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Book Review: 'D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths'

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(C) 1962 by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Renewed 1990 by Per Ola D'Aulaire and Nils M.P. D'Aulaire.  In 1974, when I was 11 years old, my mom and I used to visit her friend Olga at a townhouse in the then-still new South Florida suburban community called Kendall. At the time, Olga was married to an Airlift Airlines pilot and World War II veteran named Joe. Joe was still flying, and Olga would often invite us to keep her and her three teen sons company while he was away.  The youngest of the boys was only three years older than I was, and because I acted a bit more mature than most kids my age, he didn't mind when his mom asked him to hang out with me while she and my mom chatted out on the patio of Olga and Joe's Kendall townhouse and drank adult beverages. To entertain me,  Mike - I think that was his name, anyway - would often show me his collection of World War II models and dioramas; most of them were Revell kits of planes such as the P-51 Mustang an

Book Review: 'Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy'

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(C) 2016 Harper Design/becker&meyer! and Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover art by Steven Thomas On October 25, 2016, Harper Collins' imprint Harper Design and becker&meyer! published Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy. Written by Lucasfilm Story Group's Pablo Hidalgo, this 112-page coffee table hardcover is an in-universe look at persuasive art created for various factions during several periods of conflict in the Star Wars timeline. Propaganda art has become synonymous with life in the galaxy far, far away. Whether it's a poster of a Star Destroyer hovering over a planet in a display of Imperial domination; a symbol painted on a wall to deliver a message of hope on behalf of the Rebellion; or a mural depicting a line of stormtroopers to promote unity within the First Order; this type of art, as an instrument of persuasive fearmongering and impassioned idealism, captures the ever-changing tides of politics and public sentiment across the