Posts Tagged ‘12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years’
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Is This an Appropriate Holiday Gift?
1November 15, 2012 by Reader's Connection
When I got Robbie the Robot for Christmas, he was positioned in front of the tree and could gaze out robotically over the living room. Each of us boys received a…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions, Newsletter | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Christopher Hitchens, Mortality
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For the Movie Fan on Your List. We’re Talking 20th Century Movies.
0November 8, 2012 by Reader's Connection
I always liked Henry Fonda, but I never gave him much thought. He was never a charismatic favorite. When I saw the title The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Devin McKinney, Henry Fonda, The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda
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For the Urban Fantasy Lover on Your List
0November 3, 2012 by Reader's Connection
Have you watched any episodes of Dead Like Me? It ran on Showtime for a couple of seasons, 2003-2004, and featured a group of reapers–undead beings who wandered the city, gathering…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Chris F. Holm, Dead Harvest, The Collector, The Wrong Goodbye
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Possible Combination Gift: A Book and a Trip to the Battlefield
0October 27, 2012 by Reader's Connection
When he was governor of the Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison had two big priorities. One was slavery, which had unfortunately been banned north of the Ohio River by the…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Adam Jortner, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier
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Someone on Your List Needs to Travel to the City of Poetry
0October 19, 2012 by Reader's Connection
You’ve probably visited the city. Gregory Orr’s chapbook The City of Poetry is a book-length poem, or collection of poems, that serves as a travel guide. Some poems are about…
Category Gift Suggestions, Poem | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Gregory Orr, The City of Poetry