Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie There are times I ask myself how I’ve never read a writer before this age and Robert Leckie is high on that list. Two amateur historians have been...
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A huge bonus of providing reviews on Amazon is that sometimes you get contacted by a really great author and get offered free books for review. Erik Therme is one of the best.
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Are you a crazed reader? Do you read more than book one at a time in different genres? Do you have one genre you just can’t resist? It seems so normal to me to have more than one book lying around in progress–nightstand, desk, living room. You get the idea, right?
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Christmas 1967. I was eight, Mom gave me paperbacks of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The...
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Commemorating Our D-Day Heroes – June 5 Our Washington, D.C. World War II D-Day recognition...
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Standards of living, standards of writing, standards of service. I don’t want to let these things fall by the wayside. Let’s be tough when we review ourselves sometimes and keep the critiques going and the desire to rise up a level or two. Let’s not become slobs either in how we dress or approach our work and our lives.
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On the flight from Phoenix to Chicago, I began rereading one of my favorite books. This was before...
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What makes a perfect moment? Do you note events special enough to boldly announce that you’re...
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I’ve now read more than a dozen articles by folks publishing on Medium calling the Partner Program...
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When I used to teach workshops at a former employer, I would read to myself daily. Just like you have to build up muscles to have strength, you have to build up your vocal chords to make it through six hours of training.
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You’ve heard of Charles Lindbergh–everyone has. But I find his wife far more intriguing. Anne Morrow Lindbergh was one of the most eloquent and moving writers of her time–and of the current time. Every book is worth reading for a multitude of reasons.
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This is the true story of the cream of a World War II PBM-5 crew. It starts with a suitcase, abandoned on the sidewalk that catches the eye of a woman. She tucks the detritus of someone’s life away until connecting with Gary D. Cooper who unravels the loss of the men and weaves an intriguing tale.
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