Monthly Archives: April 2009
Melaine Little-THE APPRENTICE’S MASTERPIECE: A STORY OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN, youth literature
THE APPRENTICE’S MASTERPIECE: A STORY OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN by Melaine Little (Annick Press, 2007) Set in Spain, 1485, this book tells the story of two teens in Cordoba after the reconquest: one is from a Jewish family that … Continue reading
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Jerry D. Simmons-Contents of April 23, 2009 TIPS FOR WRITERS FROM THE PUBLISHING INSIDER
April 23, 2009 TIPS for WRITERS from the PUBLISHING INSIDER. Published by Jerry D. Simmons and WritersReaders.com. The Image of Self-Publishing Thanks to the success of William P. Young’s blockbuster The Shack which was initially self-published, … Continue reading
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Randy Ford Author-Riot and love on a Philippine campus
And, while watching the demonstration from his perch, Ted thought of home and the unrest there. The two recent assassinations, and other acts of violence, killings and bombings in Mississippi and Alabama and elsewhere, racially motivated, and now, the … Continue reading
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Evelyne Tannehill- ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN, a memoir of a young girl orphaned and left to fend for herself in a hostile world
ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN by Evelyne Tannehill Much has been written about World War II, but not often do we hear about the immeasurable suffering of the Germans who wanted no part of Hitler’s regime. ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN is … Continue reading
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Uri Shulevitz- THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA, a book for children
THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Traus Giroux, 2005)- an account of the twelfth-century journeys of a Jewish traveler throughout the then-known world, including Constantinople, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Persia, and Egypt. The Middle East Outreach … Continue reading
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Kristen Balouch- MYSTERY BOTTLE, a book for children
MYSTERY BOTTLE by Kristen Balouch, (Hyperion Books for Children, 2006). MYSTERY BOTTLE is a tale of fantasy and imagination as a little boy in New York blows into a bottle and is carried to Iran where his father … Continue reading
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