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Journal of Nicholas Cresswell

Behold, the Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, a young Englishman who came to the US during the Boston Tea Party and stayed during the...

The rule of thumb is not to judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. It's a good rule, to be sure. I don't think anybody...

Relationships in 2019 is easily one of the most frightening things I can think of, let alone marriage. In this time of feminism vs...

6 years ago, my husband and I were living the good life. We had more money than we knew what to do with. We bought anything we wanted...

My sister bought me this book, I believe, on my 18th birthday. I read it cover to cover in one sitting as morbid as that may seem. Though...

The Worm in the Apple was published in 2003. Unfortunately, the message is more relatable perhaps now more than ever. I recommend every...

Time for everyone to know who my first celebrity crush was. That's right. Marilyn Manson aka Brian Warner. Written in 1998, Manson's...

I'm not sure where to start with this book review so let me just go for it. I was/am a huge Korn fan. I saw them in concert, I owned...

I was so excited to read Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg Mckeown! This book truly holds great advice for everyone...

When Sheldon (my oldest son) was 1 we moved into a big beautiful house downtown. It was brand new, bigger than we knew what to do with,...

When I was 20, this book was recommended to me by a guy who lived in his mother's attic, drank jugs of fine wine, and read books all day...

When this book was released in 1966, it was sold underneath the counters in convenience stores. Women read and hid this book like it was...

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson - The title of this masterpiece tells you exactly what you need to know about this...

Politically Correct by James Finn Garner is a both hilarious yet totally a 2019 book. When I first received this book as a gift as a...

An obvious classic that I had to own and read for my own benefit. What benefit? The benefit of confirming that speculation regarding some...

I wrote the short story Starving for Perfection originally in High School. Writing the story itself was a very raw and emotional...

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