The latest Tomes from local authors. —Lynn Norusis
‘Heart of Miracles’
by Karen Henson Jones
Hay House
“Is there more to life? Is there something else I should be doing?” These are the thoughts of then-30-year-old Karen Jones as she was living her life as a recent Ivy League grad, living and working in London on the morning of July 7, 2005, the day of the public transit bombings. But it wasn’t until ten months later, after the symptoms of Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome hit, that her near-death experience propelled her to reevaluate her life and choose a different path. (February 2015)
‘Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War’
by Lawrence M. Denton
The History Press
It is a little-known fact that a group of Virginians—George Summers, John Brown Baldwin, John Janney and Jubal Early—tried to prevent the Civil War. Historian Lawrence Denton brings us their story of heroic yet unsuccessful trials to thwart a battle among ourselves. (November 2014)
‘The Brittle Limit’
by Kae Bell
Amazon Digital Services
Taking the tone of today’s compelling spy novels, Kae Bell brings us to Cambodia, a country that is in the early stages of outside greed. Starting with the death of a young American, one warlord makes it his mission to rid the country of Ch’kais, foreign vermin. It is up to Andrew Shaw, a CIA agent on vacation in Cambodia to uncover the warlord’s plot and save the country. (December 2014)
(February 2015)
