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The image of a typical family reading Trump’s Bible is a fake. Be still my heart. Actually the photo depicts a children’s book, with lots of pictures, simple words. Okay, it’s a book Trump would really like. *Yup,this is from a real, legitimate site....
by The Star Gas Guy
on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 08:13 AM PDT
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The following is an excerpt from the new book Lincoln’s Ghost : Our Haunted Presidency. Presidential ghosts outside the White House It is portentous, and a thing of state; that here at midnight in our little town; a mourning figure walks and will not...
by Robertbuccellato
on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 10:24 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of its publication, I am going to be writing a series of essays on Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. This is the second installment of the series. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction novel by...
by Robertbuccellato
on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 08:17 AM PST
with 26 Recommends
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of its publication, I am going to be writing a series of essays on Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction novel by John Berendt. The book, Berendt's first, was...
by Robertbuccellato
on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 11:46 AM PST
with 30 Recommends
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The book Dune starts with an old woman. The first sentence reads: “In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, and old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.”...
by agoldnyc
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:23 PM PST
with 27 Recommends
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The following is an excerpt from the new book Rum Runners and Moonshiners of Old Florida : A Second Batch. www.amazon.com/… South Florida Shine and Rum When we think of Prohibition and the crime wars of the 1920s and 1930s, Florida is never the first...
by Robertbuccellato
on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 11:21 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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Illegality Comes Natural to us Floridians The following is an excerpt from the new book Rum Runners and Moonshiners of Old Florida : A Second Batch. www.amazon.com/... The sun is slowly setting over the Florida Capitol Complex, covering the walkways...
by Robertbuccellato
on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 06:09 AM PST
with 6 Recommends
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ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl talks with Stephen Colbert about his latest book on The Late Show on CBS: �
by xaxnar
on Sun Dec 03, 2023 at 05:28 PM PST
with 25 Recommends
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Namoi Klein has had a weird couple of years. �She has been constantly confused for Namoi Wolf, a former feminist who has gone, not to put too fine a point on it, cuckoo for coco puffs. �There is ...
by angryea
on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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The top story across the media landscape has been the violence taking place in Israel and the occupied territories. On Tuesday, Fox News’ Bret Baier shared Fox News’ morning desk with Brian Kilmeade. With images of the devastation of war playing on...
by Walter Einenkel
on Tue Oct 10, 2023 at 09:15 AM PDT
with 160 Recommends
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UPDATE: Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 · 6:31:35 PM +00:00 · Dem Raptavio's Rule strikes again - Everything after the but is going to be morally wrong and nothing that precedes it justifies what follows the but. There is NO CONTEXT that can justify victim...
by Dem
on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 05:54 PM PDT
with 615 Recommends
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Former Donald Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson is making news again as excerpts from her new book, “Enough,” are being released to the press. According to The Guardian, which received an advance copy of her memoir, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 02:10 PM PDT
with 195 Recommends
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I’m so excited, as a child I used to take refugee on writing due to a speech impediment , I stuttered. Then, at age 15 I emigrated with my family undocumented to the United States and found myself not only unable to speak my native language Spanish,...
by The Boss Gomez
on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 05:57 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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The doorbell rang on a cold windy day in the depths of midwinter covid-19 lockdown in 2021. No one from outside had been to our house, or rung the bell since before the plague began. I peeked through a window. A young man was carrying a large bag of...
by babushka
on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 05:55 PM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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by CWalter
on Sat Jul 08, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
with 75 Recommends
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A friend dropped off a novel “Michel Michel“ by Robert Lewis. It is a novel based in France just after World War 2. It tells the story of a child who was sent to live in a Catholic school run by religious women. The head woman determines that she was...
by CameronProf
on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 07:24 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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If you are interested in reading books about the holocaust I would suggest the non-fiction book that I am reading now, In The Garden of the Righteous by Richard Hurowitz. It tells the tales of 10 non-Jews who helped saved Jews during the holocaust at...
by CameronProf
on Thu May 25, 2023 at 08:58 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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Scroll past the bullet points to get to the diary. Organizing for DECF Did: Talked to Judy, sent her list so she and Tiff can call through the ones that didn’t answer To do: Meeting tomorrow Plan subcommittee meeting for Thursday Organizing...
by Rachel Brown
on Fri May 19, 2023 at 08:46 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley took time away from fundraising off of the Jan. 6 insurrection to write a book titled “Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs.” If you have a budding ...
by Walter Einenkel
on Tue May 16, 2023 at 03:35 PM PDT
with 243 Recommends
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BOOK NEWS It’s National Library Week, and it’s no surprise that much of the commentary has to do with book banning. The American Library Association (ALA) released its annual list of the most ...
by DebtorsPrison
on Tue Apr 25, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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