Sourcebooks Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/sourcebooks/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:52:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Sourcebooks Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/sourcebooks/ 32 32 38398750 The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:28:44 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12315 The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is the most delightful mashup of the game Clue (Mrs. Drudge in the kitchen, Lord Ravencourt in the library, anyone?), the movie Groundhog Day, and the book Life After Life. If that sounds like a hot mess, and you’re backing away, trust me, it’s not. It’s dark, dangerous, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/feed/ 12 12315 The Only Woman in the Room https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/the-only-woman-in-the-room/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/the-only-woman-in-the-room/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:29:38 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12133 For those of you who aren’t old movie buffs…why not?! Old black and white movies with all their stylized glamour are one of the best escapes out there. But I digress. If you’re not aware of Hollywood in the 1930s then you won’t recognize the subject of Marie Benedict’s new novel The Only Woman in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/the-only-woman-in-the-room/feed/ 17 12133 The Other Einstein https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-other-einstein/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-other-einstein/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:29:55 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=7211 Much is known about Albert Einstein, from his theory of relativity to his philosophical musings on peace, logic and the universe. There is less known about his first wife, Mileva Marić, but Marie Benedict opens the door to her life and her marriage to Einstein in her new novel, The Other Einstein. Mileva was Serbian […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-other-einstein/feed/ 5 7211 Shakespeare Saved My Life https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/shakespeare-saved-my-life/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/shakespeare-saved-my-life/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:04:48 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1562   Dr. Laura Bates is an English professor, specializing in Shakespeare, at Indiana State University. For the past fifteen years she has taught at college and in prison, where she brings Shakespeare into the lives of some of the prison systems most hardened criminals. Shakespeare Saved My Life is her book about this journey and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/shakespeare-saved-my-life/feed/ 0 1562 Hijacked by Your Brain https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/hijacked-by-your-brain/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/hijacked-by-your-brain/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:57:02 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1213 It is possible to prepare your brain to truly manage stress. And the result is well worth the effort: discovering a sense of calm and confidence that makes life ultimately worthwhile.   Strong words for an introduction and ones that will certainly grab a lot of readers. In today’s world of chaos and unpredictability our brain’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/hijacked-by-your-brain/feed/ 3 1213 The Oracle Glass https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/11/the-oracle-glass/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/11/the-oracle-glass/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:06:04 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1017 A young girl with a particular, peculiar gift—the ability to read the future in a bowl of water, or, as it was known at the time, an oracle glass. Geneviève is not blessed in any of the ways important to girls in 17th century Paris. She has a club foot and a twisted spine so […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/11/the-ruins-of-lace/feed/ 0 905 Marrying Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/08/marrying-up/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/08/marrying-up/#respond Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:13:18 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=458 There is no higher aspiration amongst a certain type of British girl than to marry a royal and no author better suited to skewer this ambition with wit and a lightning fast plot than British author, Wendy Holden. For my money, no one does chick lit better than the Brits. Maybe it’s because they use […]

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