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Biography
Neal Ferguson

Prairie Fires

PRAIRIE FIRES: THE AMERICAN DREAMS OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER When I saw a publication notice for Fraser’s Prairie Fires, I was immediately intrigued. Put simply,

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Historical Fiction
Ann Ronald

A Willing Victim

A WILLING VICTIM This time Sunny handed me the fourth book in a detective series, so I felt like I was starting in the middle.

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

We Are Called to Rise

We Are Called to Rise When I began reading We Are Called to Rise, I was reminded of a pointillist painting. Four seemingly disparate narrators

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Biography
Sunny Solomon

Unbroken

Hillenbrand is back with another gut wrenching, heart-stopping story of stamina, resilience and survival; but unlike her earlier bestseller, “Seabiscuit,” “Unbroken” tells the story of

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Book with CD
Sunny Solomon

Philadelphia Chickens

Vaudevillean chickens? Expect nothing less from Sandra Boynton. Ms. Boynton makes bookselling easy with her loveable characters and music that will knock your socks off.

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Chinese Fables
Children’s picture books
Sunny Solomon

Chinese Fables

Chinese Fables, The Dragon Slayer and Other Timeless Tales of Wisdom Chinese Fables is a picture book treasure for both the mind and the eye.

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This 'N That
Sunny Solomon

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day – Books for Dad This is going out on a limb, but here are some recommendations from Bookin’ with Sunny: For dads

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British Authors
Ann Ronald

The Versions of Us

Imagine that moment in time when you first met someone who would change the course of your life. Then imagine what might have happened had

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

America’s First Daughter

America’s First Daughter – From Monticello to Jefferson’s White House, She Shaped the Legacy of a Nation Patsy Jefferson’s mother died when her daughter was

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

Mudbound

MUDBOUND Hillary Jordan’s novel, Mudbound, carries the reader back to a 1940s Mississippi rife with hatred, prejudice, and bigotry. Since the first chapter opens with

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Historical Fiction
Ann Ronald

My Dear Hamilton

MY DEAR HAMILTON, the unsanitized version of U.S. history seldom taught to school children. Dray and Kamoie set us straight. Clearly, my generation of school

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The Philosophical Breakfast Club
Biography
Sunny Solomon

The Philosophical Breakfast Club

THE PHILOSOPHICAL BREAKFAST CLUB The Philosophical Breakfast Club may be the book to answer questions you never knew you wanted to ask. How did we get from

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Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Dan Erwine

The Boleyn King

This alternate history novel takes us back to Tudor England’s royal family in the mid-sixteenth century. In reality, Anne Boleyn bore a female child to

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This 'N That
Sunny Solomon

Reading Journal

Reading Journal, November 30, 2012 A member of our Clayton Community Library Book Club recommended David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas to me quite a few months ago.

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Fiction
Sunny Solomon

Even The Dogs

When you finish reading Even the Dogs, it’s almost a guarantee that you’ll never look at a homeless or drug-besotted street person in quite the

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