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13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories by Dr Bill (William L) Smith

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Yesterday I reviewed this great book by Bill Smith. Today I have a real treat. I have a digital copy of the book to give away – as this is an e-book the give away will be international. So what … Continue reading →

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13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories by Dr Bill (William L) Smith

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Julie Goucher

From the back cover “Dr. Bill enjoys telling and sharing ancestor stories and related family history social context. He has published four family histories, to date, with more in progress. For the latest on Dr. Bill, his writings and stories, … Continue reading →

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The One Penny Orange Mystery by Morris Ackerman

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Julie Goucher

I was intrigued with I saw this book , and reminded of happy memories of 40 years ago when my Grandfather put a 1p British stamp into a matchbox and told me to see if I could find any others … Continue reading →

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Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Well, I have had a bit of a performance sourcing, no trying to source this book. Devon Libraries do not have a copy anywhere in the County. I asked at the library if they could source a copy from an … Continue reading →

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The Fishing Fleet – Anne de Courcy

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Julie Goucher

When the author was undertaking her research we did correspond rather briefly, but my interest regarding my ancestral links to India was out of the time frame for Anne’s book. I waited rather eagerly for the book to be published. … Continue reading →

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Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Just before Christmas Maisie and her employee, Billie see a man commit suicide in the street. The man was clearly a War Veteran and events very quickly turn Maisie back to her nursing days during the Great War. Soon after … Continue reading →

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Library Loot – 6th March

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire fromThe Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your … Continue reading →

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Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Julie Goucher

This is the fourth book in the Maisie Dobbs series. This series gets better and better and as the character develops and takes further shape, we as readers are drawn in all the more to a great series. The central … Continue reading →

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The Elstones: A Novel by Isabel C Clarke

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Julie Goucher

I have had this book on my list of things to check out for a while. The book itself was published in 1919. The reason for my interest is that my Great Grandmother had the surname of Elstone and lived … Continue reading →

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The Persian Square by Iran Davar Ardalan

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Introduction The moment I saw this book I was intrigued. As regular readers of my blog will note, I have a distant ancestor who died in the Gulf of Persia in 1812 and therefore whilst not a direct link with … Continue reading →

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