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February 26, 2013
Gladiator's Pen: Eleanor T. Beaty talks about Seeing Spirits on Gla...
Gladiator's Pen: Eleanor T. Beaty talks about Seeing Spirits on Gla...: Gladiator's Pen welcomes Elanor T. Beaty to the Ludis. She's guest posting with an interesting topic seeing spirits, in celebration ...
History Trivia
February 26
364 Valentinian I, founder of the Valentinian Dynasty and considered to be the last great Western Emperor, was proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1266 Battle of Benevento was fought between Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily. Charles' victory resulted in the collapse of Hohenstaufen rule in Italy.
1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born. Not to be confused with the "Good King" of the same name, he was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. He was a peace-loving, but incompetent ruler, who died childless.
1616 Spanish Inquisition delivered an injunction to Galileo.
364 Valentinian I, founder of the Valentinian Dynasty and considered to be the last great Western Emperor, was proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1266 Battle of Benevento was fought between Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily. Charles' victory resulted in the collapse of Hohenstaufen rule in Italy.
1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born. Not to be confused with the "Good King" of the same name, he was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. He was a peace-loving, but incompetent ruler, who died childless.
1616 Spanish Inquisition delivered an injunction to Galileo.
The Phil Naessens Show February 26, 2013: 2013 Major League Baseball Preview
Six Divisions. Thirty Teams. Everything you need to get you in the swing of things for the 2013 Major League Baseball season is on this program. Projected starting pitchers and closers, every move each team made during the off season as well as brief comments about each team. Please join Sports-Kings Reading Between the Seams baseball editor David Whitlock and Phil for your 2013 Major League Baseball preview on Tuesdays Phil Naessens Show.
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Author Cheryl Casey featured on The Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/book-covers-and-illustrationsCheryl Casey is a talented author and illustrator. Pre-made book covers start at $35 (subject to change from time of article). Custom book covers are available as well! To find out more visit her website at http://www.ccrbookcoverdesign.com/ Credit: Cheryl Casey
February 25, 2013
Free on Kindle Feb 26-March 2nd - Their Journey Begins by K-Trina Meador
K-Trina Meador4:16pm Feb 25 Free from Feb. 26th until March 2nd!
Their Journey Begins...
Years prior to the American Civil War, the hardships and tests of life are developing traits of strength, courage and integrity into the lives of individuals who are destined to meet. Freedom and their survival mean relying on others when they have all learned to rely on nobody…
Their Journey Begins is a prequel featuring individual short story vignettes of Greggory, Robert, Marissa, and Daniel before their lives converge into the full length novel, Journey to Freedom.
Greggory is a half-breed; a mix of Indian and black blood who struggles both emotionally and physically with hatred and prejudice.
Robert is a slave on a Florida plantation who takes in the starving, angry young Greggory under his wing and helps him grow into a man of courage and valor.
Marrissa is a young girl who watches her mother waste away working as a maid in the saloon after the death of her husband. Dodging the advances of the saloon owner and his threats to put her in service, Marrissa dreams of having a better life and strikes out on her own after her mother's sudden illness and death.
Daniel is an introvert who finds his safe haven nestled in a cabin away from civilization and his painful past. His business of trapping is successful and he finds contentment in the simple life he leads and a measure of peace until two visitors uproots his comfortable isolation.
What readers are saying about Their Journey Begins:
~ The author has created a great `prologue' style book that draws you in, and leaves you wanting more.
~ Their Journey Begins is a beginning, and an end, an interconnecting of lives interrupted, ripped away, by a society of oppression, a dark period in American history, when slaves were considered possessions.
~ It is written tightly and with heart, and holds the reader throughout, but it needs to be read in conjunction with its sequel for a fuller view to be grasped and understood, although without it, it still stands alone as a lovely read that I recommend for the whole family.
http://www.amazon.com/Their-Journey-Begins-Freedom-ebook/dp/B00A4SKVHA
Their Journey Begins (Journey to Freedom)www.amazon.comTheir Journey Begins
Their Journey Begins...
Years prior to the American Civil War, the hardships and tests of life are developing traits of strength, courage and integrity into the lives of individuals who are destined to meet. Freedom and their survival mean relying on others when they have all learned to rely on nobody…
Their Journey Begins is a prequel featuring individual short story vignettes of Greggory, Robert, Marissa, and Daniel before their lives converge into the full length novel, Journey to Freedom.
Greggory is a half-breed; a mix of Indian and black blood who struggles both emotionally and physically with hatred and prejudice.
Robert is a slave on a Florida plantation who takes in the starving, angry young Greggory under his wing and helps him grow into a man of courage and valor.
Marrissa is a young girl who watches her mother waste away working as a maid in the saloon after the death of her husband. Dodging the advances of the saloon owner and his threats to put her in service, Marrissa dreams of having a better life and strikes out on her own after her mother's sudden illness and death.
Daniel is an introvert who finds his safe haven nestled in a cabin away from civilization and his painful past. His business of trapping is successful and he finds contentment in the simple life he leads and a measure of peace until two visitors uproots his comfortable isolation.
What readers are saying about Their Journey Begins:
~ The author has created a great `prologue' style book that draws you in, and leaves you wanting more.
~ Their Journey Begins is a beginning, and an end, an interconnecting of lives interrupted, ripped away, by a society of oppression, a dark period in American history, when slaves were considered possessions.
~ It is written tightly and with heart, and holds the reader throughout, but it needs to be read in conjunction with its sequel for a fuller view to be grasped and understood, although without it, it still stands alone as a lovely read that I recommend for the whole family.
http://www.amazon.com/Their-Journey-Begins-Freedom-ebook/dp/B00A4SKVHA
Their Journey Begins (Journey to Freedom)www.amazon.comTheir Journey Begins
Book Review and Radio Interview: Ultra Violence by Mark Barry
Book Review and Radio Interview: Ultra Violence by Mark Barry
Told as a narrative
Ultra Violence
is a comprehensive journey that follows a group of hooligan supporters of the legendary Notts County Football Team. The narrators, whose contemplating suicide because his life was a mess, runs into a former hooligan chum of his that allows the narrator to tell his story and retell the glory days of his youth as a hooligan. His chum Beanie even offers the narrator the chance to participate in one last battle of the hooligans!
Told as a narrative
Ultra Violence
is a comprehensive journey that follows a group of hooligan supporters of the legendary Notts County Football Team. The narrators, whose contemplating suicide because his life was a mess, runs into a former hooligan chum of his that allows the narrator to tell his story and retell the glory days of his youth as a hooligan. His chum Beanie even offers the narrator the chance to participate in one last battle of the hooligans!
My Paranormal Life: Its Not Too Late To Listen To Betty Dravis, Here I...
My Paranormal Life: Its Not Too Late To Listen To Betty Dravis, Here I...: What a fantastic fun show! Famous Director Armand Mastroianni stopped by to say hi. Betty was so happy.We all were! Barbara Watkins joined u...
The Phil Naessens Show February 25, 2013: Amnesty Kobe Bryant? Fire Mike Woodson?
On Mondays Phil Naessens Show Breaking the Backboards Brent Kitchin joins Phil to discuss whether or not Kobe Bryant should be amnestied, if the Lakers have a chance of making the playoffs, the New York Knicks woes and Sports-Kings co-founder Jason Whitney stops by to talk about his new podcast and shares his thoughts on the Lakers, Alex Rodriguez, Manti Te’o and the New York Knicks.
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History Trivia -St. Walburga miracle at sea
February 25
777: Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
1601 Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the Tower of London for high treason.
777: Saint Walburga (Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint), patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died.
1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.
1601 Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the Tower of London for high treason.
