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book list

Here's a list of 35 readable classics for everyone.

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-b...

ECT

If you, a family member, or a friend have been curious about ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) as possible depression treatment, one of the most informative books about it is Struck by Lightning, by Julie Hersh. Here is a link to a recent article of hers and to her website.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...

http://www.struckbyliving.com/

DEAR Texas

Drop Everything and Read starts Saturday, April 11th and runs through Monday, April 13th with a host of special events Sunday, April 12th.

Authors from Texas Association of Authors will be reading at Barnes & Noble stores throughout the states. Here is a list. I hope you will join me for readings and signings at the Garland Barnes & Noble at 1 PM Sunday.

Joe's Crab Shack and Barnes and Noble are supporting DEAR Texas. Print and use these vouchers for April 12th (Joe's) and April 11th-13th (Barnes & Noble) to show your own support for Texas authors and readers.

http://deartexas.info/faq/Joe_Dear_Co...

http://deartexas.info/Locations/BN%20...

13-13-13

As of Sunday, 13 half-marathons of 13.1 miles each calls for a celebration I'm too tired to invent involving

13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/13-da...

http://www.amazon.com/13-Days-Pythago...

books to read

I recommend several authors and books to read in my spring 2015 newsletter, found here

http://lastarksbooks.com/newsletter_0...

Price for the most vivid and resonant book decades after publication? A Day Like Any Other--Novellas and Short Stories by Natalya Baranskaya

New Freveletti book

Totally delighted to see a new Jamie Freveletti book (in the Ludlum series).

STRIKE PRICE and OU SAE video

For my friends who have already seen and reacted to the OU story, feel free to skip this post. But, as Santayana said, "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it." p. 347-351 of Strike Price describes the long-concealed, or at best under-reported, Tulsa Riot of 1921, a riot which resulted in the destruction of Tulsa's Greenwood District--10,000 people homeless, over 300 killed, almost all African-American:
"In the early 1900s, Tulsa's population boomed from an influx of roughnecks, treasure-seekers, and Americans looking to make a fresh start. The secretive Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics, Asians, Republicans, Congressional radicals, and union members, had many members and sympathizers in Tulsa. After the Civil War, lynching resurged across the country. According to Tuskegee University records, in every year between 1883 and 1922 between fifty to more than one hundred and fifty African-Americans were lynched. In 1921 alone fifty-nine African-Americans were killed, (in Tuskegee's scholarly language) 'without legal sanction.' "
So tell me again how lynching is a joke.

TX Readers: Books and Food

Celebrate reading across Texas with the DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) Texas weekend, April 11th-April 13th. Funds raised support Texas reading programs. You can get vouchers for Texas Barnes & Noble stores and Texas Joe's Crab Shack here:

http://deartexas.info/Locations/BN%20...

http://deartexas.info/faq/Joe_Dear_Co...

Get ready to show your Texas reading spirit.

Why Write Short Stories and Novellas

New York Times best-selling thriller authors Taylor Stevens and Allison Brennan join me in talking about why we sometimes write in the short story or novella format. Great insights for authors and readers. Take a look:

http://thethrillbegins.blogspot.com/

San Francisco short story free for 2 days

San Francisco in the early 1970s as seen by two Cherokee combat vets forms the crucible for STRIKE PRICE.

This short story, "A Time for Eating Wild Onions," is free Jan 30-31.

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Eating-Wil...