All Kinds of Lives January Newsletter
All Kinds of Lives (January 2023) by Shilpa Jacobie and Max McConnell
All Kinds of Lives (January 2023) by Shilpa Jacobie and Max McConnell
By: Hallie Rubenhold Narrated by: Louise Brealey Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins “Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London – the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from…
All the titles link to a digital format of the book in our catalog. There may be other audio formats available so please search our catalog for them. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other…
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who…
“Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper…
“When “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in The New Yorker, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the…
“Raw and Emotional” are two words that come to mind when describing the October Biography Book Club pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. This book was chosen at an opportune time as an article was recently published on 10/6/21 in the Boston Globe (link to article) with the headline “Lack’s family sues…
Do you enjoy hiking? Listed below are three amazing non-fiction books for those of you that enjoy reading about mountain adventures. All three books take place in the familiar White Mountains of New Hampshire. Although with a similar setting each book comes with their own powerful lessons to be learned. Even if hiking is not…