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The end of peace... Author:  Hampton Sides It was one shot destined to go down in infamy, arguably the most heinous single act of the 20th century.  But what might be most remarkable about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. is that the perpetrator almost got away with it.  It took more than two months for authorities to capture James Earl Ray, following that fateful evening on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Bestselling author and journalist Hampton Sides tells of the months leading up to the crime and the subsequent manhunt for King’s killer in Hellhound on his [...]

Stoic Self-Absorption and a Why a Book Obsessed with Issues has No Meaning Author: Isabel Allende When I learned of the next reading for the book club I have recently joined, The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende, I was excited to discover this internationally acclaimed novelist and her much anticipated novel. I joined a book club because although I read constantly, I’m not exactly up-to-date or familiar with the current literary realm. My tastes are too esoteric for that and I’m working my way through a long running classics kick. As a bookworm and sometimes writer, I have no excuse not to [...]