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  1. The Sabbatical cover

    The Sabbatical

    May 20, 2022 2:00 am Leave a Comment

    Dr. Owen Whitfield is the elderly Oxford professor of history who first appeared in Michael O’Brien’s novel The Father’s Tale. In the events of The Sabbatical, which occur sometime later, Dr. Whitfield is looking forward to a sabbatical year of peace and quiet, gardening in his backyard, and tinkering with… Read more »

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  2. A Well Told Story Translates into Any Language

    February 21, 2017 4:14 pm Leave a Comment

    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons   James Casper’s novel Everywhere in Chains has been translated into Polish under a new title: Listy do Penelopy, which means Letters to Penelope—pen-pal communication,… Read more »

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  3. Looking for the City

    May 16, 2014 10:22 am 3 Comments

    “Let us pine for the City where we are citizens… By pining, we are already there; we have already cast our hope, like an anchor, on that coast. I sing of somewhere else, not of here; for I sing with my heart, not my flesh. The citizens of Babylon hear… Read more »

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