Year: 2017

Bishop Jakes was on the NBC’s TODAY talking about his NYT bestselling book, Soar!, his new book on entrepreneurship.

You know that part in “Jurassic Park” when Dr. Grant and the kids are about to get chomped by velociraptors, but the Tyrannosaurus rex shows up and demolishes the raptors with her superior jaws?

“Engaging…Peirce persuasively recasts Roxelana as a pragmatist adept at navigating both palace politics and international relations, and as a pioneer who established a more powerful role for Ottoman women.”

“Usually it is assumed that Britain’s empire appeared and then Britain’s food trade—that vast tonnage of tea, flour, sugar, bully beef and Crosse & Blackwell pickle that swept across the seven seas—appeared to feed it. Ms. Collingham turns that idea neatly on its head. It was not so much the empire that began the trade,…

“This compelling scientific detective story spirals outward into realms that affect everyone. Best of all, [Marsh’s] writing style is vivid and personable.”

Oost (meaning “East”) is perhaps Amsterdam’s most varied and unique neighborhood. The locals have fully embraced this cultural melting pot, and rightly so! Hip and trendy blend seamlessly with classic and historic here—on the Javastraat, you’ll find a growing number of trendy coffee houses, boutiques, and restaurants, interspersed with funky, multicultural shops.

It is unclear what possessed Woody Allen, of all people, to comment on the accusations of sexual predation against Harvey Weinstein, when he could have just not said anything . . .