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March 5, 2015
March 4, 2015
THE VIRTUAL KIBBUTZ: STORIES FROM A CHANGING SOCIETY by Ellis Shuman
What is a kibbutz?
A kibbutz is a Jewish owned communal settlement located in Israel. Originally, the general focus was agriculture. Today, the concept has undergone many changes and modernization and although several still operate farms others have expanded into manufacturing and services.
As an American living outside of Israel, a kibbutz represents a “coming of age” alternative for learning. Since there is an expectation of productivity, it is a place to grow in a semi-protected enviro...
March 3, 2015
Press Release: THE STRAY AMERICAN by Wendy Brandmark
Published on 13 December 2014
ISBN 9781907320460, 240 pages
The Stray American beautifully captures the sense of rootlessness and search for identity. Set in 2003, Larry Greenberg escapes from his corporate law job in Boston to teach in a seedy American college near London’s Waterloo Station. We follow Larry, a flawed but engaging character, on his journey in search of a soulmate and a sense of purpose.
He has always been rootless, unwilling to commit himself to a job or woman or cause. If he gr...
February 25, 2015
February 16, 2015
ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BORN by Nancy Tillman
A few words about this wonderful bedtime story...Published in 2006, On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman wasn't available for my boys. We read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Pat Hancock at least a thousand times and I will always have precious memories attached to the story as well as to our bedtime ritual.
But times change and authors give birth to new stories everyday and every now and again a simply genius piece of art comes to life. On the Night You Were Bo...
February 15, 2015
February 14, 2015
February 11, 2015
Thinking About the Movie? Here's Some Thoughts about the Phenomenon: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E.L. James
I wrote this for another site a couple of years ago and in lightof the movie's release I thought I would share it on this blog.The fifty shades of phenomenon we love to hate. Could there be a success targeted more than E.L. James’ FIFTY SHADES of GREY?
For a time, I was aware yet, innocuous to the story’s actual premise. Influenced by chatter, I was naively under the impression it was nothing more than an erotic tale. Then suddenly, everyone is talking about it. The rumors were and still...
February 10, 2015
A READER'S THOUGHTS: DARKENING DANGER
THE SCIENCE WILL SURPRISE YOU!
"Authors have written of the darkness since chisel was first taken to stone, and all have carried a single theme; Darkening Danger. Poe said it best; "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, and dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
With Darkening Danger, Sammy Sutton takes it one step further and gives us a darkness that brings dreams no mortal ever wanted before. The world has undergone a drastic change...
February 9, 2015
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“One often feels exalted, expanded, in his presence. He is not one of those egotists who miniaturize others. He is the opposite kind of egotist, driven by grandiosity rather than greed, and if he insi
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