Posts Categorized: Books

Perfect Strangers: Reaching Out To Tornado Victims

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After losing everything in a natural disaster, hopelessness and despair can quickly take hold. However, what many people affected by the recent deadly tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest are finding is that the goodness of perfect strangers is helping them muster the strength to carry on. Examples are everywhere of people stepping in… Read more »

Sharon P. Jarrett and Dr. Jylla Moore Tearte Announce New Book, PIVOT. How the Pandemic Pushed Women into Their Passion

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Uncertainty comes with life, and fate can take on a whole new meaning in a pandemic. But something as simple as a social media post led to twenty inspirational stories collected by visionary authors Sharon P. Jarrett and Dr. Jylla Tearte. An instant Best-Seller, PIVOT. is a patchwork quilt of shared stories of renewal, patience,… Read more »

First Study of Women in the Dune Series in New Book by Palgrave

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Kara Kennedy, PhD (aka Dune Scholar) announces the release of her book Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction, a new scholarly study published by Palgrave. The book explores how female characters in the Dune series (1965-1985) have the kind of control over their bodies that 20th-century feminists fought for. “Over five decades after Frank Herbert’s Dune was… Read more »

Best Indie Book Award Announces 2021 Winners

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Television and film screenwriter, producer and director, J Michael Straczynski is among those named as a 2021 BIBA recipient. Over 70 authors, illustrators, and cover designers have been named as the winners of the 2021 Best Indie Book Awards. The BIBA’s, as it is referred to by many, is an international literary award now in… Read more »

Now Married, Young Black Millionaire Couple Reveal How They Met on Instagram in New Book, “Started in the DM: Using Social Media to Find the One”

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Successful technology entrepreneurs Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene and Frederick Akpoghene venture into the literary world with the debut of their first book, Started in the DM: Using Social Media to Find the One—available everywhere now. Get it at www.StartedintheDM.com. If readers have ever wondered how to start a conversation online and turn it into a longstanding relationship,… Read more »