9/13/2026 3:41:00 PM I Witness
- Ronald W. Hull
On this 25th anniversary of the horrendous loss of life at the World Trade Center, I can remember clearly what I saw on the television while it was happening and in the following hours.
Those of us watching, perhaps 1 billion people, were al...
9/13/2026 3:39:00 PM I Witness
- Ronald W. Hull
August 25 anniversary of the horrendous loss of life at the World Trade Center, I can remember clearly what I saw on the television while it was happening and in the flowering hours.
Those of us watching, perhaps 1 billion people, were all e...
5/6/2026 3:33:00 PM 2025 Ned Holstein SP Research Award
- Thomas B James
The National Parents Organization awarded Minnesota attorney/author Thomas James its annual award for shared parenting research....
4/29/2026 5:05:00 PM Law Review Article Published
- Thomas B James
My legal history article, "Child Custody Presumptions," has been published in the Georgia State University Law Review....
6/6/2025 9:05:00 AM DE Fwys to Ewys at Intl Book Awards
- Dave Tabler
Delaware from Freeways to E-Ways is a Finalist in the History: General category of the 16th Annual International Book Awards...
7/11/2024 6:37:00 AM Delaware from Railways to Freeways wins top prize
- Dave Tabler
Delaware Press Association presents Dave Tabler first-place award in the non-fiction book/history category at the 47th annual Communication Awards banquet ceremony on May 1, 2024....
11/25/2023 6:27:00 AM Writing History is like...
- Dave Tabler
Historian/photographer Dave Tabler discusses writing influences, inspiration sources, and dreaming up book cover ideas...
9/19/2023 7:53:00 AM Delaware Before the Railroads wins award
- Dave Tabler
Thrilled to announce "Delaware Before the Railroads" won the 'Travel' category at the 2023 Paris Book Festival! Truly an honor. ...
6/17/2023 6:38:00 AM AI Jurors, what is your decision?
- Dave Tabler
In an innovative approach to audience-specific writing, this author used OpenAI's GPT model to create a two-juror system to review his book topics, catering to two different audiences....
5/1/2023 11:21:00 AM Delaware & Diamond strike a match
- Dave Tabler
Diamond Matches have been and continue to be America's premier producer of matches. Ever wonder why they're named "Diamond Matches"? Hint: “Delaware’s nickname.”...
4/30/2023 6:53:00 AM WF Quimby Tries to Fly. Doesn't Succeed.
- Dave Tabler
W.F. Quimby merits a mention in aviation history for reminding us that the Wright brothers didn't emerge fully formed. Quimby’s failed flying contraptions played a role in their success.
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4/29/2023 11:04:00 AM We Shall Overcome came from Delaware
- Dave Tabler
Charles A. Tindley’s influence resonates every time the uplifting hymn “We Shall Overcome” is sung anywhere in the world. Tindley wrote the song’s progenitor in Delaware....
4/28/2023 8:22:00 AM The stamp that helped eradicate TB
- Dave Tabler
By the end of 1907, Wilmington's first sanatorium, a crucial facility in the fight against tuberculosis, was facing significant financial trouble. The Red Cross had tried multiple fundraising strategies, but none had proven effective until Emily Biss...
4/26/2023 8:55:00 AM From Mules to Moles: Farmhand Turns Physicist
- Dave Tabler
He went on to become a world famous physicist. But at age 16, Michael Pupin had just landed his first job, in Delaware, as a mule driver. Unfortunately, he had never driven mules before.
If you like this clip, keep an eye out for my forthco...
4/24/2023 8:58:00 AM Delaware's first serial killer still haunts us
- Dave Tabler
She’s Delaware's most famous serial killer. If Patty Cannon were around today, HBO would certainly be compelled to make a special out of her grisly life. And its mysterious ending. ...
4/23/2023 5:47:00 AM Sleigh Bells: the 19th century car horn
- Dave Tabler
Delawareans used sleigh bells long before the Victorians popularized them through 'Jingle Bells' (1857), and Currier & Ives prints. While these images depict joyful rides across snowy landscapes, they don't reveal the whole story....
4/22/2023 8:32:00 AM No, George Washington didn't chop down a cherry tree!
- Dave Tabler
Have you ever heard the story of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree and admitting “I cannot tell a lie” when caught? Did you know it was completely fabricated?...
4/20/2023 1:24:00 PM There's no one named 'Victor' in RCA/Victor
- Dave Tabler
Given the worldwide success of RCA Victor in succeeding decades, it’s hard for us to imagine just how fragile the situation must’ve seemed to Eldridge Johnson in 1900. He was besieged by lawsuits over patent and contractual violations on all sides. H...
4/19/2023 8:02:00 AM Explosion at a DuPont Powder Mill
- Dave Tabler
If you build your house near a gunpowder mill, bad things are eventually going to happen.
Charles and Ann DuPont found out this truth the hard way on a sunny day in April 1847. Listen, as Ann recounts the horrors of the day...
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4/17/2023 11:29:00 AM The suffragist who led Delaware to the 19th amenedment
- Dave Tabler
Mabel Vernon was not shy about speaking out for the rights of women. She's remembered to this day for her audacious demonstrations during major presidential addresses–calling out to President Woodrow Wilson during his Independence Day speech in 1916....
4/13/2023 8:27:00 AM Last Duel Fought in Delaware
- Dave Tabler
If you want to fight a duel that flies under the law's radar, fight it right on the line between the contested territory of two states....
4/10/2023 8:10:00 AM Delaware's Most Famous Murder Case
- Dave Tabler
"The Chocolate Murders" has it all---an illicit affair, betrayals right and left, and the first case of murder committed via the US Mail.
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8/16/2021 11:47:00 AM Sales of Superior Tapestry Going Strong
- Deborah K. Frontiera
Deborah K. Frontiera's newest book, Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History, is selling well across the U.P. Don't miss out--order yours today....
2/2/2021 9:26:00 PM Patrick Dean has a new website
- William Patrick Dean
My new website williampatrickdean.com or carvair.com is up and running. I invite everyone to take a look and read my blog. ...
11/2/2020 11:51:00 AM Papa was a Rolling Stone
- Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
Leonid Brezhnev, Mao Tse Tung, Fidel Castro and Kim Il-Sung sitting at a desk sent me a statement saying I was going to be appointed president of the ICP....
10/6/2020 11:15:00 AM Partners in crime
- Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
I have made use of my powers before I saw my family and friends on the microfilm in Ramsgate in 1980....
12/5/2019 3:00:00 AM 100.000 Total Pageviews!!!
- Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
History, Literary Fiction, Humour, Action/Thriller, Mystery/Suspense, Psychology, Romance, Children Short Stories and Poetry takes in all I have done on authorsden so far....
11/19/2019 8:47:00 AM 9 Jorge Juan Street
- Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
This short story reached 3.000 readers. I write of course about the real havoc I caused when I lived at 9 Jorge Juan Street....
2/8/2016 3:31:00 PM The Pursuit of Wisdom
- Dean Chavooshian
I am very proud to post the first editorial review of my new book, The Pursuit of Wisdom, from Readers' Favorite....
12/31/2015 5:31:00 PM New Book Release
- La Shawn B. Kelley
Author inspires with stories of 20 inspiring African American Women of the Civil Rights Movement - 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. ...
3/12/2014 2:26:00 PM Folklorist's second book on Ethiopia released
- Gary R Varner
Following Gary R. Varner's popular book on Ethiopia, "Ethiopia: A Cultural History of an Ancient Land" is Varner's second, "The Ancient Religion and Beliefs of Ethiopia." Available now on kindle and soon in paperback....
5/30/2013 8:10:00 AM Artifacts discovered from the year of 1777
- Bernadine Fawcett
Liverpool jug with images and insriptions to Rev. Andrew Eliot and memorial ring to his father of the same name discovered associated with the book by Bernadine Fawcett, Missing Links to the Culper Spy Ring?...
10/31/2012 6:51:00 PM Portals to Other Realms: Cup-Marked Stones and Prehistoric Rock Carvings
- Gary R Varner
An illustrated analysis of mysterious and ancient rock art found around the world dating back 700,000 years.
Available both in Kindle and paperback editions.
Written by Gary R. Varner and introduction by Vyacheslav Mizin, member of...
10/10/2012 8:54:00 AM A host of stories in Amazon Kindle
- James Cumes
I now have thirty-seven books in Kindle over a range of genres - fiction and non-fiction, memoirs and "futurology."...
6/15/2012 8:27:00 PM New book on Ethiopia now available
- Gary R Varner
Folklorist Gary R. Varner's new book on the cultures and history of Ethiopia is now available on Kindle and in paperback at Amazon.com....
2/7/2012 11:35:00 AM Hy-Tuirtre Kingdom News Update
- Patrick J Flynn
I have had my Book promotion website www.tuirtre.webitry.net up and running for the past few months. I am seeking to get a bit of a buzz going before I launch next autumn. So on we go with a raffle!...
1/24/2012 12:25:00 PM Hy-Tuirtre Kingdom News Update
- Patrick J Flynn
I have had my Book promotion website www.tuirtre.webitry.net up and running for the past few months. I am seeking to get a bit of a buzz going before I launch next autumn. So on we go!...
1/18/2012 1:49:00 PM Father and Son at War, by author Isabel Vandervelde
- Nicole Marie Sorkin
Father and Son at War, by author Isabel Vandervelde, paints an intricate picture of the Civil War by highlighting the relationship between a mulatto man named Malcolm Balfour and his white father, General Malcolm Balfour. ...
11/23/2011 7:52:00 AM My Book Promotion News
- Patrick J Flynn
Just got my Book promotion website www.tuirtre.webitry.net up and running in the past few weeks. I am seeking to get a bit of a buzz going before I launch next autumn. So here we go!...
The authors of Savannah: Brokers, Bankers and Bay Lane: Inside the Slave Trade (Civil War Savannah), received the 2012 Award for Excellence in Research from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The Award was issued by then Georgia Secretary
This is the story of the author’s great great grandparents, Edward Lewis and Sarah Crosby, who were convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land in the 1840s. It is told from the perspective of a detective agency searching for what happened to Edward, w
