Friday, November 20, 2015
Food from Ravens
Compiled by Jan Tollefson and Wanda Manson
I do enjoy a good missionary tale--life and adventure in foreign lands for the spreading of the Gospel. This book is a collection of mini-tales, stories of answered prayer from more than 75 years of the World Mission Prayer League.
It's on my shelf.
LibraryThing link
I do enjoy a good missionary tale--life and adventure in foreign lands for the spreading of the Gospel. This book is a collection of mini-tales, stories of answered prayer from more than 75 years of the World Mission Prayer League.
It's on my shelf.
LibraryThing link
Labels: OnMyShelf
Monday, November 16, 2015
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
by Alexander McCall Smith
Book 6 of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. 'Twas kind of bland. Less detectiving and more soap opera. But as waiting room material, it was enjoyable enough.
LibraryThing link
Book 6 of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. 'Twas kind of bland. Less detectiving and more soap opera. But as waiting room material, it was enjoyable enough.
LibraryThing link
Labels: AlexanderMcCallSmith, No1LadiesDetectiveAgency, WaitingRoomMaterial
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Coolidge
by Amity Shlaes
In my last review of a presidential biography, I asked, "Where have all the meaty biographies gone?" I was quite surprised to find one waiting for me when I tackled the next president on my list. Ms. Shlaes has written a nice 456 pager, covering the life of Calvin Coolidge. Since it fit in with my purpose for reading such biographies, I have to say she did a great job. She recounts Coolidge's life, showing where he and his family fit in American history and how events of the day affected his life. There's an economic flavor to the book, especially as President Coolidge attains office and has to deal with the unprecedented debt left by World War I. Economics are one of those topics that threaten to cause my eyes to glaze over, but even I found it a bit interesting, knowing that the economy of the 1920s was heading towards Black Tuesday on October 24, 1929. Surprisingly enough, Coolidge was expecting that, though I don't think he envisioned the Depression that followed. Anyway, this sympathetic biography is well worth checking out. I'm not sure I would ever have voted for Coolidge, I did come away with a respect for him.
LibraryThing link
In my last review of a presidential biography, I asked, "Where have all the meaty biographies gone?" I was quite surprised to find one waiting for me when I tackled the next president on my list. Ms. Shlaes has written a nice 456 pager, covering the life of Calvin Coolidge. Since it fit in with my purpose for reading such biographies, I have to say she did a great job. She recounts Coolidge's life, showing where he and his family fit in American history and how events of the day affected his life. There's an economic flavor to the book, especially as President Coolidge attains office and has to deal with the unprecedented debt left by World War I. Economics are one of those topics that threaten to cause my eyes to glaze over, but even I found it a bit interesting, knowing that the economy of the 1920s was heading towards Black Tuesday on October 24, 1929. Surprisingly enough, Coolidge was expecting that, though I don't think he envisioned the Depression that followed. Anyway, this sympathetic biography is well worth checking out. I'm not sure I would ever have voted for Coolidge, I did come away with a respect for him.
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut, PresidentialBioReadingList
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