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Book Review: ‘Dyslexic Dick: The Marine Corps Truly Uncommon Experience’ by Richard “Dick” W. Kraemer
An honest Marine Corps memoir, with the good and the bad.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ghost Heart’ by Ripley Patton
A slower paced but just as good third installment of the PSS Chronicles.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Breaking Out’ by Mary Flinn
Flinn writes about realistic people looking for love and coping with issues of real life.
Read More »Interview: Dr. Suzana E. Flores, Author of ‘Facehooked’
The Internet and social media have made our lives easier, but they were never meant to replace life.
Read More »Frankenstein, Dracula, and Eight More Early Tales of Terror for Halloween Reading
Celebrate Halloween with one or two of the earliest examples of the horror novel.
Read More »Book Review: ‘New Orleans Requiem’ by D. J. Donaldson
When a man is found stabbed with one eyelid removed and four Scrabble tiles on his chest, can the murderer be stopped before he kills again?
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War’ by Carol J. Oja
Just in time for the new Broadway revival of 'On the Town' comes a new book showing how the show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, was as groundbreaking socially and politically as it was artistically.
Read More »Interview: Ruth Hull Chatlien, Author of ‘The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte’
"The best way to describe why I write is that it feels as though characters come up to me and say, 'If you don’t tell my story, I will die.'"
Read More »Book Review: ‘Agapanthus Rising’ by Roxana Bowgen
You may not want to travel the world to serve others, but if you read this book, you will find that your horizons enlarge at least a little – and probably a lot.
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