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The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

February 24, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 6 Comments

What a ride! Big thanks to badkittyuno for putting this gem on my radar. Or, in the parlance of this book, allowing me to seek of the poisons of this tome via unicorn horn. We, as humans, have done some pretty vile things to ourselves and others since…pretty much the dawn of time. The Royal Art of Poison illustrates-in graphic detail- the poisonous things that people (mostly royalty, but the common man is capable of critical nastiness as well) have been doing intentionally and accidentally to […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, assasination, autopsy, crime, disease, Eleanor Herman, health, jacobian england, medicine, Middle Ages, murder, non fiction, poison, putin's russia, Renaissance, superstition

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, assasination, autopsy, crime, disease, Eleanor Herman, health, jacobian england, medicine, Middle Ages, murder, non fiction, poison, putin's russia, Renaissance, superstition ·
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Light is the smiling blue-eyed daughter of a family of ruffians

October 30, 2016 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Girl in the Dark is an incredibly unique memoir that took me totally by surprise and made my jaw drop just the slightest bit as I read. Anna Lyndsey, a real human woman living in England (but writing under a pseudonym), cannot be exposed to light. Any light. Any light, not just that can be seen by the human eye, but any light at all. Her skin burns, and the pain she experiences is paralyzing. She has essentially been kidnapped by her own body’s condition, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Anna Lyndsey, disease, incurable, Light, Lyndsey, skin, undiagnosable

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:38 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Anna Lyndsey, disease, incurable, Light, Lyndsey, skin, undiagnosable ·
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A Sweet Love Story about pre-WWII New York City

February 8, 2015 by Valyruh 1 Comment

North River is a warm-hearted and touching love story written about pre-WWII New York City, a doctor with a conscience, and a tough cookie – or should I say cannoli—named Rose. Dr. Jim Delaney is the son of a long-gone Tammany Hall big shot who came back from WWI emotionally scarred and physically unable to practice as the surgeon he longed to be. He returned to a bitter and angry wife named Molly and a little girl named Grace who didn’t remember him, and he […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: disease, New York City. Gangs. Immigrants, Suicide. WWI. WWII.

Valyruh's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: disease, New York City. Gangs. Immigrants, Suicide. WWI. WWII. ·
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“The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess.”

January 11, 2014 by Rachel S 1 Comment

This is Susannah Cahalan’s story of how she lost her mind for a month.  Susannah was a normal, healthy mid-twenties woman living in New York City.  She had a great job as a reporter, a wonderful boyfriend, and a network of friends and family.  She was described as outgoing and talkative, and seemed to be the life of the party.  Then one day in 2009, she slowly slipped into a state of paranoia, developed seizures, and could no longer control her movements or thoughts.  She […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #CBR6, #memoir, biography, disease, Susannah Cahalan

Rachel S's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #CBR6, #memoir, biography, disease, Susannah Cahalan ·
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