Have you met Maisie Dobbs? This is the fifth novel for this wonderful character who was created by Jacqueline Winspear. She is smart, strong, adventurous and a little bit ahead of her time. She’s living in an era when women were expected to behave in restrictive ways, but she continues to use her brain and speak her […]
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Healthy Latin Eating Cookbook
Are you familiar with Angie Martinez and Angelo Sosa? Angie is an entertainment personality, spokesperson and actress. Angelo is a chef who was runner up on Bravo’s Top Chef. Both have a love for food, tradition and healthy living. Healthy Latin Eating is a wonderful compilation of recipes from both authors, their families and other […]
American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
What was once a grand home in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the 19th Century has now become an elegant hotel… an elegant haunted hotel. It is said to be haunted by the former lady of the house, Julia Schuster Staab. Julia is also the great great grandmother of journalist, Hannah Nordhaus, who took on the […]
Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits
Are you ready for some inspiration from a woman who has pushed limits, challenged herself and gained insight and perspective along the way? I have never been a skier, but have great respect for the skill and courage that athletes like Kit DesLauriers demonstrate. After winning the World Freeskiing Championship two years in a row, she […]
The Gluten Free Revolution by Jax Peters Lowell
Do you follow a gluten-free diet? Even if you, personally, don’t, the chances are good that you know someone who does. 20 years ago, many of us weren’t at all familiar with gluten-free diets. There definitely weren’t gluten-free sections at grocery stores and gluten-free menus at restaurants. Then Jax Peters Lowell wrote The Gluten Free […]
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Cynthia Swanson has a wonderful imagination! The Bookseller is about a single woman in the early 1960’s. She runs a book shop and as an unmarried woman has not followed the conventional life path of the time. She’s quite content, but begins to have vivid dreams of an alternate reality where she is a happy […]