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Bish Denham

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Children's Books, Humor

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Bish Denham, whose mother’s side of the family has been in the Caribbean for over one hundred years, was raised in the U. S. Virgin Islands. She still has lots of family living there whom she visits regularly.

She says, “Growing up in the islands was like living inside a history book. Columbus named the islands, Sir Francis Drake sailed through the area, and Alexander Hamilton was raised on St. Croix. The ruins of hundreds of sugar plantations, built with the sweat and blood of slave labor, litter the islands. Then there were the pirates who plied the waters. It is within this atmosphere of wonder and mystery, that I grew up. Life for me was magical, and through my writing I hope to pass on some of that magic.”

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	Voyagers: The Third Ghost by Yvonne Ventresca (Goodreads Author), Sherry Ellis (Goodreads Author), Bish Denham (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anansi and Company: Retold Jamaican Tales 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bowl and the Stone: A Haunting Tale from the Virgin Islands 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lizard's Tail it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Shorts by Madeline Smoot (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bish Denham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dilly Dillo and the Texas Star: A Dilly Dillo Christmas Story 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anansi and Company: Retold Jamaican Tales by Bish Denham (8-Mar-2014) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I don't get to other blogs and read what's going on with all of you and that in itself seems unfair. I can't expect people to come to my blog if I don't go to theirs. I'm such a slow reader that I have to dedicate a whole day to visiting blogs. So, the basic reason for my terrible lack in participation is that I simply don't have the

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How to Be Compassionate: a Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World

by Dalai Lama XIV

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The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore

by W.B. Yeats

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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

by Pema Chödrön

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Bish Denham rated a book liked it Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother – A Biography of Science and Faith by James A. Connor (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Well it's taken me For.Ev.Er to read this book. I know who Kepler is, after all there's a satellite out there with his name on it that's searching for planets around other suns. However I knew absolutely nothing about the man's life. I have/had to iss ...more
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Bish Denham rated a book liked it Eve's Diary by Mark Twain	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Somewhat humorous, but not his best. However one must consider this was written just a year after his beloved wife, Olivia, had died. Thus the last line, “Wheresoever she was, there was Eden”, makes perfect sense. His missed his wife, her curiosity, ...more
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Social satire of this type probably began with an Irish cleric, one named Jonathon Swift (1667-1745) who wrote the incomparable Gulliver's Travels. He was followed by the masterful French wordsmith, Voltaire (1694-1778) author of Candide. I wonder if ...more
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I had to take into account when it was written (1914), or I might say this was quite dated and didn’t age well. Once again a male dominate story except for the Mahars, the dominant (evil) race of reptilian females. (Eye roll) But… my attention was hel ...more
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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
― Jimi Hendrix

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“Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.”
― Mark Van Doren

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“I'm interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them.”
― Ray Bradbury

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“Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”
― A.E. Housman

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“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.”
― A.P. Gouthe

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