Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
Selina Brown is the founder and CEO of the Black British Book Festival (BBBF), Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature. She was an indie author when she launched the first festival in 2021. She now has a deal with Penguin… The post Selina Brown on building the Black British Book Festival, selling direct and why …
I will caveat this by saying I am not an IT expert. On the other hand, the aftermath of the disclosure of the PHP flaw last week is something that has affected most people as users of the internet, and quite possibly many of you who have your own websites. It’s a big enough story …
The author’s cousin Robert’s life reads like a cautionary tale, with many pages devoted to his yearslong involvement in criminal activity and after-hours gambling. As readers take in the stories of Robert’s shocking dealings with Irish gang members in New York City and his encounters with the law in the late 1960s and early ’70s, …
Meet Theia! Named after the “extremely extraordinary” Greek goddess of light, the chipper orange planet recounts the origins of the solar system. Back then, Earth was “a great big, fiery ball of molten rock,” much like Theia. In fact, the two quickly became “besties”…until the momentous day when Theia, caught in Earth’s gravity, helplessly crashed …
In 2013, McPheely cofounded Base, an executive assistant company she ran as CEO for more than a decade. The business succeeded well beyond her initial dreams, but she also struggled to balance increased work demands with helping her husband raise their three kids. And while she kept telling herself the overburdened work hours were “only …
Letters sent home to family members from someone far away can provide great insights into how immigrants adapt to a new country or culture. British historian Das’ book uses these and other documents to tell the stories of how immigrants to England in the 16th and 17th centuries found their new homes and how those …
This ranking of hockey greats—another in a series by sports news outfit The Athletic—is entertaining and aggravating, as any list of its kind should be. It’s essentially a contest for second place. The authors called this “our NHL 99 project.” That’s Wayne Gretzky’s jersey number. He’s the no-brainer pick for the top player in hockey’s …
Seventh-grader Charlie Gold, at six feet two, would be perfect as center for the school basketball travel team, but at tryouts, the 13-year-old’s anger gets the better of him, and he’s subsequently cut. He and his older sister, Cecilia, who works and takes classes at St. Hildegarde’s University, are no strangers to hardship; they’ve lost …
My ALLi author guest this episode is David Somerfleck, who spent decades in digital marketing, journalism, and politics before returning to his childhood passion for science fiction. He moved to Portugal, where the stormy weather and isolation provided the perfect setting to write his first novel, a chilling vision of America’s future. Now, he draws …
It’s frankly amazing that Ian Greyson is alive at all. A chemical accident in his former life as a renowned forensic psychologist could easily have killed him, but he somehow survived. Now he ekes out a living as a small-time counselor operating out of an office in a strip mall next to a Walmart in …