Veteran Radio Executive Writes Controversial Book About Tyler Perry
Never Would Have Made It: The Rise of Tyler Perry, the Most Powerful Entertainer in Black America (And What It Really Took to Get Him There), Written by Melvin Childs; if you are a Tyler Perry fan, “Never Would Have Made It” is a must-read; Melvin Childs shares an intensely personal story of tri…
Shawn Rae, Bridging the Gap Between Islam and The West, One Song at a Time
Meet the Man Who’s Bringing “White Christmas” to the Muslim World
MIAMI, Dec. 17, 2010 — Even in a place well accustomed to strange and exotic sights, this was one for the books. An American Muslim on Pakistani television. Singing Christmas songs.
Impossible to imagine, and ye…
New Trilogy Examines History, Changes in Middle East
Beirut Resident Combines Personal Story with Thorough Research in New Treatise
BEIRUT, May 11, 2010 — In the first book of his revelatory new trilogy, Middle East Perspectives: Personal Recollections (published by iUniverse), author Bassil A. Mardelli offers readers an all-encompassing ove…
New Book Offers Fresh Perspective on Transgender Life
Joanne Herman Shares Experiences in “Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not”
BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2009 — “Transgender people have been around since the beginning of time, and there are more of us than you think,” writes Joanne Herman in her new book, “Transgend…
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 21, 2009 — On June 11, 1971, an article appeared in the Allentown Morning Call describing how a local man, Fritz Sprandel, had been captured and was being held as a pawn in a political game of chess between the United States and Cuba.
Sprandel had set out on a dare in a wood canvas ca…
