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Tim Darcy Ellis on Bringing a Forgotten Historical Figure Into the Spotlight

Juan Luis Vives, a Spanish Jew and leading Renaissance humanist, is not as recognizable a historical figure as his 16th-century contemporaries such Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas Moore and others, yet author Tim Darcy Ellis brings him back to life in the thrilling historical novel The Secret Diaries of…

BookTribNovember 30, 2020

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When Good Isn’t Good Enough: Jack J. Hersch on “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BookTrib_JackJHersch.jpg In The Dangers of Automation in Airliners, instrument-rated commercial pilot Jack J. Hersch takes readers into the cockpit of nine flight incidents in which flight technology had a major effect. Hersch recognizes that the 300,000 commercial pilots employed around the world are all good at their jobs. "That's how…

BookTribNovember 11, 2020

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You Can’t Overlook Red Flags! Meet Katie Beringer and Her Tough Love Approach to Finding Mr. Right

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Katie-Beringer.jpg When she lost her husband, Katie Beringer found herself alone for the first time in 30 years and thrust into a dating scene that looked radically different from the one she remembered before marriage. Several scamsters and her fair share of cringe-worthy stories later, Beringer has used her experience…

BookTribNovember 18, 2020

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Jack J. Hersch on the Human Hazards of Automation in Commercial Aviation Technology

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_JackHersch_authorspotlight.jpg Advances in aviation technology have given pilots the ability to switch into “autopilot” and essentially let technology fly the plane. This opens the possibility that pilots will lose focus and not be prepared if they need to manage a crisis, which can easily happen. In The Dangers of Automation…

Jim AlkonNovember 16, 2020

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Name Your Gifts and Use Them: Kitty O’Meara on Her Viral Poem “And the People Stayed Home”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_KittyOMeara_FBLive_Recap.jpg Dubbed the "poet laureate of the pandemic" by O Magazine, former teacher and chaplain Kitty O'Meara was, ironically, hiding from a virus when her prose poem went viral. After encouraging and inspiring millions around the world, her poem has become the beautifully illustrated children's book And the People Stayed Home. Click here for…

BookTribNovember 10, 2020

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Rosalind Wiseman on Distance Learning Challenges and Solutions

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_rosalind-wiseman-author-spotlight.jpg “Distance learning is not going to harm your child’s education if there is a partnership between you, your child, and the teacher,” write the top-notch team of educators and child psychology experts behind The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents (Corwin). The writing team includes Rosalind Wiseman, best known for…

BookTribNovember 9, 2020

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Old But Spry Texas Lawman Walks the Line of Right and Wrong, and Reavis Wortham Has Nothing But Respect

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_ReavisWortham_FBLive.jpg Inspired by his own grandfather, a Lamar County constable, Reavis Z. Wortham wrote his historical mystery thriller, The Rock Hole, with Ned Parker, an old but spry Texas lawman, as its hero. In a recent interview for BookTrib, Wortham shared some of his memories of working with his grandfather…

BookTribOctober 30, 2020

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Amy Karl on Writing Her Memoir, Kundalini Yoga and Learning to Trust Your Journey

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_AmyKarl_spotlight2.jpg Trust your journey. That’s what Amy Karl had to do on her wild ride trying to make it as an actress in Hollywood, as documented in her entertaining and readable memoir, He Put My Buddha in the Freezer (read our full review here). That’s also the advice she would…

BookTribOctober 26, 2020

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Hope and Survival During the Vietnam War: “A Bend in the River”

For Libby Fischer Hellmann, A Bend in the River (our review here) represents a polished segue into historical fiction after her previous work as an accomplished writer of mystery and suspense. Her well-honed sense of pace shines through every chapter, whether we are with Tâm in a Vietnamese jungle planting…

BookTribOctober 19, 2020

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Lisa Regan on Her Small-Town Detective and Growing Mystery Series

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-design-23.jpg Lisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series, as well as several other crime fiction titles. While the series has already grown to nine books, the author recently shared some insights about her work and the second book in…

BookTribOctober 19, 2020

Author Spotlight Nonfiction

Todd A. Weiler on Leveraging Equality for National Security

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/todd-a-weiler-author-spotlight.jpg Told from the perspective of a national security background, Untamed Equality by Todd A. Weiler seeks to address and provide solutions for the inequalities that we see every day but may look right past. The author’s debut book defines the elements that move us beyond the norm and into…

BookTribOctober 15, 2020

Author Spotlight Fiction

It’s Never Too Late: Valerie Taylor on Her Debut Novel, “What’s Not Said”

What if an unhappily married middle-aged couple were forced to handle a health crisis? Could their marriage be saved? That was the story idea simmering for 10 years in the mind of Valerie Taylor, whose debut novel What’s Not Said plays on that theme, with a number of delectable storylines.…

BookTribOctober 5, 2020

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J.B. Whitehouse on His Autobiographical Character Q and the Incredible Cast of “Jersig”

“I’d like readers to remember that in times when they might believe there is no beauty left in this world, that they must do one thing: persevere. They must keep moving forward, no matter how hard it might seem, for better days are ahead.” Author J.B. Whitehouse speaks from experience,…

Jim AlkonSeptember 14, 2020

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ITW Spotlight: Ruth Ware on Her Modern Locked-Door Mystery “One by One”

"The Agatha Christie of our generation." — David Baldacci, #1 NYT bestselling author "Diabolically clever." — Riley Sager, author of Final Girls In the five years since she made her adult debut with In a Dark, Dark Wood, Ruth Ware has leaned into the Agatha Christie comparisons that have shown up in…

April SnellingsSeptember 10, 2020

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Somewhere Between Deep Cynicism and Positive Hostility: Luke E. Fellows on the Financial Industry

“The irony is not lost on me that it is my success in the finance industry that has given me the means to spend my time pillorying it.” So says Luke Fellows, author of Snatch 2&20, an edgy burlesque of everything Wall Street. Readers familiar with the machinations of hedge…

BookTribSeptember 8, 2020

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Abduction and Betrayal in Lisa Regan’s Spine-Chilling Thriller “Vanishing Girls”

The formula for most abduction stories goes like this: victim is abducted, victim is rescued, end of story. Lisa Regan set out to break that mold in Vanishing Girls. Regan recalls, "What if the missing person was found, but that was the beginning of the story and not the end?…

BookTribAugust 31, 2020

Tim Darcy Ellis on Bringing a Forgotten Historical Figure Into the Spotlight

When Good Isn’t Good Enough: Jack J. Hersch on “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners”

You Can’t Overlook Red Flags! Meet Katie Beringer and Her Tough Love Approach to Finding Mr. Right

Jack J. Hersch on the Human Hazards of Automation in Commercial Aviation Technology

Name Your Gifts and Use Them: Kitty O’Meara on Her Viral Poem “And the People Stayed Home”

Rosalind Wiseman on Distance Learning Challenges and Solutions

Old But Spry Texas Lawman Walks the Line of Right and Wrong, and Reavis Wortham Has Nothing But Respect

Amy Karl on Writing Her Memoir, Kundalini Yoga and Learning to Trust Your Journey

Hope and Survival During the Vietnam War: “A Bend in the River”

Lisa Regan on Her Small-Town Detective and Growing Mystery Series

Todd A. Weiler on Leveraging Equality for National Security

It’s Never Too Late: Valerie Taylor on Her Debut Novel, “What’s Not Said”

J.B. Whitehouse on His Autobiographical Character Q and the Incredible Cast of “Jersig”

ITW Spotlight: Ruth Ware on Her Modern Locked-Door Mystery “One by One”

Somewhere Between Deep Cynicism and Positive Hostility: Luke E. Fellows on the Financial Industry

Abduction and Betrayal in Lisa Regan’s Spine-Chilling Thriller “Vanishing Girls”

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