About: Late for Tea at the Deer Palace : The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Fam­ily by Tamara Cha­l­abi is a book which was hard to clas­sify. Part his­tory, part cul­tural, part fic­tional and non-fictional fam­ily saga and all about a bygone era. The pub­lisher is giv­ing away one copy of this book— enter at the

Arti­cle first pub­lished as Book Review: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Dark­est Jour­ney by Can­dice Mil­lard on Blog­crit­ics. About: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Dark­est Jour­ney by Can­dice Mil­lard is a non-fiction book detail­ing the President's trav­els in Brazil. This fas­ci­nat­ing account is a must read for fans of the Pres­i­dent or adven­tur­ers who travel the region.

Arti­cle first pub­lished as Book Review: The Last Gun­fight by Jeff Guinn on Blog­crit­ics About: The Last Gun­fight: The Real Story Of The Shootout At The O.K. Cor­ral — And How It Changed The Amer­i­can West by Jeff Guinn is a non-fiction book which traces the famous gun­fight. The author cuts through the myth to tell the reader how

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Tomor­row, Feb­ru­ary 18 we will cel­e­brate the birth­day of award win­ning author Toni Mor­ri­son. An author, speaker, pro­fes­sor, and mother, Ms. Mor­ri­son has accom­plished a lot and deserves to be hon­ored as one of American's great­est liv­ing trea­sures. Books by Toni Mor­ri­son 1 ) Born Chloe Anthony Wof­ford, Ms. Mor­ri­son changed her name because people

First thing’s first.  Many thanks to Zohar for let­ting me pon­tif­i­cate and obfus­cate on his very cool blog.  I’ve been a reader of his for a lit­tle while now, and I’m extremely impressed by what he’s got going on here.  I’m also extremely thank­ful for the oppor­tu­nity to be a part of it. Now that the

 #5 Vicomte de Val­mont from Les Liaisons dan­gereuses by Pierre Choder­los de Lac­los Not only does Val­mont "valen­tines" every woman he sets out to get (as well as use them as a writ­ing desk), he also con­vinces their hus­bands that he has been the one that was wronged. (Image from http://www.art.co.uk/products/p13410874-sa-i2660954/manuel-orazi-le-vicomte-de-valmont-uses-his-mistress-opera-as-a-writing-desk-whilst-writing-to-the-virtuous-mme.htm) #4 Qua­si­modo from The Hunchback

Enter at the end of the post Excuse me lady, do you have any spare change? I am hun­gry. When I heard him, I didn't really hear him. His words were part of the clat­ter, like a car horn or some­one yelling for a cab. They were, you could say, just noise-the kind of nui­sance New

Arti­cle first pub­lished as Book Review: The Watch­man of Ephraim by Ger­ard de Marigny on Blog­crit­ics. About: The Watch­man of Ephraim by Ger­ard de Marigny is a fic­tional book tak­ing place a decade after 9/11. The book takes place in all over the United States. The author is giv­ing away one eCopy for two win­ners of this book— Kindle

  About: War and Peace by Leo Tol­stoy is a fic­tional book first pub­lished in 1869. The work is regarded as one of the most impor­tant works of world lit­er­a­ture. The copy I read was trans­lated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. 1350 pages Pub­lisher: Oxford Uni­ver­sity Press, USA; New edi­tion ISBN: 0199232768 Great price on