A Long Surrender: The Guerrilla War After the Civil War

In April 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, putting an end to four years of savage internecine conflict and settling the issue of slavery forever. “The war is over,” Grant said. “The rebels are our country [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Texas Aggie Go To War, by Henry C. Dethloff with John A. Ada...

During almost all of the 20th Century Texas A&M University has been a major influence on the military of the United States. Students who enrolled at Texas A&M and joined the Corps of Cadets had this drummed into their minds as part [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

New writers neglecting history Mamoni

Gyanpeeth award winning writer Mamoni Raisom Goswami on Friday stressed the need for reviving interest in the State’s glorious past and popularising the characters of the different eras who had epitomised courage and patriotism. The w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Schwarzer Makes Premiership History

The Middlesbrough goalkeeper set the new record in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Portsmouth, his 316th Premier League match, beating the previous mark of 315 set by Arsenal’s Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp. Schwarzer made his Boro de [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Memoir brings genealogy to life

By Sidney Saylor Farr. University Press of Kentucky. 231 pages. $35.The photos look so familiar: grandparents with creased, weathered faces and deep-set eyes.Sidney Saylor Farr has written a memoir about growing up in the mountains of south [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real Book Sales

Three years ago “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” a children’s novel illustrated with cartoons, was published online, where anyone could read it free. To this day anyone still can, at Funbrain.com, an educational Web site.Despite [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: Maggies Door

Posted On : Dec, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: God in Sandals

 Margaret Montreuil has taken Jesus' story from the gospels and filled in the blanks. It starts with how God assigns an angel to watch over the "soon-to-be-born" Jesus. This angel, once called Metatron, is renamed Patron, and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: The Playmakers: Amazing Origins of Timeless Toys

There is nothing more surprising to most people than the fact that they are aging. Many of us woke up one day and found our childhood was over. We were too old to go trick-or-treating any more, too big to fit in to our cowboy boots, too old [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: Why You're Dumb, Sick & Broke... And How to Get Smart...

 Randy Gage’s book, “Why You’re Dumb, Sick & Broke,” is absolutely mind-blowing! While I found the title a bit “snarky” and offensive, especially since I don’t consider myself any of the ab [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2007 | Comments : 0