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  • 1darkestnight.jpg Author uses experience to create a Christian thriller

    A traumatic experience inspired Maria S. Sakry to pen her first novel, “The Darkest Night.”

    September 8, 2010 2 Photos

  • Winston Churchill/John Keegan

    This short volume on the life and times of Winston Churchill is insightful. Historian John Keegan opens the book with personal observations concerning the then-youthful post-World War II generations ambivalent attitude toward the blustery prime minister who led Britain through the conflict and the discovery that he is held in greater esteem in the United States than in England.

    July 25, 2009

  • images_sizedimage_088015235 Book Review: Duma Key by Stephen King It is tempting to simply write: Stephen King goes to the beach. In some ways that tells you almost everything you need to know about this book.

    March 28, 2008 1 Photo

  • images_sizedimage_348014913 Books: The Best of Robert E. Howard: Volume 2 Grim Lands

    December 14, 2007 1 Photo

  • books Books: Of Lightning and Thunder

    September 21, 2007 1 Photo

  • VDT House fire VFD fights house fire

    July 20, 2007 1 Photo

  • Book Review - RANDOM THOUGHTS Several years ago, Dr. Louis Schmier felt compelled to write an essay. Writing was nothing new for the Valdosta State history professor. He’d written books, such as “Valdosta & Lowndes County: A Ray in the Sunbelt.”

    February 15, 2006

  • NIGHT/Elie Wiesel This thin, first-person account of one man’s chilling experiences during the Holocaust has been around for nearly 50 years.

    February 6, 2006

  • Christ The Lord: Out of Egypt/Anne Rice Anyone who has ever read a few Anne Rice novels will be familiar with the set-up of this book: A first-person narrative, violent events shaping the pace of events while serving as a catalyst for the development of the main character, the protagonist’s wonder at things both material and spiritual, hard realities and often harder supernatural occurrences.

    January 27, 2006

  • The Orientalist/Tom Reiss Author Tom Reiss embarks on a search for the true identity of the early 20th century author Kurban Said, who wrote the miniature masterpiece novel “Ali and Nino.

    January 20, 2006

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