At SLR, we ran a raving review of Jennifer Niven’s first Velva Jean novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, so we were thrilled when we received the sequel, Velva Jean Learns to Fly. Niven didn’t disappoint. We’re pleased to select this title as our September Read of the Month, and we hope you’ll […]
September Read of the Month, Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven
September 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
September Read of the Month Click to Buy Velva Jean Learns to Fly By Jennifer Niven Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Jennifer Niven won much praise and many readers with her first novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive. In that book, the focus is on Velva Jean’s teen years in Depression era Appalachia. […]
Author B. Wayne Quist Discusses God’s Angry Man
February 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
B. Wayne Quist has been writing for over 40 years in the fields of national security, political science, and history. In addition to God’s Angry Man: The Incredible Journey of Private Joe Haan, which was selected as SLR’s February Read of the Month, Wayne co-authored The Triumph of Democracy Over Militant Islamism (2006) and Winning the War on […]
February Read of the Month: God’s Angry Man, by B. Wayne Quist
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Christopher Bundrick God’s Angry Man: The Incredible Journey of Private Joe Haan paints a very interesting picture of a mid-twentieth century American experience. A sort of American everyman, Joe Haan might represent our sense of what’s best about this country. Like Huckleberry Finn (born just a little further south on the Mississippi), Haan […]