M.B. HENRY
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Today’s Book Recommendations
The Time Collector
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Overstory
Lost Season of Love and Snow
Quotes of the Week

“In Japan, ancient weavers believed a thousand stories could exist in a single thread. Threads were woven together and sometimes broke, but they always remained. In that way too, so did the past remain forever a part of the tapestry of life.”
– Gwendolyn Womack, “the Time Collector”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
– Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

“To solve the future, we must save the past.”
– Richard Powers, “the Overstory”

“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: Get it done, get it done. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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Fire in the Wilderness

It was May 5, 1864. Spring had arrived in the state of Virginia, but so had the Union army.  It wasn’t the first time, either.  In fact, they had marched through Virginia for quite some time.  Month after month, battle after battle, year after year.  Since 1861, the boys in blue had slugged it out, and lost, against the formidable General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia.  These fights carried a… Read More

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AUTHOR/HISTORY ENTHUSIAST/PHOTOGRAPHER
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Today’s Book Recommendations
The Time Collector
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Overstory
Lost Season of Love and Snow
Quotes of the Week

“In Japan, ancient weavers believed a thousand stories could exist in a single thread. Threads were woven together and sometimes broke, but they always remained. In that way too, so did the past remain forever a part of the tapestry of life.”
– Gwendolyn Womack, “the Time Collector”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
– Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

“To solve the future, we must save the past.”
– Richard Powers, “the Overstory”

“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: Get it done, get it done. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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