Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott – an excellent book .focusing on four women who took part in the Civil War
Henry (11 September, 1862 – 5 June, 1910) was an American known for his surprising and witty short stories. “William Sydney Porter by doubleday” by W.M. Vanderweyde, New York – NYPL Digital Gallery. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons. The author’s […]
Mr. Cameron talks about his life, his childhood and career as an MMA fighter (he fought 3 times). In between he injects some exercise tips and his poems
After suffering an emotionally-brutal bereavement and against her counsellor’s advice, Jackie ran away. Suddenly within a new culture, with a new husband, and no friends, she was living in the obscure world of cruising with zero knowledge of boats.
Syd Hoff (4 September, 1912 May, 22004) was a children’s book author and a cartoonist. Books by Syd Hoff Hoff was born as Sydney Hoffberg in the Bronx, New York to Jewish-American parents. When Mr. Hoff was a high school student in […]
This is a well written post World War II James Bond spy drama which moves forward the character of Bond and enhances the notion of the gritty world he lives in.
As a young man Mr. Goethe was tutored at home in the usual subjects learned at the time, but specifically in languages. He learned Latin, Greek, French, Italian, English and Hebrew among others.
I speak several languages, but cannot even imagine how difficult it must be for linguists to create a fictional language, alas, they have, do and will.
I am happy that the author brought the attention to the women journalists of World War II, an important subject indeed. I’m going to pick up a few biographies to learn more about them.
I enjoyed reading about each of the well-developed characters and their back-story. Along with the creative story, the reader gets a sense of 17th Century Holland and what it was like to live during that time.
