Fun Facts Friday: Josef Ĺ kvoreckĂ˝

Josef Ĺ kvoreckĂ˝ was an award-winning Czech-Canadian writer whose books deal with repression, totalitarianism, jazz, and being a stranger in a strange land...

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The book’s argument is that the military must welcome non-traditional, collaborative approaches to innovation so it can leverage new technologies promptly...

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Guest Post: How Creative Storytelling Can Enhance Memory and Cognitive Health

Expression through writing can be transformative if you feel you’ve lost your edge or need something to help you rediscover your passion for reading, writing...

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Fun Facts Friday: Alberto de Lacerda

Alberto de Lacerda - A prominent Portuguese poet and radio personality. Mr. Lacerda is considered to be Portugal’s most admired and distinguished poets....

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In a time when Jews around the world are being vilified and antisemitism is running wild, it’s important to remember the consequences of such rhetoric...

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Reflections on history, justice, antisemitism, as well as the double standards, demonization, and weaponizing of both int'l laws & organizations against Israel...

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Fun Facts Friday: Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson (13 September, 1876 – 8 March, 1941) was a novelist and short story writer from Camden, OH. Later on he settled in Chicago, IL...

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Leaves of Fire (עלים מן האש) by Simcha Guterman is not all doom and gloom. The author has a healthy sense of humor, which I would assume is good to have...

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This was a charming, easy-to-read, lovely story. I read it quickly and enjoyed the story even though I thought most of it was quite predictable...

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Fun Facts Friday: Julien Green

Julien Green - A prolific American writer of novels, essays, plays, and even a biography. Mr. Green was born in France, and wrote in both French and English...

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Spotlight: Valcoria by Jason King
Latest Posts / June 3, 2014

“Jason King weaves powerful stories that grip the reader to the last word with a perfect blend of amazement, fear, love, and destiny…” ~James Wymore, author of Theocracide and The Actuator ABOUT THE BOOK History repeats itself like a song. The verses may vary, but the melody is always the same. The eastern empire of Aukasia has a new leader, a man who means to bring war to all the land. Yet, even in all his bloody am...

New Kiva Loans
Latest Posts / May 31, 2014

We made two new Kiva loans this week. While we don’t make loans very often, we do whenever we get the chance and are happy to help our fellow men and women. Click here to donate yourself Yrma from Peru Yrma is 43 years old and lives with her husband and sons in the Oyotun neighborhood, a community dedicated to agriculture, trade and livestock, located in the province of Chiclayo which is part of the Lambayeque Region on the north ...

Fun Facts Friday: Alfred Austin
Fun Facts Friday , Latest Posts / May 30, 2014

Alfred Austin (30 May, 1835 – 2 June, 1913) was the Poet Laureate of England in 1896. Mr. Austin was a barrister by profession, but left the law to be a poet. While being a Forreign Affairs Correspondent with the English Standard he was granted an audience with German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. According to his biography, Mr. Austin saw a picture a young lady in a friend’s photo album, wrote a letter of introduction and married h...

Book Review: Tarzan – In The City of Gold (Vol. 1) by Don Garden
4 Stars , Graphic Novels , Latest Posts / May 29, 2014

About: Tarzan – In The City of Gold (Vol. 1): The Complete Burne Hogarth Sundays and Dailies Library by Don Garden is a 3 year collection of all Hogarth’s newspaper strips. This is the first of four volumes. The pub­lisher is giv­ing away one copy of this book –to enter fill out the Raf­fle­copt­ter form at the end of the post. 208 pages Publisher: Titan Books (May 13, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1781163170 My r...

Book Review: The Bat by Jo Nesbø
4 Stars , Fiction , Latest Posts / May 28, 2014

About: The Bat by Jo Nesbø is the first novel in the Harry Hole series. The series has been translated to several languages and even being made into a movie. My rat­ing for The Bat— 4 Buy this book in paper or elec­tronic for­mat* More Books by Jo Nesbø Thoughts: The Bat by Jo Nesbø is not the first Harry Hole book I have read, I was on a book tour for The Devil’s Star and that’s when I discovered Harry Hole. The nice thin...

Guest Post & Book Review: Parallel to Paradise, Addiction and Other Love Stories
Guest Posts , Latest Posts / May 27, 2014

May is short story month, so in honor of the short story let me introduce debut author Laura Newman. PARALLEL TO PARADISE is a collection of fourteen short stories, all stand-alone, and can be read in any order at any time. The writing is descriptive and vivid. Each character is well-crafted. It seems as if I was looking at a snapshot of each person, at times I wondered, were these actual people? I almost thought I was reading fourteen ...

Spotlight: Black Bear Lake
Latest Posts / May 20, 2014

ABOUT THE BOOK Adam Craig, a forty year-old stock trader in Chicago, finds his marriage teetering on the rocks and his life at a standstill. Desperate and on the edge of personal collapse, Adam takes the advice of a therapist and travels to his childhood family compound on Black Bear Lake with hopes of making peace with his past. Stepping onto the northern Wisconsin property, he relives the painful memories of the summer of 1983, his la...

Book Review: Solo by Jack Higgins
4 Stars , Fiction , Latest Posts / May 19, 2014

I enjoyed this novel as a fast, exciting read which is a lot of fun, lots of action and an interesting simple plot. The narrative flows, there are some interesting twists in the plot but nothing shocking or surprising....

Giveaway (Over) : One Copy of Way Out: Thoughts of a Schizophrenic in Remission & $15 B&N GC
Latest Posts / May 17, 2014

Way Out by Arthur Thomas Morton You’re homeless, living on the street, fighting to keep body and soul intact. Not so long ago, you were successful, competent, and liked, and your future was assured. But the unimaginable happens. Aliens begin watching you through their super-evolved technology. No one is aware of them except you. Then they begin speaking to you. After that, things get crazy. Approximately one in a ...

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