Tag Archive | Germany
A Book for Why People Do Evil
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
The current wave of antisemitism in the United States, the destroyed cemeteries, the threats, has made me think more about why it is that people do horrible things. This isn’t a new train of thought for me. Sometime between working with libraries and finding a position in the publishing industry,…
Secrets, Spies, and Spotted Dogs
Originally posted on BOOK CHAT:
By Jane Eales ? Book Blurb Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs is a true story about the author’s adoption and her quest for truth and identity. Told about her adoption at age 19, she was sworn to secrecy and forbidden to search for her biological family. Decades later, a heart-wrenching family…
Broken Boot Straps
Originally posted on Meredith's Reveries:
Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps means to improve your situation by your own efforts. The origin of this phrase isn’t known. It refers to boots and their straps and to lifting oneself off the ground by pulling on one’s bootstraps. This metaphor shows the effort of getting out…
Beacon of Vengeance by Patrick O’Bryon Review
Originally posted on Year 'Round Thanksgiving Project:
http://www.amazon.com/Beacon-Vengeance-Germany-Corridor-Darkness-ebook/dp/B00MU7PSXA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411225348&sr=8-1&keywords=Beacon+of+Vengeance This is the second installment in a trilogy by Patrick O’Bryon. I read Corridor of Darkness (book one in the trilogy) a few months ago and fell in love with it. Beacon of Vengeance is again set in Nazi Germany (and France) with enough history to satisfy, but…
Where Are You From? Updated
Originally posted on Reading Page by Paige:
Hello my fantabulous readers! It is time for the updated Where are you from? list! We are really beginning to light of the map! ? United States 869 Canada 153 United Kingdom 109 Australia 29 India 26 South Africa 7 Singapore 7 New Zealand 5 Sweden 4 Iceland 4…
Appointment with Shiva…
Originally posted on mira prabhu:
One recent morning I was riding to Ramana Ashram along Bangalore Road when I saw ahead of me a stationary public bus and a swelling crowd, including policemen and their vehicles—clustering around a white female lying motionless in a vermilion pool of blood on the side of the road. From a…
German Art and its Nazi past
Originally posted on SPEAKZEASY:
From REPENTANCE to RESTITUTION, Germany has done an excellent job of facing up to its Nazi past. There has been ONE PUZZLING EXCEPTION : A place where shadows linger. THAT IS THE ART WORLD. Almost 1400 painting were found behind STACKS OF TINNED FOOD in a Munich Apartment, whose elderly owner…
Where Are You From? #2
Originally posted on Reading Page by Paige:
Hello my fantabulous readers! The original Where Are You From post was insanely popular–I thought I would give an update. Check to see if your country is listed and look at the world map that is lit from the viewership! This is a fantastic community and I want…
Where are you from?
Originally posted on Reading Page by Paige:
Hey everyone! So I know this is no big deal to most bloggers, but it is to me. Following this blurb is the location of all our viewers (by country, not address! I promise i’m not a stalker!) It just shows how some little blog can really unite…
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