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As we head into a long holiday weekend, I thought it would be a good time to share some great sources for free ebooks. Project Gutenberg has 42,000 free ebooks available for download that were previously published by professional publishers but have expired copyrights. Manybooks.net has 29,000 free ebooks for Kindle, Nook and iPad. Feedbooks.com … Read more
I’m a Herman Wouk fan from as far back as the 70’s. I loved this recent light work written in his nineties in the form of correspondence – email, fax, skype, texting, etc. Oh, to be able to be so “with it” at such an age! The title refers to the story of Moses, which … Read more
I listened to this audio book because I was intrigued by the two videos I include at the bottom of this post. My basic review of this book is to watch those and skip the book, which was lots to wade through, unnecessarily complete with a systematic review of technology, history and business. Alternatively, you … Read more
If you either love Maine or love watercolors you’ll enjoy this artist. I recommend this lovely book from which the photos below come.
I originally saw this little volume during my recent visit to the MOMA, and I was pleased to be able to check it out from my library. I loved it! Below are some snapshots I took from it as teasers to encourage you to buy a copy. Here are some other quotes than the ones … Read more
I was given a ticket to see Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa) live and what a nice present it was! I had a perfect seat, front, close, and center in the…
Well, I don’t read many mysteries nor much fan fiction, but a murder mystery by established writer P.D. James who wants to take on the characters in Pride and Prejudice?
I have thought a lot about the power of habits over the years. This book is good and well worth the read in a different way.
This book is wonderfully well done and I give it five stars. Georgia O’Keefe had made $1,000,000 by 1929 on her art, and she spent it on these two sparse homes.
Not particularly a Jane Eyre fan, I was reluctant to read this book fashioned closely after that story. But this version, set in Scotland in the…
I have long been recommended by many to read Georgette Heyer – people commonly say that anyone who likes Jane Austin will like her, but this is the first one…
I’m on a homeschooling chat list and a mother asked for ideas for her 12 year old who is gifted in math and science but bored in Bible study. Here’s what I…
I liked this book more than I thought I would, and I give it four stars. It is both clever and amusing. I have included some sample bits in…
Wow, this book was a tour de force! Even though it was excruciating to read, I give it five stars. You want to think it is fiction, because it is difficult to
When I read strongly positive reviews of the two books shown below, I decided to get them from inter-library loan. To my surprise, the books came in one volume.
This is a clean, sweeping saga of marriage, hard work, family, Italian Opera, friendship and love. The story begins in northern Italy and then immigrates to…
I’ve loved some other books by this author and was really looking forward to the release of this book. I wasn’t disappointed. It’s the best thing I’ve read in