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Book Nook - Dam It! Electrifying America and Taming Her Waterways

Motherhood Moments

Bob Underwood’s grandfather was “a dam engineer and proud of it,” and from their interactions sprang the idea for his captivating retrospective on the history of hydropower, Dam It! Morgan, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, Henry Ford, Samuel Insull and, of course, his grandfather. Electrifying America and Taming Her Waterways.

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15 Best Selling Kindle Books for $4 or Less

Saving With Shellie

Whether you are filling your Kindle while dreaming of those long, lazy summer days or are just looking for a new book for tonight, I have a huge list of inexpensive Best Selling Kindle Books. I’ve read many of them myself and jotted down my thoughts about the book in addition to the synopsis. This was such a great book.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Boomers claim to have redefined many aspects of life – from open family dialoge to ways to influence politics, now are they redefining grandparenthood? My own grandparents (members of the so called ‘silent generation’ who lived through WWI, WWII and the depression) rarely interacted with the grand kids.