Books
The rags to riches story of Michael Faraday
This is a story about an underdog fighting against the odds. Faraday wanted to be a scientist but to be able to even live his dream he had to break into a closed society that viewed him as...
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Author Spotlight: Clyde Edgerton
I didn’t grow up in the South, but Clyde Edgerton’s stories are some of my favorites to cure homesickness.
Clyde Edgerton’s ear for dialogue captures the thoughts and conversations of older...
Lost in the Stacks: Circus Fire
Did Lizzie Borden take an axe?
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her father forty whacks
And when she saw what she had done
She gave her mother forty-one
On June 20, 1893, Lizzie was acquitted of the...
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