Fun Facts Friday: Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer (6 December, 1886 – 30 July, 1918) was a prolific American poet who is known for celebrating nature, famous for his poem Trees...

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Stolen Focus By Johann Hari

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari tries to figure out why we lost our ability to focus since it has been declining for decades...

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Books for Everyone

Check out some book recommendations to be gifted the 2024 holiday season. I'd like to think that these books will cover a wide variety of interests...

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Fun Facts Friday: Andrés Bello

Andrés Bello (29 November, 1781 – 15 October, 1865) was a Venezuelan poet, diplomat, educator, and philosopher. He is the intellectual father of South America...

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The Story Of The Forest By Linda Grant

The Story of the Forest is a lively, thought-provoking and poignant exploration of diaspora and identity from the point of view of strong women...

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The City And Its Uncertain Walls By Haruki Murakami

The City and Its Uncertain Walls has an intriguing concept, I don’t think it is too original but once you get into it the narrative starts making sense...

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Fun Facts Friday: José Maria de Heredia

José Maria de Heredia (22 November, 1842 – 3 October, 1905) was a poet, born in Cuba, exiled in France, known for his masterful sonnets....

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone reads like a run-of-the-mill detective novel, however, it was written in 1868. It didn’t just stand the test of time but is also groundbreaking...

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The Netanyahus By Joshua Cohen

A hilarious, thought-provoking novel, narrated by a retired professor, delves into microaggressions, assimilation, and legacy of the Inquisition...

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Fun Facts Friday: Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore (15 November, 1887 – 5 February, 1972)- an American poet, editor, critic and translator. She was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature...

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Fun Facts Friday: Dashiell Hammett
Fun Facts Friday , Latest Posts / May 27, 2011

Today we mark the birthday of Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961), born Samuel Dashiell Hammett. A prolific writer who popularized the hardboiled detective fiction, Mr. Hammett wrote such classics as “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man”....

Guest Post: It’s the Summer of Gomez!
Guest Posts , Latest Posts / May 26, 2011

It’s the Summer of Gomez! Get free books and win a Kindle or iPod. As reviewers have been calling “No Hope for Gomez!” the perfect summer read – light, fast, fun – I decided to give this summer’s Gomez readers some exclusive content and the chance to win prizes. About No Hope for Gomez! It’s the age-old tale: – Boy meets girl. – Boy stalks girl. – Girl already...

Guest Post: Is It Like Listening To You Talk?
Guest Posts , Latest Posts / May 24, 2011

For free books and win a Kindle or iPod see the end of the post. As you probably know, to become an internationally best-selling author, you need to sell three books. This is not an easy task, but once you’ve managed to rack up these three sales, the rest is more or less a done deal. Now, these sales themselves will not put you on the best-seller lists. They won’t even put you within a million spots of the bottom of the lists, but w...

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