Posts Categorized: Books

Five Star releases Ophelia’s War a novel exploring Polygamy, Rape and Prostitution in Frontier Utah

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One day after the FBI released a warrant for polygamous FLDS leader Lyle Jeffs, Five Star, an imprint of Gale/Cengage Learning, released a new novel by Alison L. McLennan, which dispels myths of frontier chivalry and happy polygamy. Ophelia’s War: The Secret Story of a Mormon Turned Madam is a fast-paced, historical, coming-of-age novel about… Read more »

Biblio launches sites for book lovers in Australia and New Zealand

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Biblio.com, the world’s largest independent marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books, and BiblioQuest International, Australia’s leading search service for out-of-print and collectible books, are launching two new sites for bibliophiles in Australia and New Zealand on June 14, 2016: Biblio.com.au and Biblio.co.nz. Biblio.com will manage the sites while BiblioQuest will be responsible for marketing… Read more »

Actor Richard E. Burton Sets New Release Date for Muhammad Ali Show

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Television actor Richard E. Burton  (announced a new opening date for the one-man show based on his life with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. Originally scheduled for October, 2016, “Ali and Me: Lessons I Learned from the Champ” will be released in September as a streaming video on the Internet. After Muhamad Ali’s death on June… Read more »

European Journal of Psychotraumatology: Bringing gender equality to psychotraumatology research

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It was during a conference on women’s mental health in Tokyo last year that European Journal of Psychotraumatology Editor-in-Chief Miranda Olff determined that changing the journal’s gender policy guidelines could wait no longer. She immediately dove into the project, connecting with Shirin Heidari, a member of the European Association of Science Editors’ Gender Policy Committee. Working with the association,… Read more »