Top Stories

by Jackie LaPlante -  River of the Gods, Candice Millard In 1857 British explorers Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke set out to discover the source of the Nile. Despite morale-defying hardship, life-threatening illness and persistent professional rivalry, the adventurers push on to eventual success. Burton’s diaries depict his empathetic recognition and treatment of the [...]

by Deborah Rogers -  I can't turn down a good tale. If it involves family secrets passed down through the generations, effort on a vast scale, overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities, well it's hard for me to resist. Something else I find hard to resist? Fruit cake. Imagine then how intrigued I was