Brought to visceral, organic life by the exceptional Isobel Pravda and Saul Reichlin we follow Hana Pravda and Milos Dobry through the events of WWII and the Holocaust and are heartened by their goodness and their truth as they mend their lives and recreate themselves anew.
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On 70th Anniversary of D-Day – Remembering One Man’s Story
The truth is old soldiers do die, but they don’t ever fade away.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Heat of the Sun’ by David Rain
This inventive and passionate novel is an imagined sequel to "Madame Butterfly," but it will enthrall readers whether they are familiar with the opera or not.
Read More »Veteran’s Day – Remembering Why We Celebrate November 11, 1918
Brave men and women volunteer, go forward against all odds, and do what most people would not be able or willing to do. They are like those firefighters on 9-11 who went up while everyone else came down.
Read More »DVD Review – ‘Combat!: The Complete Fourth Season’
What makes the show so good even all these years later, is the powerful storytelling.
Read More »DVD Review: “Combat! The Complete Third Season”
A true classic, the third season has just been released on DVD from Image Entertainment.
Read More »Boston Marathon Attack – A New Vigilance Most Needed
The Boston Marathon attack is a slap in the face to a sleepy-headed America.
Read More »The Boston Marathon Winner Who Fed the Hungry
In 1946, Greece's Stylianos Kyriakides used the race to shine the spotlight on hunger in his homeland.
Read More »DVD Review: Foyle’s War: The Home Front Files Sets 1 – 6
This fascinating English murder mystery series has just been released as a 22-DVD box set.
Read More »Book Review: The Secret of the Nightingale Palace by Dana Sachs
If you loved the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet will you love this book?
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