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Woodward And Bernstein: Life In The Shadow Of Watergate
Author: Alicia ShepardPublisher: John Wiley and Sons, IncISBN: 0471737615 That Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have contributed dramatically to changing the face of journalism is by now a matter of historical record. However, very few of us were aware of their symbiotic relationship- what exactly made them tick before and after they became famous. That was until Alicia C. Shepard came along with her masterful narrative of the lives of these two icons, Woodward And Bernstein: Life In The...
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11-9-2006
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A Search of African-American Life, Achievement and Culture
Author: John C. CothranISBN: 0963400207 (Hardback) 0963400215 (Paperback)The following review of the ARC copy of the book was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsJohn C. Cothran, author of A Search of African-American Life, Achievement and Culture, candidly states in the Introduction to his book, that as an African American growing up in the USA, he was unaware of significant accomplishments of African Americans.The author indicated...
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7-3-2005
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The Oldest Europeans
Author: J.F. del GiorgioISBN: 9806898001 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interesting Interview With Dr. J.F. del Giorgio CLICK HEREJ. F. del Giorgio’s The Oldest Europeans opening chapter cites the well-known French comic strip, Asterix, wherein we are reminded as to how the Romans were unable to defeat a rebellious, ever-quarreling, and wild people. Apparently, these individuals lived by...
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5-15-2006
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story Of Survival In The Arctic by Jennifer Niven
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Not many of us have ever heard of an island that is generally barren, frozen and rocky through most of the year located in the Arctic Ocean between the East Siberian Sea and the Chukotsk Sea-Wrangel Island. In 1921, a Canadian explorer, Vihjalmur Stefansson, sent four young men, only one an actual British subject, and one Eskimo woman, Ada Blackjack, to Wrangel Island. The objective was to claim the island for...
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10-28-2004
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Beyond The Mountain: True Tales Of Montreal by Stuart Nulman
Next to Paris, Montréal is the largest francophone city in the world; a city filled with intriguing tales.
Stuart Nulman, captures some of this intrigue, with his assembling of tidbits, anecdotes and other trivia, in his book, Beyond The Mountain: True Tales About Montreal.
Nulman, as the book states, “is a harvester of information.”
The fascinating array of stories are divided into ten chapters dealing with the entertainment scene, notorious crimes and scandals, tramways, colourful...
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1-1-1970
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BRAVO AMERIKANSKI by MARK SCOTT
For over 150 years American war correspondents have been reporting news and events from some of the most dangerous locations in the world.
What is noteworthy, however, is up until sixty years ago most of these journalists were men.
All of this changed somewhat during World War II when new horizons were opened to female journalists. Women now had secured military accreditation and the right to cover some of the biggest news events of their careers.
One of these journalists was Ann Stringer,...
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1-1-1970
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Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes: Courage & Daring Behind Enemy Lines
Author: Peter C. ConradISBN: 13:978-1-894864-64-0 10: 1-894864-64-6Inspired by true events that were garnered from extensive research, Peter Conrad’s Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes: Courage & Daring Behind Enemy Lines shares with us the hair raising accounts of several courageous Canadian soldiers and airmen who during World Wars I and II were either captured by the enemy and escaped or made their way back after getting caught behind enemy lines. The tales of these escapees are...
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6-30-2007
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Ditchburn A Muskoka Boats Legacy by Harold Shield: Bev McMullen-Photographer
The name Ditchburn probably does not mean much to most Canadians or Americans.
Perhaps, if you were a pleasure boat enthusiast, you would have associated the name with varnished mahogany - runabout boats built during the first three decades of the twentieth century by the legendary Ditchburn Boat Co. of Muskoka, Ontario.
Where is Muskoka? Located 90 minutes from Toronto, it is bounded to the west by the beautiful shores of Georgian Bay and to the east by Algonquin Park.
Known as a land...
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1-1-1970
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How New York Became American, 1890-1924
Author: Angela M. BlakePublisher: The Johns Hopkins University PressISBN: 0-8018-8293-1How New York Became American, 1890-1924 was originally Angela M. Blake’s doctoral dissertation, which is very much in evidence when you consider that there are sixty-five pages devoted to reference notes and sources. Blake refers to herself as an interdisciplinary and cultural historian and as she mentions in her Essay on Primary Sources that appears at the back of her book, cultural historians ask...
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2-16-2007
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Ideas and Adventures 1200-1700
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Ideas and Adventures 1200-1700Author: Sonia P. Seherr-ThossISBN: 9781933538730 Ideas and Adventures 1200-1700 authored by the late five-time author Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss is quite impressive as it charts five centuries of important history that include the historic and cultural contributions of less well-known nations. Many history books omit to include insights on important past civilizations, and this is what makes this book extraordinary that will no...
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12-20-2007
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It Happened In Woodstock by Anita M. Smith: Adapted by: Nelle Thornton Jones Blelock: Weston Blelock: Julia Blelock: WoodstockArts
When a member of the publishing family of It Happened In Woodstock approached me to write a review about his family’s book on Woodstock, New York honoring the blue ray, and indicated that “This book’s stunning use of reverse lithography (white letters on cobalt blue background) activates the blue ray in every reader,” I had no idea what he was talking about.
The book finally showed up in my mail- box one day, and although, you can never tell a book by its cover, this one is remarkable,...
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1-1-1970
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Mobsters & Rumrunners of Canada: Crossing the Line
Author: Gord SteinkePublisher: Folklore PublishingISBN: 13:978-1-894864-11-4 10: 1-894864-11-5 In his introduction to Mobsters & Rumrunners of Canada: Crossing the Line Gord Steinke points out that “probation was a miserable failure. The so called ‘Noble Experiment,’ which was meant to reduce crime and poverty and improve people’s health” turned out to be a complete disaster. In fact, prohibition spawned a whole new crew of criminals who specialized in bootlegging and much of...
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5-31-2007
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Monterey: Presidio, Pueblo and Port (The Making of America Series)
Author: J.D. ConwayPublisher: Arcadia PublishingISBN: 0738524239The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW MORE OF Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Jim Conway CLICK HEREFrom its opening pages, Jim Conway’s Monterey: Presidio, Pueblo and Port demonstrates an impeccable scholarship of the subject area that will no doubt prove to be an important contribution to our understanding of the history of Monterey,...
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5-22-2006
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Napoleon’s Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped
Click Here To Purchase Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped Author: Tony PerrottetISBN: 978-0-06-125728-5Publisher: Harper Entertainment: (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers) Not many of us have ever heard of the “Secret Cabinets” let alone visited special places that were designated rooms within the great museums of Europe as the Louvre, the Prado, the British Museum, and the Museo Nazionale in Naples. It is within the walls of these chambers where anything that was
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7-22-2008
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No Time To Mourn: The True Story of a Jewish Partisan Fighter
Author: Leon Kahn as told to Marjorie MorrisISBN: 1553800117There have been thousands of books written about the Holocaust but few describe the plight of the Jewish partisans who escaped to the forests bravely defending themselves against their Nazi hunters. Unfortunately, the majority of these Jewish partisans never survived to recount the horrid experiences they endured at the hands of the Germans and their collaborators.It is estimated that there were approximately twenty-five thousand...
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2-7-2007
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The Black Eagles by Stanley Weisleder
World War II has been the backdrop for many fiction as well
as non-fiction books over the past fifty years.
However, unfortunately, there has not been a great deal of
literature devoted to the humiliating experiences suffered
by African Americans at the hands of their white comrades.
It is difficult to comprehend, even in time of war, how a
nation can tolerate racism within their arm forces.
We may ask innocently were not Whites and African Americans
all on the same side fighting a...
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1-1-1970
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The Forgotten Woman: The Untold Story of Kastur Gandhi
Click Here To Purchase The Forgotten Woman: The Untold Story of Kastur Gandhi Authors: Arun & Sunanda GandhiISBN: 13: 978-1886940-77-2: 10: 1-886940-77-2Publishers: Ozark Mountain Publishing It is wonderful to find a book about Kastur (Kasturba) Gandhi (“Ba” as she was known) wife of the legendary Mahatma Gandhi that debunks many historians who have depicted her as an inept fool who hadn’t the foggiest notion as to what her husband tried to achieve.Arun Gandhi is the fifth grandson of...
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8-9-2008
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The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
Up to now the preponderant view held by many historians is that Dutch contribution to American history and particularly to that of New York has been one of irrelevancy. As we no doubt realize, the winners write history, and unfortunately, whatever the losers may have contributed, it seems to be lost or forgotten in the shuffle.
Fortunately, during the past thirty years and thanks to the translation of many...
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1-1-1970
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The Last Alchemist Count Cagliostro, Master Of Magic In The Age Of Reason by Iain McCalman
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
On the back cover of historian Iain McCalman’s latest book, The Last Alchemist Count Cagliostro, Master Of Magic In The Age Of Reason, it states, “depending on whom you ask, he was either a great healer or a dangerous charlatan.”
This just about sums up an intriguing historical novel pertaining to one of the most charismatic and interesting characters of the late 18th century, Giuseppe Balzamo or better known...
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1-1-1970
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Author: Thomas L. FriedmanISBN: 0374292884 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman’s latest book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, is no less ambitious than his previous works. According to Friedman the world is flat and when you think of
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10-10-2005
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Voices of America: St. Petersburg An Oral History
Compiled by Scott Taylor HartzellPublishers: Arcadia Publishing and imprint of Tempus Publishing IncISBN: 0-7385-1425-X The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Prior to 1888, St Petersburg, Florida was a tiny fishing village where deer, bear, raccoons, panthers, wildcats, gators and rattlesnakes roamed the area. Not exactly what we would imagine if we traveled to the sunshine city today.In 1880 a Rus
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6-6-2006
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What Did the Royal Stuarts Ever Do for the U.S.A? A Disrespectful History
Authors: Richard Crissman: C.T.M. von Jaeger-DougallPublisher: iUniverse, IncISBN: 0595329500 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsIt never dawned on me, when I was studying the history of England many moons ago, events may have turned out differently in the USA had the House of Stuart or Stewart claimed the North American colonies. Perhaps, the American Revolution may never have happened, as is the...
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6-22-2005
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Woodstock History and Hearsay
Clear Here To Purchase Woodstock History and Hearsay Author: Anita M. SmithISBN: 0-9679268-4-X Several years ago I reviewed It happened in Woodstock which was originally published in 1959 and authored by a Philadelphia debutant, artist, herbalist and author Anita M. Smith. As I mentioned in my review it was a book not only remarkable for its good look, but also its amazing chronicling of the history of Woodstock from A.D. 1614 until 1971. The 1959 book
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12-2-2007
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Young Trudeau Son of Quebec, Father of Canada 1919-1944: Volume One.
Authors: Max and Monique NemniTranslated by William JohnsonISBN: 0771067496 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with Max and Monique Nemni CLICK HERE
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6-19-2006
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