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She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico

Living Vs Surviving Author: Alenka Vrecek Time often heals, but it also takes away choices, opportunities, dreams. What we once promised ourselves we would do slowly becomes inconvenient, uncomfortable, improbable, then impossible. Finally, we let go, citing maturity, convenience, consequences, responsibility. At fifty-four, Alenka is facing this reconciliation head-long and she recounts it in She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico. As she sees it, there are two choices: to give into the ravages of a treacherous body after a horrifying head-on confrontation with cancer or to strike out and live her dream – dangers, challenges, and horrified family be [...]

2023-06-28T09:09:24-07:00June 27th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Famous for a Living

Insta-Worthy Author: Melissa Ferguson Right time. Right place. Right book. Every book lover knows the feeling when the three come together. My copy of Famous for a Living arrived just when I was in the mood and had the time to read something light. Perfect. Famous for a Living is a frothy romantic comedy about Cat Cranwell. Cat is a social media influencer. She lives a fabulous New York lifestyle, sharing every moment with her legion of followers. She is showered with products, partnerships, contracts, and other lucrative deals. Cat’s wealth and fame come entirely from her carefully curated social [...]

2023-05-17T13:09:21-07:00May 17th, 2023|Tags: |

Nuremberg Trial, The

A Surprisingly Dull Treaties on International Law Authors: Ann & John Tusa Ann and John Tusa teamed together to create The Nuremberg Trial, a five-hundred-page opus covering the literal trial of the century where multiple nations gathered together, post-World War II, to decide the fate of the remaining Nazi leaders. In this international quest for justice, England, America, France, and the former USSR struggled with issues of vengeance, with perceived “victor’s justice,” with fairness and legality, and with establishing a new precedent for international law. Together, these nations participated in a yearlong trial of 22 defendants, including the infamous Hermann Göring. [...]

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