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November 2015 Blog Posts (97)

More Medal of Honor

William Horsfall  was just 14 when he left home with three friends, without money, or a warning to his parents, and stealthily boarded the steamer, Annie Laurie, moored at the Cincinnati Wharf at Newport on the 20th of December 1861.  At the last minute, his friends had a change of heart and ran ashore as the steamer prepared to leave port.  William stayed hidden until the boat was well under way.  When discovered, he said he was an orphan, and was allowed to remain on board.  On January 1,…

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Added by Joel Arthur Moore on November 11, 2015 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Interview with Stephen Caputi, Author of I Should Have Stayed in Morocco: “I wrote this by the seat of my orange jumpsuit!”

Steve Caputi  is best known for his involvement in the creation, building and management of successful nightclub and hospitality businesses. Decades of experience in the industry and the good fortune to work with a succession of the best performers in the world gave him a broad base of skills… skills that were instrumental in his entrepreneurial quest and subsequent…

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Added by Mayra Calvani on November 11, 2015 at 8:32am — No Comments

New Website

Okay,it’s not really new, only redesigned a little bit.

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There’s a slideshow on the homepage with important info, and more vampire-esque graphics. The meet the characters page may get some further treatment, but for now all the book pages have been redone, as well as a new “In Paperback” page to make finding the paperback…

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Added by Joleene Naylor on November 9, 2015 at 4:30pm — No Comments

New Book ‘12 Simple Steps to Loving Life’ Adapts the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to Benefit All Readers

Robert Radcliffe announced today that his latest book 12 Simple Steps to Loving Life – a guide to making one’s life more loving, happy, and peaceful – is now available for sale.

 

“If you desire a more compassionate and healthy approach to life's most challenging moments, then this is the perfect book for you. 12 Simple Steps is an adaptation of…

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Added by Kelsey McBride on November 9, 2015 at 3:42pm — No Comments

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Though many slaves had been declared free by President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, their post-war status was uncertain. During the war, it applied only to the states that were in active rebellion on January 1, 1863, but did not apply to slave-holding border states or to areas of Confederate states already under Union control at the time. Lincoln and his fellow Republicans knew that the Emancipation Proclamation might be viewed as a temporary war measure and not outlaw…

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Added by Frederick Gaertner on November 9, 2015 at 4:49am — No Comments

Books Make Great Gifts

Christmas is coming and winter is upon us soon. We will be wanting to spend more time inside, trying to find something to occupy us on a snowy day or long evenings when the days are shorter.

What better Christmas gifts to get someone you think might have everything than a book or a gift certificate for a download of an ebook of their choice. Books are great gifts for residents at nursing homes,…

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Added by Fay Risner on November 8, 2015 at 11:10am — No Comments

Ups and Downs of a writer's life, and a little poser

Nov. 8th

It’s been ups and downs for me this week. I received my copy of Past Imperfect from Ingram Spark and was very disappointed with the result (the jacket). Unfortunately I didn’t keep a copy of the digital proof, so have to accept the final product as my responsibility. I decided I couldn’t use the book for my launch on Friday 13th, so I ordered 25 copies from CreateSpace. It’s now six days and they haven’t e-mailed me to say the books are on their way. It’s…

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Added by Michael on November 8, 2015 at 8:18am — No Comments

The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed

An excerpt of my book is now available online thanks to a Great Britain company called, WarHistoryonline.com.

Here is the link:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/kal-007-the-airline-shot-down-by-soviet-fighers.html

Added by Randy Luethye on November 6, 2015 at 1:08am — No Comments

Who Was First?

Blogging about women and juries. Have a look: http://jrlindermuth.blogspot.com/

Added by J. R. Lindermuth on November 5, 2015 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Poem: In the Direction of Joy and Hope

Do you know what Christian Hope is?

Is it a proper, confident expectation

of future, good things, yet to come?

Are you fully grounded on the tenets

of Faith, as part of a holy nation?

Can you share the Gospel with others?

Why is Christ’s death considered news?

Is the work of God regenerating in you?

Do you know of the sacred promises given?

Are you living Life… with Faith infused?

Do you expect that Christ will return?

Have you…

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Added by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd on November 5, 2015 at 8:13am — No Comments

Poem: Joy is Possible

Joy is possible, when we know

that we’re secure in the Lord.

With tenets of Faith employed,

we can rightly wield our sword

and defeat our defiant enemies.

Speaking over bad circumstances

clears the way for divine answers

and for abundant Life to advance.

Joy is possible, when we believe!

The joyous excess will bubble away,

watering those who hungrily thirst

as we knowingly enjoy… the sway

of Heaven’s peace reigning…

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Added by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd on November 5, 2015 at 8:10am — No Comments

Interview with Historical Novelist Donald Joiner





Georgia native Donald Joiner is a veteran who served during the Korean War era. A retired school superintendent and a lifelong student of history, Joiner has been married for fifty-two years and is a proud father and grandfather. He has taught Sunday school in his church for forty years. Joiner has also authored two previous books about…

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Added by Mayra Calvani on November 4, 2015 at 8:04am — No Comments

NoNaWriMo Here I Come

November 1st. I heard it said on television that this is the eleven month of 2015. Yikes! It's time to start the National Novel Writing Month Contest better known as nanowrimo. There's no contest entry fee and no one judging which story is winner so there isn't awards.

I've entered this contest for six years. The first year I had no idea how I had to stick with…

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Added by Fay Risner on November 3, 2015 at 7:51am — No Comments

Glory in Your Expectation of Joy

Welcome to Brenda's Blog


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Added by Brenda Joyce Hoffman on November 2, 2015 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Poetry bu Clayton Bye

Grace



Happenstance is but a way of words,

The stumbling path of fools;

Yet a trail met in the wooded night

Cares not for weathered rules.



Deaf and dumb goes the traveller

Toward the outward shape;

Glancing not beneath the rock and leaf,

A sketch of the human ape.



But in vapid searching one still learns

To scratch the inner vein.

Eyes roll and bangles burn in that light—

The answers seem insane...…



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Added by Clayton Clifford Bye on November 2, 2015 at 9:48am — No Comments

In my wife's hands now

Nov. 2nd. 2015

Well, I finally made it: finished the edit of my WIP and handed it to my lovely, patient wife to read through. I printed the manuscript out double spaced, which makes it easier for Pat to make her red line entries. She comes up with some remarkable insights at times, and I’m beholden to her for taking on the job. Next step will be to edit the MS again, before thinking about a book launch. But before I can do that, I need a jacket. Fortunately I have persuaded our son,…

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Added by Michael on November 2, 2015 at 8:00am — No Comments

Abraham Lincoln and His Position on Slavery

So, what changed Abraham Lincoln from an antislavery moderate to the Great Emancipator?

Lincoln was a complicated figure whose views on slavery, race equality, and African American colonization are often intermixed. There is no doubt that he hated the institution of slavery. However, he was no abolitionist. Lincoln initially recognized that slavery was a bad institution but one that was accepted and necessary for the South's economy. Lincoln had campaigned against the expansion of…

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Added by Frederick Gaertner on November 1, 2015 at 11:34pm — No Comments

~ 'The E-Store for Books by Boulware’ ~

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The E-Store for Books by Boulware’

The CreateSpaceE-store / Amazon:

https://boulwareenterprises.wordpress.com/…

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Added by Gregory V. Boulware on November 1, 2015 at 6:30pm — No Comments

New Interview

I'm interviewed in Book Reader Magazine. Comment welcome. http://bookreadermagazine.com/featured-author-j-r-lindermuth/

Added by J. R. Lindermuth on November 1, 2015 at 12:46pm — No Comments

WHAT ARE MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS?

When teaching strategies, hints and clues about how to discover the main idea of a paragraph, it is best to begin with teaching the “wh-words.” Wh-words are those words that begin questions that are asked to gather information; for example, who, what, which, how, etc. Talk about detectives and police officers, who make a list of clues to help them get to the solution to crime puzzle; to solve a mysterious case. List them on the board allowing students to tell the class what each word means,…

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Added by Angelina Perez on November 1, 2015 at 10:17am — No Comments

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