Category Archives: Non-fiction

North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Posted on April 10, 2024 by mysm2000

North to the Orient is the first published book of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and details the trip she and aviator husband Charles Lindbergh made in 1931 to map and assess the feasibility of possible routes for the new airplane industry … Continue reading →

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Amelia Peabody’s Egypt, a compendium by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread

Posted on August 9, 2023 by mysm2000

This coffee table book is both informative and fun. It looks at late-nineteenth century Egypt and empirical Britain with both fact and humour. Amelia Peabody, archaeologist and sleuth, was enchanted with Egyptology and with pyramids in particular. While she is … Continue reading →

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Under a Wing, a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mysm2000

I had found out something about my father that afternoon, just by watching him work his way down through the air. I held on to the knowledge tightly afterward, and I still hold it to this day. I learned what … Continue reading →

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Magnolia Story, The, Chip and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

Posted on July 10, 2023 by mysm2000

If you follow home renovation shows and have watched Fixer Upper, or if you just really enjoy a success story, you’ll love the story of Chip and Joanna Gaines. Told in turn through both their voices, this saga is a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Special: Melanie Willard

Posted on May 5, 2019 by mysm2000

Melanie Willard spoke to our Woman 2 Woman Bible Study (Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa) session recently about how to care for people in crisis.  She speaks of this with authority because she has been through an amazing, torturous journey that … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf, June 22, 2018

Posted on June 22, 2018 by mysm2000

I recently attended the book launch for an Ottawa author, Brenda Chapman‘s 4th book in a series called A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery.  It was an interesting experience — never attended a book launch before — and I thoroughly enjoyed … Continue reading →

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We’ll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg

Posted on June 15, 2018 by mysm2000

The full title is actually We’ll Always Have Casablanca – The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie and it has more interesting trivia about this amazingly enduring movie which seemingly took on a life of its own … Continue reading →

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Uprooted by Joan Sparling Migwans

Posted on June 13, 2018 by mysm2000

Have you ever wanted to travel to exotic places?  Have you ever experienced the loss of a loved one and temporarily lost your sense of equilibrium?  Both of these things were part of Joan Sparling Migwans‘ experience and, rather than … Continue reading →

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fatty legs & a stranger at home by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Posted on May 3, 2018 by mysm2000

I count it a privilege to have been invited a few weeks ago to a United Church here in Ottawa where they have a program of evening events to try to develop understanding and reconciliation between the people of the … Continue reading →

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First Chapter, First Paragraph & Teaser Tuesday: Becoming Queen by Kate Williams

Posted on March 28, 2017 by mysm2000

First Chapter, First Paragraph, is a meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea.  Anyone can play — just copy the first paragraph of the first chapter (or prologue) and include a picture of the book cover. Leave your link at … Continue reading →

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