Category: Profiles of Inspirational People

• Book review: The Lincoln Highway

  

  Amor Towles’ most recently published novel, “The Lincoln Highway,” is his third novel, and possibly his best. Set in 1954, the story traces the lives of three eighteen year old boys and one younger brother who is eight years old. They take this unexpected journey from Nebraska to New York City all enroute to San […]

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  February 25, 2022

  Book Reviews & Comparatives, Profiles of Inspirational People

  Amor Towles, best novel, Book Review, inspiring, The Lincoln Highway, writer

• A Gentleman in Moscow

  

  What would it be like to live inside the Metropol Hotel in Moscow? Amor Towles’ second novel answers that question.

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  February 18, 2022

  Book Reviews & Comparatives, Profiles of Inspirational People

  #agentlemaninmoscow, #amortowles, #bookclub, #bookgroup, #bookreview, #books, #classics, #history, #russianliterature, #time

• The Rules of Civility

  

  The rules written by George Washington present an elusive concept, civility, as a way of living. Read on to see how they are still inspiring today.

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  February 11, 2022

  Book Reviews & Comparatives, Keen Living: A Practice in Well-Being, Profiles of Inspirational People

  #amortowles, #civility, #CLE, #georgewashington, #rulesofcivility, Book Review, Well-being, wellness

• Amor Towles

  

  A fascinating writer rooted in New York and producing some of today’s best novels.

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  February 4, 2022

  Book Reviews & Comparatives, Profiles of Inspirational People

  Amor Towles, author, career, new york, The Gentleman in Moscow, The Lincoln Highway, The Rules of Civility, writing

• Legacy

  

  Living and loving on in life. The legacy of loving through hardship can lead to new insights and epiphanies.

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  January 7, 2022

  Memoirs, Profiles of Inspirational People

  #epiphany, #JenniferSenior, #keenliving, #legacy, #lifeliveson, #lifeloveson

• The Pandemic Hijacked Everyone’s Lives

  

  Finding Avenues of Healing Mentally and Emotionally from the Pandemic

  Megan Davia Mikhail

  February 21, 2021

  Keen Living: A Practice in Well-Being, Profiles of Inspirational People

  healing, hijacking, malcolm gladwell, movement, near miss, pandemic, Survivor