by envisionmg | Jan 7, 2022 | Jim Recommends
I stumbled on this series when I was reading Seeking Truths Through: Historians on Writing Historical Genre Fiction in Perspectives On History. Laury Silvers is a scholar in the medieval Islamic world. She had moved from academia to writing historical fiction because...
by envisionmg | Jan 5, 2022 | What The Director Is Reading
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with...
by envisionmg | Jan 3, 2022 | Charlotte Recommends
Janis: Her Life and Music I loved this book so much! – Charlotte From GoodReads Janis Joplin’s first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses...
by envisionmg | Dec 30, 2021 | Ari Reviews
I highly recommend this nonfiction book and it was an interesting read to learn about the life of Empress Maria Theresa and her three daughters that includes Marie Antoinette, queen of France. Nancy Goldstone did an amazing job in how she wrote the book and laid out...
by envisionmg | Dec 27, 2021 | Staff Reading
I came across this book in the Children’s room and had seen it is really popular among patrons so I thought I would read it. The story follows a girl Emily, her brother, and mother as they process the sudden loss of their father and must move into their...
