If you’re a long-time blog reader, you know that I can be pretty enthusiastic for some of my favorite authors. So, brace yourselves, gentle readers. I have a new favorite author I want to talk about. 🙂
Continue reading “Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends (2014) and Agent Sonya (2020)”Category: history (books)
What a Wonderful World: October
This year, our theme at the library is What A Wonderful World. We’re focusing on a different color for each month, and October’s is harvest wheat. To that end, we’re highlighting books at the library with that color (or something close to it) on the cover!
Continue reading “What a Wonderful World: October”Book Buzz: Treasure Hunts, Mysterious Games, Nostalgic Rivers, and Awkward Vacations
Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For September, we’re looking at a caper mystery surrounding artifacts, an inspirational novel about a treasure hunt in the hills of West Virginia, a fun cozy mystery series, a memoir/family history companion piece to A River Runs Through It, and an audiobook suspense novel about a destination wedding gone very wrong.
Continue reading “Book Buzz: Treasure Hunts, Mysterious Games, Nostalgic Rivers, and Awkward Vacations”Jeff Guinn’s War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, The Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
John “Black Jack” Pershing’s Punitive Expedition in 1916 into Mexico remains an under-explored period in American history. However, Jeff Guinn, best known for his true crime books, has turned his attention to it in his latest book.
Continue reading “Jeff Guinn’s War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, The Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion”What a Wonderful World: July
This year, our theme at the library is What A Wonderful World. We’re focusing on a different color for each month, and July’s is cardinal red. To that end, we’re highlighting books at the library with that color (or something close to it) on the cover!
Continue reading “What a Wonderful World: July”Book Buzz: Neuroscience Researchers, Strange Train Encounters, Magical Boarding Schools (No–Not That One), and Naval Military History
Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For March, we’re looking at a searing fictional examination of addiction and grief, a new suspense novel, a new series about magic school shenanigans, and an audiobook history of how Allied forces defeated the German navy during WWII.
Continue reading “Book Buzz: Neuroscience Researchers, Strange Train Encounters, Magical Boarding Schools (No–Not That One), and Naval Military History”Book Buzz: Inspiring Historical Fiction, Magical Realism Westerns, Arkansas Gangsters, and More
Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For January, we’re looking at WWII fiction inspired by a true story; a magical realism Western that focuses on the Chinese experience in 1800s America; a look at the gangster past of Hot Springs, Arkansas; and a new feature–a monthly spotlight on new audiobooks.
Continue reading “Book Buzz: Inspiring Historical Fiction, Magical Realism Westerns, Arkansas Gangsters, and More”Book Buzz: Bank Robbers, Famous Dresses, and Historic Poets
Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For December, we’re looking at various books about famous women–biographical fiction about Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame, a historic romance centered around Grace Kelly’s wedding dress, and a biography of 18th century African American poet Phillis Wheatley.
Continue reading “Book Buzz: Bank Robbers, Famous Dresses, and Historic Poets”Your Library Card, Your Ticket to the World: Mexico
Our library theme for 2020 is Your Library Card, Your Ticket to the World–because with the library, you truly can travel around the world without ever leaving the comfort of your own home. Every month in 2020, we’ll be landing at a new place on the globe. In November, we’re in Mexico.
Continue reading “Your Library Card, Your Ticket to the World: Mexico”Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing
One of the more notorious incidents in The Troubles, the conflict between Catholic nationalists and Protestant loyalists in Northern Ireland, is the disappearance of Jean McConville. The widowed mother of ten disappeared one night in December 1972 after she was forcibly removed from her home by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Rumors circulated for decades about what had happened to McConville and why. Murder was hardly uncommon during The Troubles (especially if someone was suspected of being an informant) or frowned upon by the IRA, but disappearances were another matter.
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