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The Priestess & the Pen: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Dion Fortune & Diana Paxson’s Influence on Modern Paganism

September 14, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: Memoir, Non-FictionAuthor: Sonja SadovskyGenres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, NonfictionPublisher: Llewellyn PublicationsPublished: 12/8/2014This important book by debut author Sonja Sadovsky shines new light on how three captivating minds shaped the course of history. The fantasy novels of Dion… Continue reading "The Priestess & the Pen: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Dion Fortune & Diana Paxson’s Influence on Modern Paganism"

Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

September 9, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Memoir, Non-FictionAuthor: Gail CrowtherGenres: Anne Sexton, Biographies, History, Memoirs, Nonfiction, Sylvia PlathPublisher: Gallery BooksPublished: 4/20/2021A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—became bitter… Continue reading "Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton"

Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them

June 4, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Siân EvansGenres: History, Nonfiction (Adult), TravelPublisher: St. Martin's PressPublished: 8/10/2021In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Si�n Evans's Maiden Voyages explores how women's lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between… Continue reading "Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them"

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

March 5, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Memoir, Non-FictionAuthor: Anne SebbaGenres: Biographies, Espionage, History, Memoirs, NonfictionPublisher: St. Martin's PressPublished: 6/8/2021New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba's moving biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the wife and mother whose execution for espionage-related crimes defined the Cold… Continue reading "Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy"

West of Jim Crow: The Fight against California’s Color Line

February 27, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Lynn M. HudsonGenres: History, Multicultural, Nonfiction, Politics, RacismPublisher: University of Illinois PressPublished: 9/14/2020African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead faced all-too-familiar racial segregation. As one transplant put… Continue reading "West of Jim Crow: The Fight against California’s Color Line"

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

February 18, 2021

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Anthea ButlerGenres: History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics, Racism, ReligionPublisher: University of North Carolina PressPublished: 3/22/2021The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals plays a strikingly unified, powerful role in… Continue reading "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America"

Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

October 23, 2020

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-Fiction, ReferenceAuthor: Mark TushnetGenres: History, Judicial Branch, Law, Non-Fiction, PoliticsPublisher: Yale University PressPublished: 07/14/2020How the Supreme Court’s move to the right has distorted both logic and the Constitution The Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws… Continue reading "Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law"

The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi

October 20, 2020

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Richard GrantGenres: History, Non-Fiction, Southern Traditions, TravelPublisher: Simon SchusterPublished: 9/1/2020Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant offers an entertaining and profound look at a city like no other. Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than… Continue reading "The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi"

Contract to Unite America: Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic

October 11, 2020

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Neal SimonGenres: Elections, History, Nonfiction (Adult), PoliticsPublishers: Mascot Books, RealClear PublishingI was intrigued by the title of the book but even more so as I began reading. Neal Simon ran as an Independent for a… Continue reading "Contract to Unite America: Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic"

Evil Religions Unmasked: Oppression, Torture, and Genocide Through the Millennia

October 6, 2020

Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Eloy Rodrigo ColomboGenres: History, Religion & SpiritualityPublisher: Eloy Rodrigo ColomboGenuine and intrepid scholar, Colombo continues bringing us the knowledge possessed only by an elite over the Earth. Now he fearlessly answers the question of why… Continue reading "Evil Religions Unmasked: Oppression, Torture, and Genocide Through the Millennia"

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