The Lady’s Not for Burning
The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry is … A romantic comedy in three acts, set in verse. Set in the Middle Ages, The Lady’s Not for Burning reflects the world’s ‘exhaustion and despair’ following World War II, with a war-weary soldier who wants to die, and an accused witch who wants to live. Republished from the original by Phoebe Seiders.
Raising Cain
In 2011, author C. Mark Smith published Raising Cain: The Life and Politics of Senator Harry P. Cain. From Amazon … Decades ago, Harry Cain warned, “It is possible to become so safe that nobody can be free.” Still the conflict rages on between individual freedom and national security. C. Mark Smith’s Raising Cain profiles a complex and controversial public servant who remained true to one goal supporting the rights of the… Read More
Gambling on the Goddess
The goddess in DeeAnna Galbraith‘s Gambling on the Goddess is Pallas, named for Pallas Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War, and the Queen of Spades. She’s a financial genius and poker player extraordinaire. At Lake Tahoe to solve a family mystery and win the money she needs to launch her career, Pallas meets Danny Tarantino, a casino owner. Danny’s club is his whole life, and someone’s out to destroy it, a situation that threatens… Read More
Moonlight Bleu
Written by Renee Munoz, Moonlight Bleu is the story of Saari Mitchell. Saari … sees a psychologist in order to understand why – 500 years later – she’s still dreaming of her dead lover. Her shrink isn’t helping, the nightmares come every time she closes her eyes, and the lack of sleep is interfering with her job at Sacred Heart Hospital. With her psychic ability to heal the human spirit on the… Read More
Jiang Li, Warrior Woman of Yueh
From Amazon. In Jiang Li, Warrior Woman of Yueh, Lenora Rain-Lee Good … tells the story of one of the epic battles of Ancient China-between the enemy states of Yueh and Wu. Marked by the magic of White Tiger Mother and trained to use the staff by the great mountain ape, Grandfather Wang, Jiang Li grows into a beautiful woman, loved by all in Yueh who meet her. Faced with the choice of… Read More
My Adventures As Brother Rat
Here’s what one reviewer had to say about My Adventures As Brother Rat by Lenora Rain-Lee Good: Orphaned after her village is massacred by bandits, young Lin Yao makes her way to the kingdom of Wu Shi-en. There she is taken in by the king’s elderly Healer and raised as his niece and protégé. But Lin Yao’s fate is not what it seems. One night she is visited in dreams by a mysteriously beautiful… Read More
Original Loss Revisited
A follow-on to her earlier book, Original Loss, Donna Underwood revisits the topic of grieving. Original Loss Revisited: From Response to Integration delves into the problems caused by unresolved grief that can last for years or decades and ways to address these unresolved losses.
Grief Works
This book by Donna Reutzel Underwood deals with the necessity of grief work when death comes suddenly, unexpected, uninvited and sometimes violently.
FrenchShip
FrenchShip: An American’s One-Year Adventure on the French Mediterranean by Allen Johnson is the true, invariably funny adventure story of an American couple in Southern France – including all the confusion, faux pas, and laughter. Also included is an insightful comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of both American and French cultures.
Student Inquiry
Student Inquiry: Conducting Real World Investigations in Your Classroom by Maureen Doyle McQuerry … shows teachers how to create an inquiry classroom that allows individual or groups of students to actively pursue ideas using sound research skills. Maureen McQuerry provides an overview of the semester in 40 mini-lessons and presents guidelines for moving students from the brainstorming stage through thesis development and research to the product and presentation stage. Dozens of reproducible handouts… Read More