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It Ain't Easy, Yet Mosley Fearlessly Does It Again: A review of Walter Mosley's "Fearless Jones" A definite must read, but perhaps not the best introduction to Mosley'

Walter Mosley writes fiction the way fiction ought to be written. At times it is Raymond Chandler meets Chester Himes, at others, Chandler and C. S. Lewis on acid.

The first in a series on Authors who blog featuring authors Mosley and Martin. Look for new author blogs to be featured here periodically.

Although Cy Young won more games, and Christy Mathewson won more acclaim, it is hard to argue that any pitcher was better than Johnson during the early 20th century.

Brief biography and works of Sir Walter Scott, famous for poem "The Lady of the Lake."

Walter Cronkite was one of America's most beloved and highly respected broadcast journalists. He passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009.

Iron John by Eric A Kimmel with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman is a wonderful introduction for both young and old to a fairy tale that is unfamiliar to most.

The Master Singers of Nuremberg, a comic German opera by Richard Wagner. Opera plot summary, character list, and other Wagner opera information.

Raise your hand if you've been waiting for Walter Becker to dole out Circus Money, his first solo album since 1994's brilliant 11 Tracks of Whack.

Does writer Fernley Phillips underestimate his audience with this thriller?

Walter Geikie lived and worked in Edinburgh in Scotland in the early decades of the 19th century. His favourite subject was his home town and the people who lived in it.

From the early 1920s until February 1933, Albert Walter led a world-wide organization that funded international Communist clubs, cells, and dispensed propaganda.

Kevin Bacon convincingly plays a convicted child molester fighting his personal demons and trying to start afresh.

J. B. Rhine was a founder of modern parapsychology. Director Levy tampered with laboratory equipment and resigned. More emphasis was placed on data verification.

The 1949 demonic possession and exorcism of Roland or Robbie Doe AKA Douglass Deen, all pseudonyms, was the basis for William Blatty's novel and movie The Exorcist.

Set during the last half of the eighteenth century, "The Highland Widow" was published in 1827 in Volume One of Scott's Chronicles of the Canongate.

In the world of classical music there are so many fine artists alive today that those who have come before are often forgotten. Here are two who deserve to be remembered.

Walter Borneman has written an outstanding biography on the eleventh President of the United States, "Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America."

'Auld' Wat of Harden was, without doubt, a memorable scottish reiver of the 16th century. His raids into England were formidable, yet his sense of humour was renowned.

Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch attacked English castle and rescued notorious Scottish Reiver, Kinmont Willie Armstrong, when peace existed between England and Scotland.

Walter Dean Myers is a young adult author well known for his poignant and moving stories, and SLAM! is no different.

Loch Katrine was mentioned by the famous Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott, in his 'Lady of the Lake' poem of 1810. Visitors can still sail on the steamship of his name.

During the turbulent decade 0f the 1920s and beyond, Birmingham's Walter Handley demonstrated that he was a brilliant and at times a controversial rider.

Best known for his Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series that are both set in his native-Los Angeles, Mosley has set The Long Fall in present-day New York City.

Walter Rusk is still remembered warmly in his native Ulster, and with his shock of blonde hair he was labeled the 'Blonde Bombshell.'

British poet Walter de la Mare captures a night scene wherein the moonlight has bathed everything in silver.

One of the greatest and most prolific botanical artists, Walter Hood Fitch was a master of plant anatomy and plant dissection.

Eighteen years into baseball's greatest pitching career, Walter Johnson is in his first World Series, loses twice, and gets an unexpected final chance.

Author Walter Mosley adds to his literary repertoire with his newest mystery novel by creating a new character in a contemporary context.

Although it has a weak ending, Walter Mosley's new novel, The Tempest Tales, poses important questions about religion, race, and the afterlife.

Swiss architect Walter Stahel, author of The Performance Economy, and founder/director of The Product-Life Institute, recently talked with Suite101 writer Susan Murray.

Swiss architect Walter Stahel, author of The Performance Economy, and founder/director of The Product-Life Institute, recently talked with Suite101 writer Susan Murray.

Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel The Ox-Bow Incident is a Western that still deserves to be read today.

In her romance novel Persuasion, Jane Austen criticizes different parenting techniques, including the favoritism and neglect displayed by Sir Walter Elliot.

A Bucket of Blood stars Dick Miller as an insecure busboy who becomes a crazed sculptor, in this 1959 horror comedy.

A review of A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, written by guest author Jennifer Yap

Political contributions by journalists paint a glaring contrast to the professional standards of a legendary industry pioneer.

What happened at Roanoke...what was Croatoan and why was this name carved on a tree in the middle of the abandoned settlement.

Two organisations with great racing pedigrees combined to form the Eurobrun Formula One team, but the outcome was less than satisfactory.

What do Saxon kings, Thomas Wyatt, and Sir Walter Raleigh all have in common? They have either worshipped in, or are buried in, this ancient West Country parish church.

Short biography of George Meikle Kemp, who designed and built the Scott Monument in Princes Street, Edinburgh

Some of the best botanical paintings of the Himalayan rhododendrons were produced in the 19th century by Walter Fitch and Joseph Hooker.

Gone are the days of the cliché-ridden image of a writer sitting huddled over a desk, surrounded by crumpled pieces of paper that had been thrown on the floor in despair.

The need for closure can be extreme - so extreme, that it often affects innocent beings. And this desperate need for closure can have severe consequences.

A brief look at some literary misprints and blunders

After the low-point of the Nebula Awards anthologies with the 2001 volume, the series began to slowly improve in quality, starting with Kim Stanley Robinson's choices.

Through varied forms of the idiom, "give the lie to," the speaker's refrain emphasizes the disingenuity that is being decried throughout the poem.

Couples who don't mind sharing accommodations, or families who want to rent out an entire cabin for a reunion, should consider this remote lodge in the mountains.

This clairvoyant medium writes about the pre-birth connection parents can have with their children through a spiritual journey encompassing the mind, body and spirit.

Songs from Aja, Royal Scam, Gaucho, Katy Lied, Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic round out an evening of Internet requests.