My Favorites of 2008
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
While some may have found it hard seeing Harrison Ford playing an older Indiana Jones, I actually thought it was refreshing, not to mention you got to see more of the Indiana Jones Adventures.
Network Television Series
Heroes
The end of Season 1 was a letdown and Season 2 wasn’t [...]
The Mystery Writer Disappears
December 3, 1926 was a quiet Friday evening. Mystery writer Agatha Christie was well on her way as an established writing having just published her seventh book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. After giving her daughter a goodnight kiss she suddenly left the house for a car ride. The next morning the car [...]
Author James Jones – He Wrote About WWII and More
James Ramon Jones was born in Robinson, Illinois on November 6, 1921. He was the second son, his older brother was George W, of Ramon and Ada Jones. He also had a younger sister, Mary Ann.
On November 10, 1939, three days after his eighteenth birthday he enlisted in the United States Army. [...]
1st Books of Vampire Series
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter – Guilty Pleasure – 1993 – Laurell K. Hamilton
Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) – Dead Until Dark – 2001 – Charlaine Harris
Queen Betsy (The Undead Series) – Undead and Unwed – 2004 – Mary Janice Davidson
The Dark Ones – A Girls Guide to Vampires – 2003 – Katie MacAlister
Rachel Morgan – [...]
Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf
On July 18, 1925 the first volume of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published. The work is a combination autobiography and political ideas of the young Hitler. It was originally titled Four Years of Struggle against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice. The publisher, Secker and Warburg, retitled the work Mein Kampf or My [...]
Pierre Boulle’s “Bridge Over the River Kwai”
During the 2nd World War Pierre Boulle, who later would write the original novels from which The Bridge Over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes were based, served as a secret agent helping the French Resistance in China, Burma and French Indochina.
In 1943 he was captured and stationed at a force labor camp [...]
The Father of Science Fiction – Jules Verne
Science Fiction has been around nearly as long as man has been telling stories. But it really wasn’t until the “Age if Reason” and the “Industrial Revolution” that it spread it’s wings to fly. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein helped define the Science Fiction Novel and Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight [...]
Books for Small Business
1. The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need To Know To Succeed In Your Small Business by Steven D. Strauss. From Amazon – Book Description – Whether you’re a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, A-to-Z library of everything you might need to know. [...]
Shamless Self-Promotion
At times every successful person will be required to do some Self-Promotion. This self-promotion may be part of the reason for their success. Since I don’t feel as if I’m a success at my web writing, I suppose it may be time to do some Shameless Self-Promotion by posting links to some of [...]
Stephen King’s novel The Stand
1. In 1978 Doubleday Books publishes Stephen Kings fourth novel The Stand. King believes that this fulfills a contract oblgation and believes it would be his last at the publishing house. Later Doubleday would publish Pet Sematary.
2. Synopsis: After an accident happens at a miltary biological weapon facility a guard escapes infected with adeadly [...]
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