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The Five Element Orchard by John C. Platt and Mary Rachel Platt

Buy this book on Amazon “Enter the forest and find your new life.” If you have ever wondered what it is about being in nature that soothes your body, mind, read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Good Living, Health, Non-Fiction

Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen

Buy this book on Amazon     “What sometimes gets lost . . . is that when she first began, Anne Frank wasn’t writing a book. She was talking to read more

Posted in Audiobooks, Book Reviews, Essays, Non-Fiction

In the Margins by Elena Ferrante

Buy this book on Amazon   “I write people, places, times, but in words that have been inspired in me by people, places, times, in a dizzying mixture of creators read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Essays, Non-Fiction

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

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Buy this book on Amazon         Inspiring and heartwarming, reflections on life’s precious days. “Most of the writers and artists I know were made for sheltering in read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Non-Fiction

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

Only in India: Adventures of an International Educator by Jill Dobbe

Buy this book on Amazon         Spirited adventures and education for two educators living in India. “A city of extraordinary contrasts, Gurgaon could be described as rich read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Non-Fiction, Travel

Vanderbilt: the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Buy this book on Amazon The fiascos of fortune in an American family. Journalist and author Anderson Cooper explores his ancestry from the 1800s to present day. In retelling the read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Non-Fiction

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
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