Some books are to be tasted: WorkPress overview by Jessica and Matt Beck, March 26, 2012 By Joel Solkoff (State College, PA United States) http://www.amazon.com/review/R334DOKHWPN31W One of my father’s favorite quotations was “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to […]
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Learning to Live Again, My Triumph Over Cancer
Library Journal review Solkoff, Joel. Learning To Live Again: My Triumph over Cancer. Holt. Jun. 1983. c.220p. LC 82-18743. ISBN 0- 03-057647-4. SI6.95. MED/PER NAR Solkoff is diagnosed as having Hodgkin’s disease, a type of cancer. He fears the disease and the possibility of death. He undergoes radiation treatment to eradicate the cancer, “Radiation treatment […]
Speechwriting basics: How to apologize without saying you are sorry
________________________________________________________ For a speechwriter and ghost, which is how I paid the rent and then the mortgage, being published anonymously in Vital Speeches is a high and bankable honor. Here is the speech which demonstrates how high level public officials can explain away the mistakes of the president who appointed them. SPEECH The Government and […]
Emerson’s Essay on Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays, First Series[1841] Self-Reliance “Ne te quæsiveris extra.” “Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or […]
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