# book project (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book project. Page: Feed: --- ## [Who Was Eliza May Drayden?](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/who-was-eliza-may-drayden) _2026-08-21 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ Anjet Daanje's The Song of Stork and Dromedary with translator David McKay ## [“the fact that Ronny drops by all the time now, supposedly to bring me more chicken feed, but sometimes just if he’s passing,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-ronny-drops-by-all) _2026-08-20 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #12, pp. 351-420) ## [“the fact that I like doing latticed pies but I almost always louse up the latticing, when I’m weaving it in and out,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-i-like-doing-latticed) _2026-08-18 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #11, pp. 351-420) ## [Hugh Sullivan’s escape: a soldier’s tale from Greece](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/08/16/hugh-sullivans-escape-a-soldiers-tale-from-greece/) _2026-08-16 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ In a recent blog I wrote about the problems faced by the New Zealand Broadcasting Unit in getting their reports cleared by military censors. But in … Hugh Sullivan’s escape: a soldier’s tale from Greece ## [Breaking Rommel – Errata and Materials](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/08/15/breaking-rommel-errata-and-materials/) _2026-08-15 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background In a project of this nature and scope there will be errors. Towards the end of the publishing process, the perfect is very much the arch enemy of the good, and we know there are mistakes. When we find them, or when they are pointed out to us, we will correct them here. Please \[…\] ## [Tanks in Unexpected Places – Author Blog](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/08/14/tanks-in-unexpected-places-author-blog/) _2026-08-14 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ By Jonny Briggs Tanks in Unexpected Places: The Fighting Effectiveness of 4th Independent Armoured Brigade 1943-45 is the first book I have written … Tanks in Unexpected Places – Author Blog ## [A note on AI](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/08/14/a-note-on-ai/) _2026-08-14 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background AI is becoming more prevalent every day. That is unfortunate, as it is a lying, thieving hallucination machine based on industrial-scale copyright theft, environmental and societal destruction, driven by lunatics. It perverts history, it deceives us, and it destroys every joy in this world and will wreck society if left unchecked. AI and this \[…\] ## [“the fact that I just realized that with this worry-doll industry, Guatemala’s indirectly benefiting from stress levels all over the world,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-i-just-realized-that) _2026-08-13 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #10, pp. 281-350) ## [“…roosters can be mean…I couldn’t resist keeping him because he was so good-looking, but then he started attacking the chickens, the cats, and me,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/roosters-can-be-meani-couldnt-resist) _2026-08-11 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #9, pp. 281-350) ## [Künstler in Baden - Baden 2026.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/k%C3%BCnstler-in-baden-baden-2026) _2026-08-09 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ Der Fotograf Mario Marino wurde zum „Künstler in Baden-Baden 2026“ ernannt. Seine Retrospektive findet vom 29. November 2026 bis zum 24. Januar 2027 in der Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst statt. Der mit 10.000 Euro dotierte Preis geht mit dieser Ehrung und Ausstellung einher. ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bakk8TFoYxci) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [“the fact that they were real in a way I’ll probably never be, nor my kids, or anything,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-they-were-real-in-a) _2026-08-06 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #8, pp. 211-280) ## [“the fact that I don’t know how animals think but I think in spirals, dizzying spirals,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-i-dont-know-how-animals) _2026-08-04 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #7, pp. 211-280) ## ["Mann's Doctor Faustus as Artistic Inspiration"](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/manns-doctor-faustus-as-artistic) _2026-07-31 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ Diane Levesque has created an amazing painting ## [“the fact that when I deliver my pies and rolls we all act so happy, well, pie is a happy thing, or should be...."](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-when-i-deliver-my-pies) _2026-07-30 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #6, pp. 141-210) ## [“the fact that three-tiered wedding cakes involve engineering skills I just don’t have, the fact that it’s really Leo who should be making them, wedding cake collapse,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-three-tiered-wedding) _2026-07-28 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #5, pp. 141-210) ## [Sasha Sokolov's A School for Fools and Between Dog and Wolf, with Jose Vergara](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/sasha-sokolovs-a-school-for-fools) _2026-07-24 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ Lori is joined by Jose Vergara, Associate Professor of Russian at Bryn Mawr College, for a deep dive on Sasha Sokolov, the great destabilizing stylist of Soviet literature and a true writer’s writer. ## [“the fact that what is with this constant monologue in my head, that fact that why am I telling myself all of this stuff, since I know it already,…because I’M ME,”](https://thebigbookproject.substack.com/p/the-fact-that-what-is-with-this-constant) _2026-07-23 · The Big Book Project · The Big Book Project_ (Ducks, Newburyport, Post #4, pp. 71-140) ## [Tropical Carnival, Paris, 2026. Portfolio 21 x 30,5 cm, Pages 52 , 50 Photographs.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/tropical-carnival-paris-2026-portfolio-21-x-30-5-pages-52-50-photographs) _2026-07-11 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [OUT NOW: Breaking Rommel](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/07/06/out-now-breaking-rommel/) _2026-07-06 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Book Announcement – Breaking Rommel Available for Purchase Breaking Rommel: The Struggle for Air Supremacy over El Alamein is now available to purchase from IBN publishers in Rome, in time for the 84th anniversary of the 1st Battle of El Alamein. This is the end of a project that took several years of detailed research \[…\] ## [So when DID the siege of Tobruk end?](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/06/26/so-when-did-the-siege-of-tobruk-end/) _2026-06-26 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background On WW2Talk it was noted that the Australian Descendants Association of the Rats of Tobruk (soldiers who had been present for at least a day of the siege) took 10 December as the end date of the siege, as they considered this was when Rommel gave the order to retreat to the Gazala position. \[…\] ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hZEHmNaew5xa) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Kriegsmarine Operations out of Le Havre on D-Day, 6 June 1944](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/06/06/kriegsmarine-operations-out-of-le-havre-on-d-day-6-june-1944/) _2026-06-06 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background The general story of the German defence against D-Day tends to focus on the land defences. While this is where the primary focus of combat action took places, it overlooks what was considered an important element of the integrated defence of the Normandy coast, the naval units based at Le Havre, and Cherbourg, and \[…\] ## [How the war was won – on killing](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/05/30/how-the-war-was-won-on-killing/) _2026-05-30 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background A recurring discussion on ‘who won the war’, which started by ignoring the contribution of the Red Army in the beginning Cold War, then went towards over-emphasising it sometime from the 1980s, and in the last twenty years again went back to ‘actually, it was the Western Allies’ has a few years ago culminated \[…\] ## [Swansong of the Malta Blenheims](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/05/23/swansong-of-the-malta-blenheims/) _2026-05-23 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background I have previously written about the story of the Malta Blenheims (see e.g. here, here, here and here) and more generally about the Bristol Blenheim here. A while ago I came across a war diary entry in Axis files that German merchant Brook, escorted by Italian gunboat Zuri, was attacked by enemy planes on \[…\] ## [No. 94 Squadron’s very bad day – 15 February 1942](https://rommelsriposte.com/2026/05/22/no-94-squadrons-very-bad-day-15-february-1942/) _2026-05-22 · Rommelsriposte · The Crusader Project_ Background (from IWM) Ernest “Imshi”\[1\] Mason (29 July 1913 – 15 February 1942) was a British World War II flying ace, credited with one Luftwaffe and 14 Regia Aeronautica aircraft destroyed, two shared destroyed, three damaged and another three shared damaged in the air. In this photo he is serving with No. 274 Squadron RAF \[…\] ## [New Book Project, Paris Mon Amour , 27,5 x 34 cm, 320 Photographs, 486 Pages.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/new-book-project-paris-mon-amour-27-5-x-34-cm-320-photographs-486-pages) _2026-03-26 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [Recent Book Project, ZIRKUSMENSCHEN, 198 Photographs, 304 Pages., 27,5 c 34 cm.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/recent-book-project-zirkusmenschen-27-5-x-34-cm-85-photographs-128-pages) _2026-02-27 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [New Book Project. Beach Racing. September 2025.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/new-book-project-beach-racing-september-2025) _2025-10-03 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [Preview Fall 2025. New book “Himalaya,” 27,5 x 36 cm, 336 pages, 195 photographs, softcover.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/preview-fall-2025-new-book-himalaya-27-5-x-36-cm-336-pages-195-photographs-softcover) _2025-08-04 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [NEW POSTER 70 x 100 cm.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/new-poster-70-x-100-cm) _2025-03-31 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ ## [Out Now. New Book](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/coming-soon-new-book) _2024-12-09 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ Mario Marino "CARNEVALE", 319 Photographs, 336 Pages. Size 22 x 28,5 cm, Softcover, Text: German, English, Italian. ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2Q8UxLwACHqV) _2024-12-09 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [2024 HIPA AWARD “Sustainability”.](https://www.mariomarino.com/post/2024-hipa-award-sustainability) _2024-08-23 · Mario Marino · mariomarino_ Mario Marino Shortlist HIPA AWARD “Sustainability”. Category Portfolio (Story-Telling) Project : Legio Maria - Heart in the Darkness....