All Blog Posts Tagged 'history' (121)

A fascinating story of discovery spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries.

About the book:  When Jay Harding is given his grandmother June’s diary after her death he discovers a vivid picture depicting one Englishwoman’s life from childhood during the dark times of wartime Britain up to the present day. But he’s already learned dark secrets. Prior to her passing his…

Amazing stories from a retired fire fighter.

About the book: Every firefighter has a treasure trove of interesting stories to tell and the stories more often than not are instructional as well as exciting. When I was a firefighter, I kept notes of the fires I responded to. Now that I am retired, I have reflected on my career as a firefighter and have written a second book about the men alongside…

Then we have something special for you!

"Dinosaur George" Blasing and I have teamed up to bring his popular YouTube series to life in a whole new way.

http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/10/do-you-like-dinosaurs.html

In the latest installment of ONE, Jean E. Lane takes us to a land of castles and kings! http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/10/rhapsody-of-faith.html

Exciting changes have been forced on website changes for this member and writer. Perhaps I am trying to do too much. Anyway, I had to make a decision on whether to continue two other websites that were not getting much traffic, and yet the costs were going up each year, which  …………. Well, it was nuts to stay there. The two new sites are up at the links below in the signature…

It may possibly go away sometime, but one has to wonder. As I wrote in June about NSA and the UK, James Bamford gave a tremendous history of our connection with the UK since and in spite of our gaining independence. They have remained our steadfast ally on the globe. The 2oth century clandestine connections are detailed in particular. Then the “Cold War” connections in late 40s…

“I met Ethan on the day that I killed Karoline.”

Thus begins this psychological mystery. One has to admit, it is a great hooky first line for a book!

What if, in a moment of thoughtless anger, you were to wish your best friend’s demise, then, soon after, that friend ended up dead?

This is the story of our smart, beautiful,…

Catherine Astolfo retired in 2002 after a very successful 34 years in education. She can recall writing fantasy stories for her classmates in Grade Three, so she started finishing her books the day after her retirement became official. Her short stories and poems have been published in a number of Canadian literary presses. Her story, “What Kelly Did”, won the prestigious Arthur…

Find out what happens when a group of Canadian college students visits Wounded Knee in 1973 - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/05/going-native.html

Please welcome my special guest, Jack L. Brody, author of the latest suspense thriller, The Moroni Deception. I had the opportunity to read it and you can find my review in Blogcritics. In this interview, Brody talks about the history behind the book and how difficult it was to dwell in Mormon controversy, among…

Jack L. Brody’s The Moroni Deception is an exciting page-turner in the tradition of The DaVinci Code, one that will be relished by fans of suspense thrillers.…

I bet she never heard that before. In this case, it is true. Best-selling Amish author Sarah Price has joined the Authors of One with...Story Eleven: The Power of Faith (http://goo.gl/zPxzm)

You can read the full post on my official blog - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/08/sarah-price-is-priceless.html

Alabaster Black is hiding from the United States Government. Over the past two years she’s had different identities. As a forensic accountant, she does forensic investigations of people’s finances in order to protect the country’s internal financial system and stop dangerous greed. But her latest report to secret organization Rendition ends badly and so now she’s on the run in Italy under yet another fictitious name: Bianca. …

I’m still shaking a bit--35 years in this business and I’ve just received the most amazing review of my career from "The Bookish Libraria"

The Bookish Dame's Review

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I hardly know what to tell you except there's little that brings me back to my young adult years like a gothic mystery. I love a gothic novel! Shades of Norah Lofts and Mary Stewart--only more umph and a little better, I have to say! I could hardly wait to receive a copy of Ms Crows book to review. I…

I have self-published my books of poetry and my story, My Literary Profile: A Memoir, under the imprint Ohan Press at http://home.comcast.net/~hsarkiss.  These books are available at the Press and also at amazon.com and bn.com. Please feel free to visit and read descriptions, reviews and other information.

Helene Pilibosian 

hsarkiss@comcast.net

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If you use Kindle, my historical novel The Accidental Spy is now available for a limited time for only 99 cents.

Set in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War, a rogue becomes a hero through the influence of two good women.

Get your copy here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E3XCNQ