Book Reviews

Review: Guys Slimline Holy Bible NLT

The Guys Slimline Bible blue chevron edition is the perfect gift for all occasions and features the easy to understand New Living Translation text. The 53-page dictionary/concordance helps kids locate passages on various topics. Includes 8 pages of full-color maps, a blue ribbon marker, and a special presentation page. The New Living Translation text is… Continue reading Review: Guys Slimline Holy Bible NLT

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Book Review:The Magnolia Duchess by Beth White

As the War of 1812 rages across the newly formed United States, another war rages in Fiona Lanier's heart--one that threatens to tear her family apart. Fiona can scarcely take in the news of her brother's capture and imprisonment by the British Navy. It is almost as unbelievable as the half-drowned British sailor who is… Continue reading Book Review:The Magnolia Duchess by Beth White

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Review: Simply Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Elegant Lettering

This little guide to hand lettering proves that calligraphy is as easy as picking up pen and paper. Focused on calligraphy’s most popular alphabet—italic—this delightful manual introduces basic capital and small letters and numbers, plus all the creative flourishes you need to customize your unique script for every project and occasion. With quick and easy instruction from calligraphy teacher and… Continue reading Review: Simply Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Elegant Lettering

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Book Review: The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough

Check yourself into the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series by Vickie McDonough, where you’ll meet Luke Davis, marshal of Lookout, Texas, who flippantly tells his cousin he’d get married if the right woman ever came along. When three mail-order brides are delivered to Luke a month later, he’s in an uncomfortable predicament. How will he ever… Continue reading Book Review: The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough

Book Reviews, History

Civil War Research Book Review: Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

The book is both the most wonderful thing and the most dreadful all at once. First, let's talk about what's so great about it. What I Loved: There's nothing like reading original letters from people in the past. They shine so much light on the culture of the time. This recollection and letters by the… Continue reading Civil War Research Book Review: Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

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Book Review: Faith by Lyn Cote

The Civil War battlefield is the last place Quakeress Faith Cathwell thought she’d find herself. But with a gift for nursing, Faith seizes this opportunity to join the fight for abolition―and to search for Shiloh, a freeborn childhood friend who was kidnapped and sold south by unscrupulous slave catchers. Knowing it’s much too dangerous for… Continue reading Book Review: Faith by Lyn Cote

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Book Review: Country Cooking from a Redneck Kitchen

Few people know that national pie champion Francine Bryson got her start on the cooking contest circuit at age sixteen with a savory stuffed pork loin—that won first place. In Country Cooking from a Redneck Kitchen, Francine invites you into her home to share recipes for everything that graces her Southern table: chicken dinners, savory… Continue reading Book Review: Country Cooking from a Redneck Kitchen

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Book Review: For Such a Time by Kate Breslin

In 1944, Hadassah Benjamin feels abandoned by God when she is saved from a firing squad only to be handed over to a new enemy. Pressed into service by SS Kommandant Colonel Aric von Schmidt at the transit camp of Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, she is able to hide behind the false identity of Stella Muller.… Continue reading Book Review: For Such a Time by Kate Breslin