
The Best Of by Elmore James
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The infinitely influential slide guitar attack of Elmore James was rooted in one immortal lick, a...

IA: Initiate
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Everyone has secrets... What if you didn't know your own? One young man with latent supernatural...

Cinnamon Roll Murder (Hannah Swensen, #15)
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The Fresh Baked Usa Today, San Francisco Chronicle And Chicago Tribune Bestseller! April is a...
Cozy mystery

Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi
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For sixteen centuries the Order of Pythia has awaited the reappearance of the ancient oracle of...

Into The Storm (Full Circle #2)
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What happened on the island stays on the island...or at least, that was the plan. Two months...
Contemporary MM Romantic Suspense

Lottie disney bookworm (1056 KP) rated The Early Life of Walt Disney in Books
Oct 25, 2021
Kiste begins with the origins of the name Disney but quickly moves to the life of Walt's grandfather and father, exploring the social and economic factors of the time as well as how these directly affected the Disneys. For example, how a combination of Elias Disney's Christian faith and the corruption within a fast-growing Chicago led to Walt's father's authoritative nature, as well as direct examples of discipline towards Roy, Walt and the other Disney children.
Andrew Kiste has written a number of books on Walt Disney's life and has clearly researched the icon extensively. This book is very much rooted in the history of early America and can be very detailed: Elias Disney's involvement in building a church in his neighbourhood takes up a significant chunk of one chapter and Kiste even recounts the speech from the reverend on the day!
Nevertheless, 'The Early Life of Walt Disney' is an interesting insight for any hardcore Disney fan. I'm excited to see the next installment.

Riven (Reflections, #8)
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Adri is the happiest she's ever been, but a noose is slowly tightening around the entire pack....
Young Adult Paranormal Romance

I Promise You Pain (Cordon Finn Vengeance series #1)
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Hired by a Chicago billionaire to pluck his runaway son from the Palm Springs compound of a wealthy...
Dark Action Crime

Rendered (Irrevocable, #1)
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How do you survive, when the only life you’ve ever known disappears in a single night? With...

Shifter Woods: Claw (Esposito County Shifters #4)
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Broke and on the run, she didn’t expect to find safety with a big, grumpy wolf shifter. But can he...
Paranormal Romance Shifters