In the book John Pollack explains the significance of the pun, how the pun revolutionized the language weaving stories, history, science, culture & literature...
Just in time for Mother’s day, the pubÂlisher has made availÂable one (1) copy of “Times Two” AND an unreleased advance MP3s of two of Antigone Rising’s new singles – Borrowed Time and Everywhere is Home to be given out– enter at the end of the post.As the Oscar-nominated film The Kids are Alright reflects, gay parenting, sperm donors, and alternative families are no longer a rarity in our culture. But if yo...
ElizÂaÂbeth Kerri Mahon did what many bloggers dream but not dare - she turned her blog into a book. Not only that, I really liked her book "Scandalous Women" (book review) and Ms. Mahon was kind enough to answer a few questions about social media, her experience going from a blog to a book and her favorite scandalous women....
The book Scandalous Women is filled with great stories and great trivia. Instead of doing my usual Fun Facts Friday I decided to do something a bit different....
Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History’s Most Notorious Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon - A book dedicated to women in a short biographical chapter...
Daphne Kalotay wrote her first book “Russian Winter” to great acclaim. I was very impressed with the research that went into the book....
There are many details about the book which are fascinating, the Bolshoi Ballet, the tryouts, dancing, the life of a ballerina, life in post WWII Russia...
Events leading up and after D-Day (Jan-Sept 1944) seeing through the eyes of Eisenhower, the Rommel, Bradley, Patton, von Rundstedt and ordinary soldiers ...
This week, in 1891, Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900 published is wildly successful novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. The history of the book is as fascinating as the book itself....
Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea to raise moral Colonel Prossen gave the soldiers a treat – a sightseeing tour, from the air, of a lost valley nicknamed Shangri-La....