Book Reviews πŸ“š Archives - MARKGRAGO.COM ✍🏻 https://markgrago.com/category/book-reviews-πŸ“š/ I'm a writer&poet&vlogger from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You are invited on my journey! βœπŸ»πŸ“½πŸ“Έ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:28:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/markgrago.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/imageedit_2_3033854795.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Book Reviews πŸ“š Archives - MARKGRAGO.COM ✍🏻 https://markgrago.com/category/book-reviews-πŸ“š/ 32 32 128556770 IS THE ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE REALLY ORTHODOX IN TEACHING&STUDY? ☦☦☦ https://markgrago.com/is-the-orthodox-study-bible-really-orthodox-in-teachingstudy-%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6/ https://markgrago.com/is-the-orthodox-study-bible-really-orthodox-in-teachingstudy-%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:22:37 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=512   A warning to Eastern Orthodox Christians on this Study Bible version Β  The Orthodox Study Bible (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1993) makes a very good initial impression. The bindings are handsome, the Bible is nicely printed, and it is graced by several full-color icons scattered through the book. It uses the increasingly popular New …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/is-the-orthodox-study-bible-really-orthodox-in-teachingstudy-%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6%e2%98%a6/feed/ 0 512 “Abraham Lincoln”: by Benjamin Thomas. A Luxurious Odyssey of Detail in One Solid Work πŸ“šβœπŸ» https://markgrago.com/abraham-lincoln-by-benjamin-thomas-a-luxurious-odyssey-of-detail-in-one-solid-work-%f0%9f%93%9a%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/ https://markgrago.com/abraham-lincoln-by-benjamin-thomas-a-luxurious-odyssey-of-detail-in-one-solid-work-%f0%9f%93%9a%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:25:27 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=528   I have often, over many years in my book reading, been asked what β€˜biography’ I would recommend whose concern is the study of Abraham Lincoln. My response is always the same: β€˜How much do you really know about Abraham Lincoln?’ If you don’t know much, this is THE BOOK to start with. Author Benjamin …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/abraham-lincoln-by-benjamin-thomas-a-luxurious-odyssey-of-detail-in-one-solid-work-%f0%9f%93%9a%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/feed/ 0 528 Les Fleurs du Mal “Flowers of Evil”: A Poetic Carnival of Erotic Mysticism ✍🏻 https://markgrago.com/les-fleurs-du-mal-flowers-of-evil-a-poetic-carnival-of-erotic-mysticism-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/ https://markgrago.com/les-fleurs-du-mal-flowers-of-evil-a-poetic-carnival-of-erotic-mysticism-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:19:06 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=487   The setting for this essay is living in France. The symbolist movement has captured the imagination of the French people. Creativity is measured by creativity itself. Poetry, art, sculpture, and even journalism will be ravaged by a movement that is obsessed with imposing transfiguration and delicacy into worlds of mysticism and supposition. Romanticism and …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/les-fleurs-du-mal-flowers-of-evil-a-poetic-carnival-of-erotic-mysticism-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/feed/ 0 487 “MOTHER MAY I” by TINA PARKER: A COLLECTION OF VERSE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DIVINITY OF SACRED MOTHERHOOD✍🏻 https://markgrago.com/mother-may-i-by-tina-parker-a-collection-of-verse-that-illustrates-the-divinity-of-sacred-motherhood%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/ https://markgrago.com/mother-may-i-by-tina-parker-a-collection-of-verse-that-illustrates-the-divinity-of-sacred-motherhood%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:36:22 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=456   Motherhood and parenting are pristine subjects for poetry of the most sacred and noble. Tina Parker captures the brilliancy and benevolence of the most precious biological instrument that the cosmos possesses: Mother. There is no need to speculate about her intention with this body of verse; it has been ripened by the sun of …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/mother-may-i-by-tina-parker-a-collection-of-verse-that-illustrates-the-divinity-of-sacred-motherhood%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb/feed/ 0 456 “INCARNADINE” BY MARY SZYBIST: A DIVINE TAPESTRY OF VERSE AND HOLY REVELATION ✍🏻☦ https://markgrago.com/incarnadine-by-mary-szybist-a-divine-tapestry-of-verse-and-holy-revelation-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb%e2%98%a6/ https://markgrago.com/incarnadine-by-mary-szybist-a-divine-tapestry-of-verse-and-holy-revelation-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb%e2%98%a6/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:56:01 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=440   Before I express my praise of admiration on this specially selected volume of verse, I must congratulate this poet on winning the National Book Award for Poetry in 2013. It was earned! It is also paramount to exercise my satisfaction in saying that the state of Pennsylvania is, once again, worthy of literary merit …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/incarnadine-by-mary-szybist-a-divine-tapestry-of-verse-and-holy-revelation-%e2%9c%8d%f0%9f%8f%bb%e2%98%a6/feed/ 0 440 806; His Name Was Walter: A Story of Sadness, Determination, and Victory βš’β›β›‘πŸ“š https://markgrago.com/806-his-name-was-walter-a-story-of-sadness-determination-and-victory-%e2%9a%92%e2%9b%8f%e2%9b%91%f0%9f%93%9a/ https://markgrago.com/806-his-name-was-walter-a-story-of-sadness-determination-and-victory-%e2%9a%92%e2%9b%8f%e2%9b%91%f0%9f%93%9a/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=406   Pennsylvania is not just a story of glass and steel. Coal mining was also crucial in the infancy of the state’s narrative. In this delightful work of historical exchange of facts and chronicles by two authors who are related to the protagonist, the reader is swept up in the events of an era in …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/806-his-name-was-walter-a-story-of-sadness-determination-and-victory-%e2%9a%92%e2%9b%8f%e2%9b%91%f0%9f%93%9a/feed/ 0 406 Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell&Patrick Robinson: A Brutal Tale of Survival Determination and VictoryπŸ”±βš“ https://markgrago.com/lone-survivor-by-marcus-luttrellpatrick-robinson-a-brutal-tale-of-survival-determination-and-victory%f0%9f%94%b1%e2%9a%93/ https://markgrago.com/lone-survivor-by-marcus-luttrellpatrick-robinson-a-brutal-tale-of-survival-determination-and-victory%f0%9f%94%b1%e2%9a%93/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:37:48 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=329   The extraordinary duties of a combat soldier can never confide in the dialogue of even the most reputable citizens of that nation; indeed, it is reserved for the class of men and women who have decided to reach the highest transfiguration of human potential. However, in maniacal examples of sacrifice, there is a reserved …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/lone-survivor-by-marcus-luttrellpatrick-robinson-a-brutal-tale-of-survival-determination-and-victory%f0%9f%94%b1%e2%9a%93/feed/ 0 329 Possessed The True Story of an Exorcism by Thomas B. Allen: A Grim and Authentic Narrative of Demons Good and Evil, and Possession πŸ‘»πŸŽƒπŸ¦‡ https://markgrago.com/possessed-the-true-story-of-an-exorcism-by-thomas-b-allen-a-grim-and-authentic-narrative-of-demons-good-and-evil-and-possession-%f0%9f%91%bb%f0%9f%8e%83%f0%9f%a6%87/ https://markgrago.com/possessed-the-true-story-of-an-exorcism-by-thomas-b-allen-a-grim-and-authentic-narrative-of-demons-good-and-evil-and-possession-%f0%9f%91%bb%f0%9f%8e%83%f0%9f%a6%87/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:58:16 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=325   Hidden for nearly 50 years was the diary of a priest whose confession to taking part in an authentic Demonic Exorcism. It was this book that precisely motivated William Peter Blatty to write his own fiction creation, β€œThe Exorcist.” However, this book actually deals with a REAL ONE! This work tells the dark story …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/possessed-the-true-story-of-an-exorcism-by-thomas-b-allen-a-grim-and-authentic-narrative-of-demons-good-and-evil-and-possession-%f0%9f%91%bb%f0%9f%8e%83%f0%9f%a6%87/feed/ 0 325 Edgar Lee Masters: The Spoon River Anthology: The Poetry of the DeadβœπŸ“ https://markgrago.com/267-2/ https://markgrago.com/267-2/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:56:43 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=267   Imagine coming back from out of your tomb to tell someone your life story; now, imagine a whole bunch of people doing that as well! Hope. Struggle. Defeat. Victory. Loss. Gain. How would, if time is granted permission to visit, you tell your story of how your life was? What improvements would you have …

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]]> https://markgrago.com/267-2/feed/ 0 267 MYTHS&LEGENDS OF THE POLYNESIANS: THE WATERY GODS, TALES&HEROS OF OCENIA 🌴πŸ₯₯ https://markgrago.com/mythslegends-of-the-polynesians-the-watery-gods-talesheros-of-ocenia-%f0%9f%8c%b4%f0%9f%a5%a5/ https://markgrago.com/mythslegends-of-the-polynesians-the-watery-gods-talesheros-of-ocenia-%f0%9f%8c%b4%f0%9f%a5%a5/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 20:27:22 +0000 https://markgrago.com/?p=207   If you have not bathed your imagination in the tales of the Polynesian People, you have let much pass over you like a wave. The watery world of these nut-brown people possessed a culture like that of no one on earth. Through the husks of coconut fiber up through the colors of the rainbow, …

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