Elizabeth Colton Walls

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The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

September 8, 2020

Confessions of a Bookseller

So You Want To Own A Bookstore? In 2001, Shaun Bythell bought a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, a tiny town located on a peninsula in southwest Scotland.    A few years into the enterprise, a friend suggested that he keep a record of memorable customer interactions and behind the scenes activity. ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books & Reading, Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: bookseller, bookstore, reading, Scotland

When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew… By Hendrika de Vries

September 1, 2020

A WWII Memoir When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew… is a moving memoir about the author’s childhood in Amsterdam, during and in the immediate aftermath of the war. Although the Germans invaded and occupied the Netherlands in 1940, little Hendrika, born in 1937, was too young to ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: Amsterdam, Dutch Resistance, Hunger Winter, Nazi, Nazism, World War II

Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner

August 25, 2020

Lady In Waiting

For Fans of The Crown   Anne Glenconner had an idyllic childhood. In her memoir, Lady in Waiting, she describes growing up at Holkham, the 27,000-acre estate of her father, the 5th Earl of Leicester. Her boon companions were the Princess Elizabeth and the Princess Margaret. There were Christmases ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: British history, British Royal Family, Colin Tennant, memoir, Mustique, Princess Margaret

Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame C.J. Walker Netflix

April 20, 2020

Self Made

This TV series was a disappointment, which is a shame because Walker, a 19thC self-made, African American millionaire, is such an interesting character. Born in 1867 on a plantation in Louisiana, Walker was the only one of her parents’ numerous children who was born free. Walker married three ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction, Television Tagged With: A'Lelia Bundles, African American History, American history, Madame C. J. Walker

Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson

March 30, 2020

Madeam Fourcade's Secret War

I have read almost all of Lynne Olson’s World War II era nonfiction books. Although I have my favorites, Citizens of London and Troublesome Young Men, they are all excellent. Her latest, Madam Fourcade’s Secret War, is a welcome addition to the lineup. It may not topple my current favorites, but ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: French Resistance, Lynne Olson, MI6, World War II

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson 

March 22, 2020

The Splendid and the Vile

Given the enormous number of Churchill biographies, especially of the war years, one might wonder about the necessity of yet another. Eric Larson, author of narrative nonfiction bestsellers, The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of the Beasts, takes the vast mountain of Churchill material ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: British history, erik larson, The Splendid and the VIle, Winston Churchill, World War II

The Cut-Out Girl by Bart van Es

March 15, 2020

The Cut Out Girl

In 2014, Bart van Es, a professor of English Literature at Oxford University, visits his father’s foster sister, Lien, in Amsterdam. Lien is one of the Holocaust’s “hideaway” children, and the Van Es family sheltered her during the war years. After the war, Lien joined the Van Es family ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: Holocaust, World War II

Still Here, The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch by Alexandra Jacobs

March 13, 2020

Still Here

 The talented Broadway singer, actress, and comedian Elaine Stritch was the definition of her own worst enemy. Due to a decades long drinking problem and a sharp tongue, she lost out on many plum theatrical roles, having to settle for the understudy or a lesser role. Over the years, she auditioned ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction Tagged With: Broadway, Elaine Stritch, New York City

NCN Book Club Reading List 2020

January 21, 2020

Milkman

The members of the NCN Book Club are serious readers, and our reading selections lean heavily to gritty, often lengthy nonfiction! This year at our annual book selection gathering, several members agitated for more fiction choices! So, for 2020- seven fiction selections, four nonfiction, among ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books & Reading, Books-Fiction, Books-Non Fiction

by Bryan Stevenson

January 13, 2020

Just Mercy

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Before the feature film Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, before the HBO documentary True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,  before the TED talk that has more than seven million views, before the five successful arguments before the Supreme Court,  ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Non Fiction, Movies Tagged With: American history, Bryan Stevenson, Civil Rights Movement, Just Mercy

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