Robert Frost
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
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Robert Frost
In her debut novel, 22 BRITANNIA ROAD, Amanda Hodgkinson delivers a tale of a family desperate to put itself back together after WWII forces them apart. Below, Amanda speaks about her own father; a father who preferred to do rather than to read, but who still instilled in Amanda the desire to take risks and become a writer.
Photo: young Amanda and her father.
Helen Hayes
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
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Helen Hayes
There is no greater tribute to one’s parent than writing a book about them, even if the title of said book is THE OLD MAN AND THE SWAMP: A True Story About My Weird Dad, a Bunch of Snakes, and One Ridiculous Road Trip.
Bruce Lee
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
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Bruce Lee
Could your book group use a shot of an adrenaline? Why not mix things up with Susan Casey's The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, harrowing, intense, and informative account of "big wave" culture. The book is now available in paperback and a great alternative to the usual book group fare.
William Kent Kreuger’s Cork O'Connor novels have won him a number of awards, not to mention fans. VERMILION DRIFT --- his 10th novel featuring Tamarack County, Minn. PI, Cork O'Connor --- comes out in paperback today.
Editorial content for Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
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A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes-who teach her a new truth about love.
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A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes who teach her a new truth about love.
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A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes who teach her a new truth about love.
In 2005 Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiancé entered the world of a rare ape with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA and who live in a peaceful society in which females are in charge, war is nonexistent, and sex is as common and friendly as a handshake.
A fascinating memoir of hope and adventure, BONOBO HANDSHAKE traces Vanessa's self-discovery as she finds herself falling deeply in love with her husband, the apes, and her new surroundings in this true story of revelation and transformation in a fragile corner of Africa.
