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Review: Copper Sky: Two Women Struggle For Their Independence In An Early 20th Century Mining Town 0
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- January 6, 2020
Copper Sky — The Plot Welcome to early 20th-century Butte, Montana: a small and depressing mining town. Men work themselves to death in the mines or die from consumption if they’re lucky enough to live that long. Married women slave away in their homes, bereft of any rights. Working girls are outcasts and eventually end
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Review: The Irrationalist: An Historical Murder Mystery Asks Who Killed René Descartes 0
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- November 20, 2019
The Irrationalist — The Plot Who would want to murder the world’s most famous philosopher? Turns out: nearly everyone. In 1649, Descartes was invited by the Queen of Sweden to become her Court Philosopher. With much trepidation but not much choice, he arrived in Stockholm in mid-October. Shortly thereafter he was dead. Pneumonia, they said.
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Review: The Courage Of Others Confronts Enduring American Racism 0
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- November 8, 2019
Summary: Like many women during times of war, Esther Langston did her best to keep their home and small shop running while her husband Marsh was off fighting. But as she and her nephew, Davey Stoneman, awaited Marsh’s return with a combination of eagerness and trepidation, she worried. She worried about the condition of the store,
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Review: The Four Trials Of Henry Ford: A Hard-To-Put-Down Account That Captures The Henry Ford Story 0
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- October 28, 2019
The Four Trials of Henry Ford is a highly recommended pick for any collection strong in American, legal, or transportation history, focusing on the litigation process at the turn of the 20th century. In this era, Ford was not a giant company, but a man whose development efforts threatened the existing Seldon patent on the
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Review: Will Of A Tiger: Friendship, Loyalty, And Sacrifice At The End Of WWII 0
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- October 15, 2019
The continuing story of sworn blood brothers Birch Bai (Chinese pilot), and Danny Hardy (American pilot), shot down numerous Japanese airplanes in the fight against Japan as members of the acclaimed Flying Tigers. Their story begins as both their planes crash in Yunnan province of China and are captured, tortured, and imprisoned by Japanese soldiers
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Review: Wings of a Flying Tiger: Bravery, Courage, And Compassion During WWII in China 0
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- October 3, 2019
World War II, Japan invaded China starting from the Northeast territory to Nanking, the capital of the Republic of China. This is a fictional tale of our heroine Jasmine Bai, whose bravery and compassion helped many after the Nanking massacre. We follow Jasmine’s story from Chunking, where she is an art student, to Nanking, where
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