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This book is part of the Our Name in History series, a collection of fascinating facts and statistics, alongside short historical commentary, created to tell the story of previous generations who have shared this name.The information in this book is a compendium of research and data pulled from census records, military records, ships' logs, immigrant and port records, as well as other reputable sources. Topics include:

• Name Meaning and Origin
• Immigration Patterns and Census Detail
• Family Lifestyles
• Military Service History
• Comprehensive Source Guide, for future research

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R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: A Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described. ... Read more

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In Leaving the Lighthouse, thirteen-year-old Louie leaves his island home to live on the mainland in this fourth book of the Louie Lighthouse series. A great story about growing up and learning to trust God. ... Read more

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Discover characters like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
During this 125th anniversary of when The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published you'll want to read this 4 volume easy-to-read book series starting with Manning the Light. Many of the adventures of the two main characters are similar to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -even scenes from the Huck Finn play in the last volume, Leaving the Lighthouse.
Learn not only about life living in a lighthouse but also about inventions that made the industrial revolution period of American history.Leaving the LighthouseManning the LightWeathering the StormsMystery and Mishap

Manning the Light
Rain, Fog, Hardship, Grief and Friendship Greet Readers of Manning the Light
By Terry Webb
Reviewed by RM McCall for The Best Book Bin

It is the turn of the 20th century.The place is Maine.Louie is a young boy who has recently lost his grandfather and then his father.A recurrent dream haunts him, night after night.Now Ma has to worry about getting a job. Without his Pa and Grandpa it doesn't seem like he has a real family. It is only the two of them, so they will have to take care of each other.His mother gets a job manning the lighthouse on Two Tree Island and that is when the adventures begin.Ms. Webb brings this story of grief, friendship and hard times to life with her New England dialect and depiction of life as a lighthouse keeper in the early 1900's.She introduces maritime words and defines them at the end of chapters, throughout the book.Although, Louie and his friend Charlie are both 13 year old boys, young girls should equally enjoy reading about Louie's life on the island and how he makes friends with a very smart seagull. This is the first book of Ms. Webb's four book series.For ages 8-12 years old.

A refreshing step back in time
As a parent, Manning the Light was a refreshing step back in time that maintains family values and spiritual foundations that are important in my family's life today.The story incorporates peer pressure, loss, addiction and lonliness with renewed hope, support, love, and forgiveness.Readers will be encouraged by the positive male role models that assist this single parent family in the early 1900's.My son especially enjoyed the relationship between Louie and his mother.

Having grown up on an island across from a working lighthouse, the story brought back fond memories of the sounds and sights of the lighthouse.Island life and lighthouse manning will add a depth of interest and education for all readers.

Although my ten year old son found a common bond with the 13 year old main character's growth rate and clothing issues, I would recommend this book for the twelve and up age group.As a homeschooling mom, I would recommend this book as part of a literature based American history curriculum. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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I do not understand WHY this little book was preserved.
Unfortunately, I am as disappointed as the previous reviewer in this book.I enjoy writings from the past, and can HIGHLY recommend Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men In a Boat -- written in the same rather formal style but completely hilarious.
Quite honestly, was this written by an 11 yr old child? The book ends completely flatly -- completely ridiculous.I do not even see how anyone could call it a "Christian" novel.Trite, trite, trite.I am rather annoyed -- it did not cost anything, but I read it expecting to have SOME value for my time.Is there ANY way to know for whom a book was written?My guess is that Mrs. W was writing for small boys, sort of "morality tales".Had I known this, I would have known not to bother with it.
If you DO want to read a "Christian" novel worth your time, I recommend Cynthia Ruchti's They Always Come Home. It was hard to put that one down...I even listened to it on my Kindle en route to/from work.
Sorry, I hate belittling someone else's work, but this needs to go the way of all things...certainly not painstakingly turned into a Kindle book!

Bathos!
Was researching lighthouses and pulled this down.Every character is strong and beautiful and loves everyone else!And guess what?It's a happy ending!I don't read Christian fiction but this surely isn't going to encourage me to read more.

Ugh.Sacharine tripe. ... Read more

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The Hatteras lighthouse is more than a guiding light toseafarers, it also stands as a memorial to the keepers and theirfamilies who honored a public trust at great cost and who faithfullyprovided this valuable service. With the passing of time, however, thetides have gradually eroded the beach on which the sentinel stands,threatening to topple the structure. Thus one of the most dauntingengineering tasks imaginable has been undertaken to save thelighthouse and move it to a new foundation 1,600 feet inland from itsoriginal site.

This book commemorates the event and recalls the storied legacy of thestone sentinel, describing the long history of the lighthouse andinvesting it with texture and depth in describing the lives of thepeople who have served here. It is a loving homage to one of the mostdistinctive structures in the United States.

There are black and white photos throughout, with a 16 page colorinsert. This title is also available in paperback. ... Read more

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Review by Homer H. Hickam
Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse is a treasure to all of us who love what is arguably the most famous lighthouse in the world. The authors should be commended for writing not only a fascinating look into the pastand future of this great beacon, but also a damn fine tale of passion,perseverance, intrigue, romance, grand schemes, utter calamities, and vastheroism.

This is an important bit of American history but it is not a drytext. This book is a real page-turner, one that will illuminate your mindas surely as the Hatteras lighthouse on a frightening, dark sea. Like themariners which once depended on the light to skirt a dangerous coast, afteryou finish reading this book, you will be grateful for the experience. ... Read more

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Innkeeper Alex Winston owns Hatteras West, an exact replica of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.When one of Alex's guests is found dead at the top of the lighthouse, at first no one is sure what killed him.But a series of 'accidents' soon after show that someone is targeting Alex's Inn for mayhem, trying to do more than just put him out of business. ... Read more

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Just your typical day as an Innkeeper
Alex Winston is desperately trying to hold on to the family lighthouse named Hatteras West which is interestingly located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Not your typical location for a lighthouse, but one that attracts a wide variety of people.That is until one guest is found dead at the top of the lighthouse with an ice pick in the back and another looks to have been pushed off of Bear Rocks.It is now up to Alex to find the killer, keep the boiler running on the old Inn and have the beds made before the next guest checks in.Just your typical day as an Innkeeper.

Fun start to the lighthouse series by Tim Meyers.Look forward to seeing the unique characters again that make up the background in this book.

book a room!
Alex Winston loves his Hatteras West Inn & Lighthouse, inherited from his father.But it's touch-and-go with his expenses at times, and his housekeeper, emotional at the best of times, just quit.Finding the body of his longtime friend and annual guest dead at the top of his lighthouse was icing on the cake.When the rest of his guests start checking out - of the inn, that is - Alex's woes increase.He's got to find the murderer before things can get worse - and not fall for his new housekeeper like every other man in town.A pleasant cozy with twists and descriptive scenery that makes you want to book a room

Not so hot.
This book leans heavily on the cliched location and has virtually no story.It isn't very good.I don't recommend it.

nothing mysterious here
I love mysteries--too bad this isn't one.The plot is extremely thin and there are no unusual plot twists that you would normally find in most good mysteries.I figured out who the murderer and the weapon was before page 50 (of a 200 page book). Even the romantic part was predictable.Don't waste your money!

Innkeeping with murder
Save your money.Kind of interesting but the motive forthe murders is not very believable. ... Read more

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Innkeeper Alex Winston is happy to get the Carolina Rhapsody Emerald to display at the Hatteras West Inn, but when he hears about the curse on the jewel, he begins to have doubts.The show is nearly over when the precious emerald is stolen, and the man hired to guard it is murdered. ... Read more

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Hatteras West
5th in Myers' first series featuring Alex Winston and his lighthouse inn in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this mystery focuses on the huge emerald that Alex has agreed to host a display of in one of his rooms.When the guard is murdered and the emerald is switched with a fake in the last hour of the display, Alex and his manager, Elise, look high and low to find clues as to who committed this heinous act in their beloved inn.In the midst of the murder, there is a local muffin war going on between a new baker in town and the local diner, who has provided the inn with their breakfasts since the inn began serving them.On top of that, there is a new fancy restaurant in town, and Alex has become embroiled in helping the new owner survive in the small town.Following Alex and Elise in their adventures is a pleasant pastime, but not an overwhelmingly involved one.

Charming host
Elise Danton and her employer, Alex Winston, did all the work at Hatteras West, an inn in the Blue Ridge Mountains having a replica of the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras.The inn consisted of two buildings, but they were not at full occupancy.A guard employed to watch over an exhibit of an emerald is found killed by a lighthouse letter opener.It is also discovered that the real emerald had been replaced by a fake.

Alex and Elise and another couple go out to eat at a new restaurant in town, Monet's Garden.The prices are high and there is a ruckus going on in the kitchen.The meals are dreadful.The chef has quit.The owner tears up the bill and gives the foursome a voucher for four free meals at a future date.Elise is, apparently, beautiful.She call her beauty a genetic wind-fall.She is embarassed to admit she once entered a beauty contest in order to obtain funds to continue in school.

An ex-cop, now a security man, believes that when one of Alex's guests is shot while jogging the assault is intentional.Alex decides to conduct an informal investigation, too.Alex Winston is a pleasant main character.He seems like the sort of person one would like to know.When Alex learns from a surveyor that the lighthouse may not be on his property he is made anxious.The mystery is wrapped up when the true identities of the surveyor and a muffin lady are discerned. ... Read more

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Avoid Classic House Books!!!
My issue is not with Virginia Woolf -- it is with publisher, Classic House Books. Among this book's many problems:
- It's riddled with typographical errors and plain old spelling mistakes ("furtile"???)
- No section/chapter breaks (as in the much, much better Penguin edition) -- which, given the denseness of Woolf's writing, actively impairs reading comprehension
- It's terribly designed: Random words in all caps ("BOEUF EN DAUBE"), awful typography: en dashes (-) rendered as double hyphens (--), dumb quotes (inch marks) instead of proper "educated" or "curly" quotation marks. I can't bring myself to look at the text closely, but it appears to be at least partially set in Times New Roman.
- Cheap paper stock
- Awful cover design and amateurish description on the back cover ("beautifully produced by Classic House Books" - Ha!)

Don't waste your time with this edition and encourage the proliferation of such sloppy hack jobs. Look for the Penguin edition, which is professionally put together, and features both an enlightening introduction and helpful end notes. Shame on you, Classic House Books!

Simply the Best
I have now read or listened (via audio tape) to this book five times. Each time, I have enjoyed it more, and have been enabled to look deeper into it.

What I like most about this book are the interior dialogues that all the major characters - Mrs. Ramsey, Charles Ramsey, James Ramsey, Lily Briscoe, etc. - engage in.We learn about their thoughts, their reveries, their likes and dislikes, their fears and worries, their hopes, etc.

In presenting these dialogues, each of these characters moves closer to all of us readers than would ever be possible if all we had were their external actions.

Indeed, the external actions, which fall into two days separated by 10 years, while themselves totally engaging, become the vehicle for the even more engaging internal "events" which "deliver" all the major characters so satisfyingly.

What can one say except that I join the chorus of those who believe that this might be the best modern novel ever written.

Simply put: A masterpiece!
A deceptively simple novel that explores the meaning of life. Written in a stream-of-consciousness poetic style, this is a book that should be read slowly, not at the pace of a traditional novel, or you will miss the slow-motion explosions of beautiful insights lurking about when least expected.Her characters move like spirits in the material world.And as the reader - the voyeur transported to this other dimension - you hear and feel them brush past you like ghosts - who will sometimes pass right through your heart.Unequivocally, this is my favorite novel.

slow, modernist magic
Virginia Woolf is one of the modern writers who changed writing not just in degree, but in substance. She even said explicitly (in the Common Reader) what she does, only so very few pay attention: The sentence must (I paraphrase here) imitate the same order of sensations as they fall on the human brain. This is what Flaubert did without knowing how or why, and what Hemingway did consciously (though he never explained what he was doing), and what Conrad, even Waugh (Evelyn, that is), and many others did after. But Virginia Woolf was one of the originals. Her book mixes all sorts of sensations, from a woman's PoV, so we have description, and auditory and sight and thinking, all connected thematically, leading to the soft denouement. Yes, she still operates somewhat by instinct, unlike Conrad who (I think) knew more explicitly that suppression of all sensations save one give the impression of shock, and that the sense of smell should be used sparingly, since it is it the most potent (the olfactory nerve goes straight into the brain, without any pre-processing), or Joyce (who knew exactly what's what-- see the famous girl-at-the-shore from Artist as a Young Man). But Woolf did marvels with the smattering beginnings of the modern writing technique that she could see, and Lighthouse is a marvelous example of it. Later on would come others-- just see what Flannery O'Connor does with modern technique, let alone Nabokov (in Lolita), Laxness, and other modern masters. But Woolf was at the birth of modern writing, and no one should miss her work. Warmly and wholeheartedly recommended.
AM

"So much depends, she thought, upon distance; whether people are near to us or far from us"
"So much depends, she thought, upon distance; whether people are near to us or far from us".So writes Virginia Woolf of the forlorn, but love struck Lily Briscoe in To the Lighthouse.There are so many adjectives one can use to describe how truly great this novel is.To sum the action would be rather easy.It's about the Ramsay family vacationing at a Scottish beach house in the early nineteen hundreds.From the outside the action seems minimal, but Woolf constructs this novel from the inside.We glimpse the workings of the characters on this little island.We see there thoughts, weaknesses, loves, and losses.As Woolf writes so much of the novel deals with distance.Distance to time, to each other, and the perceptions we conjure in our minds.This book on the one hand is about perceptions and how we perceive each other in life.The whole novel is set as if it were in slow motion.Very few words are spoken, but the ones that are take on important meaning in the story.As I was reading I felt much the same way as Mr. Ramsay, James, and Cam thought as they journeyed to the lighthouse.I allowed Virginia Woolf's beautiful prose wash over me.Her words moved much the same as a wave does; seemingly innocent at first, but packed with a punch that could not you on your feet.There are so many beautiful characters in this story from the elegant and motherly Mrs. Ramsay to the conflicted and sexist Mr. Tansley.Perhaps my favorite part of the whole novel was the dinner scene.So many sorrowful and joyous things culminating at once.There were many times in this novel that I was almost moved to tears reading the descriptive sentences that Woolf weaves together.I will admit that this was no easy read.It may be only 200 pages, but each page lingers with the reader and begs to be slowed down; allowing the words to wash over.A modernist classic To the Lighthouse implements Woolf's stream of consciousness technique that many may find difficult or confusing to read.My advice is to slow down.You may get confused trying to decipher who's mind you are in. but after a while you begin to flow.To the Lighthouse is true classic, and highly recommend it! ... Read more

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A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.

Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves; Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under Kate. Hardly has the team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and the whole investigation is jeopardized when Dalgliesh is faced with a danger more insidious and as potentially fatal as murder.

This eagerly awaited successor to the international bestseller The Murder Room displays all the qualities that lovers of P. D. James’s novels the world over have come to expect: sensitive characterization, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place.


From the Hardcover edition. ... Read more

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Review of The Island
I received the audio cassettes for this book and I have really enjoyed it.I like the plot, descriptions of the locale and the reader.

A Wonderful Read
There are 102 reviews of this book which detail the plot, so I don't feel it is necessary to repeat it.

I have been reading P.D. James since her first book, "Unsuitable Job for a Woman", was published back in the '70's.Unlike writers such as Elizabeth George, P.D. James has stood the test of time. There isn't a P.D. James book I wouldn't recommend and I certainly recommend this as a must have for collectors.

LIGHT HOUSE
I LIKE P.D. JAMES AND I LIKED THIS STORY. NOT THE BEST EVER, BUT WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY.

The Lighthouse
I have not read this one yet, but I have never read a P.D. James/Adam Dagliesh that I did not thoroughly enjoy.So I am quite confident I will also love this one.

`Whatever is not forbidden is allowable.'
In this novel, Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the murder of a distinguished visitor on the privately owned Combe Island, which is situated off the coast of Cornwall.Dalgliesh and his team, Kate Miskin and Francis Benton-Smith have some individual concerns of their own which add to the challenges posed by the murder.

It quickly becomes clear that a number of residents on the island dislike the murdered man and a number of them could be considered to have motives for murder.The team has barely begun to unravel these complicated motives when a second murder occurs.I found this novel very enjoyable, and it took me a little while to work through all of the red herrings to ascertain who the murderer really was.The characters are well drawn and it is easy to picture some of the tensions between the individuals because of the complexity of their shared history.

I am reading the Adam Dalglieshmysteries out of order.This is a shame because it means that I have not yet acquired a complete picture of Adam Dalgliesh.However, it does not in any way diminish my enjoyment of the individual novels.I recommend these novels to all readers who enjoy well written mysteries.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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Dear Reader,

You don't know me yet, but in a few hours that's going to change. I'm inviting you to my town of Cedar Cove because I want you to meet my family, friends and neighbors. Come hear their stories--maybe even their secrets!

My secrets are pretty open. My marriage failed years ago, and I have a rather...difficult relationship with my daughter. Then there's my mother, Charlotte, who has plenty of opinions and is always willing to share them.

I'm a family court judge and she likes to drop in on my courtroom. Recently I was hearing a divorce petition. In Charlotte's view, Cecilia and Ian Randall hadn't tried hard enough to make their marriage work--and I agreed. I rendered my judgment: Divorce Denied.

You wouldn't believe the reaction! Thanks to an article by Jack Griffin, the editor of our local paper (a man I wouldn't mind seeing more of!), everyone's talking.

Cedar Cove--people love it and sometimes they leave it, but they never forget it!

Olivia LockhartAmazon.com Review
Perennial favorite Debbie Macomber does what she does best in 16 Lighthouse Road, introducing fans to the scenic Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, Washington, and its panoply of characters, including family court judge Olivia Lockhart who makes news when she denies the divorce petition of Cecilia and Ian Randall. Decreeing that the young couple had not tried hard enough to make their relationship work following the tragic death of their newborn daughter, Olivia's decision brings her to the attention of recent Cedar Cove arrival, newspaper editor Jack Griffin. And Jack's attentions are not entirely unwelcome for the long-divorced Olivia. In addition to her continued involvement in Cecilia and Ian's ongoing negotiations, Olivia's life is further complicated by her mother, Charlotte, her daughter, Justine, and her best friend, Grace, as they struggle with the difficult situations life tosses their way. Charlotte becomes enmeshed in trying to solve a mystery left to her by a mute stroke victim she befriends just before he dies. Justine has found the perfect man for her, one who shares her ambitions and thoughts on relationships, but why does she keep thinking about the boy she knew in high school who has grown into quite a man? And Grace's husband, Dan, has disappeared--again--and Grace has no idea where he is and when or if he'll be back. The multiple story lines and numerous relationships make reading at times challenging, but Macomber fans, old and new, will stand up and cheer as the prolific author lodges her protest against the disposable personal relationships all too common today. --Alison Trinkle ... Read more

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Depends what you are looking for in a book
This is an ok book, decent storylines, though there are many going on at once and you can kind of forget who the characters are.This is the first I have read from this author and I can't say I loved the writing style.It's kind of stumbling at times or forced or maybe awkward?Definitely overly simplistic.Overall though if you are looking for a very easy quick read that is entertaining and lighthearted, this is nice.I guess that's the best description of the book-it's nice.Nothing earth-shattering but a nice slice of life kind of book.

The Beginning
A good start to a easy read enjoyable series by Debbie Macomber. Debbie carries you easily from one book to the next.

Good Series
This series is pretty good.We keep buying each new one so our office is interested in what happens to these people.Very lite reading.

Enjoyable Read
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did, but I really liked it! It's a fast, easy read, and I was able to connect with the characters. I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series.

Disappointing
After reading "Twenty Wishes," I was very much looking forward to another pleasant book in "Lighthouse."It reads very much like the script from a soap opera, and I knew from the first 20 pages what the outcome would be.Disappointing. ... Read more

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Something was very wrong on Sanpere this summer . . .

To escape the misery of a sweltering August in Aleford, Massachusetts, caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild and her family head for their cottage on Maine's peaceful Sanpere Island in Penobscot Bay. But things have changed since their last visit. An aggressive developer is moving forward on plans that will destroy the unique ambience of the island, infuriating residents. Tensions are running dangerously high, and soon murder rears its hideous head. Faith discovers a corpse while exploring the grounds of Sanpere's historic lighthouse. With fear running rampant and volatile emotions approaching the detonation point, the intrepid sleuth must track down a killer for the sake of a friend and the island she loves.

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Summer vacation and murder
Faith Fairchild and her family have gone to Sanpere Island, Maine, to their summer vacation home during a hot August.The renovations on their place aren't finished, so they move in with her friend Pix's mother.She learns a lot about the attitudes of the residents versus the summer people and especially the problems of residents losing their property to those building McMansions.The unrest is also evident by a feud going on between two families.

Faith discovers a body while exploring Sanpere's historical lighthouse and its grounds.Things begin to get serious, and Faith worries about keeping her family safe while she tracks down a killer.

I enjoy the books in this series.The first one I read featured Pix, so when I read the next one featuring Faith, I was confused.But Faith has won me over.She is a great character.She didn't do as much catering in this book as usual due to being at their summer place.But her outlook on life and family rang true through this book.

I enjoyed getting to know Pix's mother and the struggles of the island.I highly recommend this book and series.

Engaging Mystery
What a fun book! This is the second Faith Fairchild mystery I've read, and boy, what a great read! It's a book that the reader wants to take their time with, savor the words and the situations. This is a must series for Mystery lovers, both men and women!

product placement?
This is a fairly mediocre mystery novel in a series I've always found enjoyable if not memorable. But this one has something I'd not previously seen in any book, though I've heard it is a new trend.
Apparently the author isn't making enough money from book sales and has resorted to product placement.The frequent mentions of Walmart might have been overlooked, but the laudatory paragraphs advertising Home Depot in the middle of the book are startlingly obvious and strain credibility.(Good service? Not in my experience.)At any rate, advertising seeping into books is a terrible idea.Let's hope it doesn't catch on.

Narrow Vision, Boring Book
I guess I don't much care for Faith Fairchild.It got a little tiresome to be reminded 10 times how slender the heroine (usually a stand-in for the author) is. Okay, okay, so you're thin! Congratulations!It got even more tiresome that her reaction to anyone with any kind of social concern was to parody or shun them as "lunatics" or "terrorists" (terrorists?!).Faith's vision and concern never extends beyond her family, except for helping out with the Concord Players (sorry, Sanpere Players).She's as eager as the "ecoterrorists" to pull up the drawbridge and let no one else settle in Sanpere, yet doesn't recognize her own hypocrisy. Her view of life was summed up, for me, in her belief that her family was entitled to first refusal on a plot of land owned by someone else, destined to be sold to someone else, simply because her family enjoyed looking at it. This was my first Faith Fairchild mystery: I don't plan to bother with another.

Mostly pleasant slow-moving story
Faith Fairchild arrives in Sampere Island, Maine only to find that the summer house is incomplete, that a Romeo and Juliet scenerio is being carried out in the town even as villagers rehearse the play, and that eco-terrorists are battling developers for the future of this once pristine, but now highly priced town. Faith involves herself with the play and suffers mixed feelings about the eco-terrorists. While she agrees that huge mansions mar the beauty of the island and also cut off beaches from the ordinary citizens, surely fires and destruction are not the way to achieve them. When she stumbles across a body near the abandoned lighthouse, though, things start looking serious. Although the death is certainly accidental--isn't it?

Author Katherine Hall Page immerses the reader in the details of Faith's life--her cooking, caring for her two children, and her joy in discovering paint chips at Home Depot. The story moves forward at an unhurried pace, as Faith uses her connections to the Island's grapevine to discover the secrets so many Islanders hide.

THE BODY IN THE LIGHTHOUSE is a short quick read. It didn't grip me, and I found Faith to be not especially interesting as a character, but Page's writing is solid and her insights into a changing era on an island transitioning from fishing to resort. ... Read more

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Brand New Lighthouse Inn Mystery!

Alex and Elise swap lighthouse inns and go the Outer Banks to run the Cape Kidd lighthouse inn.While they are there, murder pays a visit, and as the innkeepers and guests are isolated from the rest of the world by a storm, they must solve the murder, or be the next victims.
Includes a special afterword on how the Lighthouse Inn books came to be! ... Read more

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A Spellbinding Saga of Romance, Passion and Reincarnation!

In the year 1799 in Cornwall, England at Cardon Hall, four people areintertwined in a hopeless situation that ends in murder. Almost two centurieslater the four protagonists are reborn to meet and repeat or rectify the pastwrong. They are Lance Stevens, Kenn Michael Harrison, James Brandon and ClaireDeveraux. In 1974 Claire and Lance, both attractive, very articulate andintelligent, encounter each other when seventeen-year-old Claire goes toCornwall for the summer holidays. It's love and recognition at first sight onLance's part, because he's been haunted by nightmares of the 1700s.

Lance invites Claire to Cardon Hall, his family's ancestral home, whereshe, too, begins to experience very vivid memories of the past. Lance isconvinced that he has found his ancient love. Claire on the other hand isdismayed by what is happening to her. However, her best friend Elsa, familiarwith reincarnation through her spiritualist grandmother helps Claire tounderstand better and fully accept her connection with Lance. Initially, Lanceand Claire's relationship is almost like a fairy tale, despite the feelings ofdoom both have stemming from the tragic past that hangs over them. Then Claire'smother dies and she is relieved to have to join the rest of her family inCanada. For, as much as she loves Lance, Claire does not feel ready to getmarried at seventeen. Lance gives Claire his ring, and she promises to return.But, deep within, she wonders if she really will. Ahead of her lies encounterswith Kenn and James that will create further doubts for Claire. Are she andLance truly star-crossed lovers, or merely two mortals drawn together byunresolved forces from the past?

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What is immortality? Does it mean living forever in the same physical body, seeking mechanical or cloned fixes for worn out body parts? No. It means total liberation from the duality of this world and absolute freedom through spiritual mastery and higher consciousness. Immortality is your divine right and the destiny of your soul. Topics include: entities on the astral plane, what is a messenger, planes of consciousness and your divine right to immortality.

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I purchase this book in San Francisco in a bookstore. I love this book.

I still need to re-read in full because was my first book in the series and when I purchase I was not full ready for these concepts.

Read and Enjoy! ... Read more

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Dear Diary:

I haven't been sleeping well lately. It's probably the jitters because we just moved. But I keep on having the same dream.

I'm lying in bed alseep when a voice starts to call me. It's not my mother's voice. It's not the voice of anyone I ever knew. It is low, throaty, and husky --- almost like a hiss. Someone keeps on saying, “Wanda! Wanda!”

I try to ignore it, but I can't. So I finally get out of bed to go looking. I go downstairs. No one's at the door. So I search the kitchen and then the rest of the downstairs rooms. Then I walk back upstairs again. I look in on my parents. They're still sleeping. They haven't said a word.

The voice gets louder and louder. “Wanda! Wanda!” It demands.

Finally, after looking everywhere else, I stumble into the bathroom and turn on the light. I glimpse myself in the mirror.

It is me, but it is not me. There's the same jet black hair cascading to the shoulders. But there's a funny silver glow to it that I don't remember from before. The cheeks are mine but thinner. And the complexions's paler than the one I'm used to. The smile is mine, except that the lips look more ruby-colored.

But those eyes make me gasp. My brown eyes have vanished. Red ones are glowing back at me. ... Read more

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