Category Archives: Non Fiction

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen

Posted on September 9, 2016 by bseat

Rhoda Janzen realized her marriage had ended when in the middle of the night the phone rang and her husband’s male lover asked to speak with him. Soon after that Rhoda was in a car accident leaving her seriously injured. … Continue reading →

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The Ambassador’s Wife by Jake Needham

Posted on August 19, 2016 by bseat

There was no doubt that the woman on the bed in the Marriott Hotel in Singapore was dead.  It would take awhile to make any identification, however, since her face had been beaten so badly she was unrecognizable. She was … Continue reading →

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Felicity by Mary Oliver

Posted on June 10, 2016 by bseat

Somewhere along the way I have fallen in love with Mary Oliver and her poetry. It wasn’t something that I was looking for, and it didn’t happen overnight, but slowly but surely her words crept into my heart and have … Continue reading →

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H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Posted on February 26, 2016 by bseat

After her father died, Helen Macdonald seemed to die a little too. A naturalist and historian, she was completing her research fellowship at a university in England when her father’s unexpected death throws her off course, overwhelmed by her fierce … Continue reading →

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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

Posted on January 22, 2016 by bseat

On July 20, 1910, two suspects wanted for murder, boarded the SS Montrose in Antwerp.  The ship was bound for Quebec City, Canada and   three hours into the voyage, as Captain Henry George Kendall was making his rounds, he … Continue reading →

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Triggers: Creating Behavior Change That Lasts – Becoming the Person You Want To Be by Marshall Goldsmith

Posted on January 8, 2016 by bseat

So, how are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? Have you exercised like you promised yourself you would? Are you eating healthier, like you said you would? What about the other commitments you made; like being nicer to that … Continue reading →

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton

Posted on December 4, 2015 by bseat

Getting together with family and friends can be a joy, but it can also be stressful. Dynamics in families and among friends can often lead to hurt feelings or even conflict that happens so unexpectedly you  aren’t prepared for it. … Continue reading →

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The Black Count: Glory Revolution Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Posted on May 29, 2015 by bseat

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and no where is that more thoroughly proven than in this book about the life of General Alex Dumas. Dumas was born in the Caribbean to a mulatto slave woman and a aristocratic Frenchman, … Continue reading →

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Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World by Thomas Cahill

Posted on May 22, 2015 by bseat

Thomas Cahill plunges into the Renaissance and Reformation with the same curiosity and gift for making history come alive as in the previous books in his Hinges of History series.  This one is sixth in the series, coming after the … Continue reading →

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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-44 by Rich Atkinson

Posted on May 23, 2014 by bseat

The war in Italy was horrific. “The 608-day campaign to liberate Italy would cost 312, 000 Allied casualties, equivalent to 40 percent of Allied losses in the decisive campaign for northwest Europe at Normandy.  Among the three quarters of a … Continue reading →

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