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The Secret Wife of Louis XIV
Title: The Secret Life of Louis XIV: Francoise d’Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon Author: Veronica Buckley Summary: Francoise d’Aubigne was born in a French prison, the youngest child of a min… more →
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The Secret Wife of Louis XIV
Book Mavens wrote 1 month ago: Title: The Secret Life of Louis XIV: Francoise d’Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon Author: Veronica … more →
Stitches
Book Mavens wrote 2 months ago: Title: Stitches Author: David Small Summary: David Small grew up in a cold house, with distant, near … more →
Bad Mother
Book Mavens wrote 2 months ago: Title: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace … more →
Zeitoun
Book Mavens wrote 3 months ago: Title: Zeitoun Author: Dave Eggers Publisher: McSweeney’s, August 2009 Summary: In his Nationa … more →
American On Purpose
Book Mavens wrote 3 months ago: Title: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot Author: Craig Ferguson … more →
Home Game
Book Mavens wrote 5 months ago: Title: Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood Author: Michael Lewis Publisher: W.W. Norton, Ma … more →
The Girls from Ames
Book Mavens wrote 5 months ago: Title: The Girls from Ames: A story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship Author: Jeffrey Zaslow Pub … more →
Crazy for the Storm
Book Mavens wrote 7 months ago: Title: Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival Author: Norman Ollestad Publisher: Ecco Press. May … more →
When Skateboards Will Be Free
Book Mavens wrote 7 months ago: Title: When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood Author: Said Sayrafiezadeh S … more →
“Wishful Drinking” reads so fast and so funny I couldn’t stop
weekendwithouttv wrote 9 months ago: Apparently I’m really bad at this blogging thing. I meant to post this Monday, but got distracted by … more →
A Pearl in the Storm
fairfielder wrote 10 months ago: Title: A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean Author: Tori Murden … more →
Blood in the Cage
Book Mavens wrote 10 months ago: Title: Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC Author: … more →
American Shaolin
Book Mavens wrote 1 year ago: Title: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in t … more →
Dry
Book Mavens wrote 1 year ago: Title: Dry Author: Augusten Burroughs Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, June 2003 Summary: August … more →
Escape
Book Mavens wrote 1 year ago: Title: Escape Author:Carolyn Jessop Summary: When Carolyn was 18, she married Merril Jessop. She was … more →
The Diana Chronicles
Book Mavens wrote 1 year ago: Title: The Diana Chronicles Author: Tina Brown Summary: This book has been out for a while but I k … more →
