Please join us on Wednesday, December 7th at 7pm. ($5 donation – call Rakestraw Books at 925.837.7337 – Introduction by Newell Arnerich. Proceeds from the special evening will benefit the San Ramon Valley Veterans’ Hall. On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2011
Recently Danville TV had the opportunity to interview Rashad Harrison, author of Our Man In The Dark. Q: Tell us about Our Man in the Dark. A: Our Man in the Dark is set in 1964. It’s about John Estem, a lonely accountant working for Martin Luther King’s SCLC. He embezzles $10,000 from the organization [...]
Continue reading...19. November 2011
A new book relates the remarkable story of Ian Fleming’s daring commando group during World War Two and how they inspired the story of the greatest spy ever: James Bond. Michael Korda finds his own family story in its midst. read more via: The Daily Beast
Continue reading...15. November 2011
A stunning debut historical noir novel about a worker in the civil rights movement who became an informant for the FBI during the months leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Feeling underappreciated and overlooked, John Estem, a bookkeeper for Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), steals ten thousand dollars [...]
Continue reading...10. November 2011
In the Nov. 13 issue of the Book Review, the documentarian Errol Morris reviewsStephen King’s new novel, “11/22/63.” The book, like the film Morris is currently completing, is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Because of their overlapping interests, and because Mr. Morris’s technique as a filmmaker is to chase down every clue, he requested [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2011
A Facebook post by ‘Interview With the Vampire’ author Anne Rice poking fun at ‘Twilight’ caused a furor among Team Edward. Rice tells Marlow Stern about her ‘Twilight’ ‘beef,’ her thoughts on the movie series and ‘True Blood,’ why teens are obsessed with vampires, and her upcoming book, ‘The Wolf Gift.’ read more
Continue reading...3. November 2011
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs leapt to the top of bestseller lists in its first week in book stores, flying off shelves to the tune of 379,000 copies, according to Nielsen’s BookScan. “Steve Jobs,” which came out on October 24 from publisher Simon & Schuster, sold three times more copies than [...]
Continue reading...26. March 2010
Part 2 Part 3 For more info about Elaine and her cookbook please visit Pharospublishing.com
Continue reading...8. March 2010
Last Thursday we had the pleasure of filming a cooking segment with author Elaine Schmitz. Elaine prepared her famous Greek version of Yankee Pot Roast that she paired with a beet salad and mashed potatoes from her book Recipes & Recollections of my Greek American Family. We will be airing her cooking segment later this [...]
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6. December 2011
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