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- April 5, 2015
Cleopatra: beautiful, powerful, legendary. She was also the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Learn all there is to know about the woman who ruled Ancient Egypt as well as gain insights about her sacred animal companion—the cat—with these 5 informative and imaginative books about Cleopatra. 1. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff “Her
READ MOREThe following passages describing Ottawa, the city capital of Canada, are taken from the Whine and Cheese Cozy Mystery Series books Asiago and the Accomplice, Ice Whine and Irish Cheddar, and Feta and the Fat Bastard by Judy Volhart. The books are available from all online major retailers including Open Books Direct. Sparks Street Mall
READ MOREThe following passages describing the Windy City of Chicago located in the midwestern State of Illinois are taken from Winter in Chicago and Winter Gets Hot by David M. Hamlin. Both books from the Emily Winter mystery series, which are based in Chicago, are available from Open Books Direct. Marshall Field’s Ladies who lunched in
READ MOREBookseller Spotlight features the world’s best independent bookstores presented by the people who run them in their own words. In the second episode of the series, journalist Andrea Peacock and poet Marc Beaudin show us their heritage-minded Elk River Books located at the bend of the Yellowstone River in Livingston in southwest Montana. When did Elk
READ MOREThese 10 must-read books set in Ohio prove that the Midwest, otherwise known as America’s Heartland, is home to great fiction. 1. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson “In this moving collection of interrelated stories, Ohio-born Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) illuminates the loneliness and frustration — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small American
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