Imagine growing up in the 19th century. Canada is still in the very infancy stages of settling. Slavery is the norm especially in the South. There are no ways for you to reach out or stay in touch with your family as they got bought and sold to the highest bidder. You see the terror…
Category: Book Review
Book Review: The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle by Jim Rohn
My first introduction with this book was my birthday weekend when my Aunt came to visit. She in fact but three books to help with my path of self discovery and enlightenment. Although small in stature (just over 100 pages), I had put it to the side in order to finish the collection of books…
BOOK REVIEW: Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings a novel by Stephen O’Connor
Thomas Jefferson: Accused of betraying his race for falling in love with one of his slaves. In the same breath he was deemed a racist only entering into relations with the slave in order to obtain more slaves through her bearing his children. As one of the United States first presidents who not only help…
Book Review: “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” by Gloria Steinem
“And that is the last Survival Lesson: we look at how far we’ve come, and then we know-there can be no turning back.” I picked up this book mainly because it was it was one of the books that was quoted on another read from earlier. To say that as I began to read I was…
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Do you know who Henrietta Lacks is? Have you ever heard anything about her? Neither have I until two weeks ago when this was one of the suggested readings for our summer Book Reading. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot was on the New York Times Bestseller list but I still really…
Philosophically Speaking…
Imagine a time when Philosophers were free to think before the powers who control our free thought took over. To explore the thoughts and teachings of some of the first known free thinkers on record will stimulate your mind in a way you never thought possible. I decided to dive in to a world that…
Review: The Cat Who Came in From the Cold by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
With keeping in my rotating genre to expand my knowledge I always find the most challenging read is finding a book that helps me learn more about cats (please recommend any animal genre books for me to read I would love that). I guess not just cats animals in general. This book, although a fable,…
Review: Jackie After O by Tina Cassidy
How can one not be moved by everything that was Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis? She was enrolled in Mrs Porter’s finishing school and was as fiesty as a whip. She was never one to shy away from speaking her mind and she absolutely loved her horses. Her father was John Vernou “Black Jack” Bouvier III…
Knowledge is Definetly Your Power…Unleash it!
In the forever quest of self discovery I took a real hard look at the inner reflection to see if I could try and uncover what really made me tick. With time inching on I had to find a purpose bigger than myself to help fill the void that was beginning to grow with each…
A Review of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
When I started my journey of reading and trying to understand more about what I was passionate about I found myself holding a copy of “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary being born in 1759 would be a great exploration into the life and demands of women during that time…
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