“Grant: Biography (Great Generals)” by John Mosier and Wesley K. Clark Review by Richard Sheppard This book is part of the “Great Generals” series from Palgrave Publishing. Anyone who is not familiar with Ulysses S. […]
“Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance” by Michael Beschlossn Review by Richard Sheppard When people hear “Roosevelt,” they will often think first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the multi-term chief executive who tangled with the […]
Madeline Patti is the greatest poet of all time. Period. If you don’t know who Madeline Patti is, she’s a woman I went to college with in the early 1980’s. Madeline Patti was mostly known […]
Crazy story: A friend of mine named Ray set me up to get free tickets to see Amici Forever in Brooklyn. After the show, my daughter and I stop into an eatery across the street, […]
by Dick Acorn Editor’s note: the following is an email stream from Dick Acorn as the takeover went down, and in the several months after the takeover, as its affects came to be. It’s Official […]
“Forever Young — My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.” by William Sylvester Noonan Review by Richard Sheppard If you’re interested in the widely-examined life of John F. Kennedy, Jr., a book like this, written […]
“The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea” by John Pina Craven Most citizens of the United States and Soviet Union (along with the rest of humanity) are blissfully unaware of the military […]
By Jonathan Wolpert I was dreaming of the past………. 17 November 1974, I met John Lennon. It remains one of the greatest thrills of my life. I was 16. The Beatles were my first musical […]
“The Founding Fish” by John McPhee Review by Richard Sheppard I spotted this John McPhee title on the “freebie” shelf at the local bagel store, and grabbed it on a lark. McPhee’s thorough journalism is […]
Sequoya is a music band emerging from Durham, North Carolina, USA, the same North Carolina-Virginia music belt that has produced a steady stream of terrific American musical artists, from Dave Matthews Band to Aimee Mann. […]
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