Please welcome Morgan Mandel to the blog today as she shares an excerpt from her latest book, as well as some background on the Fountain of Youth.Today is my day to post on The Blood Red Pencil, where I blogged about mystery book awards. This excerpt is from Chapter Five – From the heroine, Dorrie […]
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I read an interesting column by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times about the worth of good teachers. His column was actually about great teachers and reported on a study that showed that “the difference between a strong teacher and a weak teacher lasts a lifetime.” He quoted some statistics that indicate a student
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Forever Young: Blessing or CurseMorgan Mandele-BookRelease date: December 2011 Middle-aged Dorrie Donato, is newly widowed and realizes she has to find a way to pay outstanding bills from years her husband had been out of work. He had started a new job at the Life is for Living Institute, but he hadn’t worked there long
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Jon Reisfeld, the author of the new book, The Last Way Station: Hitler’s Final Journey is my guest today. We had a bit of a mix up on getting the material to me in time to post this this morning, so it is coming just a bit late in the day. I don’t normallly have
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Rick Perry dropped his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. I couldn’t help but wonder at the timing of the announcement. It was just before the debate yesterday. Had he forgotten to prepare? And what did you think of Newt’s rant against the press? In last night’s debate, CNN moderator John King directed the
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Instead of my normal Wednesday’s Guest where a real live person shares something, I wanted to let some of the organizations and websites that are part of the online protest of SEPA speak up. This from Google Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth
Even with the convenience of getting news online or on TV 24/7, I still like to read a newspaper. Maybe I have a special affinity because of all the years I worked for newspapers. Perhaps. Anyway, one of my favorite things to do on Sundays is read The Dallas Morning News. After scanning the headlines
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Thanks once again to Carl Brookins for sharing his reviews with us. Damage Control by Denise Hamilton ISBN: 978-0-7432-9674-8 a 2011 hardcover release from Scribner. 372 pages. More than just romance can often flower under the hot desert moon. In southern California, a lot more. In the artificially irrigated hothouse of perfectly sculpted bodies, overabundance
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Most of us know that former senator Rick Santorum is against legalizing gay marriage, and he has been known to make some inflammatory remarks about homosexuality. More recently he told students at a college in New England that having gay parents is worse than having parents who are convicts. His rationale is that a father
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Please help me welcome Nancy Cohen to It’s Not All Gravy. Nancy is the author of Shear Murder and is here talking about her book and what keeps her motivated to write. Question #1: Have you always wanted to be a writer? Yes, ever since I can remember I’ve been writing. At first, it was
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