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When the Northwestern Circus train derailed in the woods outside of Leonard, Alabama, and a train car carrying three Bengal tigers overtu...

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The European Reading Challenge January 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 COMPLETED! This is my wrap-up post. TO ADD YOUR OWN WRAP...

Sarah, amazingly calm, jumped into action now, pulled the knife from the deputy's side, grabbed George by the arm and began to pull h...

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Although you are likely the main character in your memoir, populate it with other vulnerable and petty, sometimes wonderfully generous, a...

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This grand adventure is what led me directly into the arms of Mighty Ugly just a couple of years later. All my fear of being misunderstoo...

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Her Beautiful Brain is Ann Hedreen 's memoir about her mother's decades-long fight with Alzheimer’s. Ann lives with her family ...

Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling through Hollywood History by Mark Bailey , illustrated by Edward Hemingway , published by Algonquin Bo...

Heloise's fellow villagers managed the destruction as best they could. Piles of salvageable belongings lined the street of half-stand...

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