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Forgotten French Friends... Author:  Sarah Vowell Everyone knows that George Washington was the “father of his country”. Moreover, based on his leadership skills during the American Revolution, he’s since been described as “the indispensable man”.  But while his brand has remained untarnished over the past 200 plus years, there are those who would like to forget that there were other indispensable men involved in that war of rebellion.  Perhaps most notable on this short list was a 19 year-old Frenchman, the Marquis de Lafayette, who enthusiastically sailed across the Atlantic in 1777 to join the fledgling United States in its [...]

An Epic Christian Journey  Author: John Bunyan Tirelessly journeying through my one woman quest to read the classics (aka, a trip through the land of everything I should have read yet somehow haven’t), I alighted on John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. My method is one of random selection from an Internet generated list, leaving myself with no personal choices and no way to “get out” of reading certain works (personally, I live in dread for when War and Peace pops up on this list.) I wasn’t thrilled to see Pilgrim’s Progress even though I consider myself to be a devoted Christian. It just sounded so, well, [...]

Some People Want to Watch the World Burn Author: Lisa Burnette The second in a groundbreaking paranormal mystery series, family PIs Grace and her skeptical granddaughter Cat are both blessed (or cursed) with the ability to slip into other people’s dreams (sometimes with control, sometimes not). This innate ability and its cultivation have lead Grace to solve many mysteries and while it led Cat to a killer, it also caused her to lose someone she loved. Deeply in mourning, Cat loathes her gift while Granny Grace continues to persist that dreamslipping, when controlled and embraced, is an extraordinary talent with [...]