Reading Time: < 1 minute The reviews of “Inventions That Changed History” on Discovery+ are rolling in, and … I’m not in them. But they haven’t burst my bubble.
Read More ‘Inventions that changed history’ gets bubbly reviewsReading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW – The book’s most diverting chapter is a bit of fiction. In “The Adventure of the Empty Chair,” Sherlock Holmes unveils a secret of Spiritualism and foils a demonic plot.
Read More ‘Houdini and Spiritualism’Reading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW -To tell the whole story of the Margery mediumship would require voluminous research: newspaper coverage, personal correspondence and university archives, museum collections, stories told and retold by friends and family. I would never have the time or the scholarship to pull off a project like this one. Fortunately, someone finally did.
Read More ‘The Witch of Lime Street’Reading Time: < 1 minute – REVIEW – Fans of Waterbury, Connecticut, or just a good mystery will enjoy Charles Monagan’s newest novel, “The Easter Confession.”
Read More ‘The Easter Confession’Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW – This revised and updated collection is light-hearted and appreciative. The short essays are colorfully illustrated. The overall package is part day trip inspiration, part fun facts, part show-and-tell.
Read More ‘Connecticut Icons’Reading Time: < 1 minute – REVIEW – ‘How to Publish a Book on Amazon: Real Advice from Someone Who’s Doing it Well’ is a really long title, but it proves a point.
Read More ‘How to Publish a Book on Amazon: Real Advice from Someone Who’s Doing it Well’Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW -Intrigued by the similar disappearances of two young women in New England within a few years of each other, historian Michael C. Dooling set out to examine news reports and case files to determine whether there was a connection.
Read More ‘Clueless in New England’Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW – If you love a good mystery, ghost story, or history, Michael C. Dooling delivers all three in this slim volume.
Read More ‘The Haunting on East 27th’Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW – Part travel guide, part treasure hunt, part social network, “Connecticut 169 Club” is a lively, entertaining and well-illustrated guide to the state’s 169 municipalities.
Read More ‘Connecticut 169 Club’Reading Time: < 1 minute – REVIEW – The Tom Hanks movie “Captain Phillips” does a good job of telling the story, but the book carries the audience through his personal back story, family life, and an hour-by-hour account of the adventure with the Somali pirates.
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