This week’s selection of books includes a history of a treasure hunt, a celebration of poetry, and a novel about a daring escape from the Soviets. Fiction Austen’s Most Famous Novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ By Jane Austen After meeting at a country dance, independent-minded Elizabeth Bennet and wealthy Mr. Darcy must overcome their own flawed…
Two Heartwarming Tales of Healing, Destiny, and Hope
To hear “I love you” as your child’s first words is something most mothers could only dream of. For Tracy Austwick, just to hear any words from her daughter—who doctors had predicted would never speak, following an emergency tracheostomy when born 14 weeks premature—was a miracle. But even more arresting, was to whom—or what—those words…
Book Review: ‘The Bookwoman’s Daughter’: A Rugged Woman Inhabits the Kentucky Hills
April 4, 2022
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"Gunnar's Daughter""Rosemary and Pansies""The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek""The Bookwoman's Daughter"Arts & CulturebooksBrightLife & TraditionUncategorized
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It’s 1953. Honey Mary-Angeline Lovett, the daughter of the beloved book woman of Troublesome Creek, finds herself alone. She carries the heritage of her mother, Cussy Mary Lovett, who delivered books to rural families some 17 years earlier under an initiative created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt: the Kentucky Pack Horse Librarian Project. She also…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for the Week of April 3
This week’s selection of books includes mysteries: from crime noir to the earliest detective story to a children’s book that kids will love. Fiction Crime Noir at Its Best ‘The Maltese Falcon’ By Dashiell Hammett Great fiction requires great characters. Led by detective Sam Spade, the story revolves around unscrupulous characters, including the lovely but…
Book Review: ‘Gettysburg: Three Days That Saved the United States’
March 31, 2022
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‘Gettysburg: Three Days That Saved the United States’Arts & CultureBen NussbaumbooksBrightFox Chapel PublishingGen. George Gordon Meade
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A small college town in southern Pennsylvania is the home of the most famous, the most bloody, and the most decisive battle of the Civil War. It is also home to one of the most famous speeches in American history. The town of Gettysburg has a population of less than 8,000. In July of 1863,…
Book Review: ‘Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy’
March 28, 2022
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"Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy"Arts & CultureBatya Ungar-SargonbooksBrightgallup pollWalter Lippman
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As the years have progressed in the 21st century, fewer and fewer Americans trust the media. According to the latest Gallup poll on the subject, only 36 percent of Americans do. There is plenty of reason for that, but the question is how did the media, or journalism, plummet to its current position. Batya Ungar-Sargon,…
Book Review: ‘Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God’
March 26, 2022
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"Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God"Arts & CulturebooksBrightConservative Political Action ConferenceDeal W. HudsonMatt SchlappUncategorized
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Let me share this from the beginning: I met Matt and Mercedes Schlapp years ago when I was editor of a local newspaper in Culpeper, Virginia. I was covering a GOP event where they were the guest speakers. Keep in mind this was well ahead of the 2016 presidential race and there was no indication…
Book Review: ‘Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines’
Imagine flying 30,000 feet above enemy territory during World War II, trying to avoid flak explosions, trying to ensure your bombs hit their intended target, making sure you and your crew have enough oxygen, managing altitude and speed when engines go out, and, if all else fails, trying to give your men enough time and…
Book Review: ‘The Credentialed Court’: A Look at the Elitism of the Modern Supreme Court
March 23, 2022
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Benjamin H. Barton, the author of “The Credentialed Court: Inside the Cloistered, Elite World of American Justice,” thinks the Supreme Court should be more diverse. But not in the way you may think, and definitely not in the way President Joe Biden thinks. In fact, it’s not in the way any of America’s recent presidents…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for the Week of March 27
This week’s selection of books includes a fictional hero’s journey to the miraculous and a biography of the brave father of the American Navy. Fiction Regaining Confidence ‘Seven Days in Utopia’ By David L. Cook For anyone who has lost his or her edge or confidence, this is the book for you. Readers are taken…
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