queen of the drama queens, Nicole, falls in a twisted sort of love with macho manipulator Billy, and in a metter of days, she is blind to all the good things in her life. Her mom, her friends, her education, her home - Nicole no longer sees value in any of this, and when Billy enters the picture, purely by chance, her daily existence changes from normal to, in her estimation, a living hell. And suddenly, she cannot fathom how she can possibly live without this guy whom she barely knows. Together, Nicole and Billy make fateful choices that will ensure that they will have to live without each other, forever and ever. What is surprising is that they were so blind to the fact that their actions would have irreversible, devastating consequences.

Solstice Wood

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:36:02 GMT

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Paranormal Fiction: Solstice Wood, by Patricia A. McKillip

In Solstice Wood, the Fiber Guild’s creations are designed to protect one world from another, using age old methods known to wise women everywhere. Today fiber artists recognize and appreciate the stress relieving properties of needlework. By reading such books as Solstice Wood, and by studying the magical properties of women’s work and women’s powers in folklore, I’ve come to appreciate the fiber arts in another way.

Tags: paranormal fiction