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Busted: The Rise and Fall of Art Schlichter
In 1978, Art Schlichter was one of the most actively recruited high school quarterbacks in America, chased by some of the legendary college coaches of the game, Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes and Joe Paterno among them. But after a record-breaking four years at Ohio State, Schlichter’s bid at a pro-football career nosedived in a dramatic and public way.
Book Signing: Deadly Design with Marion Moore Hill
Marion Moore Hill is the author of the Deadly Past Mystery and the Scrappy Librarian Mystery series and the inaugural winner of Whispering Willow mystery magazine’s Dagger award. She will sign copies of her latest book, Deadly Design, and greet visitors in the Museum Shop at Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Bedford County on 12 September from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Disabled Veteran Throws Lifeline to Others on Brink of Financial Ruin
Building and maintaining good credit is a puzzling task for many individuals. “Evil Money Evil Credit,” a book by motivational speaker, author and disabled veteran Alton Jones, provides an explanation and guidelines for enhancing individual credit performance.
Chesapeake Author Pens Military Adventure Novel that Reflects U.S. Foreign Policy Failures
The recent Honduras coup and subsequent cold shoulder from surrounding countries – including the U.S. – calls for a re-examination of foreign policy in Latin America. In C.L. Levy’s new novel, “El Volcan” (published by AuthorHouse), Levy uses the setting of a 1990s Communist insurgency in a fictional Central American country to address foreign policy mistakes, chiefly a lack of focus on the complex nature of a country’s culture.
Cookbook Author Offers Ideas for Fast and Healthy Meals
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 16 percent of children (over 9 million) ages 6 to 19 years are overweight or obese – a number that has tripled since 1980. Another 15 percent of children are considered at risk of becoming overweight indicates the “Prevalance of Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents” (2004).
Dog’s Book Gives Insight to Canine Kingdom
When E-Mails From Shilo was published last year, little did Shilo’s humans understand the implications of revealing the closely held secrets of the canine kingdom contained in for-dog-eyes-only e-mails that Shilo wrote to his net-pal, Max.
All But a Small Painting
“All but a Small Painting” (published by iUniverse) by author J. Olin Fischer is his first compilation of 46 word paintings stemming from his experiences of living in the Andes many years in addition to traveling to 40 countries.
Movie and Book review “Catch me if you Can”
What did the goat say after he ate the film? The book was better.
