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Year: 2019

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Benice: An Adventure of Love and Friendship by Metin Karayaka

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

A middle-grade bedtime storybook written and illustrated in the tradition of classics. While adventures teach boys and girls importance of family and friendship...

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Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 2 Comments

My favorite Civil War author, Eric J. Wittenberg, has recently written a book on the Union mounted force’s delaying action on September 18, 1863 at Chicka...

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Quick Take: One Fatal Mistake by Tom Hunt

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It turned out to be the fast paced thriller I was looking for but I was left cold by the ending. Everything went barreling toward a climax and then it just ki...

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Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion by Edward G. Lengel

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

Unlike many books on explaining the exploits of fighting men, Lengel goes beyond the battlefield when looking at the men. He compassionately describes the strug...

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The Sorrows of Work (The School of Life)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

The Sorrows of Work is a short book that explains why so many of us are miserable at work. The book's conclusions are a little depressing, but ring true.

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