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Kate’s 2¢: “People of the songtrail: a novel of North America’s forgotten past”
by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
“People of the songtrail: a novel of North America’s forgotten past”
by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
I suspect every culture has its legends and myths of its origins. This Scandinavian saga has a plethora of superstitions, strife, love, and drama of the super natural.
I’d recommend reading the glossary in the back of the book first to familiarize yourself of the native languages used to narrate the story. Catherine Byers did an excellent job of reading this tale for us. Thank you.
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www.gear-gear.com
William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist.[1] He is the author of North America’s Forgotten Past series, co-written with wife Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
Biography[edit]
Gear was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He’s published sixty novels that have been translated into twenty-nine languages. He is best known for his North America’s Forgotten Past series, co-authored with Kathleen O’Neal Gear, about North American prehistory. He received his B.A. (1976) and M.A. (1979) from Colorado State University. Upon completion of his Master’s in physical anthropology he went to work for Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs, Wyoming as a field archaeologist.
Beginning in 1981, Michael, along with two partners, put together his own archaeological consulting company, Pronghorn Anthropological Associates. The company began doing cultural resource management studies in 1982. After he sold his interest in 1984, he started Wind River Archaeological Consultants with his wife, Kathleen O’Neal Gear.[2]
Gear’s writing was inspired by historical inaccuracies he encountered in reading historical fiction. In 1978, after reading a Western novel about a trail drive that was filled with inaccuracies, he began work on his first five hundred and fifty page novel. According to him, it “reads wretchedly – but the historical facts are correct!”[3]
Gear currently resides in Cody, Wyoming along with wife, author and co-writer Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
People of the songtrail: a novel of North America’s forgotten past DB110009
Gear, W. Michael; Gear, Kathleen O’Neal. Reading time: 13 hours, 25 minutes.
Read by Catherine Byers.
Historical Fiction
“On the shores of what is now northeastern Canada, a small group of intrepid settlers have landed, seeking freedom to worship and prosper far from the religious strife and political upheaval that plague a war-ridden Europe…500 years before Columbus set sail. While it has long been known that Viking ships explored the American coast, recent archaeological evidence suggests a far more vast and permanent settlement. It is from this evidence that archaeologists and early American history experts Kathy and Michael Gear weave their extraordinary tale. Based on recent archaeological discoveries, |People of the Songtrail| is the saga of the first European settlers to land on the shores of the new world. It is a story, like so many in America’s history, of the swift and violent clash of cultures, and extraordinary men and women on both sides who are brave enough to work for the fragile hope of peace. A story that has remained untold, until now.” — Provided by publisher. Some violence and som
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Kate’s 2¢: “Liar, Liar” by Lisa Jackson
Kate’s 2¢: “Liar, Liar” by Lisa Jackson
Wow, cris-cross, dougle-triple-cross. No one tells the truth in this really cool story, however, I was always rooting for Remmi and Noah.
From: www.lisajackson.com
Susan Lisa Jackson (known as Lisa Jackson; born 1952) is a best-selling American author of over 75 romance novels and romantic suspense novels.
Before she became a nationally-bestselling author, Jackson was a struggling mother who wrote novels with the hope that someone would pay her for them. Currently, her books appear on The New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists. Jackson is the author of more than 85 novels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of the Colony Series, co-written with her sister, Nancy Bush. There are over 20 million copies of Jackson’s books in print in twenty languages. She also writes under the pen name, “Susan Lynn Crose”.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Liar, liar DB108846
Jackson, Lisa. Reading time: 13 hours, 7 minutes.
Read by Stephen Van Doren.
Suspense Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories
Psychological Fiction
“IF YOU TELL A LIE Twenty years ago, ex-beauty queen Didi Storm worked the Vegas strip as a celebrity impersonator. Now, in death, she’s finally getting the publicity she always craved. To the police, it looks like suicide, or a stunt gone wrong. Her estranged daughter, Remmi, knows the answer isn’t so simple. Though dressed in Didi’s clothes and wig, the broken body on the sidewalk isn’t Didi . . . THERE’S NO DOUBT Remmi was fifteen when she last saw her mother. En route to meet her crush, Noah Scott, Remmi secretly witnessed Didi handing over one of her newborn twins to a strange man. Then Didi disappeared, as did Remmi’s other half-sibling. Remmi pleaded with the authorities to find them, with no success. Yet she’s always sensed that someone is watching her . . . YOU WILL DIE Noah, now running his own PI firm, resurfaces in Remmi’s life, determined to find out what happened that long-ago night. As they dig deeper, the truth about Remmi’s family begins to emerge–a story of greed and
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Kate’s 2¢: “Pekoe Most Poison” by Laura Childs
Kate’s 2¢: “Pekoe Most Poison” by Laura Childs
I love the idea of theme parties, you know, baby showers, weddings, birthdays. The Rat Tea gives the author plenty of threads to tug until the murder is wrapped up.
I enjoyed the story and the recipes at the end of the book, too.
From the web:
The name Laura Childs is actually a pseudonym used by author Gerry Schmitt for writing her novels. She likes to write all her novels in the Literature & Fiction, Mystery and Thriller genres. Laura is widely acclaimed for the success of her novel series, the Tea Shop Mysteries.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Pekoe most poison DB109840
Childs, Laura. Reading time: 9 hours, 5 minutes.
Read by Barbara McCulloh.
Mystery and Detective Stories
“In New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs’ newest Tea Shop Mystery, Theodosia Browning attends a “Rat Tea,” where the mice will play at murder. When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston’s most prominent hostesses, to a “Rat Tea,” she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston to promote better public health. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen’s entrepreneur husband suddenly goes into convulsions and drops dead. Has his favorite orange pekoe tea been poisoned? Theo smells a rat. And as she reviews the guest list for suspects, she soon finds herself drawn into in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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