Thursday, December 17, 2015

CHRISTMAS CAROL | Dec. 17–Pub. Date ("Scrooge"). What year?

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Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol , A 1900 U.S. edition. It was 1843 when  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens was first published....
Thursday, December 10, 2015

BOISSEVAIN | Reunion, The Netherlands, April 16-17, 2016 3rd Notice

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December 3, 2015 Dear Relatives! We so far have received 40 registrations for the reunion. Many relatives from outside the Netherlands...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

POPE FRANCIS | Visits Nairobi, by Author Olga Marlin

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Margaret (L) and Uhuru Kenyatta greet Pope Francis. Boissevain Books just received an email from Kenya. Olga Marlin, a Boissevain Books...
Friday, October 30, 2015

BIRTH | Oct. 30–Robert Caro, Biographer

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Robert and Ina Caro. October 30, 2015—This day was born in 1935 the world's greatest living English-language biographer, Robert Allan...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

BIRTH | Oct. 29–Boswell, Biographer (Updated May 29, 2016)

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James Boswell This day in 1740 is born James Boswell, in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the greatest biographers ever. The son of of advo...
Friday, August 14, 2015

HOMESCHOOLING | Library Services, Montrose, Pa.

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Susquehanna County Main Library, Montrose, Pa. Some school teachers and administrators, are uncomfortable with homeschoolers in their ar...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

THE BOX HOUSE | Review by Marlene Rehkamp

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The Box House cover by Brigid Marlin. Excerpts of the book may be read here. Boissevain Books has just released The Box House by Brigid...