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March 20, 2022

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Regency Romance Writers & Fashions

Just in time for fans of the Bridgerton series on Netflix (season two starts soon). I've heard some people say they watch it for the Regency fashions; others, not so…

March 6, 2022

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What Was New in March 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1952: Sam Philips founds Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee; Southern U.S. Tornado Outbreak Kills over 200 People; Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny is…

August 26, 2021

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Folks, Facts & Fun From August 1931

News, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from August, 1931: Bing Crosby records the hit songs Dancing in the Dark, & Stardust; Agatha Christie's The Murder at Hazelmoor is published; Transatlantic, Tabu…

June 27, 2021

Fascinating Facts From June 1940

News, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from June, 1940: WWII Battle of France: The 'Miracle of Dunkirk' Evacuation & Nazi Germany Occupation of Paris; Classic movie release - The Mortal Storm…

June 7, 2021

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Folks, Facts & Fun From June 1931

News, Headlines, Entertainment and Trivia from June, 1931: Carole Lombard marries William Powell; There Ought To Be a Moonlight Savings Time is the #1 hit song; and Dashiell Hammett's The…

June 2, 2021

Biography,
Reading

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Historical Fiction Author Herman Wouk

Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Herman Wouk's best-selling novels The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, and The Winds of War, drew on his own cultural background, upbringing in New York City, and…

March 27, 2021

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Larry McMurtry Has Left the Book Store

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and Booked Up mega-bookstore owner Larry McMurtry died on March 25, 2021 at the age of 84. Larry McMurtry teaching at Rice University in…

March 14, 2021

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Folks, Facts, & Fun From March 1931

News Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from February, 1931: Ann Harding stars in the classic movie East Lynne; Cab Calloway records Minnie the Moocher; Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller The…

February 24, 2021

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Fascinating Facts From February 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1940: The classic movie thriller The House of the Seven Gables premieres, author Christopher Morley tops Best-Seller lists with Kitty Foyle, and Bob…

December 20, 2020

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What Was New in December 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1952: Classic film premiere of The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, & Dick Powell; Hank…