Sources provide information, from which we identify evidence for analysis. A conclusion drawn from sound analysis may then stand as proof. In these two sentences, Elizabeth Shown Mills defines the proper use of sources to come to valid conclusions in historical research. Your Stripped Bare Guide, Mrs. Mills’ latest work on citing and using historical […] The post Your Stripped Bare Guide to Citing & Using History Sources, by Elizabeth Shown Mills appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
As we mentioned in the June 25 issue of “Genealogy Pointers,” Cheri Hudson Passey’s new book, Genealogy in Reverse: Finding the Living. A Practical Guide for Genealogists, offers new hope to family historians who have lost their way. It does so by showing them how to contact a lost or unknown cousin, etc. who may […] The post Genealogy in Reverse Abounds with Sources of Living Relatives appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
As the title Genealogy in Reverse. Finding the Living: A Practical Guide for All Genealogists implies, Cheri Hudson Passey’s overriding purpose in writing her new book is to help genealogists find their ancestors. What’s different about her approach is the emphasis she places on finding and contacting living relatives to fill in the gaps. A […] The post Genealogy in Reverse Exposes New Vein of Research Gold appeared first on Genealogical.com.| Genealogical.com
Blurb: An exhilarating dystopian YA recalling The Last of Us and Divergent—Climate Of Chaos is a hard-hitting survival story featuring a disabled protagonist that explores the chilling effects of climate change and medical debt. In dystopic Seattle, storms have devastated Earth’s population, a new virus is spreading, and the privileged live inside domes controlled by Aegis Corp. Healthcare is earned by hours accrued working in Aegis’s pharmaceutical factories. If you run short on ho...| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. “Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literatur...| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Problematic beauty products Transformational tea pots And wigs of unusual size It’s the Annual Unusual Circus Conference, and Duncan and the rest of Zin’s troupe are in attendance. On the outskirts, of course, because Zin says it’s cheaper that way. Duncan – dragon detective and omelet aficionado – is thrilled to be there, not only because it’s his first time attending the overly commercial event but also because he’s getting a chance to spend time with the lovely Viola...| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: A teen girl’s dream job aboard a luxury train derails when she discovers the strange cargo being transported—a mysterious and beautiful greenhouse—but its flowering façade may hide… Read more New Book Release: Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: An experiment gone wrong. A survivor under suspicion. A teen searching for the truth. Ostracized by her friends, Nala finds solace creating true crime content for her… Read more New Book Release: The Fovea Experiments by M.J. Mars →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Felix is a cunning thief. Loren is a temple attendant. Thrown together, the boys have to piece together their fates to make it out of a burning… Read more New Book Release: Vesuvius by Cass Biehn →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Midsommar meets The Shadows Between Us in this alluring mash-up of horror and fairy tale from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux, where a girl must embark on a harrowing journey through a deadly forest… Read more New Book Release: A Girl Walks Into the Forest by Madeleine Roux →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger. This… Read more New Book Release: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by Victoria E. Schwab →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately,… Read more New Book Release: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this chilling novel based on the terrifying urban legend about a video game created by the government for psychological warfare. October, 1982. Forced to move to the quiet seaside town of Tasker Bay by her mother, the only thing on high schooler Andi’s mind is saving up enough money to return to her old stomping grounds in Silicon Valley. Her self-taught skills with all things electronic make her a perfect fit for a job at the dingy local ...| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the stairca...| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch’s name… Read more →| Jonathan Pongratz
Blurb: A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar lif...| Jonathan Pongratz
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