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kcghost

Lifer
May 6, 2011
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I am reading Colette Clarks "A Sparkling Case of Murder". Fairly good book about a female "Hollywood Fixer" named Lisette Darling solving a murder set on a movie studios party in late 1934. There are eventually four murders to solve. Okay read.

3/5


A Sparkling Case of Murder: A 1930s Historical Mystery (Lisette Darling Golden Age Mysteries Book 1)
 

renfield

Lifer
Oct 16, 2011
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Kansas
“At The Edge Of Space, The X-15 Flight Program” by Milt Thompson.

The fascinating story of the X-15 research program written by one of the pilots. 5/5
 
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kcghost

Lifer
May 6, 2011
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Now I am reading the latest book by Magda Alexander "Murder at a Funeral". It's the ninth book in a series featuring Kitty Worthington. With her wedding day to CDI Robert Crawford Sinclair mere weeks away, Kitty Worthington is thrilled beyond words. But first there’s a sad duty that must be performed—the reinterment of Robert’s birth mother at Castle Rutledge who is to be buried alongside her husband, the former marquis. And then the murders start happening and Kitty must investigate. These mysteries are usually set in the 1920's.

These are usually a pleasant read with little violence in them.

4/5

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huntertrw

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Jul 23, 2014
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The Lower Forty of Hill Country
Michigan - A History by Bruce Catton. Mr. Catton (1899 - 1978), a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, was (in my estimation) a brilliant journalist and historian (he was the founding editor of American Heritage magazine). He is perhaps best known for his Civil War trilogy: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox.

A native of Michigan (born in Petosky and raised in Benzonia), he was an ideal choice to write this delightfully engaging book which was part of The States and the Nation series of histories of each of our 50 states. I recommend it highly.
 
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