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In an exclusive interview, Gabriella Saab opens up about her experience writing 'The Last Checkmate' about the horrors of the Holocaust.

“February 29, 1944. I have gone by many names. Some of them are real - but most are carefully constructed personas to get me through checkpoints and across borders. They are lies scribbled on forged travel documents. Typed neatly in government files, Splashed across wanted posters. My identity is an ever-shifting thing that adapts to the need at hand. Tonight, I am Hélène.”

5 May 2021 12:43pm Many readers will be aware of Melbourne artist and graphic designer, George Petrou OAM and his paintings of individual Anzacs and celebrated Australians. His distinctive paintings which vividly bring to life the individuals from our past now hang in institutions across Australia and overseas. Now George – in conjunction with Big Sky Publishing – has captured this work in a single, large format volume of over 400 pages, lavishly illustrated. Recently I met up with George i...

The last five years have seen a significant rise in women-centric historical fiction focusing on the stories of courageous women who have survived unfathomable hardships, taken incredible risks, or simply dared to dream of a better life.  Some of these stories are about well-known public figures and others about ordinary women who persevered in unimaginable circumstances. Courage like this is not only a personal strength that serves the individual but also has the potential to inspire others. ...

Book Smart: Women take center stage in three new novels, including The Four Winds By Nancy Harris © St. Martins Press “The Four Winds,” by Kristin Hannah. The last five years have seen a significant rise in women-centric historical fiction focusing on the stories of courageous women who have survived unfathomable hardships, taken incredible risks, or simply dared to dream of a better life.  Some of these stories are about well-known public figures and others about ordina...

The grounds of a stately mansion in a beautiful but remote corner of the Scottish Highlands, and a tall, genial young man with a moustache and the tattoo of a fish on his left arm — he’s nicknamed ‘Fish’ for John Fisher — is creeping through the dark. In his hand is a double-bladed dagger, designed for silent killing: a sharp thrust to the throat and the victim slumps dead in a pool of blood. He is a master of close, unarmed combat and fieldcraft — how to stalk an enemy unseen and h...

10 Famously Hard-Core Female Spies Spies. Secret agents. Experts of espionage. These exciting and elusive characters have been sparking intrigue in the hearts of us average citizens since James Bond appeared on the big screen in a cloud of mystery and a jet-black tuxedo. Stories of heroic feats accomplished by these agents of intelligence spread like wildfire, and nothing excites us more than a dangerous mission or a daring escape. Unfortunately, modern spy mania has been focused primarily on t...

amazon.com Sharon Feldt of Sulphur Springs, our books commentator, says Northeast Texas native Reavis Worthams latest novel featuring the Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke, "Hawkes Fury," maintains the humor and action of the previous Hawke books.  Wortham is from Paris.  Sharon also reviews two books by East Texas author Maryann Miller,