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The depiction of female leads in literature has undergone significant transformation throughout the ages. From passive damsels in distress to powerful and multi-dimensional characters, the evolution of strong female protagonists reflects the changing social dynamics and evolving ...

Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest,Illeana Douglas, a multifaceted talent whose remarkable career spans both the silver screen and television. · With starring roles in acclaimed films such as Cape Fear, To Die For, and Ghost World, as well as memorable appearances ...

Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Dr. Jaya Viswanathan, who is a captivating blend of neuroscientist and artist who hails from India. · With a background spanning engineering to cognitive neuroscience, her journey artfully unravels the human brain's mysteries whil ...

Bookpleasures.com is thrilled to welcome Jamie McDonald, an exceptional creative force as our guest. · With a successful career spanning various media industries, Jamie has made a lasting impact on his ventures in film, television, and literature. · One of Jamie's most notable a ...

The business world is dynamic and intricate, requiring constant adaptation, innovation, and strategic thinking. · Professionals often turn to business literature that offers insights, frameworks, and case studies to navigate this complex landscape. This essay delves into the esse ...

Countless narratives have been written over centuries in the vast realm of literature. Yet, only a select few authors have emerged as pioneers of originality. · These writers transcend the norm by incorporating innovative themes, unconventional structures, and distinctive perspec ...

Author: Jia Gottlieb MD · Publisher: Sanitas Press · ISBN:978-1-7343769-0-6 · Who among us hasn't wanted to enjoy lifetime pleasure? But, what is pleasure? Have you ever thought about its significance? · When Jia Gottlieb MD, author of aah....The Pleasure Book asked a few individ ...

Author: Anne B. Gass · Illustrations by Emma Leavitt · Publisher: Maine Authors Publishing · ISBN: 978-1-63381-259-8 · The names Ingeborg Kinstedt and Maria Kindberg probably don’t ring a bell unless you are acquainted with the woman’s suffrage movement. Yet, these two middle-age ...

Michael J. Coffinos's Truth is in the House spins a tale focusing on the lives of two households, one black, the Jacksons, formerly from Dublin, Mississippi, and the other, white, the O'Farrells from New York. The setting begins in the late 1950s, continues during the 1960s and e ...

In Match: A Medical Murder Mystery, Amy S. Peele crafts a chilling intricate mystery around the investigation of the death of a living donor coordinator, Kayla Newman, who was a member of the staff at the San Francisco Global Organ Transplant Institute. · As the tale opens, S ...

Author: Laurie Singer, M.S. LMFT, BCBA · Publisher: Laurie Singer Behavioral Services · ISBN: 978-1-7359448-2-1 · Can a hybrid of two therapy techniques, Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, help people overcome various concerns such as panic attacks, fetishism, s ...

Author: Gavin Larsen Publisher: University Press of Florida · ISBN: 978-0-8130-6689-9 · Suggesting that the life of a professional ballet dancer requires extraordinary devotion, years of study, endurance, and exceptional coordination would be a vast understatement, particularly a ...

In Miranda and the D-Day Caper Shelly Frome offers an off-beat, comical thriller set in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. · Frome cleverly brings his setting to life with a quirky atmosphere where his protagonist, Miranda Davis, a real estate agent and r ...

Author: Jacquelyn H. Berry, Ph.D · Publisher: FYC ENTERPRISES · ISBN: 2370000861757 · To exclaim that covid-19 has turned your world upside down would be an understatement. It has shaken up the world and established high levels of economic, political, and social turmoil. It may ...

Author:Margaret Wolff · Publisher: White Pearl Press · ISBN: 978-1-7355083-0-6 · I must admit a fascinating story engages our curiosity, emotions and our imaginations. Listening to someone narrating his or her own unique story enables us to have a peek of a world or way of life t ...

Author: Michael J. Merry · Publisher: PublishNation LLC · ISBN: 0979857040892 · If there’s one strand that links Michael J. Merry’s most recent selection comprising one novella and five short stories is its range of characters that deal with hair-raising challenges. · Once again ...

Author: Michael Kenneth Smith · ISBN: 9798684953736 · Michael Kenneth Smith’s compelling and imaginative historical novel, · In the Shadow of Gold: A Tale of the Lost Confederate Treasure, · unfolds in June 2020 on an opulent estate, known as the Arvin property, where we meet bil ...

Author: Betty GodfreyPublisher: Bookbaby · ISBN: 978-1098300494 · The opening page of Betty Godfrey’s Enduring Times points out that the narrative is fiction based on a true story. Straightaway, one wonders, after reading the story, · if it is about the author’s parents? There i ...

Author: Kathy Brodsky · Illustrator: Cameron Bennett · Publisher: Helpingwords · ISBN: 978-0-9828529-6-5 · The key to a captivating children's picture book is a simple text, contextual illustrations, a reflective theme(s), and integration between the written word and visual image ...