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A Trick of the Light

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 4, 2023 by LarryOctober 5, 2023

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 7, by Louise Penny, 2011, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2011, Macmillan Audio The book centers around the murder of a woman in a garden during a party. The investigation reveals that … Continue reading →

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Bury Your Dead

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 16, 2023 by LarryOctober 5, 2023

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 6 by Louise Penny, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2010, Macmillan Audio I was really surprised by this book as I had pretty much trashed Book 5, The Brutal Telling, in … Continue reading →

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King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 16, 2023 by LarryAugust 14, 2023

by Adam Hochschild, 1998, Audiobook on cassette tapes narrated by Geoffrey Howard released in 2010, Books on Tape, Random House Audio This book is an indictment of the colonization of the Congo by King Leopold of Belgium. It recounts the … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Chemistry

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 18, 2023 by LarryApril 23, 2023

by Bonnie Garmus 2022, Doubleday, New York  This is a story about a woman in the 1950’s who has a passion for science and wants to conduct research in chemistry. Unfortunately, she runs into many challenges, the primary one being … Continue reading →

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Still Life

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 21, 2023 by LarryFebruary 21, 2023

by Louise Penny, 2005, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Cosham released in 2014, Macmillan Audio This is the first of Louise Penny’s mysteries with Inspector Armand Gamache in the Quebec town of Three Pines. There is an intricate plot revolving around … Continue reading →

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The 1st Ladie’s Detective Agency

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 20, 2022 by LarryDecember 20, 2022

by Alexander McCall Smith, 2003, Audiobook narrated by Lisette Lecat, Recorded Books   This novel is the first in a series of books about a lady who started a detective agency in Botswana. Since we traveled to Africa this last … Continue reading →

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The Maidens

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 20, 2022 by LarryDecember 20, 2022

by Alex Michalides, 2021, Kindle Edition, Caladon Books I enjoyed reading this book very much. Like his previous book, The Silent Patient, Michaelides kept me guessing throughout the book, and, in the end I guessed wrong. He really does know … Continue reading →

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Cry, The Beloved Country

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 12, 2022 by LarrySeptember 12, 2022

Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, 1946, Audiobook narrated by Michael York, 2012, Blackstone Audio, Inc. This book, first published in 1948, is about a Black priest in a rural area of South Africa who suffers greatly under the … Continue reading →

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela  

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 6, 2022 by LarrySeptember 6, 2022

by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Version, Little, Brown and Company   I read most of this book while on a trip to South Africa. It provided me with an understanding of what the country had gone through under apartheid and … Continue reading →

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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Excape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 13, 2022 by LarryAugust 13, 2022

by Candice Millard, 2017, Anchor Books This is the story of Winston Churchill’s escape after he was captured when he was a war correspondent as a young man. The book is well-written, and the author provides a great deal of … Continue reading →

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