Book Review
Hazelet's Journal
by Wendy Hinman
This is the inspiring nineteenth-century account of a gritty, determined man whose Alaskan adventures epitomized the “can-do” attitude that transformed a nation. Edited by his great-grandson John Clark, Hazelet’s Journal is an...
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A Time of Birds
by Wendy Hinman
Helen Moat’s layered travel memoir "A Time of Birds" is about cycling from Rotterdam to Istanbul. In 2014, Moat set off with her eighteen-year-old son to tour Europe by bicycle. They followed the Rhine from the North Sea to the Swiss...
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Birds, Beasts and Bedlam
by Wendy Hinman
Have you ever tried to breed storks, frogs, or beavers? Derek Gow has. An aspiring zoologist and a frustrated farmer, Gow turned his obsession with animals into a rewilding project on his three-hundred-acre British farm. A man of action,...
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The Fugitive Colours
by Wendy Hinman
Nancy Bilyeau’s "The Fugitive Colours" is a suspenseful novel set within the London art world of the 1760s. In Spitalfields, amid London’s Huguenot community, entrepreneur Genevieve struggles to keep her silk design business going....
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Lioness
by Wendy Hinman
Mark Powell’s "Lioness" is a haunting literary thriller that probes an emotional and spiritual quest for meaning amid despair. Two years after the death of their seven-year-old son, David learns that his estranged wife, Mara, is...
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Letters from Clara
by Wendy Hinman
"Letters from Clara" is an endearing account of an adventurous woman’s global travels during a tumultuous time in history. Eager to expand her horizons, Clara, a single, middle-aged woman from Wisconsin, set out to tour the globe after...
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However Long the Day
by Wendy Hinman
Set in 1918 in Manhattan, Justin Reed’s historical novel "However Long the Day" follows two young men who switch identities. Niall is an Irish immigrant whose world turns upside down when he trades places with his doppelgänger,...
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Life Lived Wild
by Wendy Hinman
In "Life Lived Wild", outdoorsman, writer, filmmaker, and conservationist Rick Ridgeway recounts his thrilling adventures in the world’s most remote regions. Ridgeway’s daring life is filled with newsworthy firsts. He was the first...