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Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

Buy this book on Amazon “There was nothing outside the tower room that mattered, and nothing inside but [the children], their laughter, and the worlds their words conjured”.  Huang spins read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, George's Gems, History, Literary, Mystery

The Man from Mittelwerk by M.Z. Urlocker

Buy this book on Amazon   “All morning, there had been a foul smell, heavy in the air. The closer we got to Mittelbau-Dora, the worse it was. Pigs? Slaughterhouse? read more

Posted in Book Reviews, History, Thriller Tagged #historicalthrillerww2, #Manfrommittelwerk

Have You Eaten Yet? by Cheuk Kwan

Buy this book on Amazon A food filled journey into history and heritage. “Food tells us who we are and where we come from.” ~ Have You Eaten Yet? Cheuk read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Cooking, History, Non-Fiction

The First Kennedys by Neal Thompson

Buy this book on Amazon A deeply researched and well-written account of the first American Kennedy that is accessible to lovers of history and period literature. “A generation of Bridgets read more

Posted in History, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized

Travels with George: In Search of Washington and his Legacy by Nathaniel Philbrick

Buy this book on Amazon Retracing the steps from history to present day. “what worried Washington more than anything else was what might happen if a president’s chief priority was read more

Posted in Book Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Travel

Eating the Sun by Ella Frances Sanders

  Satisfy the craving to buy the book. A Feast of Celestial Information What starts as an examination of the sun and its role, becomes an entertaining and informative contemplation on read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, History, Non-Fiction, Science, Travel

Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson

Meet me here to buy the book. A mummified corpse sparks global friendship “Knowing as much as you do about those who lived long before us in unimaginably different circumstances read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, British-related, European-related, Fiction, History, Novella, Travel

Lost Feast by Lenore Newman

  Buy this book before it’s extinct!     Discovering history by learning about food.   “This is the paradox of the lost feast. Even as we enjoy a time in read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, History, Non-Fiction, Science

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