Story Summary: The Hunter: Awakening, is the first of a series of novels that will explore the nature of good and evil and the question of redemption: Is it available to those who have perpetrated great evil? Not long after the theft of a leather-bound book from a hidden hillside tomb in LA, a young […]
Rage and Mercy: Part One by Scott Dresden
Story Summary “This thrilling book delivers a violent tale that is ultimately as surprising as it is gruesome.” Kirkus Review Sayer didn’t expect his life to go any further than wherever his wealthy clients told him to drive to, until he worked for Diana Westcherry. The young, beautiful, epileptic woman stubbornly imposes her kindness on […]
Mexican journalist killed in Sinaloa
(CNN)Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Crdenas, who reported extensively on drug trafficking, was killed on Monday in Sinaloa, officials said. He is the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year. Riodoce, the weekly publication Valdez founded and worked for, reported he was shot to death. Valdez was a well-respected journalist in Sinaloa and published […]
Gideon: The Sound and The Glory
Story Summary: Unsung heroes and murderous villains, hidden forever in ancient shadows, now leap to life – blazing onto the pages of revelation. Gideon, a lowly woodcutter, is blessed by an angel to be the savior of all Israel. He does not know why or how and shrinks from this dangerous mission. The commandment to […]
New Curtis Sittenfeld novel will imagine Hillary Clinton’s life without Bill
As-yet untitled novel will tell the story of Hillary Rodham and her life after she turns down marriage proposal from Bill Clinton once and for all @csittenfeld‘s next fiction project! May 8, 2017 Sittenfeld has form when it comes to writing about the lives of former first ladies. In 2008 she penned the acclaimed and […]
Health report links antibiotics to risk of miscarriage
Canadian study finds taking the drugs raises chances of having a miscarriage by between 60% and 100% Many common antibiotics may double the risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy, research has shown. A Canadian study has found that taking the drugs raised the chances of having a miscarriage by between 60% and 100%. The link […]
Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author dies aged 88
Book telling the father-son story of a motorcycle trip across the western United States was published in 1974 and quickly became a best-seller Robert Pirsig, author of the influential 1970s philosophical novel
Bahia Shehab: 1,000 ways to say no in Arabic
(CNN)In 2011, when the revolution swept through Egypt, Bahia Shehab stood on the streets of Cairo with a spray-can in her hand determined to deliver one message: No. A thousand times no. No to military rule. No to violence. No to dictatorship. And no to beating women. On walls across Cairo she spray painted a […]
Tiny, family-run Iowa newspaper wins Pulitzer for taking on agriculture companies
Art Cullen owns the 3,000-circulation Storm Lake Times with his brother John. His wife and son also work at the paper A small-town Iowa newspaper with a staff of 10 people – most of whom are related to each other has Storm Lake Times with his brother John, acknowledged it wasnt easy taking on agriculture […]
Vanessa White on life after The Saturdays – BBC News
Inside, Vanessa’s producers are ready and waiting, sorting through various tracks they’re hoping she might choose for her forthcoming EP. But first, the singer has a confession: “I’ve got a sore throat and I’m a bit hung over.” It doesn’t seem to matter. If anything, the consensus is that a husky voice is better for […]