Recent release "ROCK & ROLL DURING A TIME OF INNOCENCE: Then Along Came the Pill, the Draft, the Computer and the British Invasion" from Page Publishing author Dick Stewart is an intricate and compelling story of the author's early life through the 1940s, '50s, and '60s.
Read MoreThe Nevada Society of Scottish Clans a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the perpetuation of ancient customs, literature, music, games and dress of Scotland and its people recently awarded Brett Palmer of Clan Scott ancestry with the prestigious 2017 Silver Thistle Award.
Read MoreCelebrate Elvis Presley, "The King of Rock and Roll," with a visit to the National Automobile Museum and view the famous 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe once owned by one of America's most important cultural hip-shaking forces in history.
Read MoreNewest publication "Chicken Shack: Growing Up Black and Poor in Alabama During the 1940's, 50's, and 60's" from Fulton Books author Joe Nathan Hill is a wonderful memoir of a man who grew up in Rural, Rurban, and Urban Alabama under challenging social and economic circumstances.
Read MoreBoth a master of arts and a skilled storyteller, Mark Joseph Mongilutz shrewdly interweaves fact and fiction in his tale of rogue swordsmen, wandering sailors, traveling samurai, and power-hungry lords. Whether you are drawn to the seafaring days of old or simply connect with swashbuckling yarns, Mongilutz has provided a tale you'll savor from first page to last.
Read MoreFuturist Jack Uldrich and Jeff Appelquist of Blue Knight Leadership are slated to take a group from the Iowa-based medical company, Fresenius, on a 3-day initiative to help the group anticipate change and develop leadership skills by emulating Lewis and Clark's daring journey into the Northwest Territories in the early 1800's.
In its second decade of ministry, Women Organizing, Mobilizing and Building, Inc. (WOMB, Inc.) invites you to their 2016 Sisters Sharing Convocation convening Friday, July 15-Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal in Princeton, NJ. This year's convocation opens with the Consecration of Bishop-Designate Dr. Barbara E. Austin Lucas as the First Woman Bishop of the Dunamis Covenant Connection (DCC) under the leadership of Arch Bishop Robert Joel Rochford, Sr.
Read MoreJust in time for graduation, Melissa Pikul, up-and-coming designer of armor-based jewelry and owner of Metals & Pieces, releases her limited edition summer line of exquisite jewelry gifts that will never go back in the box.
Read MoreOn April 24th the world's largest Viking ship, Draken Harald HÃ¥rfagre, will set sail from her homeport of Haugesund, Norway and take on the challenge of crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, in the wake of the original Vikings a 1000 years before. The route takes her from Norway to Iceland, Greenland, Canada and USA.
Read MoreOn June 18th, Berrysburg's historic Hill Church provides a bucolic backdrop to the Romberger All-Family Reunion where friends, food, fun and genealogy rule. Descendants of Bartel, the original immigrant ancestor for American Rombergers (and variations) meet once more to share info, make new family friends, and celebrate the life of the family association founder, Dr. John Romberger.
Read MoreThe National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, a Smithsonian affiliated, congressionally chartered Museum in Albuquerque, NM, will restore the exterior of its iconic Boeing B-52B Stratorfortress, one of only four B-models in the world on display for public viewing. This non-profit Museum has launched a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo to help raise $60,000, half of the total cost to restore this airplane that has a surface area of over 2/3 of an acre.
Read MoreThe Sobieski Hours, illuminated in Paris around 1430, and now housed in The Royal Library at Windsor Castle, is among the great works of late Gothic illumination.
QUATERNIO VERLAG LUZERN in Switzerland is the first facsimile publisher to have been given permission to reproduce a medieval manuscript from the Royal Library in a fine art facsimile edition.
Recent release "Iran, How a Culture Develops Pathology: The Pathology in Transition" from Page Publishing author Effie Miri, Ph.D. is both enlightening and educational; this work depicts the culture, religion and psychology of Iran.
Read MoreThe Antique Piano Shop is proud to release a restored Chickering Victorian Grand Concert Piano that dates to 1861 that was originally commissioned to be a part of the Steamer Mary E. Kenne. This piece of American musical history includes involvement in the United States Civil War and is a highly desired antique piano.
Read MoreElle Klass lives local to St. Augustine. The city is not only her favorite U.S. city but a playground for the paranormal; loaded with ghost stories and now Bloodseekers. She uses actual locations and includes pictures.
Read MoreIrish Today, Hung Over Tomorrow. Let's Get Ready To Stumble. Each year Irish culture is disparaged on the shelves. One NY-based company, founded by an Irish man has embarked on a quest to restore dignity and respect into the charade of Saint Patrick's Day branding.
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time Founder, Ryan Heatchcok, Powhatan County District 5 Supervisor, Carson Tucker, Executive Director FrancisEmma Inc., Sister Maureen Carroll, District School Board Representative, John Rothert, Executive Director, Powhatan Chamber of Commerce Angie Cabell, and other community advocates join together to highlight the importance of keeping and preserving our history while looking to the future with hope and optimism. Free event 2/24/16 1pm at Cartersville Road, Powhatan, Virginia
Read MoreHistoria Media International is set to revolutionize our view of history. Its unique digital archive of over 14,000 original maps depicting worldwide historic events will be made available for the first time online at Maporia.com. Each map tells a graphic story that would take thousands of words to explain.
Read MoreRemembering the significance of alternative education for African-Americans in a time when Virginia law prohibited black and white children from attending the same schools and the US Supreme Court overturned the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Remembering the importance of St Francis/St Emma and of documenting our Oral History so that it will never be forgotten or lost this Monday, February 1, 2016 at 5004 Cartersville Road, Powhatan, Virginia 23139 at 6pm. Free Event
Read MoreToday, Russia's Press Day, it was announced that the classic work of Russian journalism, Moscow and Muscovites, by journalist Vladimir Gilyarovsky (translated by Brendan Kiernan), received the prestigious 2015 AATSEEL Award for Best Scholarly Translation into English.
Read MoreSmugglers aid an Iraqi museum in recovering neo-Babylonian tablets recounting The Epic of Gilgamesh. The tablets describe a forest and its ruler, which bears a striking resemblance to the one encountered by Gilgamesh's friends in the new novel, Distant Origins. The novel tells the story of Gilgamesh and his gods in the near future, inhabiting a different world, which modern man colonizes.
On December 9, International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, New York based writer, actress and filmmaker Nora Armani released Sojourn at Ararat on CD and DVD. Written by Nora Armani and Gerald Papasian in the mid 1980s, this two-actor stage play spans 2,000 years of history. Presented as a simple love story, it evokes the identity, homeland, and culture of the Armenian people through poetry, literature and legends.
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