Book Review: Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

21 hours ago
Man of la Book

The writing, however, is beautiful and the story is haunting. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a dark and sad book,…

Fun Facts Friday: J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

5 days ago

Hector St. John de CrèvecÅ“ur was a French-American author, diplomat, and farmer. He is remembered mostly for his book Letters…

Book Review: I Escaped from Auschwitz by Rudolf Vrba

6 days ago

I Escaped from Auschwitz by Rudolf Vrba, originally published in the 1960s, is an important testament to courage, honesty, and…

Book Review: The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer Coburn

1 week ago

While the book started slowly, I thought the insights into life at Theresienstadt were well written, and the character studies…

Fun Facts Friday: Pierre Beaumarchais

2 weeks ago

Pierre Beaumarchais (24 January, 1732 – 18 May, 1799) was a French playwright, inventor, diplomat and many other evolution over…

Book Review: Blood, Sweat & Chrome by Kyle Buchanan

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Blood, Sweat & Chrome by Kyle Buchanan is an oral history of the decades it took to make the award…

Book Review: The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore

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The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die is honest. Moore loses his temper at the productions, argues with his…

Fun Facts Friday: Pedro Calderón de la Barca

3 weeks ago

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January, 1600 – 25 May, 1681) was a Spanish poet and writer. He is…

Book Review: Tunnel of Hope by Betty Brodsky Cohen

3 weeks ago

This book, more than anything, is a tribute to those who crawled to freedom, the Bielski brothers, and the Christians…

Book Review: In the Company of Knaves by Anthony Wildman

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I enjoyed the nuances of Shakespeare, making him a real character, a struggling playwright and actor. I found the author’s…

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