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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Troubled Life and Loves of Virginia Woolf
Celebrated English publisher, writer and novelist Virginia Woolf was born January 25, 1882; her birth name was Adeline Virginia Stephen. (Virginia Woolf 1902 Photo: George C. Beresford) Virginia Woolf's father Sir Leslie…
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Baby Boomer Books: Trixie Belden Series
Baby boomers may be familiar with the children's mystery book series featuring amateur girl detective Trixie Belden, based in the the Hudson Valley area of New York. (Source Photos: Pinterest,…
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Technology for Seniors: Audible
Audible article source: What is Audible? by TechBoomers.com Sometimes, it's nice to just kick back, relax, and read a good book. However, not everyone is the biggest fan of reading,…
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Farewell, Harper Lee
Acclaimed 89-year-old Southern novelist and octogenarian senior citizen Nelle Harper Lee has died in her sleep today February 19, 2016 at her home in Monroeville, Alabama. Harper Lee's seminal novel To…
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