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New Relax & Read Books
October 15, 2007
Historical fiction, Wisconsin history and history in the making provide books of interest on our Relax & Read shelves.
Fiction
Inés Of My Soul by Isabel Allende
This story chronicles the life of Inés Suarez as she grows from a struggling seamstress to the wife and helpmate of the war hero Pedro de Valdivia, field marshal to Francisco Pizarro. Sweeping from Spain, through Peru and on to Chile, the tale is ambitious and fascinating, bringing to light the real-life saga of a great woman.
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
There have been many books about the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright, but this one is a bit different in that it is fiction. Based on his love affair with Mamah Cheney, the author weaves through facts and fiction to fashion a dramatic love story.
Non-Fiction
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
With all the talk about global warming, Weisman takes a different slant and portrays what our Earth would be like without us. If we all disappeared tonight, it would not take long for the Earth to begin reclaiming and repairing the destruction we have amassed. A very thought-provoking exploration.
It Happened In Wisconsin by Michael Bie
Can you name 30 events that determined the course of our state's history? Bie has rounded them up into this entertaining collection of stories ranging from the first performance of the Ringling brothers in 1882, to the calamity of the Edmond Fitzgerald to the Packers playing the Bears in 1989.
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