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“See How They Fall” by Rachel Paris
The eternally wise and classy English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), had vehemently deep insight into the human psyche and condition. Of the immoral, yet cunning, use of money and power held by some of those in… Continue reading
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“The Unquiet Grave” Dervla McTiernan
Who doesn’t enjoy a good story (told via either book or film) that is set in the verdant and meandering environs of Ireland? A land of hearty warmth (in terms of emotion) and cold climes, where history abounds and people… Continue reading
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“The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom
The convoluted mixture of events (including the bleak shadows of World War I and failures in diplomacy between countries) and ideologies (such as Nazism and Fascism) led to dark, ominous metaphorical clouds over Europe in the formative years leading up… Continue reading
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“The Private Island” by Ali Lowe
Extreme wealth (I’m talking the ostentatious kind that seemingly knows no limits) is something many in our world idly dream of. A veritable stroke of good fortune that is to be envied (or is it?). In a sun-kissed and environmentally… Continue reading
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“Three Wild Dogs and the Truth” by Markus Zusak
It is one of life’s great mysteries (an undeniably beautiful mystery) that simply can’t be explained (at least in rational human terms). I am of course talking about the bond between humans and their dogs. We feed, walk, cuddle and… Continue reading
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“17 Years Later” by J.P. Pomare
The variegated criminal justice system that exists (for better or worse) in the modern Western world is an often unpredictable (or is it?) and fickle beast. There are a myriad of cautionary tales that reveal to us that some folks… Continue reading
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“James” by Percival Everett
The United States has long been (or seen as being, up until recent dubious political shenanigans and maneuvering), a glittering and shiny beacon of light for the world. A country of safe refuge for millions of care-worn refugees and optimistic… Continue reading
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“The Wedding Party” by Rebecca Heath
It is an irredeemable and sobering fact that those who have loved somebody will be engulfed in, and forever changed by, grief when that loved one passes away. For thousands of years, humankind has grieved the loss of each other… Continue reading
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“The Bad Bridesmaid” by Rachael Johns
Whoever in this life has had the veritable good fortune to read Emily Bronte’s gut wrenching, yet ethereally sublime, novel, Wuthering Heights, has surely been sprinkled with a liberal dose of fairy dust. We “Wuthering Heights” aficionados will easily recall… Continue reading
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“Midnight and Blue” by Ian Rankin
Prisons (no matter where they exist in this turbulent world) are veritable rabbit warrens of despair, misery and metaphorical darkness. Hope is a tenuous commodity in such bleak receptacles and positivity amongst inmates is an outplayed commodity often. It is… Continue reading
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