BookCrossing

Chaucer wrote about pilgrimages in April at the beginning of his Canterbury Tales:"WHAN that Aprille with his shoures sooteThe droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,And bathed every veyne in swich licour...Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages"But I like to travel in May. Lee and I have been in Paris four Mays in the last ten years, and last year I went to Lisbon by myself as I did research for Making Waves. This is a great month to be on the road. The days are long in the Northern...Read Full Story

I was looking through the news and blogs trying to find inspiration of some sort so I could continue my usual onslaught against Obama. Stuff that Obama would call "chattering", and the things Michelle would say was "chirping". Anyways,I was on-line at The National Review and hit the bonanza...at least for myself. It wasn't political, but the article got me agitated just the same. I didn't know, but today is the birthday of Flannery O'Connor, the woman writer many of us read in short-story...Read Full Story

I just finished reading the 1997-published book The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh...President Kennedy's days in the White House are shown in a very different light then history initially recorded: This author is one of America's premier investigative reporters who wrote in 1969 the first account of the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam. The book is based on interviews with former Kennedy administration officials, former Secret Service agents, and hundreds of Kennedy's personal...Read Full Story

Not every new activity involves going out of your way to do something new. In fact this activity involves something you have been doing since you were a child and you are in fact doing now. Reading. Everyone knows the benefits of reading. It can be educational, it can be fun and it can give you an escape from the daily world. I’m not going to waste both our time writing about why you should read or recommend good books to read, there are other people out there to do that. The activity worth...Read Full Story

This e-Book contains 1000s of cheats, guides, codes ectfor the Xbox. It contains over 400 pages.Details: the following games are included: 007 Agent Under Fire 4x4 Evolution 2 AFL Live 2003 Agressive Inline Air Force Delta Storm Allstar Baseball 2003 Allstar Baseball 2004 Alter Echo Amped Freestyle Snowboarding Amped 2 Apex Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis Arctic Thunder Armed and Dangerous ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Azurik: Rise of Perathia Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home Baldurs Gate...Read Full Story

This it the ultimate package for all you serious gamblers out there.You will receive all the E-Books listed below.Almost every form of gambling is covered.BEAT THE CASINOTWO E-BOOKS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU WIN AT THE CASINO, BYTEACHING YOU THE TRICKS USED BY THE PROSLearn strategies and plans to help you:win casino games such as blackjack, roulette, craps and baccaratwin competitionswin lotterieswin at bingowin on fruit machineslearn how to count cardsYou will also learn about common cons and...Read Full Story

Over the weekend the New York Times listed it's summer reads -- recommended for the beach. As always, there are a couple that I wholeheartedly recommend (I read them), some I don't know about and a couple I wonder WHAT they were thinking.It was great to see that about half of these books are avialable as eBooks which makes them cheaper and more portable.So without further ado -- here is the list:CITY OF FIRE by Robert Ellis (St. Martin’s Minotaur); 357 pages; $24.95.DREAM WHEN YOU’RE FEELING...Read Full Story

Add a Comment October 2, 7:58 AM by Hollee Chadwick-Spicer, Christian Literature Examiner    Thomas Nelson author Ted Dekker has released another graphic novel—Sinner—that is holding steady at number one in fiction sales for the publisher.I have lost count of how many graphic novels this author has written and that have gained bestseller status, but you can see the complete list at The Works section of TedDekker.com.Dekker is known for novels that combine adrenaline...Read Full Story

To get into the spirit of New York City my wife and I started at 62nd Street and walked down Broadway to Baruch College at Lexington and 25th. Some things never change. Taxi cabs filled the streets but none of the drivers made gestures or yelled curses at pedestrians crowding into the streets, crossing mid-block or crossing with a cautionary hand flashing in front of their faces. Nevertheless, pedestrians were as thoughtless as ever, perhaps more so.  There were messengers on bicycles but...Read Full Story