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Little People, Big Dreams in one spot

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury: 50 Stories of Brilliant Dreamers by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators

September 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you think that when Mozart was first performing, people realized they were living at the same time as someone who would have a centuries long influence on music? Do you think someone heard Freddie Mercury sing and said, “That boy is going to live forever?” Or did they realize they were walking on the Earth along with Neil Armstrong? It was not until recently that I realized Salvador Dali and I were breathing the same air!  Not to mention, I was living at the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Albert Einstein, art, Beatrix Potter, bob marley, civil rights, David Hockney, Dolly Parton, fashion, Louis Braille, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators, Michael Jordan, music, Nelson Mandela, Rihanna, Rosa Parks, Simone Biles, Stan Lee, Stephen Spielberg, Taylor Swift, various illustrators, Virginia Woolf, Vivienne Westwood, Yayoi Kusama

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:260 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: Albert Einstein, art, Beatrix Potter, bob marley, civil rights, David Hockney, Dolly Parton, fashion, Louis Braille, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators, Michael Jordan, music, Nelson Mandela, Rihanna, Rosa Parks, Simone Biles, Stan Lee, Stephen Spielberg, Taylor Swift, various illustrators, Virginia Woolf, Vivienne Westwood, Yayoi Kusama ·
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A note on Einstein in Kafkaland

August 23, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I just found a neat article about how Einstein in Kafkaland was created. Very short and sweet.  This book was a fun and interesting read and here is my review….

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka ·
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The Prize is nothing less than the Shape of the Cosmos…. and other cliches

How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe by Ken Krimstein

July 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo And also…:  (Vintage, even though I haven’t (as of this posting) posted by review. It is a specific historical time and events) If it wasn’t for Albert Einstein, generations of high school students would not have been tortured by a dude and a cockroach. Thanks a lot Al! How do you ask? Well read How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe by Ken Krimstein. Or at least that is what I got from the first part/the introduction of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 1911-1912 History, Albert Einstein, cbr16bingo, Eastern Europe, Franz Kafka, General Theory of Relativity, Ken Krimstein, Literary Figures, Philosophy of Science, Prague, science

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:314 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 1911-1912 History, Albert Einstein, cbr16bingo, Eastern Europe, Franz Kafka, General Theory of Relativity, Ken Krimstein, Literary Figures, Philosophy of Science, Prague, science ·
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