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Book Giveaway: The Sudden Loss Survival Guide by Chelsea Hanson
by, Jill Swenson
June 16, 2020

One month ago, Chelsea Hanson launched her new book The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief. Even though the global pandemic made it more challenging to celebrate and promote the book without face-to-face author events, the book is doing exceptionally well. There is a reason for that. It resonates with readers and with the circumstances we find ourselves in these days…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Book Giveaway, Chelsea Hanson, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide
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Racism and the Failures of the U.S. Constitution
by, Audrey Arnold
June 9, 2020

In a recent article published by The Good Men Project, David Madden decodes the military jargon “battle space” as the killing fields and suggests the military rhetoric provides a pretext for delaying or cancelling the November election.  “It is not enough that the Trump government bungled the pandemic and directly caused the deaths of over a hundred thousand Americans. It is not enough that the… [Read More]

Filed Under: David Madden, David P. Madden, McFarland Press, Racism, The Constitution and American Racism
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Out of the Cave
by, Jill Swenson
May 19, 2020

Announcing The MIT Press will publish Out of the Cave: A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing by Mark Johnson and Don M. Tucker in fall 2021. From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist comes an interdisciplinary theory of knowing as embodied, embedded, enacted, and emotionally-based. Plato’s allegory of the cave trapped us in the illusion that the mind is separate from the body, from the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Don M. Tucker, Mark Johnson, neurobiology, Out of the Cave, The MIT Press
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From Book to Script to Film – What I’ve Learned by Working with a Professional Movie Director
by, Audrey Arnold
March 10, 2020

By Ann Marie Ackermann When the director pointed out a plot hole in my movie script, I winced. We were walking through the old section of a German town, scouting possible shooting locations, and she was trying to imagine the film, scene for scene. “If you don’t put the murderer and victim together right away,” she said, “the audience won’t figure out their connection. We… [Read More]

Filed Under: Ann Marie Ackermann, Death of an Assassin, film production, Museum im Steinhaus
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Tod eines Mörders
by, Jill Swenson
August 20, 2019

Congratulations to Ann Marie Ackermann! The German translation of her book Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee will be published in September by the Silberburg-Verlag publishing house. Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior will sponsor her launch party as one of 16 nationwide events as part of their promotion of regional literature. The launch… [Read More]

Filed Under: Ann Marie Ackermann, Bonnigheim, Death of an Assassin, Germany, historical true crime
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I Just Keep Wondering
by, Jill Swenson
May 21, 2019

Larry Scheckel’s new book, I Just Keep Wondering: 121 Questions and Answers About Science and Stuff, was released by Tumblehome Learning earlier this month.  This is the third in his I Always Wondered Series. Tumblehome Learning is a leading publisher of science books for children. Their books inspire readers to learn more about nature and the world around them. They help kids imagine themselves as… [Read More]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Larry Scheckel, science, Tumblehome Learning
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Carl T. Rowan, Journalist Extraordinaire
by, Audrey Arnold
February 12, 2019

As many of you may know, February is Black History Month. President Gerald Ford recognized it during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial in 1976, urging Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Today, we at Swenson Book Development would like to take time to recognize one outstanding man,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Autobiography, Biography, Black History Month, Breaking Barriers, Carl T. Rowan, Civil Rights Movement, Cuban Missile Crisis, Jackie Robinson, Madeleine Albright, Minneapolis Tribune, Oberlin College, President John F. Kennedy, Project Excellence, Thurgood Marshall, University of Minnesota, World War II
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Cooking and Baking with Your Local Library
by, Audrey Arnold
January 8, 2019

It’s the season of New Year’s resolutions, and as the temperatures drop, what better season is there for spending time in the kitchen honing your cooking and baking skills? Whether you’re sharpening your skills for fun or as part of your career, a valuable resource available to you in your culinary endeavors is your local library. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind… [Read More]

Filed Under: Baking, Betty Crocker, Brown County Library, cake pan library, cooking, culinary arts, Food and Family, How Baking Works, J Kenji Lopez-Alt, libraries, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, New Year's resolution, Taste of Home, The Food Lab, The Science of Cooking
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Early Birds Flock Together
by, Jill Swenson
April 10, 2018

It starts with falling down. In the snow. And not being able to get up. Art Hritus. Ben Gay. Johnny Walker. Three men I don’t want to meet up with these days. Of course I wasn’t wearing boots. The mittens had been left on the kitchen counter. I didn’t even have a hat. The wind and the snow came up out of the open expanse… [Read More]

Filed Under: Lakefly Writers Conference, Nancy Runner. Early Birds Flock Together, Orange Hat Publishing, Wisconsin Writers Association
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Enter to win a free copy of Understanding Teen Eating Disorders
by, Jill Swenson
April 3, 2018

Julie could run like the wind. Claire had trouble adjusting to college. Nick felt increasingly disconnected from his family and friends. Anna was resistant to recovery. May suffered abuse at the hands of her boyfriend. Emma was a secret eater. Like mother, like daughter for Maeve. Each chapter in this new book is a case study of a teen to illustrate the development, nature, and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Cathie Simpson, Cris Haltom, Mary Tantillo, Understanding Teen Eating Disorders
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