Book About a Book

Book about a Book
This is a fun review of the publication, Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, written around a hundred years ago by Florence Hartley. I will take a journey through the book and compare the advice given by Ms. Hartley to modern-day advice. Some ideas are still standing such as treating others as you would like to be treated and respecting others’ opinions. However, other statements show the drastic change from the Victorian era to the world we live in today, such as the development of information technology, where, for example, we have the ability to book a hotel from anywhere in the world and read its reviews. Take this trip back in time with me and let’s discover the radical change in the behavior and freedom of women. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Inspired by Art: Rise to Power

Free: Inspired by Art: Rise to Power
How did the masters of art imagine the decline of the House of Saul and David’s rise to the throne?
This collection follows the most iconic figure in history and the beginning of his reign in a stormy era. Free on Kindle.

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A Winding Trail to Justice (Reluctant Redemption Book 2)

A Winding Trail to Justice (Reluctant Redemption Book 2)
Zac Trimbell has found himself in Las Vegas, New Mexico where a troubled lady, Claire Maddison, arrives at his ranch seeking help. Claire’s sister and brother-in-law are missing, and all their cattle has been stolen. The sheriff advised Claire that if Zac can’t help, no one can. Trig Mason pushes his way into the search and together the three set out to solve the mystery and return the cattle.

The sister and her husband are located wounded and weary. They are taken back to the ranch while Zac and the others look for the lost cattle. A long ride following the churned up, grassy trail takes them back to the gold country of Colorado.

While Zac continues to struggle with his post-Civil War PTSD, he makes it his mission to help where he is needed and see that justice is done.

Now it’s time for the age-old question, “Is it still well with your soul?” $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Seeds We Sow: A Story of the Greatest Kindness

The Seeds We Sow: A Story of the Greatest Kindness

This is a story of three devout Christians.

In his quest to help feed poor people all over the world George Washington Carver was probably most influential not because he was the “peanut man,” but rather because he was a “gentleman.” His protege Henry Agard Wallace continued Carver’s work as the New Deal Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the United States. He was likely one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In turn, Wallace passed the baton to Norman Borlaug, who worked in quiet obscurity until he was the surprise recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
Because Carver, Wallace and Borlaug lived, so do we. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Living in the Middle

Living in the Middle
Wealthy, White, and privileged Jimmy Montgomery discovers he’s been living a lie and travels to Tulsa to uncover his roots. When trouble pits Whites against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy realizes he can no longer Live in the Middle. This novel is a stand-alone story of historical fiction. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Jane Digby’s Diary

Jane Digby’s Diary
Escape to another time and place with delightful Jane Digby. All three volumes of Jane Digby’s Diary are now available on Kindle Unlimited. $2.99 on Kindle.

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False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2)

False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2)
Sometimes no father is better than a false father.

In 1898 California, Jake Alderdice comes of age as a shy and contemplative youth who is passionate about art. On vacation in Waxwood, now a fashionable resort town, he meets Harland Stevens, who takes an interest in the young man’s artistic ambitions. Stevens seizes upon the fatherless young man to counsel him toward a path to manhood inspired by Teddy Roosevelt and Thoreau. He introduces Jake to The Order of Actaeon, a secret society built upon Roosevelt’s ideals of masculine virility and virtue.

But the path to maturity is a complex thing in the Gilded Age. Will his journey free him from the Alderdice family illusions, half-truths, and lies that have kept him a child? Or will it lead him into the world of Actaeon, where the hunter becomes the hunted? $0.99 on Kindle.

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Mistress of the Maze

Mistress of the Maze
Rosamund Clifford, one of the most famous royal mistresses of all time—concubine to Henry II, the first Plantagenet King.

A young maiden ruled by a grasping father who will stop at nothing to promote his own cause with the King…even using his daughter’s beautiful face and enticing body to gain high favour.

A fearful girl taken by a mysterious messenger from Godstow nunnery to a Tower surrounded by a grotesque topiary labyrinth, where she must wait for the arrival of the master of the maze—not the Minotaur of ancient Greek myth but the bull-like Plantagenet King Henry. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War

Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War

Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War is a visceral work of historical fiction covering the first three months of America’s forgotten war. If you like under-examined military history, gritty details, and soldiers’ perspectives, then you’ll love Richard Thomas Lane’s story of courage under fire. $2.99 on Kindle.

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The Upside of Hunger

The Upside of Hunger
At 15, fleeing from a domineering father yet again, Adam found escape at the military recruitment station in Vienna. From a frozen foxhole on the Eastern Front, where a Russian bullet found its mark, Adam was catapulted into a series of terrifying captures and daring escapes as he crossed war-torn Europe on foot to find his family. Based on a TRUE story, this is an epic tale of love and courage, and a boy’s survival as the world plunged into the darkest days of WW2, and the man he became as a result. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Free: The Runaway Heir

The Runaway Heir

David may be anointed to take the throne, but King Saul is determined to stop that from happening. Now David must leave the princess behind, along with his heart, in order to survive. Free on Kindle.

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Free: Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set (Westward Series) (Books 4 – 6)

Free: Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set (Westward Series) (Books 4 – 6)
Spellbinding mail-order bride collection that immerses you in heart-warming, romantic, humorous stories filled with adventure. Be ready to meet strong women brave enough to face the American west and the men they manage to tame with love. Free on Kindle.

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The Munich Girl

The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. Fifty years after the end of WWII, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her
mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $2.99 on Kindle.

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What Did You Do In The War, Sister?

What Did You Do In The War, Sister?
Based on letters and documents written by Catholic Sisters during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, this book tells the remarkable story of these brave and faithful women, and how they served to resist the German forces.

From running contraband to hiding Jews, from spying for the allies to small acts of sabotage, these courageous women risked their lives to help defeat the Reich.

This is a story that needs to be told. $0.99 on Kindle.

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One Night With Finnbar

One Night With Finnbar
Imagine you go to a party with someone you think you know, but really don’t.
You have a good time; maybe drink a little too much. At the end of the evening your friend takes you back to your place where that night the unthinkable happens to you.
The next morning the police are at your front door. They arrest you because a dead body was found in your trash can.
Not so hard to imagine, right? It could happen to anyone.
It happened to Finnbar 250 years ago.

TIMELESS and COMPELLING — One Night With Finnbar is a historical drama set in 1767. This richly woven tale of treachery, blackmail, and murder exposes the grotesque realities of life in 18th century London in a way that can never be forgotten.
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Free: Woman in Red: Magdalene Speaks

Free: Woman in Red: Magdalene Speaks

In an enthralling saga, Mary Magdalene, the most misunderstood woman in history, returns strong and true as the irresistible voice of the banished feminine divine. Holding an intriguing legacy in her hands, she unveils the scandalous secrets, prophecies and confidential teachings of Jesus. Free on Kindle.

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Free: Lost Child

Free: Lost Child
A baby girl abandoned at birth and raised in an orphanage is sent to the mid-west on an orphan train. Unwanted and unloved, she goes against all the odds to fight for survival. A story of female triumph and perseverance. How did she survive? Free on Kindle.

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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady
A beautiful young girl who always desired to be a Queen….and became one. Wed to a weak King, she still honored him as a loving husband who cherished his family. This was Eleanor’s tumultuous world in the 13th century. With Henry’s power slipping and the powerful Baron, Simon de Montfort, rising against his rule, Eleanor must protect all she holds dear. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Maid of Baikal

Free: Maid of Baikal
What if a Siberian Joan of Arc had rescued the White Armies at a critical point of the Russian Civil War? MAID OF BAIKAL offers an alternative outcome to that war through the intervention of Zhanna Dorokhina, a young woman from the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal. Free on Kindle.

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Lessons From My Mother’s Life

Lessons From My Mother’s Life
It was the 1950s. The war was over and women could go back to being happy housewives. But did they really want to?

Women should have been contented to live a Leave it to Beaver life in the mid-20th century. They should have been fulfilled. Women’s magazines told them so. Advertisers told them so. Doctors and psychologists told them so. Some were. But some weren’t.

In the 1950s, women were sold a bill of goods about who they were and who they should be as women. Some bought it. But some didn’t.

These five stories are about the women who didn’t.

A teenage bride sees her future mirrored in Circe’s twisted face. A woman’s tragic life serves as a warning about the dangers of too much maternal devotion. And the lives of two women intersect during two birthday parties, changing both of them. These and other moving tales of strength, discovery, and hope are about our mothers and grandmothers and the lessons their lives have to teach us. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Half a Soul

Half a Soul

It’s difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you’re a young lady with only half a soul.

Ever since a faerie cursed her, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear, embarrassment, or even happiness—a condition which makes her sadly prone to accidental scandal. Dora’s only goal for the London Season this year is to stay quiet and avoid upsetting her cousin’s chances at a husband… but when the Lord Sorcier of England learns of her condition, she finds herself drawn ever more deeply into the tumultuous concerns of magicians and faeries.

Lord Elias Wilder is handsome, strange, and utterly uncouth—but gossip says that he regularly performs three impossible things before breakfast, and he is willing to help Dora restore her missing half. If Dora’s reputation can survive both her ongoing curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world… but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul.

Pride and Prejudice meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this enthralling historical fantasy romance, where the only thing more meddlesome than faeries is a marriage-minded mama. Pick up Half a Soul, and be stolen away into debut author Olivia Atwater’s charming, magical version of Regency England! $0.99 on Kindle.

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It Didn’t Start with Trump

It Didn’t Start with Trump

America’s current problems started after WWII. This book explains recent history and philosophy that has led to the control by the super-rich, to Trump’s presidency and our political problems. The history and events presented in this book have been kept secret by the US government. Knowing and understanding America’s political history is crucial to our future and now is the time to start. Publishers rejected this book and Amazon rejected requests for ads because of the content and they stated it was because it is non-fiction (true). $0.99 on Kindle.

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The DNA of Democracy

The DNA of Democracy

An American poet writes a compilation of historical vignettes, discerning the future of our democracy by rediscovering the combative, instructive, fascinating past of tyranny and democracy.

From Israel’s Ten Commandments, to the Athenian Constitution, to Rome’s Twelve Tables, to the overthrow of kings in England and America, Lyons traces democracy from its historical roots to the modern-day, constructing a blueprint of what defines tyranny or democratic government in The DNA of Democracy.

In this definitive guide, Lyons outlines the roots of democracies, by telling the tales of tyrants who ironically gave them birth—births of rebellion! This book serves as a how-to contemporary guide on identifying the menace of a tyrant when you see one! $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Official Insider Report On The American NeeGrow

The Official Insider Report On The American NeeGrow

Is he right in the head? Is he right for the bed? What does he really want with African American women? Is it safe for Black women to get involved with the men of her own ethnicity? In this official TELL-ALL report, you’ll discover the REAL answers to these questions and many more, as Malcolm Luther King details the many UNTOLD TRUTHS about the American NeeGrow.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT A NEE-GROW IS? He lets the cat out of the bag, exposing the deepest and darkest secrets that have been kept hidden for generations, regarding their views on life, love, and relationships. $14.92 on Kindle.

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The Mystery of Julia Episcopa

The Mystery of Julia Episcopa
In ancient Rome, a woman flees for her life.

Her enemies are those she once called ‘brother’. Hidden beneath her blue cloak are secrets men will kill for – forgeries that prove the newly self-appointed bishops are not followers of the way, but pretenders who have seized power and will stop at nothing to shape this new religion to their own ends.

Now, Julia – a woman who had once walked with Mary Magdalene and taught alongside Paul must preserve the legacy of the apostles in the face of terrifying danger.

Two thousand years later, classical archaeologists Valentina Vella and Erika Simone stumble across an ancient parchment buried deep in the Vatican archives, a document that has clearly been altered. They find themselves on the trail of a woman who may have been the first woman Bishop in the Catholic faith.

To reveal Julia’s legacy will put them in the cross-hairs of a venomous Vatican battle for power and supremacy; to stay silent would make them complicit in an ancient heresy and would betray the teachings that Julia sacrificed her life to defend.

‘The Mystery of Julia Episcopa’ weaves seamlessly between modern-day Rome and the politics of the Catholic church, and the times and life of a 1st-century Roman noblewoman who rose to be a dominant force in the early Christian movement.

“Three women connected by two intertwined stories of treacherous political intrigues, ancient cover-ups, and savage vengeance.” $0.99 on Kindle.

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