by envisionmg | Jun 19, 2014 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Carol4.5 Stars. Remarkable historical fiction about a Southern family’s views on slavery pre-Civil War, and the relationship between one of the daughters, Sarah Grimké, and her slave, Handful. Grimké and her sister, Angelina, become passionate about...
by envisionmg | Jun 16, 2014 | Jim Recommends
The House of Medici: It’s Rise and Fall – Christopher HibbertThe Medici have been getting a lot of notoriety lately, both in fiction (for example The Medici Boy by John L’Heureux, and a whole slew of novels featuring Catherine De Medici) and in...
by envisionmg | Jun 12, 2014 | Michelle Recommends, Staff Reading, Staff Review
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age – W. Bernard Carlson Here’s the thing: I may never again want to hear the words commutator, stator or rotor, but I will very probably never get enough of Nikola Tesla. Most everyone has heard the name, but aside from...
by envisionmg | Jun 9, 2014 | Booklists, Discovery List, Reading Lists
Some of literature’s most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. PENNY DREADFUL is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves...
by envisionmg | Jun 6, 2014 | Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews
I’m normally terrible about staying on top of my favorite authors and genres. I’ll find out about a book months after it’s been released and be mystified as to how I could have missed it. But this time was different. David Downing’s (author of...
