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Financial Literacy Friday Week 3!
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Welcome again to Financial Literacy Fridays! This week, we wanted to highlight a book that covers a widely discussed topic—children and money. Many parents worry and wonder about whether they should give their kids an allowance, how they will pay for college, and what their kids should know and learn…
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Poet Spotlight: Neil Hilborn
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And we’re back for another poet spotlight, and this time we’re appreciating some contemporary poets. This week’s spotlight: Neil Hilborn Neil Hilborn is an American poet known for his accomplishments in slam poetry. While attending Macalester College, he was a member of the 2011 Macalester Poetry Slam team, which ranked…
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New Release: Turn Back Before Baghdad
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The day is finally here: we’re releasing the long-anticipated Gulf War novel, Turn Back Before Baghdad! Follow author Laurence Jolidon as he uses his experience with media pools and wartime journalism to bring frontline dispatches from American and British Correspondents to the public during the historical Operation Desert Storm. You’ll…
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About Turn Back Before Baghdad
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A quarter of a century ago, Saddam Hussein was given the ultimatum to peacefully withdraw troops by January 15, 1991, from Kuwait before the United States and our allies took lethal action. Hussein failed to comply and Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm, in attempt to swiftly bring an…
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Financial Literacy Friday Week 2!
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Financial Literacy Month just keeps moving forward, and so do we. This week, we’ve chosen to highlight a book whose mission is to guide you through financial planning and everything that’s associated with it: The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards. “Financial decisions have never been more complex, and yet…
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Journalism and Jolidon by Ron Martz
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Of all the many strange and fascinating characters I met during my 40-year career in the newspaper business, perhaps none was more focused on the business of journalism than the late Larry Jolidon, author, editor, and original publisher of Turn Back Before Baghdad. I first met Larry, then working…
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Poet Spotlight: Walt Whitman
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This week will be featuring another one of America’s most prominent poets in American history! This week’s spotlight: Walt Whitman On May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman was born, the second of nine children. At the age of twelve, Whitman became acquainted with Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare while learning the printing…
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Financial Literacy Friday Week 1!
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For Financial Literacy Month, we at the Press want to highlight four books related to the economic world and financial literacy that we think could guide readers toward greater knowledge of money and finance. We will be highlighting one book per week for four weeks, so make sure you check…