Where The Bodies Are Buried
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Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don’t do whodunit. They do...
The Lesson of Her Death
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Detective Bill Corde gazes down at the demure body in a bed of muddied hyacinths beside a gloomy...
Sowing (The Purification Era Book 1)
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They can take your house, your daughter, whatever they want. For Ariliah, life under the...
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Stitching Snow
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Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of...
La Sainte Courtisane
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author...
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.
Face of Greed (Detective Emily Hunter #1)
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Greed, corruption, and betrayal—no murder is as simple as it seems When a prominent Sacramento...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Jilo ( Witching Savannah #4) in Books
Jan 18, 2023
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Jilo ( Witching Savannah #4 )
By J.D. Horn
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Aged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic...but once upon a time, she was just a girl.
1950s Georgia: King Cotton has fallen. Savannah is known as the "beautiful woman with a dirty face," its stately elegance faded by neglect, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption.
Young Jilo - fiercely independent, intelligent, and ambitious, but thwarted by Savannah's maddeningly genteel version of bigotry - finds herself forced to embrace a dark power that has pursued her family for generations, an ancient magic that may prove her salvation...or her undoing.
This was just what we needed! I love Jilo and it was so good to get her story and the back story of the Taylor’s too. This book was just creepy as hell in some parts and I’m referring to Poppy if you’ve read it the hairs on the back of my neck stood up! I’m sad to see this all wrapped up as the series was so good. I think I may have to start over.
Stuff Dreams Are Made of
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While their last venture was hardly crowned with success, James Lessor and Skip Moore, (and their...
The Sherlock Society
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In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery...