Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Nevermore: Anam Cara, Shadow Divers, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand


Anam Cara: a Book of Celtic Wisdom
by John O'Donohue

Explores the stories and teachings of the Celts, mining their rich religious traditions to provide an accessible approach to spirituality and to such subjects as solitude, friendship, and aging.

Very poetic, thought-provoking, and inspiring.    – DC     4 stars

 

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One  of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson

Recounts the 1991 discovery of a sunken German U-boat by two recreational scuba divers, tracing how they devoted the following six years to researching the identities of the submarine and its crew, correcting historical texts, and breaking new grounds in the world of diving along the way.

Learned a lot of interesting information about diving.     – CD     5 stars   

 

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: a novel by Helen Simonson

Forced to confront the realities of life in the 21st century when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant Mrs. Ali, a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.

Beautiful, really enjoyed it. The hero was wonderful.      – AH     5 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned 

The Late Show by Michael Connelly

Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World...one Child at a Time by Sarah L. Thomson

Look Back All the Green Valley by Fred Chappell

The Things We Didn't Know by Elba Iris PĂ©rez

Life is Looking Up: Regaining Hope with Mental Illness by Maggie Hess

Splintered: a Novel by A. G. Howard

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-To-Face With the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

 

New Books

The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations by Patrick K. O'donnell

What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by James Patterson

Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals by Bill Wasik


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