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Books : Lost in the Stacks

Lost in the Stacks: Two for the Summit: My Daughter, the Mountains, and Me

Geoffrey Norman was a man with an obsession: mountains.  After years of reading climbing literature and dreaming of making his own climb, he decided to climb Grand Teton, a mountain that lingered in... ...

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Lost in the Stacks: Circus Fire

July 6, 1944 was a blistering hot day in Hartford, Connecticut, but that didn’t stop over 8,000 people from attending the afternoon performance of the world famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum &... ...

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Lost in the Stacks: Ten Circles Upon the Pond

In this quiet meditation on the meaning of motherhood, Virginia Tranel, mother of five daughters and five sons, reflects on the role of each of her children in the family and in her heart.  From the... ...

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Lost in the Stacks: Stalking the Divine

Right now, in a small Cleveland monastery, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration are praying:  they pray for the people, for the city, for those who request their prayers - for twenty-four hours a...

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Lost in the Stacks: Scraping Heaven

Two very young children, four llamas, one hundred cotton diapers, and one very long trail.  Long distance hikers Cindy and Todd Ross didn’t let parenthood prevent them from living their dream of... ...

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