Book Review
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam
by Wendy Hinman
Have you ever tried to breed storks, frogs, or beavers? Derek Gow has. An aspiring zoologist and a frustrated farmer, Gow turned his obsession with animals into a rewilding project on his three-hundred-acre British farm. A man of action,...
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The Fugitive Colours
by Wendy Hinman
Nancy Bilyeau’s "The Fugitive Colours" is a suspenseful novel set within the London art world of the 1760s. In Spitalfields, amid London’s Huguenot community, entrepreneur Genevieve struggles to keep her silk design business going....
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Lioness
by Wendy Hinman
Mark Powell’s "Lioness" is a haunting literary thriller that probes an emotional and spiritual quest for meaning amid despair. Two years after the death of their seven-year-old son, David learns that his estranged wife, Mara, is...
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Letters from Clara
by Wendy Hinman
"Letters from Clara" is an endearing account of an adventurous woman’s global travels during a tumultuous time in history. Eager to expand her horizons, Clara, a single, middle-aged woman from Wisconsin, set out to tour the globe after...
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However Long the Day
by Wendy Hinman
Set in 1918 in Manhattan, Justin Reed’s historical novel "However Long the Day" follows two young men who switch identities. Niall is an Irish immigrant whose world turns upside down when he trades places with his doppelgänger,...
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Life Lived Wild
by Wendy Hinman
In "Life Lived Wild", outdoorsman, writer, filmmaker, and conservationist Rick Ridgeway recounts his thrilling adventures in the world’s most remote regions. Ridgeway’s daring life is filled with newsworthy firsts. He was the first...
Book Review
In the Name of Emmett Till
by Wendy Hinman
"In the Name of Emmett Till" shares the inspiring history of Mississippi’s early civil rights activists. The book opens with a timeline of early civil rights events before it tells the stories of people who were spurred to action by...
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Murder Most Fair
by Wendy Hinman
Anna Lee Huber’s "Murder Most Fair" is a captivating story set in post-World War I Britain. Verity Kent was a Secret Service agent during WWI. Though sworn to secrecy by the Official Secrets Act, in Germany, Verity divulged her wartime...