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• Book Review: A Country of Vast Designs

  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6895978-a-country-of-vast-designs Excellent reading for a period of American history that is rarely studied. James K. Polk committed himself to being the most consequential single term US President 1845-1849 by adding Texas, California and Oregon territories; reestablishing an independent Treasury and reducing tariffs.  The territorial expansion fulfilled the national “Manifest Destiny”…the goal of being a nation […]

• Book Review: Miramont’s Ghost

  For my previous book review, I chose Matilda Empress because my niece is featured on the cover. I chose Miramont’s Ghost because the author ‘Elizabeth Hall’ grabbed my attention.  Elizabeth being my middle name and Hall being my maiden name…I answered to ‘Elizabeth Hall” for over 30 years….no I am not the author….I like seeing […]

• Book Review: Matilda Empress

    I judged this book by its cover!  It features my niece (one and the same with my previous post)!  Not only was she best in her class, but also a fashion model during high school working in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Cape Town, Singapore and more. Matilda Empress is historical fiction from […]

• Book Review: Sewing can be Dangerous by SR Mallery

  Sewing can be Dangerous and other small threads…the title grabbed my attention.  As much time as I have spent sewing over the years, I never thought of it as dangerous.  Sooo…how is sewing dangerous?  S.R. Mallery’s collection of eleven short stories have fascinating characters from eleven times and places. Danger exists in conditions in the […]

• Book Review: The Einstein Prophecy by Robert Masello (2015)

  This work of historical fiction is like “The Monuments Men” meeting “Indiana Jones” with a Biblical history mystery plus a love story.  I thoroughly enjoyed the details of the Princeton University campus circa 1944-5.  The story of Saint Anthony of Egypt’s life and times was new to me.  I found the details of Albert Einstein’s […]