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Underground airlines6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They go to "The Fence" where Border Patrol keeps slaves from escaping slave states. The rest of the world still moved on from slavery and no longer purchases American goods produced by slaves, so the slave plantations produce goods and then hired people to take the goods to market by lying. Meanwhile, Victor realizes that there is a corporate conspiracy afoot. When Kevin tries to fight slavery, he is defeated by the police who also kidnap his ex-girlfriend. Kevin works with Father Barton, we learn, which is the leader of the Underground Airlines. When he and his new friend Martha are caught stealing from a breakfast buffet, they flee, and in the process, the meet Jackdaw, a freeborn African-American guy who is in college. ![]() He gathers recon about an operation called Underground Airlines. ![]() He is a spy for US Marshal Bridge, but the government basically extorts him into it. Victor is a Person Bound to Labor, has escaped the states in the South where slavery remained legal because of a fictitious assassination of President Lincoln before he took office. In this novel, an alternate history unfolds about the Civil War. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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Year of wonders by geraldine brooks6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Her research revealed that the rector of the church at the time persuaded the villagers to go into voluntary isolation and in effect sacrifice themselves for the greater good. She was drawn to this story when on holiday in Derbyshire and noticed signs pointing to a ‘plague village’. Geraldine Brooks is an Australian journalist and novelist who now lives in the US. ![]() I can’t believe I had never heard about this book. Although published twenty years ago it has, of course, extra resonance for our times. ![]() Based on a true story, Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks is a haunting and poignant novel told through the voice of an 18-year-old village girl. They decide to cut themselves off from the outside world in order to protect the surrounding villages. It is 1666 and the plague reaches a remote Derbyshire village of some 360 souls. ![]()
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Shot Through the Hearth by Kate Carlisle6/30/2023 ![]() It's up to Shannon to hammer out the details of the murder before her friend gets pinned for the crime. But when his former associate winds up dead, all signs point to Raphael. of Destruction A Wrench in the Works Shot Through the Hearth Premeditated. ![]() ![]() Contractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper. TITLES BY KATE CARLISLE Bibliophile Mysteries Homicide in Hardcover If Books. Shannon knows her friend has no intention of giving up Marigold and is proud of Raphael for sticking to his guns. Read Shot Through the Hearth by Kate Carlisle available from Rakuten Kobo. Raphael's old business partner arrives in town with a grudge and a plan to steal him away from his important new passion project. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. ![]() Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. Contractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Wrench in the Works and Eaves of Destruction. Contractor Shannon Hammer is measuring murder motives in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times best-selling author of A Wrench in the Works. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As Doidge puts it, "I spoke with people who had strokes decades before and had been declared incurable, who were helped to recover with neuroplastic treatments. Having undertaken a series of travels and interviews-including talks with some of the world's top brain scientists-Dr Doidge explores the burgeoning area of "neuroplasticity." In effect, this is the property that allows the brain to change its very structure with each activity it performs. ![]() How much can the brain change, once it is injured or diseased? Can changing our minds also change our brains? These questions are the subject of a stimulating new book, The Brain That Changes Itself, by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, MD. New York: Viking Books, 2007 448 pages $24.95 (hardcover) ![]() |