Reviewed by Robert McCool
How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?
In #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult’s latest novel, the book of two ways (Ballentine Books, Isbn 978-1-4328-8334-8), romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs, and hieroglyphics. With four pages of reference materials at the finish you can immerse yourself in a time far past knowing the details of that time are accurate and made simple for us to understand.
Reviewed by Robert McCool
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a 71-year-old vet of two wars who rides through the state of Texas reading the news of the world to groups of people for a dime apiece.
A newspaper printer who lost his press in the just finished War Between the States, he buys newspapers from both far away and local to Texas and people flock to his readings in order to hear the latest news. Many are illiterate.
Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
Often even the best Valentine’s Day plans fail. In a year when going out to celebrate love is difficult, what is one to do? Thankfully, there are tons of great singers who can put a little romance in your life even while you are sitting at home.
What are your favorite love songs? Let the Icon know in the comments!
By Derek Swartzlander
How do you listen to your music?
• Do you have a large stack of CDs?
• How about a crate of old records?
• Maybe you even have a dusty collection of 8-tracks or an iPod full of mp3 files.
These are what you probably think of when you want to listen to music, however, one of the fastest growing formats for music is streaming.
Streaming is the use of a computer, cell phone, or other technology to have music (or other media, such as movies) delivered to your device.
By Karen Kier
ONU HealthWise Pharmacy
As COVID-19 vaccine becomes available and more people are eligible, it might be a good idea to review the prevaccination checklist that is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is important to understand why these questions are relevant to the overall success of the COVID-19 vaccine. The answers allow the professionals to assess if the vaccine is appropriate for you or if they need to take extra precautions when administering the vaccine such as the potential for an allergic reaction.
By Amelia Alexander
Climate change is an issue that needs to be addressed with alacrity.
We need honest debate about climate change to yield the best result for everyone. The best way to do this is to use science and facts.
I have faith in humanity. I believe that when people know better, they do better. It is the fault of many politicians and media that we are not exposed to the facts about climate change.
I would be very surprised if you have already heard all of the numbers that I am going to show you. Everyone deserves to know these numbers, but hardly anyone is talking about them.
