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Armchair Travel August 2017
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Jane Austen at home
by Lucy Worsley
A profile of the life and times of Jane Austen tours the classic author's childhood home, schools, holiday accommodations and grand and small family estates to reveal lesser-known aspects of Austen's character and inspirations.
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American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
by Monica Hesse
An exploration of a rural Virginia community through the lens of one man and his crimes. The story includes the trial of a man who was charged with dozens of counts of arson, sharing insight into the perpetrator's struggles with addiction, his relationship with his accomplice girlfriend and the impact of the fires on their community.
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The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny
by Michael Wallis
Travel back in time to the old West. An account of the 1846 Donner-Reed Party expedition parses fact from fiction to reveal the true events surrounding the tragedy, profiling the adventurous, business-savvy and adventurous characters who shaped the group and how various interpersonal factors led to their harrowing experiences.
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