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A Year In The Life Of An ESL Student: Idioms And Vocabulary You Can’t Live Without
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Year In The Life Of An ESL Student: Idioms And Vocabulary You Can’t Live WithoutAuthor: Edward J. FrancisISBN: 1412020034One of the most challenging difficulties teachers of a second language face is creating an atmosphere where the learning process becomes meaningful and at the same time practical, painless and enjoyable.
(No rating) 5-22-2005 Views: 24983

Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments and Security
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments and Security Author: Alexandra Addison WrageISBN: 13: 978-0-275-99649-9:10:0-275-99649-2According to Alexandra Addison Wrage, author of Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments and Security, there exists several good academic studies on the history and economic theory of bribery and some even measure its impacts, however, reports on the current practice of bribery are non-existent....
(No rating) 8-29-2007 Views: 3495

How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet
Author: David NevuePublisher: Midnight Raid Productions The following review was contributed by NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With David Nevue CLICK HERE David Nevue is an independent musician (pianist and composer) who has been promoting his music on the Internet since 1995.In his debut foray into the world of writing non-fiction, Nevue draws upon his extensive background and experience of marketing music on the...
(No rating) 6-14-2006 Views: 7966

No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You Author: Louise LewisISBN: 978-0-595-42971-4There is, for many of us, a terrifying time in our lives where we find ourselves in a situation that we believe is hopeless. Fortunately, in certan instances something magic happens where we seem to be connected to a spiritual power that guides us in such a way that our movements are natural, yet charged. Our relationships with our fellow humans become intense...
(No rating) 9-5-2007 Views: 5007

Schlepping Through The Alps: My Search For Austria’s Jewish Past With Its Last Wandering Shepherd
Author: Sam AppleISBN: 0345477731Sam Apple, author of Schlepping Through The Alps: My Search For Austria’s Jewish Past With Its Last Wandering Shepherd, first encounters Yiddish folk-singer Hans Breuer at a concert and slide show in New York. Breuer, as Apple points out, is not just your ordinary run-of-the mill Yiddish folk-singer, rather he is truly a wandering Jew and as he reveals in his book, “If you ever happen to be hiking the Alps and you see a man singing Yiddish songs as he watches...
(No rating) 9-30-2006 Views: 4955

The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store Justice
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store JusticeAuthor: Margaret M. Stoddart ISBN: 978-0-595-44329-1 Margaret M. Stoddart’s The Chaparral Murders chronicles the true story of Rusty Phillips, who was arrested and charged with the 1982 murders of Glenn Roberts and his son Timmy in the rural town of Parsons West Virginia and how he was eventually convicted of one of the charges-the murder of Timmy (the murder of Glenn was never solved).Today, after twenty-five...
(No rating) 1-12-2008 Views: 6664

Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully opinionated Journey Through Contemporary Bestsellers
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Why We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Comtempary Bestsellers Authors: Lisa Adams and John HeathISBN: 10: 140221054X: 13:9781402210549In Why We Read What We Read: A Delighfully Opinionated Journey Through Contemporary Bestsellers, Lisa Adams and John Heath set out to explore the current state of the American psyche by closely examining the bestselling books since 1990. As the authors mention in their introduction, “Bestsellers, we must...
(No rating) 9-6-2007 Views: 4314

12th & McGraw by Forrest Haskell
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES.COM Today, with the advent of self-published books there has been a proliferation of the personal narrative. It seems that everyone wants to join the bandwagon and recount his or her life story. The early chapters of 12th & McGraw, authored by Forrest Haskell Jr., gets off to a great start and succeeds in immediately hooking the reader. Forrest Haskell Jr. grew up in a tough Detroit neighborhood in the 40s...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 2890

A Place Called The Bla-Bla Café
Author: Sandy RossISBN: 0-9777227-0-8The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Sandy Ross has pieced together a truly engaging story of a well-known café located in Los Angeles from the early days of 1971 to mid-1982. It was known as the Bla- Bla Café- a hole-in –the-wall club that was twenty feet by eighty feet on Ventura Blvd in Studio City where musicians, comedians, and other aspiring artists were given...
(No rating) 8-14-2006 Views: 5545

A Twig Grows In Springdale by Al Michaud
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Why is it that when we reach our 50s and beyond there is a certain longing for the past? Perhaps, this nostalgic craving is due to our desire to slow down time. Eviatar Zerubavel, a cognitive sociologist at Rutgers University, in his book Social Mindscape, made the following observation: “we all live in remembrance environments and mnemonic communities. These mental landscapes, constructed from shared...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3371

A Woman's Guide To Revenge
Authors: Greg & Ann ClouthierISBN: 1590790715 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsFacing the brutal reality of a cheating mate, some wives become very imaginative and creative when it comes to catching the scoundrel. These innovative strategies are revealed in a series of short case studies that have been put together by private investigators Greg and Ann Clouthier in A Woman's Guide To Revenge.Drawing...
(No rating) 9-17-2005 Views: 7736

Against All Odds: Conquer The Healthcare Battle
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Against All Odds: Conquer The Healthcare Battle Author: Christie Scott ISBN: 978-0-9793971-0-3 Christie Scott is a successful businesswoman as well as a Certified Life Coach with specialized training geared towards coaching medical doctors. She also holds Advanced Certification as a Human Behavior Consultant and her presentations have helped the careers and practices of hundreds of medical doctors around the United States. Scott has now published a...
(No rating) 12-3-2007 Views: 3635

Autumn Glory-Baseball’s First World Series by Louis P. Masur
The year was 1903 when the first World Series was played between the Boston Americans of the newly formed American League and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. As historian Louis P. Mazur author of Autumn Glory-Baseball’s First World Series, states, “the story of the first World Series is the story of the birth of baseball as a modern game, as an American ritual.” In 1901 the American League claimed major-league status and what ensued for the next two years was a constant...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4596

Be Safe: Everything You Need To Know About Security To Be Safe
Click Here To Purchase Be Safe: Everything You Need To Know About Security To Be Safe Author: Ed MorawskiISBN: 978-1440410420 The title just about sums it all up Be Safe: Everything You Need To Know About Security To Be Safe wherein security expert and author Ed Morawski gives readers a comprehensive snapshot of the world of safety and security in your business and home. Using his many years of experience as a security expert having been employed in a range of positions from technical su
(No rating) 9-25-2008 Views: 3113

Berlitz Rush Hour Spanish
Berlitz PublishingISBN: 800157-88-AMCWho among us can recite the alphabet without thinking of that melodicsong through which we learned it in the first place? This enduringassociation illustrates how powerful melody and rhythm can be whenapplied to learning a language, and Berlitz has corralled both theseconcepts in its title Rush Hour Spanish. A 3-CD set of listenings thatcomes complete with a 112-page Listener’s Guide, Rush Hour Spanishcontains over 2 ½ hours of audio that will have you...
(No rating) 3-8-2007 Views: 4151

Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century by Alexander Sanger
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES If there is one thing that will surely stir up emotions is a heated debate between pro-life and pro-choice advocates. The debate invariably brings in political, legal, religious, moral, medical and sociological factors that often times only confuse those who are the spectators. Alexander Sanger is the recently retired president of Planned Parenthood of New York City and grandson of the renowned planning...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 6577

Cashing In With Content
Author: David Meerman Scott ISBN: 0910965714Publisher: CyberAge Books The following review was contributed by NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With David Meerman Scott
(No rating) 8-21-2005 Views: 4302

Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Chicken Soup for the American Idol SoulCompiled by: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Denra Halperin PonemanISBN: 13: 978-0-7573-0645-7: 10: 0-75730645-4 Now in its seventh year, American Idol is the number one television show attracting each week millions of viewers. And every year there are thousands of hopefuls vying for a chance at stardom. Who are these performers? Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul, which is the number one best-selling...
(No rating) 2-22-2008 Views: 3609

Corsino by Cole Kivlin
To read an interview Bookpleasures conducted with Cole Kivlin author of CORSINO click HERE REVIEW This slim autobiography focuses on author Cole Kivlin’s (also known as Corsino) escape from Spain during the Spanish Civil War in 1937, and his ultimate rediscovery of his family roots some sixty years later. At the age of seven Kivlin’s father shipped him out on a truck that initially transported him to France, where he lived for five years, after which time he immigrated to the...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3614

Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture
Editor: Michael D. AyersISBN: 082047861XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with Michael D. Ayers CLICK HEREWriter, researcher, freelance music journalist and Visiting Professor at Manhattan College, Michael D. Ayers has assembled several international experts with impressive credentials who explore the recent phenomenon of the Internet music revolution, wherein there has been a...
(No rating) 4-26-2006 Views: 5499

Eddie Would Go: The Story Of Eddie Aikau Hawaiian Hero by Stuart Holmes Coleman
If you have any interest in surfing, you are going to enjoy reading about one of the legendary hero’s of the sport, Hawaiian, Edward (Eddie) Ryan Aikau. This is a tale of an unknown and unsung hero outside of his native State of Hawaii, who had selflessly rescued several persons from drowning in the treacherous waters of Hawaii. A person, who whenever people asked him if he were the famous big-wave surfer, he would reply, “No, I’m a golfer.” This was Eddie at his modest and humble...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4954

FutureHype: The Myths Of Technology Change
Author: Bob SeidenstickerISBN: 1576753700 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews In an age where there is considerable hype about the wonders of modern technology, Bob Seidensticker prods us to take a step back and put everything into a more realistic perspective or as he most aptly states, we should vaccinate ourselves against hype. Seidensticker’s principal theme in FutureHype: The Myths Of Technology...
(No rating) 5-23-2006 Views: 5655

God's Little Messengers Volume 1 by Madeline Burnham
The following review was contributed by: PASCHAL EZE Madeline Burnham's book is a thoughtful response to the need to steer tomorrow's leaders who are today's jewels on the path of knowing, loving and worshipping God as well as sharing the good news of who He is and what He is to us. In an age where children are bombarded with awful scenes on television, radio, on the streets, at schools and at home, every God-focused person should get soaked in the hope and prayer that children...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4315

Goodbye Gutenberg
Author: Written and designed by Valerie KirschenbaumPublishers: Global Renaissance Society, LLCISBN: 0974575038 The following review was contributed by:
(No rating) 12-16-2004 Views: 15036

Inside Monster Garage by Ken Vose (Writer)
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN Editor of Bookpleasures. “Mea Culpa”- I have to confess, I never watched the Discovery Channel’s television series, Monster Garage. Then again, for that matter, I have refrained these days from watching television altogether! Monster Garage, as I have been informed by several television mavens, is one of the hottest realty shows, and after reading the fan book Inside Monster Garage,written by Ken Vose, I can fully understand why...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3530

It Shouldn't Happen to a Journalist by Tess Crebbin and Kathleen Tracy
GUEST REVIEWER- RACHEL NEWCOMBE Ever wondered what the life of a journalist is like and how to break into the career? Or, perhaps you're keen to know if it's really only you who seems to end up in bizarre situations during the course of reporting? This book answers both of those questions and provides an intriguing, funny and sometimes shocking view of life as a journalist. Written as a collaboration by Tess Crebin and Kathleen Tracy, the book consists of a series of alternating...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3841

Letter Perfect The Marvelous History Of Our Alphabet From A to Z by David Sacks
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES.COM Prior to reading David Sacks’ reference book, Letter Perfect The Marvelous History Of Our Alphabet From A to Z, it never dawned on me just how intriguing are the letters of our alphabet. As Sacks points out, these twenty- six letters all have personalities of their own. Combining his knowledge of history, linguistics, geography, literature, phonetics and other disciplines, readers are taken on a wonderful...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 6623

Media Production
Editor: David Hesmondhalgh ISBN: 0335218849The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Media Production forms part of the series of courses and publications offered by The Op
(No rating) 1-7-2006 Views: 4682

Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage
Title: Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil ShortageAuthor: Tom MastISBN: 0976444003 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsWritten as a wake- up- call, Tom Mast’s highly readable book, Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage, succinctly sums up in ninety pages the present day danger we face pertaining to the misuse of our energy resources. The book’s primary objective, as outlined in the...
(No rating) 6-28-2005 Views: 4790

Pro Wrestling Kids’ Style
Author: Shawn “Crusher” CrossenISBN: 1879000121 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews: To read Norm's Interview With The Author CLICK HEREIf there is a lesson to be taught at the heart of Shawn “Crusher” Crossen’s first book, Pro Wrestling Kid’s Style, it’s that you can accomplish practically anything, even if you are only fourteen years old, if you set your mind to it.Crossen’s narrative recounts how in the...
(No rating) 6-16-2005 Views: 7828

Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, and Driller Killers. by Beverly Gray
The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON Those who love all things Hollywood, Kitsch and Nostalgic are going to love Beverly Gray’s biography of Roger Corman. She has a knack for anecdote and has chosen a subject well suited to her talents. It is a fun book. Fascinating. Even sorta educational if you happen to collect trivia. Here are some examples: Did you know that, in addition to 400 feature films, Corman mentored the likes of Frances Ford Coppola and Martin...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 6983

Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon..and Beyond by Beverly Gray
The following review was contributed by NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES One of the advantages of an “unauthorized” biography is that it should offer a more creative and exciting challenges to the biographer and a much greater illumination to the reader. There is always the danger when a biography is authorized that a conflict of interest may arise and the truth may be compromised. Beverly Gray’s unauthorized biography Ron Howard From Mayberry to the Moon..and Beyond is a...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5251

Sex At Work: Attractions, Orientation, Harassment, Flirtation and Discrimination by Mari Florence: Ed Fortson
Discrimination, harassment, orientation, and privacy are all elusive terms that have been bandied about for the past several years, particularly when it concerns their implications n a defined setting-the workplace. Remember the Anita Hill ballyhoo, where we witnessed someone daring enough to come forward to testify before the U.S. Senate about Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas? In all probability, this articulate law professor did more than anyone before her to wake up the public...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 2490

Shattered Reality
Click Here To Purchase Shattered Reality Author: Kimberly CherylISBN: 10: 1440404593: 13:978-1440404597Publisher: CreateSpace While it is probably true that that Shattered Reality would not have existed had the author’s daughter not been the subject of such an appalling crime, it is irrefutable that we are all much richer for it. Moreover, while readers may find the narrative alarming it is at the same
(No rating) 9-17-2008 Views: 4115

Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer
After 9/11 many in the media began to search deeper into the unhealthy relationship that has existed between Saudi Arabia and the United States. Questions began to be asked, particularly in light of the fact that fifteen out of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi citizens. Robert Baer was a case officer in the Directorate of Operations for the CIA from 1976 to 1997. He is very familiar with the intrigues of the Middle East, and quite appropriately has dedicated his book: Sleeping with...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3780

So Why Have You Never Been Married: 10 Insights Into Why He Hasn’t Wed
Click Here To Purchase So Why Have You Never Been Married: 10 Insights Into Why He Hasn’t Wed Author: Carl Weisman, M.S.ISBN: 13:978-0-882282-326-3: 10:0-88282-326-4Publisher: New Horizon Press Carol Weisman, author of So Why Have You Never Been Married: 10 Insights Into Why He Hasn’t Wed jokingly states on the back cover of his book that in addition to his various degrees he has a “Ph.D in avoiding marriage.”
(No rating) 8-25-2008 Views: 3685

Stars In My Eyes Then And Now by Burt Richards
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES To read an interview with Burt Richards conducted by Norm Goldman click HERE Many of us have fanaticized at one time or another as to how it would feel sitting down with one of our favorite Hollywood celebrities and having a conversation with them. Actor, writer, and celebrity interviewer, Burt Richards, had the good fortune to devote much of his adult life to meeting and conversing with many well -...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 6046

The Classical Music Experience by Julius H. Jacobson ll, M.D. & Kevin Kline-Narrator
British composer, Benjamin Britten, so aptly described music, when he stated: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength & freedom. The beauty of disappointment & never satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of monotony.” Apparently, according to the Columbia World of Quotations, Britten wrote this while listening to the “Abschied” Mithe finale of Mahler’s song cycle, Das Lied von der Erde....
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5045

The Creationist Chronicles (The Declaration of MAN) by Innominate Son of Man
The following review was contributed by: TAMI BRADY The Creationist Chronicles relates the basic dogma of Creationists. Creationists believe in a dually male and female creator and hold the first forty-nine verses in the book of Moses (Genesis) as its testament. The remaining books of the Bible as well as the Torah, Quran, and other holy books are described as being the Tree of Knowledge. The author states that although man should learn from the Tree of Knowledge, man should not...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5940

The Devil And The Disappearing Sea: A True Story About The Aral Sea Catastrophe by Rob Ferguson
The following review was contributed by NORM GOLDMAN It is difficult to imagine that at one time the Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth largest inland water body, after the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior and Lake Victoria, will, according to some experts, be gone by 2020. The Aral Sea is located in Central Asia in the lowlands of Turan, near the ancient Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. What is noteworthy is that at one time it had abundant resources of fish, a very active...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5260

The Education Mirage:How Teachers Succeed and Why The System Fails by Professor (Emeritus) Ira Jay Winn
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN Editor of Bookpleasures. In all probability, the topic of teaching and education elicits such an array of responses that we are sometimes at a loss to logically understand why the system very often contributes to apathetic and uninterested students. Professor (Emeritus)Ira Jay Winn, author of The Education Mirage: How Teachers Succeed and Why the System Fails, deftly weaves together his thoughts, suggestions and solutions...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4745

The Fat Lady Never Sings: How a Football Team Found Redemption on the Baseball Diamond
Author: Steven M. ReillyISBN: 0595394671
(No rating) 12-21-2006 Views: 7064

The Final Human
Author: Dr. David YourteeISBN: 9780978114510To say that the 217 page The Final Human doesn’t read like a “quickie” book is huge understatement. However, I have to confess that I was forewarned when its author Dr. David Yourtee stated in his email to me requesting a review: “Up front this will not be an easy read, but in the end from those who have read it, a rewarding journey.” Although at times I found the read very baffling and trying with its excessive philosophical jargon, nevertheless I...
(No rating) 6-27-2007 Views: 5567

The Future Is Wild by Dougal Dixon: John Adams
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews How wonderful it would be if we could only peek out of our windows and see how the world would be 200 million years from now! What kind of creatures, birds, mammals, flowers, organisms, and humans, would inhabit planet earth? Authors Dougal Dixon and John Adams with the support of several scientists specializing in Geology, Zoology,...
(No rating) 5-7-2005 Views: 5642

The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable by Marc Abrahams
The following review was contributed by: PAUL LAPPEN This book brings together two areas of human endeavor that don't normally go together: science and humor. The Ig Nobel Awards (actually held every year at Harvard University) honor those achievements which ""cannot or should not be reproduced."" Did you know that elevator music may help prevent the common cold? Companies like Enron, Global Crossing, Tyco, Waste Management and WorldCom shared an award for adapting the...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3562

The Permission Seeker’s Guide Through The Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions
Author: Joy R. ButlerISBN: 9780967294018If you are involved in media be it radio, television, film, newspaper, magazines, or the Internet, it would be very difficult not to be concerned about the possibility of being sued. Moreover, if you try to wade through the thousands of laws, doctrine and jurisprudence to try to make sense of the complex legal issues involving the media, you would probably come to the same conclusion as Will Rodgers did when he quipped “the minute you read something you...
(No rating) 4-22-2007 Views: 6352

The Science of Disorder: Understanding the Complexity, Uncertainty, and Pollution of Our World
Author: Jack Hokikian, Ph.DISBN: 0970895321 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews When I completed reading Jack Hokikian’s The Science of Disorder: Understanding the Complexity, Uncertainty, and Pollution of Our World, I was reminded of Albert Einstein’s brilli
(No rating) 8-18-2006 Views: 5517

The soul of Work: A quest for the Transcendent by Dr.S.Louise Underdahl
The following review was contributed by S.V.SWAMY The Soul of Work by Louise Underdahl is an excellent treatise on work culture, work organization and all other aspects connected with people and working. The book is the result of the author's doctoral research at University of California and fetched her a well-earned Ph.D in Public Administration. In about 300 pages, the author puts forth well-structured views about work culture in various organizations and presents a good case for...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5165

The Spoiler Revealing The Secrets Of Survivor by The Chill One
What would you do if you happened to stumble across clues that would help you determine who would be the winner of one of the reality television shows- Survivor? That is exactly what happened to the author of a book entitled The Spoiler Revealing Secrets of Survivor. One month before Survivor Amazon was to be aired on television in February 2003, the author, known as The Chill One(the author has preferred to remain anonymous), was vacationing with some buddies during New Year’s Eve in...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4767

The Trials Of Lenny Bruce: The Fall And Rise Of An American Icon by Ronald K.L. Collins: David M. Skover
Comedian Lenny Bruce has always been something of an enigma. Some compared him to the famous satirist Jonathan Swift, who was a moralist and who endeavoured to uncover the hypocrisy of various situations arising out of society. His defence attorneys even pointed out “he was not a mad man writing dirty words on the walls of a public toilet. He was an original social critic with an unconventional vocabulary.” Others, however, including some well known journalists, perceived him as a “sick...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4861

The World’s Best Sex Writing 2005
Editor: Mitzi Szereto ISBN: 1560257725The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Sorry to disappoint many of you, The World’s Best Sex Writing 2005, edited by Mitzi Szereto, is not a compilation of an exposé of steamy sex stories. However, the twenty-five contributions that have been gleaned from such well-known publications and Internet sites as the New York magazine, Newsweek.com, Salon.com, The Sunday Telegraph...
(No rating) 12-24-2005 Views: 6249

Theater Voices: Conversations On The Stage
Author: Steve CapraPublisher: Scarecrow Press, IncISBN: 0810850478The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
(No rating) 4-18-2005 Views: 6352

Therapeutic Yoga by Dr. Ali and Jiwan Brar
GUEST REVIEWER: RACHEL NEWCOMBE Yoga has a huge following worldwide, but apart from being a beneficial form of exercise, it’s also very useful for aiding particular health conditions. Therapeutic Yoga shows exactly how to use yoga as a form of healing, offering a clear, descriptive and authoritative view of this practical and accessible method. Part one starts with the basics, detailing what therapeutic yoga is and what it involves. All the benefits of yoga, such as increasing your...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4120

This Day: Diaries from American Women by Joni B. Cole: Rebecca Joffrey: B.K. Rakhra (Editors)
Have you ever looked out of an airplane and wondered about the people living in the match- box houses below? Who are these people? What were they doing when you just flew over them? Feeling down one day, writer Joni B. Cole decided to email a few women from different circles of her life and ask what a day in their life was actually like? I guess this would be something akin to looking down from my airplane. As she points out, “the responses they sent back were illuminating. Part...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3981

Travel Writers Guide; Earn Three Times Your Travel Costs By Becoming a Published Travel Writer: Revised 3rd Edition by Gordon Burgett
Searching the Internet in trying to find out about travel writing, I came across several bulletin boards where one of the main questions posed was how does one become a travel writer? After all, there seems to be a certain amount of glamour attached to travel writing. Imagine earning money and having a great time traveling! Well folks, it is not as simple as it may appear, and when you read Gordon Burgett’s 3rd edition of Travel Writers Guide; Earn Three Times Your Travel Costs By...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 9710

Ultimate Fitness: The Quest For Truth About Exercise and Health by Gina Kolata
Exercise- many an enthusiast is well aware of its addictiveness. We are not sure why we feel good after we sometimes push ourselves to the limit; however, we are convinced that it is essential to our good health. After all, if you don’t take care of your body, your body won’t take care of you. Is this something psychological or does exercise really make you feel better? New York Times science reporter and author, Gina Kolata, in her most recent book, Ultimate Fitness: The Quest For...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3686

Understanding Media: Inside Celebrity
Edited by Jessica Evans and David Hesmondhagh ISBN: 0335218806The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Among the many courses offered by the United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning, Open University, are those entitled Understanding of the Media. The first of the media series is devoted to the study of the celebrity, wherein the textbook that goes along with the course is Understanding Media:...
(No rating) 1-3-2006 Views: 7204

Urban Tribes by Ethan Watters
The following review was contributed by NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Reading Ethan Watters' Urban Tribes is like watching an investigative report analyzing the characters and groups depicted in sitcoms such as Friends or Seinfeld. When I watch these shows I often ask myself, do similar groups or relationships actually exist in the real world? Apparently, they are alive and kicking, and Watters cleverly has named these groups “Urban Tribes,” of which he personally was a...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 3639

Visual Verse: Art In Nature With Symbiotic Verse
Author: John ParkinsonISBN: 978-1-933538-37-2 Award winning photographer, John Parkinson has turned his attention in his recent book, Visual Verse: Art In Nature With Symbiotic Verse to putting together a glorious collection of photo images that have been paired with quotations from some of the greatest poets.Relying on photo images and words for its integrity and success, Parkinson has effectivelyconveyed to his readers the magnificence of American landscapes. Moreover, he has succeeded in...
(No rating) 11-5-2006 Views: 4930

Waiting: The True Confessions Of A Waitress by Debra Ginsberg
Have you ever wondered why people sometimes demand so much from waiters and waitresses and at the same time have very little regard for many of these individuals? Debra Ginsbergwaited on tables for twenty years to support her other career as a freelance writer and editor. Waiting: The True Confessions Of A WaitressGinsberg tells it “like it is” and engages her readers with a story format of her experiences and memoirs. Some of these tales may not be too pretty, such as having to clean up...
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 4351

Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the men and women of Hong Kong’s sex industry
Click Here To Purchase Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the men and women of Hong Kong’s sex industry Author: Yeeshan YangISBN: 962-86732-9-9Publisher: Blacksmith Books (Hong Kong) Yeeshan Yang has worked in journalism, filmmaking and publishing w
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Who Killed Virginia Woolf by Alma Halbert Bond, PhD
The following review was contributed by: WARREN THURSTON Virginia Woolf, born to Leslie and Julie Stephen in 1862, came into a world that was stacked against her chances of emotional success. Both her parents and close family members had emotional problems she could not avoid. This background formed a vital part in preventing Virginia from forming a close bond with her mother. The result of this was that she suffered from unresolved emotional problems for the rest of her life....
(No rating) 1-1-1970 Views: 5119

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Dr. Helen Fisher
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES To read an interview conducted by Norm with Dr. Fisher click HERE From time immemorial philosophers, poets, writers, and probably anyone else who could voice an opinion have pondered over the question, what is romantic love? In fact, if you ask someone to describe its attributes, you would probably be informed that once you experience romantic love it is difficult to control. For those of us who have been fortunate...
(No rating) 9-13-2007 Views: 9460

You Can`t Cheat An Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Frauds Work..and Why They`re More Common Than Ever
Author: James WalshISBN: 1563431696: Publisher: Silver Lake PublishingThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews In 1903 Charles Ponzi arrived in the USA with the aim of becoming as wealthy as Rockefeller. His modus operandi was based on the principle of robbing Peter to Pay Paul.James Walsh, in his informative book, You Can`t Cheat An Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid...
(No rating) 4-20-2005 Views: 6130