Janet Mills Secret Rooms – A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey. Five rooms in the castle basement housed records of the family from the time that the first Manners was appointed a duke in the 11th century. The castle, his home, was Belvoir Castle in…
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Taste of the Town, October 2014
It’s “Singing Cats & Dogs” out there
No, that isn’t a typo, there really are “singing” cats and dogs in Sun Lakes! Patricia Koepp, who moved to Cottonwood in 2004, has written two children’s books about a dog and a cat who can sing. Each book has a soft, plush toy that matches the main characters of the books and music CDs…
Features, September 2014
Sun Lakes author receives rave reviews
“Yocom is the Thriller Genre’s Best Kept Secret,” so says Amazon reviewer H. G. Smith about Darkest Hour: a Tony Alisone Thriller, a newly published novel by Sun Lakes Country Club resident R. H. Yocom. Smith goes on to say the book “is wild and unpredictable, a brew of modern technology and ancient shamanic practices.”…
Features, August 2014
Oakwood author to speak on his latest book
Fred J. Martin Jr. Oakwood author Fred Martin’s book, Abraham Lincoln’s Path to Reelection in 1864: Our Greatest Victory, allows the reader to grasp the importance of that election – as this year we celebrate its 150th anniversary. Martin will speak about the book on August 14 at 10:00 a.m. in the Bradford Room at…
Features, July 2014
What makes America the greatest nation on earth? You will find out when you read this compelling story of survival
Author Olivia Hope wrote her spellbinding memoir titled, From the Shadows Into the Light, the Search to Touch the Face of God.” She talks about the other side of the spectrum and when America and its allies came to the rescue and saved her life. Her gripping journey to adulthood is raw and vivid. Readers call…
Generals, June 2014
Bob Welch, Oregon author, will speak June 6 at library
Andrea Hummel To celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Friends of the Robson Library will proudly present Bob Welch, speaker, author, award-winning columnist and teacher, at 10:00 a.m. following their June 6 meeting. Welch is the author of 14 books and is the head of Pebble in the Water Inspiration. He has keynoted conferences, workshops…
Features, June 2014
Check Out – Check In – June 2014
Janet Mills Jim Henson – A Biography by Brian Jay Jones. This detailed account of Jim Henson takes the reader from Jim as a child growing up in the small town of Leland, Mississippi to New York City with his Muppet family. Along the way Jim had many projects. His first project working with puppets was…