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Old Mansions, Dying Wishes, and Family Secrets Author: Carolyn Keene In Nancy’s ninth adventure, a chance encounter at an old inn unveils family secrets that may end Nancy’s friendship with Bess and George. When a storm and downed trees lead the girls to an inn adorned with twisted candles the girls discover Asa Sidney, Bess and George’s wealthy yet reclusive great-granduncle, essentially imprisoned in the turret. As Nancy pursues Asa’s seeming misery, she meets Carol Wipple, the sixteen year old foster daughter of the caretakers who imprison Asa and try to discourage the girls from visiting him so ruthlessly. Impelled by [...]

Always look on the bright side of ... Author:  Barbara Ehrenreich Are you a glass half-full or a glass half-empty kind of person?  Which kind of people do you prefer to hang out or work with?  I’ve read her book and I’m not sure how Barbara Ehrenreich would answer those questions.  While we’re taught from an early age to look on the bright side of any situation, Ehrenreich contends that in the United States this positive psychology has run amok, making a compelling argument for negativism in Bright-sided. From the very first chapter of Bright-sided, Ehrenreich doesn’t pull any punches.  [...]

Slow Paced Military Sci-Fi And Lizard Wars Author: Tanya Huff In a far distant future, the Star Trek like idiom of discovering new life forms has come full circle and humans are hardly the oldest or wisest entities to populate the far flung stars. Indeed, humans are one of the few species underdeveloped enough to still fight, and, for that reason, they are still needed. The Confederation is a coalition of sentient species across the universe who cohabitate and work with one another, and they are threatened by another federation, ominously known as the Others who seek nothing but destruction and [...]