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January 11, 2020

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Helen MacInnes: Neither Five Nor Three

Reading spy thriller author Helen MacInnes' cold-war novel Neither Five Nor Three (1951) almost seventy years after it was first released, is likely to arouse feelings of déjà vu on…

September 29, 2019

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Shakespeare's Fair Verona

The ancient city of Verona dates back to the 1st century BC and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. This historic city inspired William Shakespeare to set Romeo and Juliet…

September 13, 2019

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Remembering Author Anne Rivers Siddons

Southern blockbuster fiction author and best-selling novelist Anne Rivers Siddons (nee Sybil Anne Rivers) died on September 11, 2019 from lung cancer at the age of 83. (Photo: Patrick Fore…

August 21, 2019

Fiction,
Memorial

Walk With My Father Again

Do you wish you had one more chance to talk to your Dad...to tell him what's new, that you realize now what you didn't know then, and how much you…

May 11, 2019

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A Dream Vacation to Italy

As the mini-tour bus pulls into this quaint little Italian village, my husband and I exchange glances of excitement. Approaching the village from the south, we'd caught glimpses of beautiful…

May 2, 2019

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Bittersweet...Colleen McCullough's Life

The financial success of Tim and The Thorn Birds novels gave best-selling Australian novelist Colleen McCullough the financial freedom to give up her medical career as a neuroscientist medical researcher…

April 20, 2019

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Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny ...and Beatrix Potter

Feeling nostalgic for Beatrix Potter's classic children's stories of Peter Rabbit and his friends? This episode of the 1993 TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends combines live action…

November 7, 2018

Reading,
TV

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Book Review & Excerpt: Mr. Novak

Update November 2018 - Mr. Novak now out on DVD courtesy Warner Archive! An Acclaimed Television Series By Chuck Harter Introduction by Richard Donner, Forward by Martin Landau, and Afterword…

June 21, 2018

Biography,
Reading

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Fantasy Faves Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

Prolific fantasy fiction author (140+ novels) and baby boomer Mercedes Lackey (nee Ritchie) was born in Chicago, Illinois (June 24, 1950). Her occasional co-author & fantasy illustrator - and second husband…

May 24, 2018

Memorial,
Reading

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W. P. Kinsella & Shoeless Joe In Field of Dreams

W. P. Kinsella was the celebrated Canadian author of the 1982 classic baseball novel Shoeless Joe (the inspiration for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams), and other fictional stories featuring baseball…