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Travel Writing by L. Peat O’Neill
You would like to become a travel writer. Why, Its sounds so easy and glamorous. Just write about a place, its people, landscape, weather, flora and fauna. You may even want to throw in something about history, politics, culture and folklore. However, before deciding to give up your day job, a good idea would be to read Washington Post journalist, L. Peat O’Neil’s manual entitled Travel Writing. As we are informed in the introduction, you first have to ask yourself are you a travel writer? Do...
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3-21-2007
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The Latest Travel Articles and Interviews With Travel Experts
Norm, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com has been very busy these past few months. Here are some of the most recent travel articles, water colors and interviews that Norm and his artist wife Lily have contributed to their travel site sketchandtravel.com. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLES AND VIEW LILY'S ART WORK.
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7-25-2006
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Interview With Travel Author Peter Moore, Known As The Iterant Hobo
Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com as well as Bookpleasures.com interviews Australian born travel author, Peter Moore, who now makes his him in England. Peter has traveled over 92 countries.Read what Peter has to say about his travels and travel writing in general.CLICK HERE
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6-24-2005
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Romantic Virginia
Interested in knowing more about romantic Virginia and what travel writers Mary and Bill Burnham have to say about travel writing in general then CLICK HERE
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5-24-2005
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The Practical Nomad Guide To The Online Travel Marketplace by Edward Hasbrouck
If an award were to be given to one of the most complete and informative
guides pertaining to the topic of the Internet and travel, Edward Hasbrouck’s book entitled The Practical Nomad Guide To The Online Travel Marketplace would probably merit nomination.
This softbound guide is particularly useful to the novice who may have little experience in surfing the net when it comes to the subject matter of travel.
The book is authored by Edward Hasbrock and published by Avalon Travel.
Edward...
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1-1-1970
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Travel With Others Without Wishing They'd Stayed Home by Nadine Nardi Davidson
Have you ever traveled with someone and thought to yourself
if I had only known?
You probably paid little attention to the different
categories of personality traits that describe most
travelers such as: enthusiast, adventurer, sportsman,
relaxer, beach bum, comfort seeker, culturist, shopper and
discoverer.
Author Nadine Nardi Davidson has authored a very unique book entitled Travel With Others Without Wishing They’d Stayed Home that will help you identify the different types of...
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1-1-1970
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Israel Travel: Author and Travel Writer Tom Thumb Interviewed
Norm Goldman, Editor of the travel site, Sketchandtravel.com and the book reviewing site Bookpleasures.com interviews travel writer and author Tom Thumb concerning his travels to Israel.To read the interview CLICK HERE
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12-29-2005
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The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton
In today’s travel literature market it is not often that we have an opportunity to read a book that is devoid of telling us where and how to go, but rather the philosophical aspects of travel.
Alain de Botton’s collection of charming reflections entitled The Art Of Travel opens up a window to a variety of hidden thoughts that we often ponder but seem to ignore.
How often is the anticipation of a voyage more gratifying than its actual fulfillment, when we can muse, as does the author, when...
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1-1-1970
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Samantha Coomber Vietnam Travel Expert Interviewed
If you are interested in traveling to Vietnam, you are sure to find travel writer and author Samantha Coomber's interview with Norm Goldman extremely informative and interesting. Samantha is an expert on Vietnam.CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW
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11-27-2005
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Pennsylvania Author& Expert Joanne Miller Interviewed
If you are interested in travel to Pennsylvania-perhaps for a romantic getaway, read what Joanne Miller, travel author and expert on this state has to say.CLICK HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW
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1-6-2006
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You Are Traveling With JohnnyJet.com by Erick Lebow: John E. DiScala
The following review was submitted by:
NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
With the thousands of Internet travel guidebooks to choose from it is very difficult to separate the good from the mediocre. You can literally devote days trying to figure out which guide will reveal the most useful information pertaining to the best air-fares, hotels, cars, lodging, student travel, medical resources, romantic vacations, unique lodging, National Parks, hideaways, things to do and see, shopping,...
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1-1-1970
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Norm's Top Travel Book Picks & Reviews
Click on any of the above images to check out the above travel books (Note: May Not Work With All Browsers)CLICK ON >>>>>Norm`s Interviews With Some Well-Known Travel Authors(There Is A Drop Down Menu)
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11-16-2004
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THE PRACTICAL NOMAD HOW TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD by Edward Hasbrouck
You finally decided to take the plunge and travel around the world!
How do you plan this awesome undertaking? Where do you start?
Around-the-world experienced travel specialist and industry insider, Edward Hasbrouck, has published his second edition to his comprehensive guide The Practical Nomad How to Travel Around the World; a book that could easily be classified as the bible when it comes to planning around-the-world trips.
As the author mentions in his chapter dealing with how to use...
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1-1-1970
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Adventure Travel in New Zealand
If you are interested in adventure travel in New Zealand, you may wish to read the following interview that Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com conducted with an expert.CLICK HERE to read the INTERVIEW
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8-21-2006
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You Can Travel Free by Robert Wm Kirk
Most of us like “freebies” especially when it comes to travel.
However, how do you travel for free or for very little money?
Robert Wm Kirk’s guidebook, You can Travel Free, is an extremely comprehensive and fact filled guidebook presenting useful strategies and methods that have been employed by those who roam far and frequently-without paying.
The book is divided into seventeen chapters featuring tips, ideas, reference sources, experiences, and guidance. Within these chapters we are...
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1-1-1970
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Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures For The Mature Traveler by Alison Gardner
Alison Gardner’s guide Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures For The Mature Traveler is an extremely informative and welcome addition to the world of travel books for those of us who are called “mature travelers” or people who love to travel “in depth.”
For that matter, it can even be a valuable aid to any kind of a traveler.
This timely publication devoted to alternative tourism is assembled into four principal areas of interest: ecological, educational, cultural and volunteer service...
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1-1-1970
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Food: A Taste Of The Road by Richard Sterling (Editor)
One of the fears of the personal essayist is the possibility of having the readers mutter, “Who cares about your opinions or travels.”
Richard Sterling, editor of Food: A Taste Of The Road was certainly ambitious when he put together no less than 49 short essays concerning the inter-relation of food and travel.
Sterling in his choice of essays endeavours to avoid this pitfall and to a great extent succeeds.
Food is often the common denominator that promotes contact between peoples and...
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1-1-1970
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No Touch Monkey: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late by Ayun Halliday
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshNo Touch Monkey is sub-titled ‘And Other Lessons Learned Too Late’ and acts as the confessions of a woman traveling overseas in search of exotic locations, startling anecdotes and if possible good quality marijuana. Ayun Halliday begins this enjoyable compendium of experiences acknowledging the difficulties she had in organizing overseas trips with two small children and resolves to help the time they require to grow up pass more quickly by...
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10-10-2004
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Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail, Personal Growth Through Travel
Title: Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail, PersonalGrowth Through TravelAuthor: Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, M.EdIBSN: 0-9734129-0-9Genre: Biography, TravelThe following review was contributed by: Tami Brady-CLICK TO VIEW>>Tami Brady's ReviewsQuesting Marilyn is a multidimensional book about the author'stravel experience to Britain and Ireland. The book begins as thestressed out author realizes that despite her overachieverattempts to have the perfect life (a loving family, a...
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10-21-2004
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Interested In Knowing More About Alaska As A Travel Destination?
If you are interested in knowing more about Alaska as a travel destination, you may want to read what Nancy T. Reynolds, co-author of Going Places Family Getaways In The Pacific Northwest had to tell Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.comCLICK HERE
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1-21-2005
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Adventure Guide To The Cayman Islands- 2nd Edition by Paris Permenter and John Bigley
Travel writer and photographer, Paris Permenter and John Bigley, with their guidebook, Adventure Guide To The Cayman Islands- 2nd Edition, have given travelers a new way to appreciate the magnificent Cayman Islands.
The authors are well known travel writers who have published over twenty-seven books, and have updated numerous guidebooks for publishers such as Fodor’s and Michelin.
In addition, they have authored over 1500 newspaper and magazine articles.
What is unique about this...
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1-1-1970
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On the Trail Of Marco Polo by Brady Fotheringham
One of the many advantages derived from reading a well-researched travel adventure book is the knowledge one gains pertaining to the people and places visited by the author.
Brady Fotheringham’s fascinating cycling tour, as recounted in his book On the Trail Of Marco Polo, certainly is not disappointing when it comes to providing the reader with an excellent foundation in understanding the geography, economics, political and social conditions that characterize four nations, two desserts and...
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1-1-1970
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Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book Author: Barbara HudginsISBN: 9780960776207 If you have any preconceptions about writing a travel guidebook, you can put them aside until you have read Barbara Hudgins Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book. As Hudgins mentions in her introduction, “Travel writing may be an art, but putting a travel guidebook together is a...
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10-24-2007
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The World's Cheapest Destinations by Tim Leffel
Is there such a place as a cheap travel destination?
Writer and seasoned traveler, Tim Leffel has written about a wide range of topics, from sailing on the Nile to hanging out with holy men, while he roamed three times around the world.
Apparently, he has sampled everything from Kentucky bourbon to Korean soju while making his way around the globe.
Leffel’s slim guidebook, The World’s Cheapest Destinations, focuses on his belief that it is not how you go, but where.
Traveling...
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1-1-1970
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Inner Coach - Outer Power by Keith Varnum
The following review was contributed by PAUL LAPPEN
Using the author's own experiences, this book tells
how anyone can free themselves from emotional and
psychological boundaries and embrace the possibilities
inherent in this thing called life.
There are lifelong spirit guides that Varnum calls
Ascended Masters, nonphysical beings who impart their
wisdom to him. Occasionally, they have to use the
equivalent of a kick in the rear end when the author
isn't ""listening.""...
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1-1-1970
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There’s No Toilet Paper On The Road Less Traveled by Doug Lansky
When we are bombarded daily with news of the terrible state of the stock market, the threat of terrorism and the possibility of loosing one’s job, there is nothing comparable to a good belly laugh.
THERE’S NO TOILET PAPER ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED edited by Doug Lansky perhaps is just the antidote we need.
To fill the prescription the editor has collected 28 travel essays composed by 20 different funny writers that when read together have a fine cumulative and varied effect.
To set the...
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1-1-1970
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Long Island Alive by Francine Silverman
Interview with FRANCINE SILVERMAN author of LONG ISLAND ALIVE
Good day Francine and thank you for agreeing to an e-interview for Bookpleasures.
Norm:
I wonder if you could give our readers a brief résumé of your educational background and your experience as a travel writer.
Francine
I am a college graduate and was a feature writer for newspapers for many years.
Norm
What motivated you to write about Long Island Alive?
Francine
I discovered with my first guidebook,...
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1-1-1970
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Shelby and the Shifting Rings
Author: A.M VeillonPublishers: Parity PressISBN 0-9762015-4-2The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: To read more of Mary’s Reviews CLICK HERE'Shelby and the Shifting Rings' is the first instalment in A.M. Veillon's Defender of Time series for young adults.It tells the story of 12-year-old Shelby Shodworth, an orphan who lives with her uncle, Leviticus Pottsworth, until she is shipped off to Ms. Peabonnet's Academy for Girls, a stipulation of her mother's will. At the academy,...
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6-24-2005
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LIVE YOUR ROAD TRIP DREAM: Travel for a year for the cost of staying home
Author: Phil and Carol WhitePublisher: RLI PressISBN: 0-9752928-0-3The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsI have to admit that when I first opened LIVE YOUR ROAD TRIP DREAM by Phil and Carol White, I wondered who in the world could pull off such a task? I mean, really. Living on the road for a whole year? What about responsibilities? What about possessions? What about finances?I quickly learned that Phil and Carol White had...
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9-15-2005
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Dream Travel With The Emphasis On Music
Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com and bookpleasures.com interviews husband and wife team, Kirk and Ann Woodyard, organizers of Music and Markets, wherein they conduct trips to Europe focusing on the music festivals.To read what this interesting couple have to say about these trips CLICK HERE
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11-16-2005
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Interview: Harry Pariser Author of Explore The Virgin Islands
If you are interested in knowing more about the Virgin Islands, you may want to read what travel expert and author Harry Pariser had to share with Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.comClick Here To Read The Interview
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7-12-2005
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Why Vacations Are Good For Your Health
If you are interested in knowing why vacations are good for your health, Norm Goldman, Editor of the travel site SKETCHANDTRAVEL.COM and Bookpleasures.com interviews Dr. Mel Borins.To read the interview CLICK HERE
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8-11-2005
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Recent Interviews With Travel Experts
Norm, Editor of Bookpleasures & Sketchandtravel.com, recently interviewed the following travel experts who had some very interesting information to pass along:CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE TRAVEL EXPERTS' INTERVIEWS OR PERHAPS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING?What is so Special About the Natchez Trace ParkwayAre There Romantic Venues in Peru?An author the Washington Post called "the man who wrote the book on wanderlust."Cruising in AlaskaComments From An Expert and Author On...
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12-19-2004
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Go Away Just For The Health Of It
Author: Mel Borins M.D.ISBN: 0969056516 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's interview with Dr. Borins CLICK HEREToronto physician, world traveller, photographer and travel writer, Mel Borins, has been actively involved in incorporating into his family practice various complementary systems of healing including the need for v
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7-24-2005
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Conversations With Cuba by C. Peter Ripley
Good travel writing must encompass an author’s ability to leave a good deal of his preconceptions and certainties at home and view everything from a different perspective.
Conversations With Cuba, authored by C. Peter Ripley does not disappoint the reader in presenting Cuba in an impartial and unbiased light that for many of us will be quite a revelation.
As the title suggests, the book is based on a chronicle of conversations the author held with several Cubans during the course of his six...
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1-1-1970
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Guerrilla Travel Tactics
Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson and Theo Brandt-SarifPublisher: American Management AssociationISBN: 08144-7170-6This 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 HERE
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12-9-2004
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1000 Places To See Before You Die
Author: Patricia SchultzISBN: 0761104844 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsHave you ever wondered what travel means to you? This is a question I have often posed to the many travel writers I have interviewed over the past few years and for most the reply was that travel takes you out of your ordinary routine, where “ordinary” people from all walks of life can engage with each other. In reality, it is an...
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1-1-2006
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Berlitz Czech Travel Pack, including CD and Phrase Book and Dictionary
Berlitz PublishingISBN: 981-246-344-5The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss. Click Here To Read More Of Jim’s ReviewsMore and more Americans travel abroad and in so doing discover that themaxim, "They all speak English over there," is simply not true. Indeed,there is no better way to create goodwill in a country's natives thanspeaking their language, and the Berlitz Czech Travel Pack, including CDand Phrase Book and Dictionary, is an excellent way to gain...
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8-14-2006
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Romantic African Safaris With Luxury Thrown In
Norm Goldman, Editor of the travel site, sketchandtravel.com recently interviewed Lesley Bellus an expert on romantic African Safaris. To read what Lesley has to share with us CLICK HERE
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8-9-2006
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Langenscheidt Pocket Phrasebook of Italian
Publisher: LangenscheidtISBN: 1-58573-509-4If you are planning a trip to Italy for the first or perhaps second time, one thing you’d need is a good guide. In the form of Langenscheidt Pocket Phrasebook of Italian, Langenscheidt Publishers (New York) provide you with the best companion you may carry in your pocket on your next trip to Italy. The glossy phrasebook of Italian, over 250 pages, teaches you how to communicate in Italian by including essential words and phrases for you to travel...
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2-25-2007
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A Travel Author & Writer With Eclectic Tastes
Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews Jeff Greenwald, author and writer with eclectic tastes who wishes to make a difference in the world.Read what Jeff has to say.CLICK HERE
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6-2-2005
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A Travel Guide To Heaven by Anthony Destefano
The following review was contrbuted by: PASCHAL EZE Heaven made irresistible While some people, among them Christians, wrongly see heaven as squarely synonymous with ethereal images and monotonous activities, a good number of people hold that it doesn't exist, and if it does, it only exists in the imagination of idlers, never-do-wells and religious bigots. Anthony Destefano, an avid pilot and recipient of several international awards, has an axe to grind with both viewpoints. His 193-page...
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10-19-2004
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Interview With Alain de Botton-Author of The Art Of Travel
TITLE: The Art Of TravelAuthor: Alain de BottonISBN: 037420827The following interview was conducted by NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Today Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com are very honored to have as our guest, travel author Alain de Botton, who recently published The Art of Travel.Good day Alain and thank you for accepting our invitation to be interviewed.Norm: Before we deal specifically with your beautiful book, The Art of...
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11-27-2004
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St. Petersburg Russia
If you are thinking of travel to St. Petersburg Russia, you may want to read Norm Goldman Editor of Sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com's interview with an expert on St. Petersburg, Russia.CLICK HERE to read the interview.
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8-7-2006
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Romantic Argentina
If you are interested in knowing more about Argentina, its food, wine and romantic venues, read Norm Goldman's Interview with travel authors, Derek Foster and Richard Tripp, authors of Food and Drink in Argentina: A Guide For Tourists and Residents. CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW
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4-21-2006
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Bags Out at Seven by Robert Globerman
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Bags Out at Seven is a fast paced series of 16 chapters recounting some of the adventures and misadventures experienced by Robert Globerman during his days as a 'travel leader.' Globerman was a teacher twice named Teacher of the Year in Ossining, New York. Following his winning a Fulbright Fellowship and Smith Mundt Grant to teach and train teachers in Israel Globerman found he enjoyed travel so much he founded 'Globetrottours, Inc,' a...
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10-11-2004
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If You Are Interested in Tanzania, Check This Out
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of the travel site, sketchandtravel.com and bookpleasures.com recently interviewed an expert on Tanzania. To read this interesting interview CLICK HERE
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7-10-2007
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Sky Bounce
Author: Deanna Miller ISBN: 0972542418The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews In a different plane of existence, Hesper the Alulaand Tristan the Boytaur are secret friends, eventhough their species are supposed to have nothing todo with each other. Late at night, they like to goflying, with Hesper and her wings supplying the wingpower, and holding on to Tristan, a four-leggedcentaur. The leaders of Hesper's people find out, and,as a...
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10-22-2005
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How About A Visit to Namibia
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of the travel site, Sketchandtravel.com and bookpleasures.com recently interviewed an expert on Namibia. To read more about this equisite destination CLICK HERE
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7-10-2007
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Inner Coach - Outer Power
Title: Inner Coach - Outer PowerAuthor: Keith Varnum ISBN 189156949X (8/10)The Following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: To view Paul Lappen's other reviews click: Paul Lappen's ReviewsUsing the author's own experiences, this book tellshow anyone can free themselves from emotional andpsychological boundaries and embrace the possibilitiesinherent in this thing called life.There are lifelong spirit guides that Varnum callsAscended Masters, nonphysical beings who impart...
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10-12-2004
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Roots Recovered, The How To Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back To Africa and Going There
Author: James E. White and Jean-Gontran QuenumISBN: 1-59113-465-XThe following review was contributed by James M. Curtiss:Roots Recovered, by James White and Jean-Gontran Quenum, is a book withan ambitious goal: it's subtitle, "The How To Guide for TracingAfrican-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There,"lays out a broad agenda, and essentially achieves what it set out to do.Throughout the introduction and the first of two main sections, theauthors attempt to...
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4-4-2005
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Insight Guides Florida by Emily Hatchwell (Project Editor):Brian Bell (Editorial Director)
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
There are a vast number of guide- books devoted to Florida. Some are very helpful others you might as well save your money, as the information contained is nothing more than what you would usually receive from the travel department for the State of Florida.
However, it is not very often when you come across a travel guide- book that recognizes that it is not only sufficient to list and describe lodging,...
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1-1-1970
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FLOWERtripping: A Traveler’s Guide to What’s Blooming When
Author: Kate SavoryISBN: 0-9779216-03Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Finally, a much-needed addition to travel literature has been published for travelers who wish to design their trips focusing on the world of flowers such as a violet festival in France or perhaps wildflowers in Namqualand, South Africa.Based on her many years of researching flower books, guidebooks, tour itineraries, and related subjects on the Internet, Kate Savory, author of FLOWERtripping: A Traveler’s...
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7-30-2007
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Founder of fastest-growing travel guidebook series in North America, Dan Levine is Interviewed.
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Daniel Levine, Founding Editor of Avant-Guide Travel Media. Thank you Daniel for agreeing to participate in our interview.Thanks for having me, Norm.NormPlease tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.Daniel:I wrote the London chapter of Frommer's Europe guide when I was 24, it was my first job out of college. Simon & Schuster was the...
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11-18-2005
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Long Island Alive by Francine Silverman
Francine Silverman,where were you when I needed you?
When I was a teenager growing up in Montreal in the 1950s I would look forward to my summers visiting my sister in Long Island, New York.
It is too bad I did not have at the time a copy of Francine Silverman’s comprehensive travel guide, Long Island Alive. All I ever knew about Long Island were its beaches.
Anyone reading this wonderful guidebook will have to agree that Long Island is not only about beaches- it has a distinct...
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1-1-1970
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Insight Guide Arizona & The Grand Canyon (1ST Edition) by John Gatusso, Editor
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
When you combine the première publishers of visual travel guides, Insight Guides, together with the creativity and talents of Discovery Channel, the results can be extraordinary.
This is particularly in evidence when you read the 1st edition of Insight Guides Arizona & The Grand Canyon.
This guide scores very high points for its comprehensiveness providing an invaluable aid for the armchair as well as the...
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1-1-1970
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A Conversation with Travel Author Troy Corley
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com & Sketchandtravel.com is pleased to have as our guest travel writer and author Troy Corley.Troy is the author and publisher of Let's Go Buggy: The Ultimate Family Guide to Insect Zoos and Butterfly Houses. She has also authored and published Free L.A. (Los Angeles), and is editor of Free O.C. (Orange County) by Robert Stock and the upcoming Free San Francisco and Free N.Y.C (New York City).
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1-6-2007
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Moon Handbooks Alberta: Including Banff, Jasper, and the Canadian Rockies by Andrew Hempstead
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
Recently, as I was searching the Internet for travel guidebooks that uniquely deal with Alberta, Canada, I was surprised to discover that my choices were very limited.
However, I did notice a travel-guide book now in its fifth edition, published by Avalon Travel, authored by Andrew Hempstead, entitled Moon Handbooks Alberta: Including Banff, Jasper, and the Canadian Rockies.
Hempstead is very well versed in...
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1-1-1970
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FOUR WHEELS DRIVE by DAN SPENCER
Can you imagine yourself driving across the USA in 1903 in a single cylinder 12 -horse power automobile through the deserts of Nevada and Utah, the muddy plains of the Midwest and over the Rocky Mountains? You encounter rivers that you have to traverse.
It is the dawn of the automobile era. There are very few roads, and those that do exist are for the most part horrendous! Detailed road maps are unheard of and you pretty much are on your own in figuring out how to arrive at your destination....
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1-1-1970
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A Rare and Deadly Issue by Marlena Thompson
The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON award-winning author of This is the Place and Harkening A Whodunit in the Best of Traditions Mystery Readers May Find a New Sleuth to Love Look out world! Jenny Maguire may be the new sleuth extraordinaire. She has a slot of her own. This side of Nancy Drew. That side of Miss Jane Marple. The woman who dreamed her up is Marlena Thompson. She may well have written the first book in a series that will match Agatha Christy’s run on...
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10-19-2004
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DISNEY ON A DIME: Money-Saving Secrets for Your Walt Disney World Vacation
Authors: Chris & Kristal CarlsonPublisher: The Intrepid TravelerISBN: ISBN-10: 1-887140-57-3The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown : Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsThink you live too far away to take a trip to Walt Disney World? Heard horror stories about how expensive it is to mingle with Mickey? Think there’s no way you’d ever be able to plan a vacation like Walt Disney World with your multiple children and tight budget? Think again!Chris and Kristal...
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11-29-2005
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Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures, Interviews Travel Author & Expert on France, Andrew Sanger
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com, is thrilled to have as a guest travel writer and editor Andrew Sanger. Andrew has written several hundred -travel articles on a variety of subjects for some very well known U.K publications, as well as several guide- books.He is also the recipient of many awards.Good day Andrew and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview. Norm:And
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5-8-2005
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Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
Click Here To Purchase Eating Up Italy Author: Matthew FortISBN: 1-933572-02-7 Matthew Fort’s Eating Up Italy is an intriguing culinary travelogue of the rich tastes, sights, and smells of food-loving Italy. Whizzing through on a Vespa scooter, Fort recounts his journey through the country and its culinary highlights – the markets, trattorias, and family homes, the people he meets, and of course the food, from the origins of the ingredients to the recipes he includes at the end of each...
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8-12-2007
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Highway Hypodermics:Your Road Map to Travel Nursing
Author: Epstein LaRue, RN, BSPublisher: Star Publish, 2005ISBN: 1932993169Nonfiction/Adult/The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON & CLICK TO VIEW Carolyn Ho
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1-17-2005
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A Conversation With James C. Samans Author of Spontaneous Tourism: The Busy Person’s Guide to Travel.
Author: James C. SamansISBN: 9780979189708Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com is pleased to have as our guest James C. Samans, author of Spontaneous Tourism: The Busy Person's Guide to Travel.Good day, Jamie, and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Could you give us a brief resumé of what Spontaneous Tourism: The Busy Person's Guide to
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7-13-2007
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Minnesota As A Romantic Getaway?
Want to know more about Minnesota As A Romantic Getaway? Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com & Sketchandtravel.com interviews Tim Bewer travel author and expert on Minnesota.To find out more about Minnesota as a romantic getaway, click on:http://sketchandtravel.com/INTERVIEWS2.cfm?holdid=103Norm Goldman, Editor Bookpleasures.com
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1-13-2005
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Thinking Of A Trip To Greece & The Greek Islands?
Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com interviews Tom Savvides, expert on Greece and co-owner of National Travel Service Inc located in Livingston, New Jersey. Tom passes on some excellent tips pertaining to Greece and the Greek Islands.To read Norm's interview with Tom Click INTERVIEW
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1-5-2005
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Have You Ever Thought Of A Romantic Getaway In The South Pacific?
Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com interviews travel expert and author David Stanley on his views pertaining to romantic getaways in the South Pacific.David is the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific.Read What David had to tell Norm by clicking on HERE.
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12-18-2004
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Waltzing Australia
Click Here To Purchase Waltzing Australia Author: Cynthia ClampittISBN: 978-1-4196-6306-2 I never knew what exactly enticed my daughter when in her late teens she was determined to travel for six months to Australia exploring a country that is called “Down Under.” (If you are wondering why it is called "Down Under," it is because it is the only continent with a permanent population that is entirely below the equator and thus it has been given this name.) After all, wasn’t she...
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9-28-2008
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Misadventures & Merfolk: The Tale of a Seaside Village Gone Mad by Kelly Reno
The following review was contributed by TAMY BRADY
Brendan James is a travel writer. He's had one successful novel and one horrible flop. He's now on the search in the British Isles for ideas for his third novel, that will either make or break his writing career. Unfortunately, he finds nothing in these islands except sheep and his deadline has come and gone.
With panic setting in, Brendan attends the Mermaid Festival in
Heather Bay on the Isle of Sky.
This event celebrates the...
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1-1-1970
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Florida-There is a Lot More Than Disney & The Beaches
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as a guest, travel author, Bruce Hunt, expert on Florida Travel. Bruce is the author of Visiting Small Town Florida Revised Edition, Florida’s Finest Inns And Bed & Breakfasts, and Adventure Sports In Florida. Norm: Good Day Bruce and thank you for participating in our interview. Norm: Could you tell our readers something about yourself and what prompted you...
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3-24-2005
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The Story of Kitten Cuckoo
Authored and illustrated by Ed Baker ISBN: 1-933572-04-3The Story of Kitten Cuckoo, written and illustrated by Ed Baker is an endearing picture book with cartoonish characters that are simple yet adorable.The story is for children of all ages, teaching children the concept of friendship. Ed Baker has developed a loosely rhyming poem to enrich this tale of an unlikely friendship. Kitten Cuckoo and a baby elephant named Paquile E. Derm are best friends, despite their obvious differences....
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4-8-2007
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Blue Nile: Ethiopia’s River of Magic and Mystery by Virginia Morell
Many of us have never heard of the Blue Nile or as it is called in Arabic the Al Bahr al-Azraq.
It is one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the White Nile that meets up with the Blue Nile in Khartoum, Sudan.
The course of the Blue Nile accounts to more than 60% of the total Nile flow, and it mainly receives its volume from Lake T’ana located in the Ethiopian highlands, where it is known as the Abaai.
This mysterious and sacred river is also filled with East African...
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1-1-1970
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Caribbean Escapes
Publisher: Glenn D Harris: Editorial Director: Dale LeathermanISBN: 0976717204The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With Glenn and Dale CLICK HEREAssemble some of the finest travel writers in the business, give their creativity free rein, mix in some stunning photos contributed by some outstanding photographers et voilà you have succeeded in publishi
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12-16-2005
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Insight Guides California
Project Editor: Martha Ellen Zenfell: Editorial Director: Brian BellISBN: 981234943XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Collaborating with the brilliance of one of the best well-known travel information providers, Discovery Channel, and calling upon the expertise of travel writers and local residents, Insight Guides California, has delivered to its readers an indispensable companion for anyone intending to...
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10-27-2005
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Along The Templar Trail
Author: Brandon WilsonPublisher: Pilgrim’s Tales ISBN: 978-0-9770536-9-8Brandon Wilson is the award winning author of adventure travel books. His photography has won awards from numerous magazines including National Geographic Traveller and Islands. Brandon enjoys trekking long-distance walks to inspire others to discover life’s possibilities. When Brandon is not doing what he loves best (trekking hundreds of miles) he can be found on the slopes of a volcano in Hawaii where he currently...
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9-12-2007
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The Lady of Two Lands by Elizabeth Delisi
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Artist/illustrator Hattie Williams has the unsettling feeling that someone is watching her as she strives to produce illustrations for a book Thomas Harris, museum Egyptian Curator has ready for publishing. The ancient female Pharaoh Hatshepsut is giving Hattie particular problems. Hattie’s drawings are lovely, however the pictures she has produced are flat and lacking life. Tom allows Hattie use of Hatshepsut’s falcon necklace to help...
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10-11-2004
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Mike Gerrard-Travel Author & Writer Par Excellence
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.comand Bookpleasures.comis pleased to have our guest, author and travel writer, Mike Gerrard.Mike is an expert on Greece, which he has visited every year for almost thirty years.Mike also has written about vineyards in Greece and New Zealand, brewery tours in Belgium and Britain, as well as restaurants in Paris.Good day Mike and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview. Norm:
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4-27-2005
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Rabbit in the Moon
Click Here To Purchase Rabbit in the Moon Authors: Deborah and Joel ShlianISBN: 978-1-933515-14-4Publisher: Oceanview
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6-7-2008
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Barrington Bear On Safari
Click Here To Purchase Barrington Bear On Safari Author & Photographer: Keith SzafranskiISBN: 978-0-9801662-1-7 The first rem
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11-4-2008
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The Courtesan Prince
Author: Lynda Williams ISBN: 1894063289The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsSet approximately one thousand years from now, this is the story of the firsttwo interstellar Earth colonies. They were abandoned by Earth after the failureof early attempts at faster-than-light travel. The problems were solved, butideological differences concerning genetic engineering caused outlaw scientiststo sever all contact with Earth and set up their own...
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7-14-2006
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Read What Marcia Selva, Specialist In Southeast Asia Travel Has To Say About Romantic and Wedding Destinations in Southeast Asia.
Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com, recently conducted an interview with Marcia Selva, who is the President of Global Spectrum and specialist in travel to Southeast Asia. Marcia is also is President of Global Community Service Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to reduce poverty in Southeast Asia through the development and implementation of sustainable community-based projects in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Here is...
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12-5-2004
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Do You Want To Know How To Keep Fit While Traveling Or Even On A Romantic Getaway?
Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and sketchandtravel.com interviews Jim Kaese, an elite amateur triathlete, entrepreneurial businessman, and endurance sport coach.Author of The Athletic-Minded Traveler: Where to Work Out and Stay When Fitness Is a Priority, Jim visited America’s top 78 travel destinations to find the very best hotel/fitness-venue combinations.To read Norm's interview click HERE
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1-3-2005
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MAGGIE’S DOOR by Patricia Reilly Giff
The following review was contributed by:
LILIANE AZERAD-GOLDMAN
Following the acclaimed debut of NORY RYAN’S SONG, Patricia Reilly Giff
continues the theme of the Irish potato famine in MAGGIE’S DOOR.
In her richly suspenseful second novel, Ms Giff travels back in time to a crucial moment in the history of the massive exodus from Ireland to the promised land: America, i.e. Maggie’s Door.
Nory Ryan and her boyfriend Sean Red Mallon travel separately on the dangerous roads of...
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1-1-1970
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Traveler’s Advisory
Click Here To Purchase Traveler's Advisory Authors: Jessica Lehrer, Rick Lightstone and Alice MurrayISBN: 978-0-9795546-3-6Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher
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5-12-2008
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Meet Cynthia Clampitt author of Waltzing Australia
Click Here To Purchase Waltzing Australia Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Cynthia Clampitt author of Waltzing Australia. Cynthia is a freelance writer, culinary historian, and world traveler who is here today to discuss her book as well as writing in general.
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10-2-2008
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Berlitz Scandinavian Phrase Book and Dictionary
Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers, IncISBN: 2831577381 Berlitz is a landmark organization in teaching foreign languages. It publishes glossy, easy to follow, and easy to carry language course books and phrase books, all carrying the Berlitz motto Helping the World Communicate. This is met with full promise as far as the pocket size Scandinavian Phrase Book and Dictionary shows us. While the small size is in itself a great convenience, this publication is attractively designed and made...
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12-17-2006
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The Right Way To Write, Publish And Sell Your Book: Your Complete Guide to Successful Authorship (Second Edition)
Author: Patricia L. FryISBN: 978-0-9773576-2-8 When it comes to writing for publications, Patricia Fry’s credentials are impeccable. For over twenty years, Fry has contributed hundreds of articles to over 260 different magazines on a wide variety of topics and approximately 800 of these have been devoted to writing and publishing- no doubt making her a guru on the topic.In addition, Fry has published 25 books, and in 1983 she was far ahead of her time in establishing her own publishing...
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11-8-2007
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Meditations In My Favourite Places in Southern Africa: A Travelogue For Inner And Outer Journeys by Gail Evans
Some books are meant to be a one time read and then either discarded or placed on a shelf to gather dust.
Others, however, fall into the category of being a faithful companion and friend to be called upon when you need something soothing to help you relax and appreciate Nature’s soothing attributes.
Gail Evans’ Meditations In My Favourite Places in Southern Africa: A Travelogue For Inner And Outer Journeys falls into the second category and perhaps can be compared to a good wine that you...
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1-1-1970
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A History of Murphy's Law
Author: Nick T.Spark ISBN: 978-1-4116-8469-0 This book is of valuable help to those who always wondered about the origin ofMurphy's Law, which became quite famous along with Parkinson's Law and Peter'sPrinciple. When I read the press note, I was really interested and when anopportunity to review the book came, I was delighted. And I can confidentlywrite that I was not disappointed after finishing the slim tome which is quiteattractively printed and has a number of photographs to put the text...
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11-2-2006
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Arizona Getaways For The Incurably Romantic by Pam Swartz
Arizona certainly qualifies as one of the most romantic states in the USA with so many places to explore, and unfortunately for many of us, so little time.
Pam Swartz, author of Arizona Getaways For The Incurably Romantic,has written an extremely informative guide providing the reader with a very good exposure of forty-five of the most uniquely romantic lodgings located in various areas of the state.
Through the eyes and ears of the author, readers have the opportunity to discover...
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1-1-1970
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Around The World in 80 Dinners (The Ultimate Culinary Adventure)
Click Here To Purchase Around The World In 80 Dinners Authors: Cheryl and Bill JamisonPublisher: William Morrow ISBN: 978-0-06-087895-5 Cheryl and Bill Jamison are the authors of more then a dozen cookbooks and travel guides. Appearing regularly on televi
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4-18-2008
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Want To Save Money On Travel?
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dr.Theo Brandt-Sarif co-author of Guerrilla Travel Tactics.
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1-18-2005
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Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California
Author: Carole Terwilliger MyersPublisher: Carousel PressISBN: 0917120191The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Carole T. Myers Click Here Carole Terwilliger Myers, author of the 8th Edition of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California,
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6-1-2005
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A Conversation With David Stanley Expert on the South Pacific
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com and Bookpleasures.com, is pleased to have as a guest well known author, travel writer and expert on the South Pacific, David Stanley. David is the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Fiji and Tahiti.Good day David and thank you for accepting our invitation to be interviewed.NORM:Please tell our readers something about yourself, your expertise and the books you have authored pertaining to the South Pacific.David:I've earned a living from...
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1-1-2008
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Interview With Tom Buford Author of Fires of Darkness
Author: Tom Buford ISBN: 1933148144 The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To read Dian's Review of the Book Click HereBP: Fires of Darkness at times resembles the writings of Frank Perretti. Has he been an influence on your writing? Buford: Yes, he was. His was the first Christian fiction I ever read. It was several years after I read This Present Darkness that I wrote Fires of Darkness. I intentionally did not open...
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9-30-2005
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The Jewish Lady. The Black Man & The Road Trip
Click Here To Purchase The Jewish Lady The Black Man And The Road Trip Author: Carol Sue GershmanISBN: 978-61524288 0I am not quite sure what to make of Carol Sue Gershman and The Jew
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9-29-2008
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The Writer Within You: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing And Publishing In Your Retirement Years
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Writer Within You: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing And Publishing In Your Retirement Years Author: Charles JacobsISBN: 10, 13: 0-9793636-0-8: 978-0-9793636-0-3 How often do retirees hear “your stories are great; you should write them down and publish them?” The most likely reply is I wouldn’t know where to begin or it just seems too difficult to wade through the endless steps to take before my masterpiece is published. Fret no longer, award-winning...
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9-6-2007
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Bad Karma Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia
Click Here To Purchase Bad Karma Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia Author: Tamara Sheward ISBN: 978-0-89733-565-2 In some, there is a deep desire driving them to escape the masses and to travel into the unknown. Born of this desire, Tamara Sheward and her best friend, Elissa, jump at the rare opportunity to spend three weeks backpacking in a foreign land. Their destination: Southeast Asia. Bad Karma Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia, as told by...
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10-18-2007
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Anita’s Heaven
Author: Norman OberISBN: 13: 978-1-933918-11-2 10: 1-933918-11-X Over the past several years there has been a spate of books pertaining to the paranormal which has spawned a cottage industry of books ranging from ghosts, premonitions, telepathy, channeling, clairvoyance, remote viewing, ESP, spirit guides, to automatic writing. With Norman Ober’s Anita’s Heaven focusing on automatic writing we have one more tome to add to our book shelves. And even if you are a skeptic and don’t...
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8-16-2007
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Interview With Cindy La Ferle-Author of Writing Home
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com and bookpleasures.com is honored to have as a guest, the nationally published newspaper columnist and author, Cindy La Ferle. Cindy recently published a book entitled,
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4-6-2005
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Shakespeare's World by D.L. Johanyak
To read an interview with Prof.Debra L. Johanyak
click HERE
Who was William Shakespeare? Some people believe he never existed as one person but rather many. Others claim that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the true Shakespeare, or that the earl of Essex, the earl of Derby, or Sir Walter Raleigh, wrote his works.
Did he have a family? What influenced his writings? Did he travel? Was he educated? Was one of the greatest literary figures a truly a man of the world?
These are...
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1-1-1970
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The Fearful Fairy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Fearful Fairy Author: Sheri Hood: Illustrator: M. Faith ShaheenISBN: 13:978-0-9793823-0-7: 10: 0-9793823-0-0One of the most striking characteristics of Sheri Hoods’ children’s book The Fearful Fairy is the delicate manner in which it integrates large ideas into story form for the early school crowd. As in most picture books, this one likewise functions on more than one level. The obvious story, which begs to be read aloud with its delightful descriptive...
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9-9-2007
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Have You Ever Considered China For A Romantic Getaway or Wedding Destination?
Today Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel and bookpleasures is pleased to have as our guest Shelley Jiang, editor of LET'S GO CHINA, 6th Edition, one of 57 guidebooks published by the bestselling budget series from NORM: Please tell our readers something about yourself and your expertise pertaining to China. SHELLEY: Born in China, I spent the first six years of my life in Beijing, the city that I will always think of as my first home. Though I moved to America and attended school...
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12-2-2004
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Interview With Sue William Silverman Author of Because I Remember Terror Father, I Remember You
Author: Sue William Silverman ISBN: 0820321753The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To read Dian's Review Of The Book CLICK HEREBP: When you took the first step toward recovery, can you recall your feelings that day?Actually, it wasn’t really one day. For me, it wasn’t that clearly defined. Over about a fifteen-year period, I sought help from something like 11 therapists. I will say, though, that I had a turning point...
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9-29-2005
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The Last Cato
Author: Matilde AsensiISBN: 978-0-06-082857-8 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan, Writer & Author of NCO-No Compassion Observed: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereDr. Ottavia Salina works as a paleographer for the Vatican and the work keeps her in the secret recesses below ground. She is a stickler for accuracy and perfectionism as she preserves the most sacred documents and artifacts and will not tolerate anyone who is negligent. But, of course, that could be...
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5-13-2006
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Hamster Cheeks
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Hamster Cheeks Author: Cathy DeLittleIllustrator: Adam MilicevicISBN: 13: 978-1-892633-14-9: 10: 1-892733-14-0 Although it has taken ten years since she last published 10 picture books over a span of 2 years, Cathy DeLittle has done it again with her recent, Hamster Cheeks.DeLittle has fine-tuned a story that emanates from her vivid imagination and humorous insights that have been inspired from the antics of her young son Dominic. Turning the pages of this...
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11-20-2007
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Screenwriting For Teens: The 100 Principles Of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know
Click Here To Purchase Screenwriting For Teens Author: Christina HamlettISBN: 13: 978-1-932907-18-6: 10: 1-932907-18-1Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Candidly, I have to confess that before I read Christina Hamlett’s Screenwriting For Teens: The 100 Principles Of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know, I knew very little about screenwr
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8-27-2008
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Tales of New York: Some Will Surprise You
Click Here To Purchase Tales of New York: Some Will Surprise You Author: John KeattsISBN: 978-1-4343-1374-4New York has been called the Big Apple. Have you ever wondered why?Licensed New York City tour guide, John Keatts, who has published articles in magazines and newspapers as well as having appeared in Broadway musical productions, cabaret performance and on television, has now assembled quite an interesting selection of tidbits concerning some of New York City’s landmarks and other venues...
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10-16-2007
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Looking for the Summer by Robert W. Norris
Reviewed by Paul Lappen American David Thompson is a Vietnam War conscientious objector. After spending a year in military prison, during which time he became estranged from his family, he travels around Europe, not really sure where he's going or what he's doing. In Paris, he meets a man named Hasan, who encourages David to accompany him back to Iran, his homeland. David is assured that plenty of jobs for foreigners are available. Their paths diverge for a while, and they meet up again a few...
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10-19-2004
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April Fool
Click Here To Purchase April Fool Author: John NeufeldISBN: 978-0-9800377-3-9 George Willett, the lonely complex, yet oddly empathetic protagonist of John Neufeld’s recent novel April Fool, seems to have one compelling obsession, the desire to have one last fling before he kicks the bucket. Although he claims to love his wife Peg, he never considers leaving her. All he ever wanted was one final romantic fling, “an attachment that would last as long as summer sunsets on inland waters.”
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9-1-2008
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Onyalum - Retribution
Author: NB VanYoos Publisher: AuthorhouseISBN: 1-4208-6856-XThe following review was contributed by: Theresa Derwin: Click Here To Read Theresa's ReviewsMost books, or at least most good books, generally have a moral thread running through them. Some writers attempt to tackle prejudice, some writers consider the right to life, politics or religion, and a few just contemplate love and the human condition. Providing the writer doesn’t veer off into preaching the book can remain entertaining....
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12-6-2005
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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...
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9-6-2007
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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...
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1-1-1970
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A Prisoner of Birth
Click Here To Purchase A Prisoner of Birth Author: Jeffrey ArcherISBN: 13-978-0-312-37929-2: 10:0-312-37929-3 In A Prisoner of Birth Jeffrey Archer offers up another multilayered thriller that includes a bevy of crimes emanating from a wrongful murder conviction. Among the transgressions are: the escape from Belmarsh prison that is a high-security establishment in so
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3-28-2008
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Ready Freddie Getting Ready for Fires
Author: Earl Hicks Jr.Illustrated by Pablo NizISBN: 978-1-4196-6160-0Click Here To Purchase Ready Freddie Getting Ready For Fires
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6-8-2008
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American Infidel by Don Tjernagel
The following review was contributed by the editor of Bookpleasures.com NORM GOLDMAN Comedian Don Tjernagel, who grew up in Iowa, fell in love with comedy while attending school in Las Vegas. His website refers to him as the “All American Jester.” I would like to think of him as a combination of the risqué comedy of Lenny Bruce and Andy Rooney’s bitching about everything under the sun. Bruce devoted his life to telling the truth, however, if you are familiar with this 1950s comedian, you will...
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10-28-2004
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THE RED CHURCH by Scott Nicholson
The following review was written by STERLING PEARCE. You can learn more about the reviewer by clicking on her name. To read the interview with the author click HERE Ronnie Day has enough to worry about for a 13 year-old boy. His parents are always fighting, and he spends most of his time trying not to look stupid in front of Melanie Ward. Why does he have to put up with his pest of a brother, Tim, wandering off through the graveyard of the Red Church? All his life Ronnie has been hearing...
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10-19-2004
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Wild About Florida: South Florida
Click Here To Purchase Wild About Florida: South FloridaAuthors: Kathleen and Martin WallsISBN: 978-0-9798087-5-3Publisher: Global Authors Publications Travel writer, photographer and author Kathleen Walls together with her photographer husband Martin have put together Wild About Florida: South Florida describing some of the wild and natural havens to be found in South Florida. The guide divides itself into seventeen counties located on the East and West Coasts of Florida. Beginning their
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8-14-2008
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Nile Cruise and Beyond
Author: Brigitte FoulkeISBN: 1413786375In her Prologue, Brigitte Foulke author of Nile Cruise and Beyond mentions that her son calls her a lunatic, because he could not imagine that her story actually happened to her. However, as she states, her friends believe her story to be true, but many don’t understand why she can’t wipe out those eight years and move on like nothing happened. From its title to its conclusion, Brigitte Foulke’s Nile Cruise and Beyond is intended as a chronicle of...
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1-24-2007
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Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease & Sex
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease & Sex Author: Eduardo Chapunoff, M.D.ISBN: 978-1-57826-255-7 Author Eduardo Chapunoff, M.D. integrates both his professional experience as a cardiologist with good solid information in his Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease & Sex. As Dr. Chapunoff mentions in the introduction to the book, one of the most common problems in discussing sex with your health provider is embarrassment. And another...
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11-12-2007
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Professional Travel Writer CeliaSue Hecht Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com is pleased to have as our guest, CeliaSue Hecht. CeliaSue is a professional travel writer, editor and publicist and is listed in Bacon’s Media Directory. She is also the co-author of five romantic travel guides. Good day CeliaSue and thank you for participating in our interview. Norm: Could you tell our readers something about your personal and professional background and how you became interested in travel writing? When...
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7-12-2006
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The Golden Altar by Michael M. Merry
If you are fascinated with the exploits of pirates, buccaneers or privateers, first time novelist, Michael J. Merry’s fictional novel, The Golden Altar, which is partially based on historical events, will immediately seduce you as soon as you completed reading the first chapter.
In 1671 an infamous English pirate, or as some called him a privateer, Henry Morgan, accomplished one of his most daring feats, when he attacked, looted and pillaged Panama. However, unfortunately for Morgan, he was...
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1-1-1970
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Writer’s Guide To Places by Don Prues: Jack Heffron
Writer’s Guide To Places authored by Don Prues and Jack Heffron is an extraordinary useful guide for writers, who wish to discover a sense of many places unfamiliar to them. An astonishing number of lesser-known tidbits are included in the book pertaining to many of the well-known cities located throughout all fifty states, Canada and its territories and the people who reside within these geographical areas. For example, if an author is interested in building a character from Orlando, he or...
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3-21-2007
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A Prolific South Carolina Author-Interview With Barbie Perkins-Cooper
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com is excited to have as our guest, Barbie Perkins-Cooper. Barbie is a playwright, travel writer, author and an award winning screenwriter. Barbie lives in Charleston, South Carolina and is an expert on SC as well as North Carolina and other geographical areas. Barbie is also the author of a soon to be published Insides' Guide to Asheville, NCGood day Barbie and thank you for agreeing to participate in our...
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11-13-2005
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Berlitz Pocket Guide - Australia
ISBN: 981-246-086-1The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss. Click Here To Read More Of Jim’s ReviewsBerlitz is well-known for a reason - most everything it does, it doesexceedingly well. This maxim holds true for its Australian Pocket Guide, a bookthat makes up for its diminutive size by the breadth of its content.The reader is drawn into the book by an insightful introductory section, whichexplores some traditionally-held (and perhaps stereotypical) beliefs aboutAustralia and...
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9-19-2006
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Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
Author: Matthew FortISBN-10: 1933572027 ISBN-13: 978-1933572024 Matthew Fort’s infatuation for all things edible and Italian are wonderfully palpable in this gastronomic treasure. Heady and sumptuous as a fine red wine, Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa — part travel memoir, part specialty recipe book — recounts Fort’s journeys all over the stunning Italian countryside, while lavishly showcasing each region’s own unique culinary “nuances”.Italy’s ro
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4-11-2007
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Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee Author: Jason AkleyIllustrator: Bobbi SwitzerISBN: 1-4327-0341-2When I picked up Jason Akley’s Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee I couldn’t help wondering about the ambiguity of the book’s target audience, as the language and concepts are certainly not accessible to the 9-12 year old age group, where it has been classified by Amazon.Furthermore, the characters are not memorable nor do they jump off the page in a way that enters the...
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9-29-2007
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Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl Author: John FeinsteinISBN: 978-0-375-84247-4John Feinstein’s background as a sports journalist for the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to Sports Illustrated and the National Sports Daily, comes in quite handy in creating a lively and fascinating novel, Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl. The novel focuses on two teenage reporters who stumble across a scandalous cover up on the eve of the Super Bowl involving an...
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9-10-2007
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands As A Romantic Getaway?
Today Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures and Sketchandtravel is pleased to have as a guest Dan Austin, Director of Operations of AUSTIN LEHMAN ADVENTURES. Dan is an expert on travel to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands. Good Day Dan and thank you for accepting our invitation to be interviewed. Thanks Norm, it is a pleasure to have this opportunity.
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12-15-2004
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Shitting Pretty: How To Stay Clean and Healthy While Traveling by Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth
Today we are fortunate in having as our guest Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth, author of Shitting Pretty How To Stay Clean And Healthy While Traveling Thank your Dr. Wilson-Howarth. Norm- Dr. Wilson-Howarth,I wonder if you could give our readers a brief resumé of your education and writing experience? Jane-I've always had a passion for wildlife and an interest in creepy-crawlies and these interests led me into studying zoology. After completing my first degree I organised my first tropical expedition...
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10-28-2004
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Locked Inn
Click Here To Purchased From Amazon Locked In Author: Mike EspositoISBN: 1930754981Publisher: Durban House Publishing CompanyIn his debut novel, Mike Esposito pulls his readers into a Tampa, Florida hospital, compelling them to follow the horrendous tomfoolery of three greedy and devious doctors and a slimy attorney that will make you think twice before undergoing surgery, particularly neurosurgery.The principal protagonist, neuroradiologist John Armstrong, is having a barrel full of domestic...
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8-28-2007
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Bad Karma: Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bad Karma: Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia Author: Tamara ShewardPublisher: Academy Chicago PublishersISBN: 978-0-89733-565-2Tamara Steward moved to Queensland, Australia after living all of her life in New Jersey. Tamara has travelled to over thirty countries and has worked as a journalist since the age of twenty.Bad Karma is a well-written, girly travel novel featuring friends Tamara and her pal Elissa. With no worries and only one...
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10-31-2007
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The Pact Beneath the Bridge
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Pact Beneath the Bridge Title: The Pact Beneath the BridgeAuthor: Valbona KociuISBN: 1432701029Albanian author Valbona Kociu’s short story The Pact Beneath the Bridge has a quality that could effortlessly be considered poetic with its brevity as well as the associated compression and unencumbered intensity of its language. At its heart, the first person narrative focuses on a life-altering event involving twenty-nine year old Steven Won, whose life is...
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9-13-2007
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Desert Night Shift: A Pack Rat Story
Author: Conrad J. StoradISBN: 978-189179516-9Publisher: The RGU GroupYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon The Sonoran Desert is a harsh place to live, unless you know the tricks to getting around. Penny Pack Rat knows all the best places to find food and trinkets. She knows to travel at night, when the air is cool, even though the night presents special problems. Despite the danger, Penny takes us on an adventure through the nighttime desert to find a treasure for her grandmother. Roaming...
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7-21-2007
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Apologies Forthcoming
Click Here To Purchase Apologies Forthcoming Author: Xujun EberleinISBN: 978-1-60489-007-5Publishers: Livingston Press, University of West Alabama To read award- winning writer Xujun (pronounced “shoe”-“June”) Eberlein’s collection of short fiction compiled in her Apologies Forthcoming is to be wrap
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7-1-2008
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Hunter’s Choice: A Matt Hunter Adventure
Click Here To Purchase Hunter's Choice Author: J. C. HagerISBN: 978-0-9797546-5-4 In his debut novel, Hunter’s Choice: A Matt Hunter Adventure, J.C. Hager has employed his expertise as a hunter to offer us quite a yarn that could probably easily make a great movie. Our narrative unfolds when a Cessna 310 crashes in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan. On board the aircraft are two passengers and the p
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10-30-2008
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Travels With My Lovers by Erica Miner
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
There is something magical about vacation romances that seem to encourage you to let go and revitalize your energy and senses.
Moreover, perhaps the conditions are ideal to create peak emotional moments as love.
First time author Erica Miner’s novella, Travels With My Lovers, has effectively captured these moments with her titillating adventures of an American woman, who frees herself from the shackles of...
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1-1-1970
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The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews
Click Here To Purchase The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews Author: Neal KarlenISBN: 978-0-06-083711-2Publisher: William Morrow (An Imprint of Harper-Collins) Neal Karlen points out in The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews that for hundreds of years mavens have considered Yiddish to have as many linguistic meanings as the word oy. It has been considered a jar
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5-9-2008
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The Legend of Zoey
Author: Candie MoonshowerISBN: 0-385-73280-5Publisher: Delacorte Press I don’t fall asleep while reading. When I get sleepy, I put the book aside, turn out the light, and pull up the covers. How anyone can fall asleep with a book in their hands and the light on is beyond me—or at least it use to be. Candie Moonshower’s The Legend of Zoey was so compelling that I simply couldn’t bear to put it down. I knew I was growing sleepy, but I couldn’t stop reading. So finally, I have the experience of...
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4-29-2007
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Cayman: A Photographic Journey Through The Islands by Amanda Lumry (Photographer): Loren Wengred (Photographer)
When we think about Cayman we immediately conceptualize an image of three islands, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac catering primarily to cruise boats, off shore banking golfers and tourists. Little do we know that this is not all there is to these beautiful islands?
Photographers Amanda Lumry and Loren Wengerd along with the collaboration of author Laura Hurwitz have dispelled this perception in their coffee table book entitled Cayman A Photographic Journey Through The Islands....
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1-1-1970
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The Map Thief
Click Here To Purchase The Map Thief Author: Heather TerrellISBN: 978-0-345-69468-9Publisher: Ballantyne Books (Imprint of Random House) The hook of Heather Terrell’s second novel, The Map Thief is quite absorbing as it revolves around the query, what if the Chinese created an accurate map of the world in the early 1400s-some seventy-odd years before the Europeans? In order to widen this theme, Terrell offers up a multilaye
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8-24-2008
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A Conversation With Tom Miller Who Has Been Called By The San Francisco Chronicle "One of the Best Non-Fiction Writers."
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Books Authored By Tom Miller Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com, is honored to have as our guest Tom Miller, who has been called by the San Francisco Chronicle, “one of our best non-fiction writers.” Tom has authored The Panama Hat Trail, Trading With the Enemy, Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink, which won the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book in 2001, and his most recent book, How I Learned English. In addition, Tom has edited...
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8-26-2007
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Lang Lang: Playing with Flying Keys
Click Here To Purchase Lang Lang: Playing With Flying Keys Author: Lang Lang, with Michael FrenchISBN: 9780385735780Publisher: A Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Click Here To Purchase Lang Lang: Playing With Flying Keys
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7-26-2008
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The Simple Living Guide
Author: Janet LuhrsISBN: 0-553-06796-6“Linda Luhrs gave up a law career to practice voluntary simplicity.” She is now a journalist and the editor and publisher of “Simple Living: The Journal of Voluntary Simplicity.” Her work has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Luhrs breaks voluntary simplicity into fourteen headings, all designed to help the person who wants a simpler lifestyle. I appreciated her twenty-eight secrets to...
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9-18-2006
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The Coming
Author: Joe Haldeman:ISBN: 0441008763 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsIn the middle of the 21st Century, Aurora Bell is an Astronomy professor at theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville. One day, she receives a message from outerspace ("We're Coming") that seems to herald the arrival of alien visitors. Thealien ship is traveling at just under the speed of light, and will arrive on NewYear's Day, three months from now.Earth of...
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7-14-2006
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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...
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2-22-2008
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UNIVERSAL ORLANDO 2006: The Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Theme Park Adventure
Author: Kelly Monaghan ISBN: 1-887140-59-XThe following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown : Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsIs your family planning a trip to Orlando, but hoping for a little time away from a certain mouse? Think there’s nothing to do in Orlando except hang with one cranky duck named Donald? Are your kids older and looking for a little more excitement in their Orlando vacation?Look no further! Kelly Monaghan has the book for you! UNIVERSAL ORLANDO 2006:...
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3-29-2006
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Sam Boone: Front to Back
Author: Bud SparhawkISBN: 0970971176 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsIn the late 22nd Century, Earth's first interstellarspaceship is involved in a collision with a muchlarger vessel outside the approved travel lanes. Inits desperation to avoid the Galactic Hegemony, thecaptain gives Earth a more modern ship out of itsinventory. This allows Earth to build more ships, andexplore local space. Intelligent life is prettycommon, and the...
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8-1-2005
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Grub: A Novel
Click Here To Purchase Grub From Amazon Author: Elise BlackwellPublisher: TobyISBN: 13 978 159264 1994Elise Blackwell’s most recent novel, Grub, is an updating of the British author, George Gissing’s New Grub Street which was published in 1891. Blackwell's Grub is dedicated to every writer with an unpublished book.As was the case of Gissing’s satire, Blackwell’s theme focuses on today’s literary world where what counts is the bottom line and where in order for an author to be published he or...
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8-18-2007
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The Musicians’ Guide To Brides: How To Make Money Playing Weddings
Click Here To Purchase The Musicians’ Guide To Brides: How To Make Money Playing Weddings Author: Anne RoosISBN: 978-1-4234-3874-8Publisher: Hal Leonard Books If you are a musician and your looking for another avenue of revenue, you may want to pick up a copy of Anne Roos’ The Musicians’ Guide To Brides: How To Make Money Playing Weddings. Although, I have not done any extensive research on the subject, I doubt if there is any other manual on the market that is as comprehensive as this
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10-1-2008
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A Conversation With Travel Author & Expert On Mexico-Brett Wyatt
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Sketchandtravel.com & Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Brett Wyatt, author of You Decide Travel Guide.Good day Brett and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.Brett: I discovered that I was destined to be a traveler when I was 18 years old living in Del Rio Texas and I began to experience the wonders of Mexico. At 18 years old,...
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1-6-2007
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Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort ZoneAuthor: Beth LisickISBN: 978-0-06-114396-0 I was amazed to learn that the self-help industry pulls in annually over a billion dollars in revenue. The outgrowth of the industry is quite apparent just by looking over Amazon’s list of self-help books where you will notice that there are over 150, 000 books listed. Beth Lisick, author of the New York Times...
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3-14-2008
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An Opportunity for Revenge
Title: An Opportunity for RevengeAuthor: Ned LordISBN: 0-9774767-1-5 From the opening pages of Ned Lord’s second novel, An Opportunity for Revenge, readers can be certain that they will be in for quite a riveting ride when Andy Bowers, the narrator and central character escapes a killer’s bullet. However, his officer administrator, Fran Wills was not as lucky in being at the wrong place at the wrong time. It all happened as both were getting out of Andy’s car when someone first shot at Fran...
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2-4-2008
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Catalyst, Book One in the Me & You Too series
Author: Bob HarveyISBN: 1-933538-38-4The following review was contributed by Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's ReviewsAfter a fire barrels through a townhouse complex, six strangers and their pets are brought together with a common mission to stop a corrupt businessman from levelling what's left of their homes and destroying the local ecosystem.The fire turns everything upside down for Justin Eagleton, the protagonist in Bob Harvey's 'Catalyst,' who ponders "the seeming randomness...
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7-28-2006
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The Sneakiest Pirates
Click Here To Purchase The Sneakiest Pirates Author: Dalton JamesPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-2477-1 How do you begin to review a book that was authored and illustrated by a seven-year old? This was the dilemma I was faced with when I picked up a copy of Dalton James’s first book, The Sneakiest Pirates. Dalton, as mentioned in the book’s press release, is a first grader
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8-5-2008
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Early Bright
Click Here To Purchase Early Bright Author: Ami SilberISBN: 13: 978 159264 241-0Publisher: The Toby Press In her debut novel, Early Bright Ami Silber features a protagonist who was not exactly a decent human being or, if
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6-26-2008
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The Other Side of Yore
Author: J. Lyon Layden Illustrated by: Kenny Savage ISBN: 978-1-60145-122-4What do you get if two friends decide to write and illustrate a children’s book together? The Other Side Of Yore answers this question with it’s beautiful illustrations and enchanting storyline. This is very much a mixture between The Hobbit and The Wind in the Willows. This delightful tale follows herbalist Frawg Findig on his adventures. The opening chapter sees Frawg and a dragonfly named Buzz, befriend each other...
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5-18-2007
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Laura and the Leprechauns
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Laura and the LeprechaunsAuthor & Illustrator: Amber T. KingstonISBN: 978-0-9795933-0-7 Laura and the Leprechauns is Amber T.Kingston’s first effort as writer and illustrator as she borrows a page from Irish mythology and folklore.It is a tale of two leprechauns, Maddy and Be-bub, who receive a letter from a little girl, Laura, asking them to visit her. Although Laura’s friends don’t believe in Leprechauns, she believes they do in fact exist and she...
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12-12-2007
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A Hard Day’s Death: A Spike Berenger Hit
Click Here To Purchase A Hard Day’s Death: A Spike Berenger Hit Author: Raymond BensonISBN: 10:0-8439-6063-9: 13: 978-0-8439-6063-1Publisher: Leisure Books Raymond Benson’s name should be familiar to most mystery readers as he is the author of sixteen novels, including six James Bond 007 novels, three James Bond film novelizations a
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6-21-2008
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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 Rock of Realm
Author: Lea SchizasISBN: 1-932993-08-8 The following review was contributed by: Rev.Marie Davies: : Click Here To Read More Of Marie's Reviews:Learning that mom and dad are more than just parents is a revelation to most children but for Alex Stone the surprise is greater than normal. When Alex, a typical fourteen-year-old girl, finds herself magically transported to the Kingdom of Realm, she learns that her mother is no ordinary domestic diva but a Queen in exile. Her mom’s royal status...
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6-30-2005
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Swift
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Swift Author: Robert J. BlakeISBN: 978-0-399-23383-8Publisher: Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group Author Robert Blake uses the Alaskan wilderness to share a story of love, endurance, and triumph over the seemingly impossible. Johnnie’s first bear-hunting adventure with his father in the Alaskan wilderness takes a fateful turn. Three days out, a grizzly mangles his father’s leg. His father can’t travel and Johnnie must go for help. His...
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10-23-2007
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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...
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1-1-1970
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Game Widow
Click Here To Purchase Game Widow Author: Wendy KaysISBN: 978-1-934454-26-8Publisher: Synergy Books As Wendy Kays points out in her Game Widow, video games are not just for the fifteen to thirty-five-year old males, it has now successfully leaped from consoles and personal computers to mobile phones, game systems and personal data assistants. Consequently, their customers now have spread to males and females of all ages. There are even grand
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10-31-2008
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Violent Night
Author: Byron JusticeISBN: 978-0-9701793-4-0The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's Reviews: To read Mary's Interview With the Author CLICK HERE"Let both of them grow togetheruntil the Harvest;and at Harvest time I will tell the reapers:Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundlesto be burned,Then gather the wheat into my barn."Drawing from these words attributed to Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew, author Byron Justice relates his...
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3-30-2006
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The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World Author: Linda JonesISBN: 978-1-905151-17-2 Each passing month brings many books on writing that come in all shapes and sizes that serve a variety of purposes. Some are helpful others are useless often regurgitating the same information that can be found on the Internet or elsewhere. Recently, I came across Linda Jones’ The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World that is very, very good in cutting the fat...
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10-16-2007
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Cover-Up
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cover-UpTitle: Cover-UpAuthor: Michele MartinezISBN: 9760060899004 Michele Martinez’s Cover- Up delivers everything you can ask for in a mystery- suspense, a strong protagonist, a thriller of a plot with some very intriguing twists, violence and enough gory scenes that will keep you awake at night. The novel’s plot unfolds when New York federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas who along with her boyfriend, FBI agent Dan O’Reilly, are called to the scene of an...
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12-31-2007
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Soul Wisdom I: Practical Treasures to Transform Your Life
Author: Dr Zhi Gang ShaPublisher: Heaven's LibraryISBN: 978-1-60023-016-5Dr Zhi Gang Sha believes that he is a healer, an advanced spiritual master and is an inspired teacher. He has an MD in China and prides himself on being a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in China and in Canada. He’s the founder of the Institute of Soul Mind Body Medicine and is also an international best selling author. His last book, So
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6-26-2007
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Just East of Eden: Tales From The Blog
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Just East of Eden: Tales From The Blog Author: Eric WilderISBN: 9780615152301One of the greatest strengths of blogging and the world of blogosphere is that it offers to many a voice and platform that is outside the mainstream media. Moreover, it transcends more traditional communication forms and can work in a variety of setting as it can get around the editorial filters that are imposed by the traditional media. Consequently, it comes as no surprise that...
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10-20-2007
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Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity…
Click Here To Purchase Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity… Author: Kimberly RaiserISBN: 978-1-4327-0601-2 It takes only a few short stories
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6-6-2008
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Terr.O.R
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Terr.O.RTitle: TerrO.RAuthor: Joseph J. Neuschatz, M.D.ISBN: 160145015X Everyday when we turn on our radios, televisions or Internet, we are bombarded with news of suicide bombings that occur around the globe. Most of these follow a similar pattern and modus operandi.However, what if the culprits were extremely creative and decided that a good way to raise funds for their cause would be to convince the suicide bomber to undergo surgery that would lead to his...
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12-17-2007
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Montreal The Unknown City by Kristian Gravenor & John David Gravenor
Over the past several years there have been a multitude of guidebooks concerning Montréal. However, there are very few that would not only interest the tourist but also the native Montréaler.
Kristan Gravenor and John David Gravenor have published a book entitled Montreal The Unknown City that they have described as making you feel that you have been in the city since “they sold tomatoes in paper bags where skyscrapers now stand.”
Little unknown intimate gems are exposed that even I, as a...
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1-1-1970
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Becoming A Superhero: Adventures of An American Superhero
Click Here To Purchase Becoming A Superhero: Adventures of An American Superhero Author: William D. SmithISBN: 978-1-4327-2071-1 William D. Smith’s Becoming A Superhero presents itself as a semi- autobiography or a series of folksy reminiscences set just before and after the end of World War II.Many young people are pretty fuzzy about the details of the social, political and economic climate of World War II America. Fortunately for youn
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10-28-2008
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Venice in Context: The Independent Traveler’s Guide to Venice by Robert S. Wayne
How would you like to visit Venice with your own personal professional tour guide walking next to you and pointing out the magnificent art and history of this ancient city?
Robert Wayne has authored, as part of his European series, a fascinating book entitled Venice in Context: The Independent Traveler’s Guide To Venice offering an entirely new concept in travel guidebooks.
With the aid of a CD that is included with the book, the visitor to Venice can now listen to the voice of Dateline...
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1-1-1970
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Beautiful Jim Key The Lost History of the World’s Smartest Horse
Author: Mim Eichler RivasISBN-10: 0-06-056704X (pbk) The following review was contributed by: Shelley Bueché: Click Here to Read More of Shelley's ReviewsThis fantastic book is sprinkled with magic, a galloping romp of a tale about Beautiful Jim Key, a horse, and Dr. William Key, a horse whisperer in the truest sense. Riv
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6-17-2006
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Meet Charles Jacobs Author of The Writer Within You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing In Your Retirement Years
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Writer Within You: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing And Publishing In Your Retirement Years Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Charles Jacobs author of The Writer Within You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing In Your Retirement Years.Charles is an award winning journalist who has been honored with numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Working Press...
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9-6-2007
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Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
If you are interested in a diatribe, with some humour thrown in, pertaining to many of the ills of the USA, then Michael Moore’s, Stupid White Men should satisfy your appetite.
Best known for his TV series TV Nation and his documentary Roger and Me, Moore is, to put it mildly, a “ramble rouser.”
He is not afraid to sound off about government, corporate America, student apathy, law enforcement agencies, firearms, or anything else that may be on his mind.
In the opening chapter of Stupid...
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1-1-1970
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King Hui: The Man Who Owned All The Opium In Hong Kong
Click Here To Purchase King Hui: The Man Who Owned All The Opium In Hong Kong Author: Jonathan Chamberlain:ISBN: 978-988-99799-8-0The nagging question I was left with after reading Jonathan Chamberlain’s King Hui: The Man Who Owned All The Opium In Hong Kong was how much was truth and how much was a figment of one man’s vivid imagination. I noticed that even the publisher cautions us stating: “This book reflect
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6-13-2008
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Retribution City of God Series by Randall Ingermanson
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN Editor of Bookpleasures.com
Retribution City of God Series is Randall Ingermanson’s third historical fiction in his time travel series.
As a result of a bungled physics experiment, Israeli scientist Ari Kazan and his wife Rivka, find themselves back in time during the era of the Jerusalem Church, 57 A.D.
Jerusalem is seething with a great deal of tension, wherein on the one hand you have the harsh treatment of the Jews at the...
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1-1-1970
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Killing Rommel
Click Here To Purchase Killing Rommel Author: Steven PressfieldISBN: 978-0-385-51970-0Publishers: Doubleday If military campaigns are your cup of tea, then author Steven Pressfie
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6-16-2008
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Old is a 4-Letter Word
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Old is a 4-Letter WordAuthor: Ethel StocktonISBN: 1-4107-9468-7 There is a jarring honesty to Ethel Stockton’s most recent tome Old is a 4-Letter Word as she invites her readers to participate in an intimate voyage with her principal fascinating character, Annaliz.Exploring her inner and outer world, Annaliz reflects on her past and present life touching on various aspects of human experiences-love, death, illness, divorce, aging, fear, mother and daughter...
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1-17-2008
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Don’t Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your Manuscript From Turning Up D.O.A
Click Here To Purchase Don’t Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your Manuscript From Turning Up D.O.A Author: Chris RoerdenISBN: 1-933523131In the opening pages of Don’t Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your Manuscript From Turning Up D.O.A. Chris Roerden makes it crystal clear that she doesn’t consider herself a book doctor. Roerden states that the term book doctor would imply that the writer’s work is sick. Roerden further specifies that she...
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9-11-2007
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Diverting the Buddha
Click Here To Purchase Diverting the Buddha Author: Bob SwartzelISBN: 978-1-4392-0430-6 Diverting The Buddha is an ambitious novel that delivers through its vivid portrayal of the treachery and deceit that emerged during the catastrophic Vietnam War.
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10-22-2008
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The Ostrich Wakes: Struggles for Change in Highland Kenya
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Ostrich Wakes Author: Jean Davison Publisher: Kirinyaga Publishers, Texas, USAISBN: 0-9785150-0-5When the American anthropologist and author Jean Davison returns to her home base in Kenya’s verdant highland, she is not merely crossing political boundaries; she is, instead, transcending ethnic lines to assess the social change in her beloved Kenyan people. It’s been over a decade now since she last enjoyed her stay with her friends in Kenya and Jean’s...
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6-5-2007
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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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A Conversation with Suzanne & Craig Sheumaker, Authors of A Traveler’s Guide: America’s Living History-The Early Years.
Authors: Suzanne & Craig SheumakerISBN: 9780979259807Today, Norm Goldman, Editor and Publisher of Bookpleasures.com & Sketchandtravel.com is pleased to have as our guests, Suzanne & Craig Sheumaker, authors of A Traveler’s Guide: America’s Living History-The Early Years.Good day Suzanne and Craig and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional backgrounds and how you became interested in travel with an...
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6-7-2007
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The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me…Once
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me...Once Author: D AnthonyISBN: 0931761255 With his debut book, The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me…Once, D Anthony examines what life is all about where he explores such topics as our perspectives, values, simple acts of kindness, the need for change, gratitude, luck, success, ups and downs of life, choices, following your dreams and passions, happiness, and plethora of many more topics. And as D Anthony best...
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12-21-2007
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Isherwood on Writing
Click Here To Purchase Isherwood on Writing Editor: James J. Berg: Forward by Claude J. SummersISBN: 13-978-0-8166-4693-7: 10-0-8166-4693-7 Christopher Isherwood is considered a major Anglo-American novelist. He was a pioneer in the gay liberation movement and the founding father of modern gay writing. In the late
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4-1-2008
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The Dream Catcher Tour
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Dream Catcher Tour Author: Paula BuermeleISBN: 1-4327-0353-6 Paula Buermele’s The Dream Catcher Tour provides her readers with a peek into the lives of forty-seven women who together embark on a bus tour of the Great Lakes with Northern Experience Tours.What ensues is a potent collection of stories reflecting Buermele’s affirmation that she is an attentive student in the classroom of life.Buermele moves effortlessly from one voice to another a
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11-28-2007
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Manic (a memoir)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Manic A Memoir Author: Terri Cheney
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3-5-2008
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Climb Denali
Author: Laurent DickISBN: 1-57833-247-8 The following review was contributed by: Emily BursonTravel to New Heights with “Climb Denali.”“Climb Denali: A Reflective Journey” takes the reader from the base of Mt. McKinley (called “Denali” in Athabaskan Indian) to the summit with breath-taking photos and commentary. “Climb Denali” is a mountain-lovers book, as well as a book for the curious. More than just a book in the traditional sense, “Climb Denali” is a photographic journey as author...
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4-13-2005
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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.”
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8-25-2008
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The El-eventh Hour
Author: Lily G. StephenISBN: 0971265917 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThis story, part 2 of a trilogy, is about Miranda, ayoung woman whose interest in physics leads to moretheoretical subjects like hyperspace and alternateuniverses. A friend of her mother, Willa Carson,agrees to take Miranda on a trip to Peru to visitsites like Macchu Picchu. Her parents aren't exactlythrilled at the idea, but they agree. On the way toPeru, the...
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7-24-2005
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Show Me Marketing With Video on the Internet
Click Here To Purchase Show Me Marketing With Video on the Internet Author: Jessica KizorekISBN: 978-1-884230-01-1 According to Jessica Kizorek, author of Show Me Marketing With Video on the Internet Internet, with video, marketing has now taken on a whole new dimension. As the author points out, most ind
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3-23-2008
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Hearts
Click Here To Purchase Hearts Author: Perry E. ZenonISBN: 1-58982-351-6 With its riveting audacious start depicting the most gruesome of crimes, Perry E. Zenon’s debut novel Hearts
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9-6-2008
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Insight Guides San Francisco
Editors: John Wilcock: Martha Ellen Zenfel: Brian Bell:ISBN: 088729149XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews There are many books written in the travel literature genre pertaining to San Francisco, but few cover as much territory as Insight Guide San Francisco.Just by glancing through the table of contents, you notice that what is important to the editors was not where to eat or stay, although this is briefly...
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11-5-2005
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Alena & the Favorite Thing
Author: Eric B. AndersonIllustrator: Jakub KuzmaThis compelling picture-book story takes the form of a father’s nostalgic tribute to his growing child as he follows young Alena through a household journey in search of “Poppa’s favorite thing.” The story begins with a typical rainy-day predicament: Alena is bored, and Poppa must devise a way to fill her time. They travel through the house in a quest for his elusive favorite item, skirting the basement and under the stairs to end up in Alena’s...
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4-20-2007
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Afterlife Crisis
Click Here To Purchase Afterlife Crisis Author: Steve MayfieldISBN: 978-1-934454-24-4 In his debut novel, Afterlife Crisis Steve Mayfield spins a tender and humble narrative while exploring what makes someone a good, caring, and compassionate human being.Mayfield’s story focuses on fifty-four year old Frank Moon who has just suffered a fatal heart atta
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9-1-2008
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Peace, Love and BarBeCue
Author: Mike Mills and Amy Mills TunnicliffeISBN: 1-59486-109-9 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan, Writer & Author of NCO-No Compassion Observed: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereMost of us have had a barbecue in the backyard with friends and family. Someone gets the coals hot, meat is placed on the rack, and someone in a Best-Cook-In-The-Universe apron stands over the smoking grill with a spatula, meat fork and lighter fluid. And, when one hears the term "pit...
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5-10-2006
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Edges:Subtitle:O Israel, O Palestine
Author: Leora Skolkin-SmithPublisher: Glad Day Books, 2005ISBN: 0930180144The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON
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5-31-2005
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Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic Title: Tell Me A Story 2: Animal MagicAudio CD: ISBN: 978-0-0790867-1-7 As long as humanity had a language, there existed storytelling where people exchanged myths, history, philosophical musings, etc. In every culture and corner of the world there are storytellers who amuse, educate, entertain, spread knowledge, preserve their traditions and values, and in some cases even mislead with false facts.Amy Friedman’s second in her...
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12-5-2007
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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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Poetic Musings of an Old, Fat Man
Click Here To Purchase Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man Author: Harry E. Gilleland, Jr.ISBN: 978-1-4357-1242-3 Harry E. Gilleland Jr. is a retired professor of microbiology from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. In this third collection of poems, Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man, Gilleland tenderly crafts his verse with profound introspective philosophical convictions pertaining to a wide variety of...
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5-28-2008
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The Grandmaster
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Grandmaster Author: Peter A. BalaskasPublisher: Bards and SagesISBN: 9780615147437“The eyes of the demon have returned! I cannot believe it. I thought they were finally eradicated from my life, and they had been for many years.” It is with these chilling words that Peter A. Balaskas begins his compelling novella, The Grandmaster. And welcome to the world and life of J.S.W. who chronicles his 69 years with the juxtaposition of his paranormal powers,...
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8-21-2007
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The Noble Free by Russell Breighner
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is probably one of the most important explorers of the Great Lakes region. Born in Rouen, France in 1643, LaSalle in his youth entertained the idea of entering the priesthood. However, after spending a few years in a Jesuit College near his home, he decided that the priesthood was not for him, and at the age of twenty-two, in the year 1666, he left for Canada, or as it was then known, Nouvelle France (New France). Landing in Montréal, he was granted...
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11-4-2004
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Grendel
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Grendel Author: Ken BroskyISBN: 9781427620545Ken Brosky’s novel, Grendel casts the reader into the horrifying experience of a successful and wealthy business executive, Tyler Leto, who experiences hell after a one minute stoppage of his heart following a severe heart attack.Our protagonist is depicted as a forty-something CEO of his father’s company, Makavel Incorporated, a company that has posted record losses for the past two fiscal years. Tyler is a...
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11-1-2007
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Insight Guides - Czech and Slovak Republics
Insight Guides - Czech and Slovak RepublicsISBN: 0-88729-655-6The following review was contributed by: Jim Curtiss. Click Here To Read More Of Jim’s ReviewsWhen it comes to choosing guidebooks, one generally has 3 options: thepre-learning variety, the learn-on-the-go variety, and thelearn-on-the-go with photos and graphics variety. Each genre has itspopular titles, but the Insight Guide to the Czech and Slovak Republicsmanages to straddle each of these genre fences stunningly well. One...
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8-14-2006
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Admit It, You’re Crazy!Quirks, Idiosyncrasies, and Irrational Behavior
Author: Judy ReiserISBN: 0740751093 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan. To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE Ever heard of someone who makes holes in her socks? A person who irons his newspaper? What about a cat who runs a treadmill? These and many other quirks are now available in one book to tickle your sane nerve. Author Judy Reiser brings to public notice the many quirks and idiosyncrasies of people in her recent book Admit It, You’re...
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8-15-2006
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Final Paradox: the second in the Osgoode Trilogy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Final Paradox: the second in the Osgoode TrilogyAuthor: Mary E. MartinISBN: 0595407609Mary E. Martin’s second Osgood Trilogy, Final Paradox revolves around Harry Jenkins, the honest and sincere family solicitor, who once more seems to attract some unusual clients. The novel begins when Jenkins pays a visit to an elderly client, Norma Dinnick to discuss her will. Norma seems to be very confused when Harry enters her apartment and she complains to him about...
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12-19-2006
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The Artist’s Model And Other Love Stories by Guy de Maupassant: Mark Scott (Translator)
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Considered to be one of France’s greatest short story writers, Guy de Maupassant had written over three hundred short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse, during a period of ten years of his forty-three year lifespan. Author and lecturer, Mark Scott, is a specialist in Russian literature, and he has been very much intrigued with Maupassant’s profound influence over such Russian literary...
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10-19-2004
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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...
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9-5-2007
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Celebrate Your Life: The Art of Celebrating Every Day
Author: Melissa GaltISBN: 978-0-9790103-0-9The shelves of bookstores cry out with the weight of countless books about how to lead a fulfilling and rewarding life that would probably sink a ship and any author who turns another one of these self-help tomes loose on readers had better have a good angle amid all the rivalry. Fortunately for the countless readers who devour these books, Melissa Galt has just such a hook with her Celebrate Your Life: The Art of Celebrating Every Day. This compact...
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5-19-2007
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Few Are Chosen-A Campaign Memoir
Click Here To Purchase Few Are Chosen-A Campaign MemoirAuthor: Prof. Douglas McFarlandISBN: 978-1-59298-227-1 It is not very often that someone would pen memoirs of an event in his life where he was unsuccessful in reaching his ultimate goal. However, such is not the case with Prof. Douglas McFarland who in the early 1992 ran for the Republican Party’s nomination as candidate for the US Senate in Minnesota and lost.Prof. McFarland, who is presently a la
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5-19-2008
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Ready, Aim, Specialize! Create Your Own Writing Specialty And Make More Money.
Author: Kelly James-EngerISBN: 0-87116-199-0The following review was contributed by: Helen Kaut: To read more of Helen Kaut’s Reviews Click HEREIn her recent book “6 Figure Freelancing – The Writer’s Guide To Making More Money” Kelly James-Enger looked at different strategies aimed at increasing your income as a writer. One of these strategies was to specialize and “Ready, Aim..” shows you in more detail how to go about doing this.
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7-2-2005
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My Inner Pilgrimage Journal
TITLE: My Inner Pilgrimage JournalAUTHOR: Christina Rodenbeck (Writer and Editorial Consultant)GENRE: Nonfiction/Adult/Journaling and WritingISBN: 1841725196 The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN-HOWARD JOHNSON-CLICK TO VIEW>>Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Reviews Carolyn is the award-winning author of
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10-20-2004
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Giraffe of Montana, Vol. 1
Author: William Bowman Piper Illustrated by Bill Megenhardt ISBN 0-9763359-4-8The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman: CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsEnglish literature professor, William Bowman Piper, has penned a sweet-natured book, Giraffe of Montana, Vol.1. The book revolves around a Utopian fairy tale of an unlikely friendship between different animal species- a giraffe and a crocodile, a possum and a zebra, a hippo and a bear, etc. To make things even...
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11-25-2005
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Bungi Gungi
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bungi GungiTitle: Bungi Gungi
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3-20-2008
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The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park. Author: Paul MullenISBN: 978-1-933197-30-2 The world of a 12-year old sixth grade youngster is very often filled with many challenges and is not always a smooth sail, as we learn from Paul Mullen’s debut young adult novel, The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park. Mullen’s story takes us into the life of young Michael “Fuji” Powers, who is the youngest of his family consisting of three...
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11-19-2007
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Never Regret the Pain : Loving and Losing a Bipolar Spouse
Author: Sel Erder YackleyIBSN: 0-9769193-5-4 "Never Regret The Pain" is an unforgettable account of what it is like to love and live with a victim of bipolar illness. This book is not a depressing read, as one may tend to assume from the title. The author, Sel Erder, shares with us her inevitable frustrations, sorrow and loneliness, along with her joys and triumphs..... but most importantly, she gives us hope. Sel's book dispels the stereotype that those who suffer with bipolar...
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4-5-2007
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Building Personal Leadership – Inspirational Tools for Work & Life
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Author: Joe FarchtPublisher: Genesis Publishing, an Imprint of Morgan James PublsihingISBN: 9781600371653About the Book (From the Back Cover) – “Building Personal Leadership is a book containing a treasury of tools and techniques to help the individual seeking greater success in their work and lives to realize their wants and dreams. The wisdom contained in this book will revolutionize your life if you are willing to absorb and apply its...
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7-30-2007
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Mating in Captivity
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mating in Captivity Author: Esther PerelISBN: 978-0-06-075364-1 Esther Perel practices psychotherapy in New York City and is on the faculty of the International Trauma Studies Program affiliated with Columbia University. She has appeared on several television programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Day New York, CBS This Morning and Women Aloud.In Mating in Captivity Perel uses her twenty years of experience and a great deal of research to present a...
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11-27-2007
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An Inconvenient Marriage: The Keeping Of Jake Mitchell
Click Here To Purchase An Inconvenient Marriage: The Keeping Of Jake Mitchell Author: Ruth Ann NordinISBN: 978-1-4327-1995-1 Ruth Ann Nordin’s recent romantic novel is at heart a love story with a different twist. Instead of the usual conventional elements prevalent in this genre wherein an initial attraction leads to a stirring of romance and a flowering of passion culminating in an exchange of vows, An Inconvenient Marriage: The Keeping Of Jake Mitchell presents an approach with a different...
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5-2-2008
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Insight Guides New England (8th Edition) by Susan Gordon, Editor
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NORM GOLDMAN
As a travel writer focusing on the New England States, I am always on the look out for informative and well-written guides concerning these interesting states.
A well- researched book can provide an excellent window into a particular geographical area’s history, culture, attractions, and its people.
Not surprisingly, Insight Guides New England guidebook effectively synthesizes an understanding of the culture, history,...
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1-1-1970
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Wildwood Dancing
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Wildwood Dancing Author: Juliet MarillierISBN: 9780375833649Wildwood Dancing follows the lives of five sisters in medieval Transylvania, as seen through the eyes of middle sister Jena. Unknown to their doting father the five girls, each month on the night of the full moon, leave their cozy bedroom in the castle to travel to the Other Kingdom. The girls spend each full moon dancing through the night with the fairies and other fey creatures of this enchanted...
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8-26-2007
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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...
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12-3-2007
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The Killer Book of True Crime: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder to Mayhem
You Can Purchase From Amazon The Killer Book of True Crime: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder to Mayhem By Clicking Here Authors: Tom Philbin and Michael PhilbinPublishers: SOURCEBOOKS INCISBN: 13:978-1-4022-0829-4 10: 1-4022-0829-4The introduction to Tom and Michael Philbin’s The Killer Book of True Crime: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder to Mayhem states that the book’s objective is to serve up a potpourri of delectable...
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8-13-2007
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Cemetery Island by Edward Kostro
The following review was contributed by: Molly MartinMargaret Hawkins was beginning to think she might like this vacation cooked up by her adventuresome husband Tom. Then, all hell broke loose. Marge, Tom and their small toothless Chihuahua, Big Mack set forth in a small houseboat on Kabetagonia Lake up on the Minnesota Canadian border region of Voyageur National Park. The first six days of their vacation were gone, and the family settled in for their last night aboard the houseboat when...
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10-10-2004
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The Titicaca Effect “A Science Fiction Novel”
Author: Richard N. TookerPublisher: TraffordISBN: 1-41204690-4 The following review was contributed by Theresa Derwin. To read Theresa's Interview with the author, CLICK HERE Categorized as science fiction, Tooker’s debut novel is an intricate blend of scientific discovery and political intrigue. The novel charts the ultimate find of “The Titicaca Effect”, a natural occurrence found in the rather exotic setting of Bolivia resulting in “the new doorway to the cosmos”, a form of...
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4-8-2005
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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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The Adventures of Riley: Mission to Madagascar
Title: The Adventures of Riley: Mission to MadagascarAuthor: Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz, Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre ISBN: 0974841129 The following review was submitted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HEREGet out your passports, located at the back of The Adventures of Reilly: Mission to Madaga
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9-3-2005
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Deep Thinking The Human Condition: New Ideas We Can't Do Without
Click Here To Purchase Deep Thinking The Human Condition: New Ideas We Can't Do WithoutAuthor: S.A. OdunsiPublisher: Human RethinkISBN: 978-0-615-22173-1We hear so much these days about the problems of unremitting economic underdevelopment in the so-called Third World as well as in some areas of the developed countries that we have to ask the question, why has it been so elusive to solve and moreover will it ever be solved?Now readers of books with a taste for dissecting the problem and its...
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8-6-2008
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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
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9-17-2008
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Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In: A True Story of the Struggles of a World Record Hymn Singer
Click Here To Purchase Don't Give Up, Don't Give In Author: Terry Dwight ColemanISBN: 978-1-60477-465-8 Terry Dwight Coleman’s battle for survival began from the moment he was two weeks old in 1951 when he was admitted to the Denver General Hospital with whooping cough. His great-grandmother came to visit him and noticed that he was crying. When she questioned the nurses what was wrong with Terry, they were unable to provide an answer. However, his great-grandmother, who was not one to give...
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5-28-2008
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Conduct in Question: The First In A Trilogy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Conduct in Question: The First In A TrilogyAuthor: Mary E. MartinISBN: O595358209Toronto based author Mary E. Martin, who at one time practiced law in a firm focusing on small estates, has made a promising foray into the mystery arena with her debut novel Conduct in Question: The First In A Trilogy.Martin's principal protagonist, Harry Jenkins, is portrayed as an honest and sincere general family solicitor specializing in estate law, who finds himself over...
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12-20-2005
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Churchill’s Triumph: A Novel Of Betrayal
Click Here To Purchase Churchill's Triumph A Novel Of Betrayal Author: Michael DobbsISBN: 13: 978-1-4022-1045-7: 10: 1-4022-1045-0 Michael Dobbs in his most recent historical novel, Churchill’s Triumph: A Novel Of Betrayal spins another mesmerizing portrayal of one of the greatest statesman, Winston Churchill who, as we are reminded at the very beginning of the book stated: “History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to r
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4-24-2008
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Vrolok
Author: Nolene-Patricia DouganISBN: 1-4208-8163-9Do you love a good vampire story? Do you find yourself sucked into the tale? Love adventure of the dark side?The setting takes place in historic Eastern Europe Transylvania.The story begins as Vlad Dracula having fought a battle with his enemies, and a young girl's curiosity ignites her. A historic vampire tale, occurring over a time span of five hundred years. The story follows the protagonist, Isabella, as a young vampire. Isabella is...
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3-26-2007
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The Brass Verdict
Click Here To Purchase The Brass VerdictAuthor: Michael ConnellyISBN: 10: 0-446-54080-3: 13: 978-0-446-54080-3The opening words of Michael Connolly’s most recent novel, The Brass Verdict just about sums up the theme of this riveting novel: “Everybody lies. Cops Lie. Lawyers.lie. Witnesses lie. A trial is a contest of lies. And everybody in the courtroom knows this.”
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10-3-2008
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Spirit Matters: A Memoir
Click Here To Purchase Spirit Matters: A Memoir Author: Matthew J. PallamaryISBN: 978-1-4343-1801-5Matthew J. Pallamary’s Spirit Matters: A Memoir is a powerful attestation that splendidly recreates one man’s quest for truth. While it may not endear him to the proponents of the war on drugs, it nonetheless deserves a reading with an open mind even though at times it may read like one long psychedelic journ
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4-18-2008
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Divine Justice
Click Here To Purchase Divine Justice Author: David BaldacciISBN: 10:0-446-19550-2: 13:978-0-446-19550-8Publisher: Grand Central Publishing One of the nice things about reviewing another David Baldacci thriller is that you know in advance you will be enjoying another roller coaster of a ride that we come to expect from this best-selling author. One that is never dull or formulaic. Divine Justice draws the reader into the capers of John Car
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9-24-2008
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Down to a Sunless Sea
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Down To a Sunless Sea Author: Mathias B. FreeseISBN: 978-1-58736-733-5 Mathias B. Freese is an award- winning essayist and author of The i Tetralogy that I had reviewed and which was the 2007 Allbooks Choice Award.
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11-22-2007
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A Conversation With Best-Selling Author Michael Dobbs
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill Author: Michael DobbsISBN: 13:978-1-4022-1044-0: 10:1-4022-1044-2Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, best-selling author Michael Dobbs, author of fifteen novels, his latest being Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill. In addition to being an author, Michael has been an academic, a broadcaster, a senior corporate executive, and an adviser to...
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10-30-2007
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Shadow Of Power: A Paul Madriani Novel
Click Here To Purchase Shadow Of Power Author: Steve MartiniISBN: 978-0-06-147391-3Publisher: William Morrow (An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers) New York Times best-selling author Steve Martini is a master at writing with a straight-talking clarity, an essential ingredient when it comes to writing novels that focus on more than meets the eye such as legal thrillers.
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5-15-2008
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Ultimate Excursions
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Ultimate ExcursionsTitle: Ultimate ExcursionsAuthor: Alan GottliebISBN: 9780977418824 Alan Gottlieb’s debut provocative and intense novel, Ultimate Excursions examines the anguish and guilt of Tim Lake, a Peace Corps volunteer following the witnessing of the gruesome death of his buddy, Mark Miles, as a result of cocaine overdose. After completing college, Tim joined the Peace Corps and he was assigned to the agricultural extension program in Ecuador, which...
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2-7-2008
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Love + Sex With Robots
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Love + Sex With RobotsAuthor: David LevyISBN: 978-0-06-135975-0 After reading David Levy’s fascinating Love + Sex With Robots I would have to concur that in the short term many of his ideas and predictions would appear outlandish and will be met with considerable scepticism, or downright disbelief and even hostility. However, as Levy maintains that those who doubt the prospect of computer life or robot life lack a breadth of vision similar to the doubters in...
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3-4-2008
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A Grave Breach
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Grave BreachAuthor: James MacomberISBN: 13:978-1-933515-07-6: 10: 1-933515-07-4 Author James Macomber has set himself a tricky task in creating another thriller with two unrelated plots as part of his John Cann series of international legal thrillers with his recent tome, A Grave Breach.Set against the backdrop of “ethnic cleansing” that transpired in the Balkans, Macomber has authored a poised and polished novel that unfolds when John Cann, a senior...
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1-2-2008
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Aging Artfully
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Aging Artfully Author: Amy GormanISBN: 0978519205In Amy Gorman's Aging Artfully, Dr. Gene Cohen, who has conducted long-term research on creativity and the elderly, is quoted as stating "that seniors who participate in arts activities enjoy better health, visit doctors less frequently and use less medicine, to name a few of the benefits." If Gorman's interviews of twelve visual and performing women artists aged 85-105 is any indication, we...
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11-13-2007
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Misadventures and Merfolk by Kelly Reno
Author: Kelly RenoISBN: 1891437011The following review was contributed by: Andrea Wren & CLICK TO VIEW Andrea Wren's ReviewsIf you're looking for a chunky, holiday novel to get to grips with - and are bored of risqué Hollywood love affairs (and other such over done genres pertaining to be the next summer blockbuster) - then you've picked up the right book. Misadventures and Merfolk is full of fairy tale action in an easy to read style, perfect for the beach or by the pool, particularly...
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5-1-2005
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The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How To Live Like Royalty With A Peasant's Pocketbook by Shel Horowitz
TITLE: The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How To Live Like Royalty With A Peasant’s PocketbookAuthor: Shel HorowitzISBN: 0961466642The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's interview with Shel Horowitz click HERE The term frugal has many meanings, each of which conjures different perspectives. For example, for some of us, if you are thrifty, it automatically follows you are cheap. The nickname “el...
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11-22-2004
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The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old-Secret
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old-SecretAuthor: Tracy BarrettISBN: 13:978-0-8050-8340-8Publisher: Henry Holt and Company One of my fondest childhood memories is of reading mysteries. My favorite series was The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West. I received one in the mail every month. Each new arrival meant my family wouldn’t see me for hours—which I seriously doubt mattered much to my siblings. I didn’t even want to stop to eat! Well, everything changes. A...
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3-3-2008
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Love and Provence
Author: Jamie Brown (Illustrator): John Kuti (Editor)ISBN: 0973903236The following review was contributed by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERE“Love and Provence” is a story of two Canadians in love, heading for France in the 70s to enjoy life and give birth to their first child in the small village of Gigondas. Jamie and Lorna are two artists struggling to make a living in Toronto. Jamie dreams of France and convinces Lorna to leave Canada to go experience life in Provence....
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8-9-2006
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The Deal
Click Here To Purchase The Deal Author: Adam Gittlin
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4-29-2008
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A License To Steal
Click Here To Purchase A License To Steal Authors: Mary Jane Robinson: Walter T. ShawISBN: 9780978605902 According to the back inside flap of A License To Steal, author Mary Jane Robinson has written more than seventy-five personal histories over the past twenty years. It further mentions “that remaining true to the record, she succeeds in preserving the voice and integrity of each individual as the stories of their live
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5-21-2008
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The New IQ How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The New IQ How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our WorldAuthor: David Gruder, Ph.DISBN: 978-1-60415-013-1 Before I read David Gruder’s The New IQ How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World I was completely clueless as to what was IQ integrity.After digesting Gruder’s astute perceptions, I have to admit that he definitely is onto something worthy of consideration. According to Gruder, integrity is not a...
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1-18-2008
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Posture Get It Straight! Look ten years younger, ten pounds thinner & feel better than ever! (2nd Edition)
Click Here To Purchase Posture Get It Straight Author: Jane Novak, M.S.ISBN: 1931945624 There are millions of people who suffer from poor posture or clinically known as Postural Distortion Syndrome. And I am quite sure that many of us including myself have heard our mothers and spouses tell us to straighten up. In fact, countless experts have attributed such health problems as arthritis, sore necks, back pain, leg pain, digestive problems, headaches, obesity, and other chronic physical...
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3-30-2008
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Salted With Salt and The Altar of Silence: Two Novellas
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Salted With Salt and The Altar of Silence: Two Novellas Author: Jason AkleyISBN: 1431704540Both of Jason Akley’s novellas in his Salted With Salt and The Altar of Silence: Two Novellas feature a cast of twenty something characters who for the most part are trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives.The first novella, Salted with Salt centers around Sol who, before returning to college in the Fall at Tulane in New Orleans, embarks on a...
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9-29-2007
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Interview With Martha Morning Todd-Author of Losing Hope
Author: Martha Morning ToddPublisher iUniverse IncISBN: 0595335500 The following interview with the author Martha Morning Todd was contributed by: Norm Goldman Editor of Bookpleasures.comTo read Norm's review of Losing Hope
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5-30-2005
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Kafka Comes To America: Fighting For Justice In The War On Terror
Click Here To Purchase Kafka Comes To AmericaAuthor: Steven T. WaxISBN: 978-1-59051-295-1Publisher: Other Press Kafka Comes To America: Fighting For Justice In The War On Terror is lawyer and author Steven T. Wax’s story as to how he succeeded in freeing two unfortunate individuals, an American lawyer Brandon Mayfield and Adel Hamad, a Sudanese hospital administrator working in Pakistan. Both were falsely accused in the war on terror and both were caught up in the U.S. government’s post-9/11...
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8-19-2008
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One Foot In The Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s Story
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon One Foot In The Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s StoryAuthor: Kurt L. KammISBN: 9781435706262 Kurt L. Kamm’s debut novel One Foot In The Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s Story is adroitly written with enough narrative to keep your interest until the last page. The narrative comprises the interplay of two themes that are woven together as it criss-crosses back and forth between the life of nineteen year old Greg Kowalski's desire to become a firefighter and...
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2-13-2008
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Interview With eight-time author and the Guinness Book Worlds Record for the Fastest Talking Female, Fran Capo
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel.com & Bookpleasures.comis delighted to have as a guest, Fran Capo. Fran is quite a “cool person,” as she is an eight-time author, humorist, voiceover artist, comedienne, adventurer, actress, freelance writer and keynote motivational speaker. She also holds the Guinness Book Worlds Record for the Fastest Talking Female.Recently, Fran accomplished another amazing feat as the first and onlyauthor to ever do a book signing on the top of Mount...
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4-24-2005
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Life’s a Ball with Billy Baseball
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Life’s a Ball with Billy Baseball Author: Mark Cervasio ISBN: 978-1933626-1-51295 Billy enjoys a simple life as a cork, spending his days hanging around with his friends Frankie, the football, B-Ball the basketball, Doc the medicine ball and a golf ball named Nick. Billy dreams of great things but his friends all believe that that is all there is to it: dreams. Then one day the life of this little cork is changed...
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11-13-2007
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Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction (Proven Strategies to Increase Productivity and Decrease Stress )
Click Here To Purchase The 8 Demons of Distraction Author: Geraldine Markel, Ph.D. Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-0-595-47540-7 All of us get distracted at times. However, when the distractions become one too many and thus disrupt our work, our homes, our live style etc., stress is the result. Our jobs and our family life get affected adversely. All of us would have wished at some time or other that we had a good mentor and coach to guide us how to deal with the battle agains
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4-25-2008
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Traces: Birth of Alexander the Great
Author: Faye TurnerISBN: 0976250039The wife of Philip of Macedonia is pregnant with a child whose birth, as a son, will let Philip continue to rule his land. A secret web of conspirators is on its move against the destined scene of a great leader’s birth and the one person who can save the true prince is someone who can question the paternity of the coming child. After Brown’s Da Vinci Code, Faye Turner takes her turn of reinventing history through her latest historical novel Traces: Birth of...
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12-16-2006
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Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, And The Race To Own Las Vegas
Click Here To Purchase Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, And The Race To Own Las Vegas Author: Christina BinkleyISBN: 978-1-4013-0236-8Publisher: Hyperion Every year millions of people are lured to the playgrounds of Las Vegas and as well-known casino developer Steve Wynn quipped, “they’re coming here to play and that is what Las Vegas is al
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4-10-2008
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Atlas’ Revenge
Authors: Robyn and Tony DiToccoPublishers: Brainstorm Publications, Inc.This review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsAtlas’ Revenge is the second in the Mad Myth Mystery series and again sees PJ Allen dashing around trying to live his life as a student during the daytime while saving the world at night. Fortunately, he is assisted by the gods and goddesses of Greek myth, including Zeus, Hermes, Hera and Athena. They help PJ learn and indeed the intended...
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8-25-2005
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A Conversation with Travel Writer & Photographer Ian Middleton
Author: Ian MiddletonISBN: 09760872736Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Sketchandtravel.com & Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ian Middleton. Ian is a freelance travel writer and photographer from the UK. He is the author of three travel narrative books and one travel guide to ancient Ireland, Mysterious World: Ireland
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3-1-2007
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Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires.Author: Scott FoxISBN: 13:978-0-8144-7356-6: 10:0-8144-7356-3 If you are resolved to begin your own e-business,you get all the inspiration and advice you will need from Scott Fox’s Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires. Fox is a highly successful e-business veteran who is the director of The Liminal Institute, a think tank based in California dedicated...
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2-20-2008
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A Cross Estate
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cross Estate Author: William Thomas KinsellaISBN: 1424166888In A Cross Estate, William Thomas Kinsella weaves together a cast of characters whose internal and external struggles are complex and quite sad in its rendering. It is a world that straddles two eras in the lives of a young college graduate Jack Conroy, his girlfriend Veronica and his parents, Catherine and Alexander. Book I revolves around Jack’s quandary concerning his career choices. Should he...
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10-6-2007
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80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire (All You Need is Two or Three!)
Click Here To Purchase 80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire (All You Need is Two or Three!) Author: Paul. S DamazoISBN: 978-0-9793139-8-1Publisher: SG&A Productions Inc Paul Damazo is an accomplished businessman, a generous philanthropist and a proven inspirer. For 20 years he has helped people across t
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4-7-2008
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Poetry Speaks Expanded
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Poetry Speaks Expanded Editors: Elise Paschen & Rebekah Presson MosbyPublishers: Sourcebooks MediaFusion, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.ISBN: 13: 978-1-4022-1062-4: 10:1-4022-1062-0
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12-3-2007
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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
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9-25-2008
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The Demon Inside:The Zone War Trilogy, Book 1
Author: Terry CloutierISBN: 1419641441This sizeable fantasy fiction begins in present day Northern Ontario with anadult male named Edward Fox. Similar to a doorway that opens up in his mind, hefinds solitude in another world he created called The Zone. While in his youth,during his horror at the hands of a child molester, his new world becomes hisrefuge. When he is overcome with anxiety or suffering from the inability tocope with the memories of his childhood, he escapes into The...
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10-20-2006
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Link Detonator
Author: Mary E. RoseISBN: 1413760759John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews & BlogTime travel is a reality. The secret has been discovered by two scientists who are struggling to deal with its implications and with controlling who has access to the portals that have been opened. Of course, anyone who travels into the past and meddles with it risks creating paradoxes which could suddenly cancel the existence of who knows how many people and events. Consequently, when one of the...
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12-14-2005
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Interview With Carol Weston-Author of Melanie inn Manhatten & Other Children`s Books
Publisher: Random HouseGenre: Children’s Books ISBN: 0-375-83028-6The following interview with Carol Weston was conducted by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsMolly:Carol Weston; I've just read/reviewed your book Melanie in Manhattan. Please willyou tell us why you chose this particular setting/genre for this work?Carol: I chose to write about Manhattan because I've lived here since 1985
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4-19-2005
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Rand McNally The Road Atlas ‘05
Title: Rand McNally The Road Atlas ‘05Publisher: Rand McNally & CompanyISBN: 0528845403 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures-CLICK TO VIEW>> Norm Goldman's ReviewsAs my wife and I are a unique team, artist and travel writer respectively, we a
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10-20-2004
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Getting Matushka Out
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Getting Matushka Out Author: Ian McDougallISBN: 1-4196-5187-0Publisher: BookSurge LLCIt's hard to properly categorize this beautifully written novel. On one level, it's a thriller with scenes of document forgery and terror attacks on a tourist ship. On another level, it is a love story infused with Russian history set amidst a tour of the Volga. Ultimately, it's about the secrets that hold a family together or tear it apart. In short, there's something for...
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8-27-2007
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The Front Porch Prophet
Author: Raymond L. AtkinsISBN: 978-193383638-6Publisher: Medallion Press Raymond L. Atkins’ stories have been published in Christmas Stories from Georgia, The Lavender Mountain and Fire Review amongst others. His columns regularly appear in the Rome News Tribune and Memphis Downtowner Magazine.
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8-25-2008
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SixtyFive Roses: A Sister's Memoir
Click Here To Purchase SixtyFive Roses: A Sister's Memoir Author: Heather Summerhayes CariouISBN: 13: 978-1-55278-678-9: 10: 1-55278-678-1Publisher: McArthur & CompanyIn a wrenching memoir that exacts a huge emotional toll on its readers, Heather Summerhayes Cariou, author of SIXTYFIVE ROSES, has effectively conveyed the turbulence and sadness that a family endures as it deals with the caring for a child who was born with Cystic Fibrosis.
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9-19-2008
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“3 Aces”
Author: Richard Ide ISBN: 9-787774-567427Publisher: Button Top BooksClick Here To Purchase 3 AcesAbner Weaver drives an 18- wheeler long haul tr
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6-24-2008
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The Lemon Tree
Author: Ilil ArbelPublisher: iUniverseISBN: 0595339824 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, Ilil Arbel, Click Here
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5-10-2005
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The Kashmir Affair
Author:Sai SankalapISBN: 0595361161The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's interview with the author Click HereSai Sankalap’s debut novel, The Kashmir Affair, weaves the story of a young Indian actor, Joshua Borendhi, who immigrates to the USA in order to further his acting career. From the onset, Joshua is portrayed as somewhat of a mysterious character, who conceals his past, as he barely...
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9-19-2005
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Life of Pi:Delux Illustrated Edition
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Life Of Pi Author: Yann Martel: Illustrator: Tomislav TorjanacPublishers: Harcourt IncISBN: 978-0-15-101383-8 Canadian author Yann Martel’s international bestseller Life of Pi was first published in 2002 and it was the recipient of the prestigious Man Booker Prize in that same year. In 2007 this work of fiction was reintroduced with a Deluxe Illustrated Edition that now includes dazzling illustrations, contributed by Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac, of...
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12-6-2007
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Where Peace Lives
Author: Debbie Robins Illustrator: Victor RobertPublisher: Cambridge House PressISBN: 0-9787213-7-3Debbie Robins had one wish and that was to ‘inspire the world to choose peace’. Having been an accomplished TV and film producer for more than twenty years, a president of Roland Joffe’s Warner Brothers company Lightmotive, a vice president at Hollywood Pictures/a division of Walt Disney Entertainment and finally a producer partner with director John McTiernan, it is fair to say that Debbie...
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5-26-2007
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A Tour Through Clinical Psychology
Author: Gerald RosenbaumISBN 1-59800-398-4This memoir is a family that begins in Coney Island, New York and ends up in Rancho Santa Fe -- the trip involves many.Rosenbaum first writes about the family's background -- immigrants from many lands. They married immigrants and even changed the Russian surname to Rosenbaum. It's quite a beginning and almost reads like the Bible -- so-and-so begot so-and-so. However, if you can keep up with who married who and who gave birth to what son or daughter,...
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1-27-2007
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Happiness Is. - Unexpected Answers to Practical Questions In Curious Times
Author: Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D.Published by Health Communications Inc. ISBN: 0-7573-0066-9The Following Review Was Contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews"Happiness Is." subtitled "Unexpected Answers toPractical Questions in Curious Times" by Dr. ShawnChristopher Shea, M.D., psychiatrist, is not aself-help book in the traditional sense. The correctcategorization is Philosophy / Spirituality, and it isa well written exploration of what makes...
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4-10-2005
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Small Town Punk
Author: John Shepard|ISBN: 0977197255 It was 1984 when my sister came home with a safety pin in her lip and a newly dyed, jet-black, mullet spiked high on her head. She was wearing a black leather jacket and swore me to secrecy about the lip piercing so our mother wouldn’t find out. Although I was only in elementary school at the time I thought it was the coolest goddamn thing I’d ever seen. Many of us remember the 1980s by the horrifying tide of conservatism that swept across the country....
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12-30-2006
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Shitting Pretty, How to Stay Clean And Healthy While Traveling by Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Dr. Jane Wilson-Howard CLICK HEREThe title of the book may sound somewhat crude, however, if you are a traveler, I am sure you have at one time or another being a victim of “Montezuma’s revenge” or “Tourista.” No doubt most of us are aware that these are common terms used for an awful attack of traveler’s diarrhea. Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth, a...
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10-28-2004
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Deception’s Guard by Jacqueline G. Randolph
INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE G.RANDOLPH AUTHOR OF DECEPTION'S GUARD
Good Day Jacqueline and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for Bookpleasures.
Norm
Could you tell our readers something about yourself and your writing experience?
Jacqueline:
I am an Air Force officer, pilot, real estate investment business owner, worldwide traveler (Iraq/Bosnia/Israel/Greece/Morrocco/etc.), community theater thespian, and adventurer (skydiving, rafting, Alaska camping, Mexico Missionary...
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1-1-1970
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The Organ Grinder And The Monkey
Author: Sam MoffieISBN: 978-1-4363-2775-6Click Here To Purchase The Organ Grinder And The Monkey Sam Moffie’s second novel, The Organ Grinder and the Monkey is a wickedly, astute, animated tale infused with sharp, clever takes on contemporary society which are expressed through the perceptions of three zany characters. Each fashion
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6-3-2008
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Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Unlocking The Mystery of Skin ColorTitle: Unlocking The Mystery of Skin ColorAuthor: Thiênna Ho, Ph.DISBN: 978-0-9792103-0-3 Have you ever wondered if it is possible to change one’s skin color? In the Preface of her book, Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color, Vietnamese born Thiênna Ho, Ph.D asserts that she always was envious of her mother and siblings who were blessed with having been born with light complexions. Thiênna goes on to state that her...
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1-31-2008
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The Wilderness Within by Barbara Spring
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Poems and travel stories ranging from Great Lakes, to Africa, Galapagos and Mexico dot one hundred pages of this work produced by author, professor, featured writer and poet Barbara Spring. Bear Woman, Celtic Mirror, Whale Songs, Persephone Emerges, Prairie Child, On Puget Sound, Queen Asa’s Viking Ship, He was a Farm Boy Once and Forget me Nots and Otters are some of the titles to entice the reader. Grizzly dancing to tambourine, wild...
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10-11-2004
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Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney Author: Jeffery S. WilliamsISBN: 9781583484678High school English teacher Jeffery S. Williams, who has worked as a journalist and freelance writer, cuts his creative teeth with his debut novel Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney. The novel focuses on Anne Bonney, one of history’s most infamous female pirates, who along with another well-known female pirate, Mary Reade, plied their illegal trade in the...
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10-13-2007
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Don’t You Marry The Mormon Boys
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Don't You Marry The Mormon Boys Author: Janet Kay JensenISBN: 978-1-59955-075-6 Nominated in 2007 as a finalist in USA Book News in the Religious Fiction category, Janet Kay Jensen's Don’t You Marry The Mormon Boys narrates the story of two medical students who meet and fall in love while both are attending the University of Utah.However, there is one big problem, Andy McBride is of the Mormon faith while Louisa Martin was born and brought up in a strict...
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12-9-2007
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Yahoo! To The Max An Extreme Searcher Guide
Author: Randolph HockISBN: 0910965692 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsIn 1994 Yahoo was started by two Stanford University graduate students, David Filo and Jerry Yang. It was at the time when the Internet was just beginning to take off and there were an increasing number of web sites available to Internet buffs.These two enterprising students developed a collection of selected sites arranged in...
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7-11-2005
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Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill Author: Michael DobbsISBN: 13:978-1-4022-1044-0: 10:1-4022-1044-2With his incredible historical novel, Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill, Michael Dobbs plunges readers into the mind, thoughts, feelings, and actions of Winston Churchill when he was appointed Prime Minister of England in the early days of World War II. As Dobbs wisely remarks in his Acknowledgments, “Even those histories that are...
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10-11-2007
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Martha Ann’s Quilt for Queen Victoria
Author: Kyra E. HicksIllustrator: Lee Edward FodiISBN: 10: 1933285597: 13-1933285597Martha Ann’s Quilt for Queen Victoria is a wonderful children’s picture book that begs to be read aloud.It is quite a feat to master the skill of employing just the right words that do not aim too high or too low and this is exactly what Kyra E. Hicks has accomplished as she effectively reaches her intended young audience. Her economical narrative presents the right amount of detail that keeps her readers...
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1-12-2007
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FLIGHT OF ANGELS by Marilyn A. Gardiner
The Following review was contributed by: Molly MartinBeth Kincaid whose pastime is brass rubbings and her husband Kevin have been traipsing to cemeteries all over England where Beth has been making rubbing after rubbing. Kevin’s endurance for the activity is wearing thin when his wife insists that she must have just one more after finding Olivia Elizabeth Avenlyng’s crypt nearly hidden in a church in Kent. She feels obliged to rub the eerily resplendent commemorative brass of a woman who...
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10-11-2004
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Everest: A Trekkers Guide (Trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Everest: A Trekkers Guide (Trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet)Author: Kev ReynoldsPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 1-85284-418-3 Kev Reynolds, who has trekked in many parts of Nepal, has also organized and led treks in remote districts and also written guides to five of Nepal’s most popular trekking regions. He is a freelance writer, photo-journalist and lecturer. He has published more than 40 books to date. The beautiful Himalayan kingdom of Nepal attracts many...
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1-25-2008
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Gnosis (The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed)
Click Here To Purchase Gnosis (The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed)Author: Philip GardinerISBN: 978-1-56414-909-1: Publisher: The Career Press Philip Gardiner, best-selling author of The Serpent Grail, has participated in hundreds of radio interviews. He hosts the international Forbidden Knowledge Conference and has his own website.
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4-18-2008
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Voice of Conscience
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Voice of Conscience Author: Behcet KayaISBN: 978-1-4327-0628-9 The initial setting of Turkish born author Behcet Kaya’s first book, Voice of Conscience tales place in 1962 where readers are transported into the tiny village of Atamkoy in northeast Turkey. It is here where Ramzi Ozcomert Sr. his wife Nermin, his son Ramzi Jr. and daughter Erin live. Ramzi Sr. was twice married, his first wife having died while giving birth to Erin. We are informed that it...
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11-21-2007
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Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa
Click Here To Purchase Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa Author: Diana HenryISBN: 1 84533 284 9 Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is one of those delightful cookbooks that combine colorful and engaging writing as well as intriguing recipes – wonderful to read through, not just to use as a kitchen tool. In the best culinary prose traditions, Diana Henry’s writing – a few pages accompanying each if the twelve chapters – is warm and...
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8-12-2007
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The Dive
Author: Peter David OrrISBN: 1-4276-0859-8Publisher: Orr BooksClick Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author Peter David Orr was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1966. He currently lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife Andrea and their children Scott, Derek and Garrett. Peter is a
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7-29-2007
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Blood Harvest
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Blood HarvestAuthor: Brant Randall Publishers: Capital Crime PressISBN: 13:978-0-9799960-1-6: 10: 0-9799960-1-5 Deputy Marshall Ichabod Lawe, the principal narrator in Brant Randall’s debut novel Blood Harvest may have been a gossip, however, he undoubtedly had quite a yarn to narrate. As Lawe informs us, the MacKay family, who lived in Peony Springs, a little rural town in New England, were not exactly pleased when in 1916 their fifteen-year old daughter...
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1-30-2008
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Trail Thoughts (A Daily Companion For Your Journey of Faith)
Click Here To Purchase Trail Thoughts (A Daily Companion For Your Journey of Faith) From AmazonAuthor: Eric KampmannISBN 10: 082530580-2ISBN13: 978-082530580-1Publisher: Beaufort Books First of all I must say the front cover of this book can be very misleading. If you’re after a trail/travel book then I must warn you this is not that type of book at all. This is a religious journey book of thoughts and words from God written with the author’s own deep insight into the Scriptures.
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2-19-2008
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The Blood of Flowers
Author: Anita AmirrezvaniPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyISBN: 0-316-06576-5In the blink of an eye, everything can change. One tragic event can send lives spiralling down a staircase full of unknowns. In her debut novel, Anita Amirrezvani explores this theory through the eyes of a young Iranian woman living in the 17th century. At the age of 14, the unnamed narrator is looking forward to a new chapter in her life. She is expecting to be married before the year is out and her only troubles...
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7-25-2007
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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....
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8-29-2007
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A Hike for Mike: An Uplifting Adventure Across the Sierra Nevada for Depression Awareness
Author: Jeff AltISBN: 0-9679482-15Dreams Shared PublicationsThis enjoyable book covers the journey of authors Jeff and Beth Alt, as they traverse the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevadas, on behalf of a ‘depression awareness’ campaign. Ten months before their hike, Beth’s older brother Mike committed suicide. Mike, Beth’s favorite sibling, had been a young married man with
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1-21-2007
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Chasing Sunsets: A Practicing Devout Coward's Circumnavigation with His Wife and Son
Click Here To Purchase Chasing Sunsets Authors: Lawrence Pane, Carole Wells Pane and Ryan Pane Publisher: Raymond Hill Publishing Adventure ISBN: 9-78-0-9765695 Chasing Sunsets is a novel about a voyage into the unknown on board a Masoon 53 sailing boat with husband and wife team Lawrence and Carole Pane along with
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9-16-2008
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New Prescription for Childhood Obesity
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon New Prescription for Childhood Obesity Author: Billy C. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.ISBN: 978-0-595-45343-6 When I am people watching in my neighbourhood shopping mall, it never ceases to amaze me as to the number of overweight children that catch my attention.As Dr. Billy Johnson points out in his exceptional guide, New Prescription for Childhood Obesity, America is n
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3-22-2008
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A Conversation With Well-Known Author Paul Levinson
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honoured to have as our guest, Paul Levinson. Paul has been interviewed over 500 times on many local, national and international television and radio shows. Paul also has taught in several universities and he is presently Chair of the Department of Communications and Media Studies at Fordham University. In addition, Paul has authored five science fiction novels (some with fantasy and mystery elements), as well as nine...
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12-1-2007
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Great Book Store For New & Used Books-ABEBOOKS
Here is an interesting article I came across concerning a Canadian Book Store, ABEBOOKS, that sells New & Used Books.They even sell used text books, as well as many other goodies.CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE BY CLICKING HEREYou can go directly to ABEBOOKS BY CLICKING ON THE IMAGE
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8-30-2005
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The Triple Process Remedy: A New Philosophy on Illnesses of Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Principal Author: Dr. William SunPublisher: The Process CentreISBN: 978-0-9558373-0-2 The National Institute of Mental Health (NMH) is the largest organization in the world that is dedicated to research pertaining to the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders as well the promotion of mental health. On their website they state that approximately 40 million American adults aged 18 and older have anxiety disorder such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder,...
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4-5-2008
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26 Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Cote d’ Azur
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon 26 Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Cote d’ Azur Author: Florence ChatzigianisISBN: 978-0-9792796-2-1With 32-colored maps and 50-plus color photos, one may never have to leave home to enjoy the 26 gorgeous and breathtaking hikes Chatzigianis so eloquently describes. If I were considering a hike, I would first consult the book for its great points and information – like why to take a hike on vacation, what to bring and tips on being a responsible hiker. I have...
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12-3-2007
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Cruising Cuisine for Home Entertaining, Hors D’oeuvres and Appetizers, Volume One by Elena Vakhrenova
The following interview with Elena Vakhrenova, author of Cruising Cuisine for Home Entertaining, Hors D’oeuvres and Appetizers, Volume One was conducted by Terre Spencer.
To read the review click HERE
T: Good afternoon, Elena and thank you for agreeing to be intereviewed by BOOKPLEASURES.COM.
T: Elena, how many cookbooks are planned in this series?
E: That is a good question—the second book is already done. I am not certain how many more, perhaps three or four.
T: Do you have any...
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1-1-1970
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The Reluctant Colonel
Click Here To Purchase The Reluctant Colonel Author: Michael J. MerryISBN: 978-1-4196-8702-0 Although Michael J. Merry’s The Reluctant Colonel is quite a tall tale and a bit far- fetched, I have to admit it did suck me in.Merry has incorporated into his novel his vast dossier of Latin American knowledge he acquired while living and travelling there for twenty-seven years where he headed a political news gathering org
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5-8-2008
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THE VALLEY OF CANCER: A JOURNEY OF COMFORT AND HOPE
Author: Angelina Fast-VlaarISBN: 1553060229 The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Diane's Interview With the Author CLICK HERE
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2-23-2005
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Waltzing Australia
Click Here To Purchase Waltzing AustraliaAuthor: Cynthia ClampittISBN-10: 1419663062 ISBN-13: 978-1419663062I have been to Australia three times, from East to West. At least I thought I had been to Australia until reading Cynthia Clampitt’s Waltzing Australia. Waltzing Australia is Cynthia Clampitt’s
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8-23-2008
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Meet Theatre Critic Lynn Slotkin Publisher of the Slotkin newsletter
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest Lynn Slotkin Publisher of the monthly theatre newsletter, The Slotkin Letter. The newsletter chronicles her theatre going in Toronto, New York, London and elsewhere and is used as a resource for actors, directors, artistic directors and others who are interested in theatre.
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6-18-2008
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A Bull in a Glass House
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Bull in a Glass HouseAuthor: José AstorgaISBN: 1-4327-0400-1
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1-24-2008
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Snapping the String
Click Here To Purchase Snapping The String Author: Robert Paul BlumensteinISBN-10: 1432715208ISBN-13: 978-1432715205In Snapping the String, Robert Paul Blumenstein has written a brilliant book. He tells the story of Peyton Costello, an unlucky soul who found himself at the wron
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8-15-2008
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Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days In Captivity
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 Days In Captivity Author: Leszli KalliPublisher: Atria Books (a trademark of Simon & Schuster)ISBN: 978-0-7432-9131-6Leszli Kalli, who was born and grew up in Colombia, has since left her native country and is studying towards a degree in English and graphic design. Boarding a plane to travel to Israel where work beckon
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10-9-2007
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A FATAL WALTZ
Click Here To Purchase A FATAL WALTZ Author: Tasha AlexanderPublisher: Harper CollinsISBN: 978-0-06-117422-3
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7-9-2008
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Crazy Fool Kills Five: A Fifi Cutter Mystery
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Crazy Fool Kills Five: A Fifi Cutter MysteryAuthor: Gwen FreemanISBN: 13:978-0-9799960-0-9ISBN: 10: 0-9799960-0-7 Much like Gwen Freeman’s first novel Murder…Suicide…Whatever: A Fifi Cutter Mystery, her newest non-traditional mystery, Crazy Fool Kills Five will titillate readers with its wit, zingers and twisty plot. The story begins when Freeman’s favorite sleuth, Fifi Cutter has been hired by the law firm of Wong, Wu & Cho on the recommendation of her...
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2-21-2008
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Red Rubber Duck’s Learning & Study Skill Guide
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Red Rubber Duck’s Learning & Study Skill GuideAuthor: Dan VandonISBN: 978-1-4196-8160-8 How often have we heard students cry that they botched their exams or didn’t do as well as they expected even though they studied so hard? If you are one of these students or is someone looking for practical guide to improve your study and learning skills, check out Dan Vandon’s Red Rubber Duck’s Learning & Study Skill Guide. Vandon, who has a background in...
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3-17-2008
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Behind the Yellow Filter
Author: Stuart HeldPublisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.ISBN: 1-59800-290-2 When Robby Schein accepts a job with The Allied Group (TAG), Inc., he expects to spend his life selling cameras. After six months of successful employment, he learns that the company’s mission of selling cameras is a cover for its real task: to use photography as a tool for gathering intelligence for the American government. Eighteen months later, Robby is promoted and trained for his first field mission. The CIA needs...
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12-1-2006
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The Cattle
Author: Greg M. SarwaISBN: 0976620200The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Greg CLICK HEREIf you have any preconceptions about the recently enacted Real ID Act in theUSA, I heartily suggest you read Greg M. Sarwa’s debut novel, The Cattle.Although the narrative is a work of fiction, it certainly reflects some of thereality transpiring in the USA as a result of 9/11.The USA...
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4-6-2006
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Den Helder
Author: Frank RidgleyISBN: 1598006436 Marine Biologist and former U.S. Merchant Marine Officer, Frank Ridgley, turns his hand to writing fiction with his debut novel, Den Helder. This is a novel focusing on the universal topic in our lives, what would I do without the person I love in my life or the meaning of life without the person I love?Our story unfolds when our principle character, Antonio (Tony) Kirkland, who recently was accredited as a merchant marine, accepts his first assignment...
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1-19-2007
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The Sleepeasy Solution
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Sleepeasy Solution Authors: Jennifer Waldburger, LCSW, and Jill Spivack, LMSWISBN: 978-0-7573-0560-3The book is for sleep-deprived parents. The authors wrote the book because there were too many exhausted moms and dads out there that needed the confidence and guidance when it came to their child learning a sleep schedule. They offer guidance as you create your own customized sleep plan and based on their experience, they let you know that you are doing...
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9-11-2007
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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...
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1-12-2008
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Providence Pond
Author: Beresford McLeanISBN: 0-9753297-1-5 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereAfia's two-week marriage to Bem Covey was anything but normal. They had said their vows ; "Bem left the ceremonial hall and had not been seen since." From that day, Afia "had taken comfort from Esi, her best friend."The women find themselves in a "smoke-filled tavern" just after Afia's favor
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6-5-2006
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Gateways to the Otherworld (The Secrets Beyond the Final Journey, from the Egyptian Underworld to the Gates in the Sky)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Gateways to the Otherworld (The Secrets Beyond the Final Journey, from the Egyptian Underworld to the Gates in the Sky) Author: Philip Gardiner ISBN: 978-1-56414-925-1Publisher: New Page Books Philip Gardiner is a best-selling author of several books. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and has made several documentaries, including Freemasonry for the Discovery Channel. Do you believe in life after death? This is a subject many...
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2-12-2008
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Interview With Richard N. Tooker-Author of The Titicaca Effect
Author: Richard N. TookerPublisher: TraffordISBN: 1-41204690-4 The following interview was conducted by Theresa Derwin. To read Theresa's review, CLICK HERETheresa: You have tagged "The Titicaca Effect" as a Science Fiction novel. How far does your interest in Science Fiction stretch back?Richard: I’ve always been a fan of science fiction. As a child, I read everything that Jules Verne wrote and that kindled a lifelong...
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4-8-2005
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Pieces of Pie Surviving Love
Author: Pie DumasISBN: 0976560801The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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7-18-2005
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Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
Author: Marty EssenISBN: 0977859975 Some travelers love cruises, while others enjoy romantic getaways to far away places. And there are the rare few who wish to observe and interact with wildlife. Marty and Deb Essen fall into this latter category. This daring couple decided one day they would like to trek the world in search of rare spiders, venomous insects, snakes and other animals that ordinary people would have nightmares about. Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents...
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12-13-2006
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Interview With Byron Justice Author of Violent Night
Author: Byron JusticeISBN: 978-0-9701793-4-0The following interview was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's Reviews: To read Mary's review of the book CLICK HEREMary: What sparked your interest in the Apocalypse and what made you decide to write a book on the subject?Byron: The Left Behind series rekindled my interest in the Apocalypse, but it was only about those left behind, and I didn't relate well to the characters. I saw the movie Armageddon that wasn't even about...
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3-30-2006
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Meet Paul Mark Tag Author of Category 5 and Prophecy
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com, is excited to have as our guest, Paul Mark Tag, PhD, author of Category 5 and Prophecy. Good day Paul and thanks for participating in our interview.Paul: Thank you for having me.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.Paul: Although I’ve lived in California since the early 1970s, I grew up in
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10-15-2007
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Mega-Selling Author Linda Dominique Grosvenor is Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest mega-selling author Linda Dominique Grosvenor. Linda has authored seven novels including the award-winning Like Boogie On Tuesday, the HAMPTONS and Fever. She is currently anticipating the release of her long awaited seventh novel SPANISH LULLABY that will have a limited edition promo soundtrack. In addition, Linda has her own television talk show and she is...
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11-21-2005
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Latest News Announcements From Our Reviewers
Cindy Bauer, one of Bookpleasures.com's reviewers is pleased to announce her give-away contest. For more information CLICK HEREClick Here To Read What One Blogger Has To Say About Bookpleasures.com and the Priority Book Service Bookpleasures.com had the following statistics for 2007' ***1, 466, 553 individual visits wherein 9, 189, 171 pages were accessed, and there were 11, 636,365 hits.
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12-13-2004
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Marathon
Author: W. William WinkurPublisher: Kissena Park PressISBN: 0-9768508-0-XThe following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review.
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6-12-2006
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A Conversation with Ernest Dempsey pen name for Karim Khan
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Karim Khan who goes under the pen name of Ernest Dempsey.Ernest is from Pakistan and is a research associate in Geology. He is the founding member of World Audience Inc and is the author of three books, The Biting Edge, Island of Illusions and Blue Fairy and Other Stories. In addition, Karim is a reviewer for Bookpleasures.com and other sites.Good day Ernest and thanks for participating in our...
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10-9-2007
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A Conversation with Dennis Batchelder Author of Soul Identity: a novel
Author: Dennis BatchelderISBN: 978-0-9798056-0-8Publisher: NetLeavesClick Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dennis Batchelder author of Soul Identity: a novel. Good day Dennis and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Can you tell our readers how and what motivated you to concoct this far fetched story about a wacko company that could identify and track your soul?
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7-29-2007
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Interview With Brandon Wilson, Author of Yak Butter Blues
Title: Yak Butter BluesAuthor: Brandon Wilson:ISBN: 0977053660The following interview was conducted by:NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of Yak Butter Blues click HERE.Today Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com are pleased to have as our guest, Brandon Wilson, author of Yak Butter Blues.
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11-30-2004
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The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One
Author: Margaret LobenstinePublisher: BroadwayISBN-10: 0767920880 ISBN-13: 978-0767920889You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon It can take half a lifetime to decide what you want to be when you grow up -- especially if you’re what veteran career coach Margaret Lobenstine calls a “Renaissance Soul.” Lobenstine puts a positive spin on modern Leonardo da Vinci types. While today’s specialists have reason to worry about buyouts, outsourcing, and forced retirement, Renaissance Souls are...
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7-26-2007
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The Offa’s Dyke Path (Walking guide to the National Trail)
Click Here To Purchase This Book From AmazonAuthor: David Hunter ISBN: 978-1-85284-549-0Publisher: Cicerone This pocked-size guide to Offa’s Dyke Path, offers the walker everything. If you are just an average walker and want to get out for a short hike - there are shorter circular walks that cover parts of the dyke that should satisfy you. Or perhaps you are more of an experienced trekker who has a taste for the great outdoors and wants a longer walk. There is everything covered in this...
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3-3-2008
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Interview With Ward Tanneberg Author Of Vanished
Author: Ward TannebergPublishers: Kregel Publications (October 25, 2004) ISBN: 0825438500 The following interview with Ward Tanneberg, author of Vanished was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE
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4-14-2005
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The Future Happens Twice - The Perennial Project
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Future Happens Twice - The Perennial ProjectAuthor: Matt BrownePublisher: Athena PressISBN: 978-1-84401- 830-7The earth is in danger and the human species may not survive the danger. So, a project is conceived to send humans to another earthl like planet 82 light years away. The only problem with that is that humans cannot survive such long journey which will take thousands of years. Other problems of engineering, reliability etc. could beovercome but...
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3-5-2008
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Tin Lizard Tales :Reflections from a Train
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Tin Lizard Tales (Reflections from a Train)Author: Schuyler T. WallaceISBN: 978-1-4327- 1254-9Publisher: Outskirts Press Schuyler T Wallace was born and raised in California. He is a retired fire chief who wishes to become a journalist when he “gets older”. Now in his seventies, Schuyler is a heavy reader and coffee drinker. Tin Lizard Tales: Reflections From A Train is his first book. Come and take a ride in this book filled with Wallace’s reflections...
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3-8-2008
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Waltzing Australia
Click Here To Purchase Waltzing Australia Author: Cynthia ClampittISBN: 978-1-4196-6306-2Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
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5-12-2008
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Power Play
Author: Joseph FinderISBN: 13-978-0-312-34748-2 10: 0-312-34748-0The premise of New York Times best selling author Joseph Finder’s Power Play focuses on the kidnap-for-ransom of a major corporation’s entire top leadership by a gang of thugs that takes place in a lodge in a remote area of British Columbia. Our story unfolds when our primary protagonist, Jake Landry, a junior executive with Hammond Aerospace Corporation and someone who is not exactly embraced by the managerial inner...
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5-31-2007
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Living Abroad In Costa Rica
Today Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel and Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as a guest Erin Van Rheenen, expert on travel to Costa Rica and the author of Living Abroad in Costa Rica.
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3-31-2005
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Putting It On Paper - The Ground Rules for Creating Promotional Pieces that Sell Books by Dawn Josephson
The Following Review Was Contributed by: S.V.SWAMY PUTTING IT ON PAPER - THE GROUND RULES FOR CREATING PROMOTIONAL PIECES THAT SELL BOOKS by DAWN JOSEPHSON is clear in its target group - authors who need to promote their books and who lack the resources to engage capable people like Dawn to do the job. The need to promote the book is of course very well known and accepted. Once the need is accepted, the choices are clear: either engage a competent Author Services Outfit or do it yourself....
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10-19-2004
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How Children Become Violent
Author: Kathryn Seifert, Ph.D.Publisher: Acanthus PublishingISBN: 1-933631-48-1It seems that hardly a month goes by in which Americans don’t hear of violence involving children. Sometimes, children assault or kill adults. Often, adults assault and kill children. And far too often, children assault and kill other children. Repeatedly, we gather in our lunchrooms, on our subways or in our churches and ask each other: Why did this happen? What is this world coming to? What can we do to...
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11-14-2006
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Meet Dr. John A. Henderson Author of Judging God
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Judging GodAuthors: John A. Henderson, M.D., and Craig Gurgew ISBN: 9781933251424Today, Burton H.Wolfe, one of Bookpleasures.com’s reviewers interviews John A. Henderson, co-author of Judging God.
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1-20-2008
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A Conversation with Margie Gosa Shivers Author of Once Is Never Enough
Author: Marjorie Gosa ShiversISBN: 0-9744066-2-7You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Margie Gosa Shivers who is an author, publisher, fulltime administrator, parent and grandparent. Margie is the author of Anonymity: A Tale of Suspense, Seduct
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7-18-2007
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Distant Peaks
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Distant Peaks Author: Peter LenPublisher: Millenial Mind PublishingISBN: 13: 978-1-58982-460-7; 10: 1-58982-460-1 Peter Len is a full-time American software engineer and sometime mountaineer who has scaled mountains in North America,
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12-19-2007
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Charlie Valentine Author of Better Days Ahead Interviewed
Title: Better Days AheadAuthor: Charlie ValentineISBN: 0977218708 The following interview was conducted by Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com.To read Norm's Review of Better Days Ahead CLICK HERE: To read all of Norm's Reviews
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7-11-2006
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DIARY OF A MOTHER: PARENTING STORIES AND OTHER STUFF by CHRISTINE LOUISE HOHLBAUM
PASCHAL EZE
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINE LOUISE HOHLBAUM
Author, Diary of A Mother: Parenting Stories And Other Stuff
You may read the review of the book
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Is a book always as good as its author? Is it always
a mirror of its author's intellectual and
psychological make-up and behavioural thrust?
It would be a mistake to confuse the author with the characters that she is trying to portray. The subject matter that one chooses and the decision one makes as an author to portray...
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1-1-1970
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Mala and Roger Burt (Annie Rogers) Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guests Mala and Roger Burt who write novels under the pen name of Annie Rogers. They are the authors of Circle of Dreams and Dream Across Time.
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5-16-2006
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A Conversation With Brigitte Foulke Author of Nile Cruise and Beyond
Author: Brigitte FoulkeISBN: 1413786375Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Brigitte Foulke, author of Nile Cruise and Beyond.Good day Brigitte and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Brigitte, why did you feel compelled to write this book? What was your main reason for writing your book? What are your hopes for this book? Brigitte:My friends who knew the story and / or had been involved in it had repeatedly
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1-24-2007
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A Conversation With Ruth Frances Hoskins, Ph.D., LCSW, and BCD author of Dream Moments The Voice in Your Dreams, Prophecy and Intuition.
Click Here To Purchase A Conversation With Ruth Frances Hoskins, Ph.D., LCSW, and BCD author of Dream Moments The Voice in Your Dreams, Prophecy and Intuition. Today, Cindy Bauer, one of Bookpleasures.com’s reviewers is pleased to have as out guest, Ruth Frances Hoskins, Ph.D., LCSW, and BCD author of D
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5-4-2008
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Let Me Go
Author: Helga SchneiderISBN 0-8027-1435-8The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereHelga is just four years old and her mother's suitcase is ready at the front door. Helga's younger brother, Peter, is sleeping as their mother slips through the door -- Helga will be a mother herself when she sees Mutti (German for 'mother') again.
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4-18-2006
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Nancy J. Attwell, Author of The Fools' Path: A Tale From The Lothemian Legacy Is Interviewed.
Author: Nancy J. Attwell ISBN: 193314212XThe following interview was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review CLICK HEREToday Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Nancy J. Attwell, author of The Fools’ Path: A Tale From The Lothemian Legacy.Good day Nancy and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:Nancy, how did your book come about? What was your main reason...
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11-18-2005
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A Traveler’s Guide: America’s Living History: The Early Years
Authors: Suzanne & Craig SheumakerISBN: 9780979259807Suzanne and Craig Sheumaker have logged over 125, 000 miles traveling the USA by car and motor-home exploring America’s history. Combining their talents in writing, graphic design and photography and with the inclusion of a immense amount of information in their A Traveler’s Guide: America’s Living History: The Early Years, they have produced an excellent guide book that will enable readers to share their profound passion and enthusiasm...
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6-5-2007
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Here Are Some Excellent Writers' Resources-Check Them Out
BOOK REVIEW RESOURCESSOUND ADVICE CONCERNING HAVING YOUR BOOK REVIEWED: Getting You Book Revewed: Funds For Writers (Great Site!) Interesting Interview As To How To Market Your Book: Forty Ways To Use Book Reviews: How To Spot A Phony Reviewer: Publish your articles for free, and let us SearchWarp.com promote th
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10-10-2004
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Miracle on the Monastery Mountain
Author: Douglas Demetrios LyttleISBN: 0974744603 Genre: Photography/Historical/Documentary The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore
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5-11-2005
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A Conversation With David Mason Author of Marketing Your Small Business for Big Profits
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, David Mason author of Marketing Your Small Business for Big Profits.David is the president of Mason Performance Development Inc., a Speaking, Training and Coaching company. As a Performance Development Coach and Marketing Strategist, David has worked with small business owners, entrepreneurs and sales and service professionals from around the world. He helps his clients get through the sticking...
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2-21-2008
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The Richest Man in Babylon for Today by Fred Siegel
The following review was contributed by ROGER E. HERMAN Age-Old Wisdom, Easily Digested Untold numbers of books have been written about how to build wealth. They range from the get rich quick schemes to solid advice on investments. Some are so thick or so filled with formulas and charts that it takes an economist to understand them. Some are inspirational volumes that are filled with platitudes and little else. In this short book, Siegel spins a story that, at times, almost seems like a fable...
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11-6-2004
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The Truth
Click Here To Purchase The Truth Author: Stephen Hawley MartinISBN: 978-1-892538-21-5 I truly believe we all have a mission. Completing this mission should be our main focus. This book clearly reminds me of this fact. “This could be the book that saves the world” is an understatement. If everyone read and lived this book of spiritual empowerment, we would never again have to worry about saving the world – as we know it.
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9-16-2008
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A Conversation With Diane Diekman Author of Live Fast Love Hard: The Faron Young Story
Click Here To Purchase Live Fast Love Hard The Faron Young Story Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest Diane Diekman author of Live Fast Love Hard: The Faron Young Story. Diane is also the author A Farm in the Hidewood: My South Dakota Home and Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born. Diane Jean Diekman grew up on a South Dakota farm. Diane is also a retired U.S. Navy captain and for five years she wrote a newspaper column of...
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6-11-2008
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A Conversation With Dara Girard Author of The Writer Behind the Words: Steps to Success in the Writing Life
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Writer Behind the Words: Steps to Success in the Writing Life ISBN: 978-0-9770191-5-1Publisher: ILORI PressToday, Cindy La Ferle, reviewer for bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dara Girard author of The Writer Behind the Words: Steps to Success in the Writing Life. The literary life demands so much more than clever ideas and a room of one's own. Whether you're a widely published novelist, freelance essayist, or fledgling poet, at some...
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11-16-2007
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Our Reviewers Review Children's Books
Some of our reviewers review young adult and children's books.Click Here to Read these ReviewsHere Are Some Great Children's Gifts For The Holidays. Check Them Out By Clicking On The Image
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10-8-2005
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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...
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1-1-1970
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Bookstore Tourism
Title: Bookstore TourismAuthor: Larry Portzlin ISBN 0975893408Genre: General Non-Fiction/Literary The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen -CLICK TO VIEW>>>>Paul Lappen's Reviews Bookstore Tourism is a new way to help independent bookstores by marketing them as tourist destinations and encouraging booklovers to plan bus trips to towns with unique bookstores. Instead of, for instance, taking a bus trip to the Statue of Liberty, why not take a trip to the...
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10-23-2004
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1001 Ways To Market Your Books: 5th Edition by John Kremer
Can you imagine a book entitled 1001 Ways to Market Your Books? At first I was doubtful that any author would be able to realistically provide a guide that would contain 1001 ways to help you market your book. However, after reading John Kremer’s extensive guidebook, 1001 Ways To Market Your Book-5th Edition, my doubts were tossed aside and in fact I would have to admit that the book would qualify as recommended reading for a college level course. As the author mentions in the introduction,...
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3-21-2007
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A Conversation With Alan Draven Author of Bitternest:A Novel
Author: Alan DravenISBN: 978-0-595-43204-2Today, Norm Goldman Editor & Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Alan Draven author of Bitternest: A NovelGood day Alan and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:
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5-28-2007
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Meet Paul Miller Author of A Place To Belong
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Paul Miller author of A Place To Belong. Paul has desperately wanted to write it for 50+ years. But, baring one's soul to the world can be a very scary adventure.A large portion of his life has been spent working in manufacturing and real estate. Paul currently works as a Real Estate Agent. Good day Paul and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:What motivated you to write A Place To...
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2-27-2008
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Chris Fox Author of The Devil's Halo is Interviewed by Bookpleasures.com
Author: Chris Fox Publisher: Hutchinson (The Random House Group Limited)ISBN: 0091794994The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of the book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.co is pleased to have as our guest, Chris Fox, author of The Devil’s Halo.Good day Chris and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about...
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11-1-2005
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Robert Fate Author of Baby Shark Interviewed
Author: Robert Fate ISBN: 0977627691 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of Baby Shark CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Robert Fate, author of Baby Shark.Good day Robert and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:Robert, please tell our readers a little bit about...
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5-5-2006
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Interview With Janice Romney Farnsworth, Author of Beneath Wings of an Angel
Author: Janice Romney Farnsworth ISBN: 0974764477The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Dian's Review of the book CLICK HEREDian: When you took the first step toward recovery, can you recall your feelings that day? Farnsworth: Anger! I was so angry that I couldn't stop shaking. I felt like I was going to explode any minute, so I was desperately just trying to make it through each day, one step at a time,...
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9-23-2005
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Stuart F. Tower Author of The Wayfarers Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher and Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Stuart F. Tower, author of The Wayfarers.Author: Stuart F. TowerISBN: 1932211020
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11-22-2006
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Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane AustenAuthor: Sybil G. Brinton ISBN 10:1-4022-0888-X It seems that there is a new Jane Austen sequel being published every week and for Jane Austen fans, this is a wonderful opportunity to once again inhabit in the elegant but hilarious world of Austen’s Regency period romantic comedies. "Old Friends and New Fancies," written in 1913 by Sybil G. Brinton stands out from the...
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12-11-2007
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Eva Etzioni-Halevy Author of THE SONG OF HANNAH is Interviewed
Author: Eva Etzioni-HalevyPublisher: Plume a Division of Penguin GroupISBN: 0452286727 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read the review CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to
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6-14-2006
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Raising a Reader: A Mother's Tale of Desperation and Delight
Author: Jennie Nash ISBN 0312315341 (non-fiction/child care - 9/10)The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews Teaching a child to read, and getting that child tolike reading, can be one of the most frustrating, andheartwarming, jobs for any parent. This book looks atone family's journey through such a process.One of a parent's biggest wishes for their child isthat they find something about which they arepassionate, something on which they...
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4-14-2005
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Soul of Work by S. Louise Underdahl
S. Louise Underdahl takes the reader on an adventure into the world of work. It is an activity which all of us participate in. How we react to the kind of work we do varies from individuals and the workplace.
In the world of today the education of new starters is well rounded. This presents to management a new challenge that must be resolved. Workers now have a broader expectation of what a job must consist of.
The nineteenth century saw workers as tools to serve the needs of...
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1-1-1970
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Outwitting Writer’s Block and Other Problems of the Pen by Jenna Glatzer
The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON AbsoluteWrite.com’s Guru Debunks Myths So You Can Write Jenna Glatzer, editor of AbsoluteWrite.com, is every writer’s friend. She has assembled all her own ideas (well, maybe not all but a huge number of ideas!) as well as many she has gleaned from a cadre of writing associates into a single book. It is the kind of gift that could only be given from one writer to another. It is evident that, with her experience and this kind of...
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3-21-2007
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The Story of Kitten Cuckoo
Author: Ed BakerISBN: 1-933572-04-3Publisher: Centro Books Every writer who writes for children knows there are a few rules: You don’t write about animals; you don’t write in rhyme; you don’t illustrate the story yourself. So, how do you break every rule and still produce a wonderful children’s story? Ask Ed Baker. The truth is, publishers do like rhyming picture books about animals or other subjects and occasionally, authors do illustrate their own work, but the story...
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3-18-2007
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Revelations
Author: M. Scott ByrnesPublisher: Blue Stripe BooksISBN: 0-9772674-0-7The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's ReviewsRevelations' by Scott Byrnes is a SF novel that holds your attention throughoutits 279 pages. Here is the blurb from the inner flap."Huddled over her seismometer on the frozen surface of Mars, NASA geologistKathy Palmer struggles to explain the image that just appeared on her monitor.Simultaneously, sixty-five million miles...
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8-8-2006
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Lords of Terror
Authors: Allan Cole and Nick ISBN: 1-55410-285-5 The cover is suitably alien and frightening, so that unless you are a fan ofmagic, other worlds, aliens etc., you know it is not for you. And if you are afan, jump right in and get a satisfying feast to your imagination. Allan Coleand Nick Perumov take a seemingly simple story (the US-USSR Cold War) and weavea beautiful novel of violence, betrayal, espionage, and of course bravery,heroism.An American civil space liner is blown up by a Russian...
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11-2-2006
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Book Marketing from A-Z
Author: Francine SilvermanPublisher: Infinity PublishingISBN: 0-7414-2431-2The following review was contributed by:John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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4-18-2005
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Summer Snow
Author: William T.HathawayPublisher: Avatar PublicationsISBN: 0-9738442-3-XThe following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews Summer Snow is a fiction by William T.Hathaway, a US war veteran and now a peaceactivist. The story takes place in Kyrgyzstan, which has borders with severalother countries including Afghanistan, China and..... A nuclear bomb is stolenand it is suspected that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations could beafter it for...
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8-8-2006
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Meet Seven Year Old Dalton James Author of The Sneakiest Pirates
Click Here To Purchase The Sneakiest PiratesToday, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, seven year- old and first time author Dalton James author of The Sneakiest Pirates.Good day Dalton and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Dalton, why are you interested in pirates and writing about them?
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8-5-2008
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Charles Boyle, Author of Shuttle Rising: To Rendezvous With A Rumor. Interviewed
Author: Charles Boyle: ISBN: 0965721450The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of Shuttle Rising: To Rendezvous With A Rumor CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as ourguest, Charles Boyle, author of Shuttle Rising: To Rendezvous With A Rumor.Good day Charles and thank you for agreeing to participate in
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12-5-2005
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Leaving Microsoft To Change The World
Author: John Wood ISBN: 98-0-06-11108-1 WARNING: If you are not willing to be challenged or motivated to act, do not read John Wood’s new book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. In the late 1990’s Microsoft Marketing Director John Wood took a three week vacation in order to go trekking in the Himalayas. At the time Wood had no idea that the 200 mile walk would be the beginning of a radical change,...
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9-29-2007
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Elaine’s Amazing Stink by Valerie Hardin
The Following review was contributed by: Molly MartinElaine is an unhappy little girl skunk. She has lost her stink and believes no one will be her friend. When Betty, Mick and Jay learn Elaine’s problem they have an idea. The story ends on a happy note when the little skunks tackle the problem of Elaine’s Amazing Stink. Elaine’s Amazing Stink is a delightful little book of 10 pages with text and enchanting illustrations. The little tale is sure to delight children ages 3-8. I believe this...
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10-11-2004
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Innocent Traitor
Author: Alison WeirISBN: 978-0-345-49485-6Publisher: Ballantine BooksIt’s a match made in Heaven—a story by my favorite authors about one of my favorite historical characters. Alison Weir is one of our best contemporary historians specializing in sixteenth century England. Her nonfiction books on Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Queen of Scots, and many others are always best-sellers. Now, Weir has published her first work of fiction, Innocent Traitor—the story of the nine-day queen, Lady Jane Grey....
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4-29-2007
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Cover the Butter
Author: Carrie KabakPublisher: Dutton Adult (June 16, 2005)ISBN: 0525948767The following review was contributed by Jennifer Murray. To read more of Jennifer`s reviews click
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4-13-2005
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Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers
Author: Shel HorowitzISBN: 13:978-0-96146666-3: 10:9614666-3-4Whenever I interview self-published authors I generally pose the question how do they intend to market their books? I am quite dumbfounded that the majority of these authors are so naive and many confess to me that they don’t even know where to start.Fortunately with the many books devoted to book marketing as well as the countless Internet sites, there is help at hand, however it is essential that authors devote adequate time to...
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4-21-2007
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J.F. del Giorgio Author of the Oldest Europeans Interviewed
Author: J.F. del GiorgioISBN: 9806898001 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of The Oldest Europeans CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Dr. J.F. del Giorgio author of The Oldest Europeans.Good day Dr. J.F. del Giorgio and thanks for agreeing to participate in our e-interview.
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5-15-2006
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The Muse On Writing
Editor: Lea SchizasISBN: 1554043174 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsThe Muse on Writing was published, as Editor Lea Schizas declares in the introduction, “to unravel some writing aspects in a way not presented in other writing books.” To accomplish this feat she has amassed nineteen excellent writers and authors, each of whom have combined their knowledge pertaining to important topics as the writer’s...
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2-27-2006
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Uneversaurus
Author: Aiden PottsISBN: 978-0385751193Uneversaurus is a picture book that walks kids through how paleontologists find dinosaur bones, how they put them all together, and how they make deductions about how the dinosaur lived and what it looked like by comparing them to what we know about the animals that are alive today.Uneversaurus is illustrated wonderfully with a fun mix of splashy full color pages and small comic book like asides that manage to convey a lot of information in a fun way....
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6-14-2007
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Jacqueline Randolph Shares Her Thoughts About Her Recent Novel, Deception's Legacy
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com once again has the pleasure of interviewing Jacqueline G. Randolph author of her most recent novel Deception’s Legacy.Good day Jacqueline and thanks once again for participating in our interview.Norm:With Deception’s Legacy what did you set out to do with this book? Do you believe you achieved that goal?Jacqueline: I set out to write a fictional novel based on real history—filling in those blanks of which we aren’t privy while...
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8-8-2007
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Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & AlbumsAuthor: Shereen LaPlantz ISBN: 0-937274-87-9 There are a couple of things which set "Cover to Cover" apart from other bookmaking titles. One is that the finished products in "Cover to Cover" are intrinsically works of art as opposed to books created for secondary purposes, such as the majority of those found in books like Marie Browning’s...
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12-17-2007
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2003 Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market by Alice Pope and Mona Michael (Editors)
A must reference text, any novice children’s author or even the experienced, will find the 2003 Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market, edited by Alice Pope and Mona Michael, an invaluable tool. What else could you wish for than having more than twenty-five experienced experts in various disciplines let you in on their secrets? Dividing itself into three major sections, this well researched and informative book deals with the following topics: how to use the book, identifying...
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3-21-2007
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The Sons of Maeve Trilogy
Authors: Dave & Rose Cox ISBN: 1420808141The following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click Here To Read Emily's ReviewsThe Sons of Maeve Banish the Winters BlahsIf you have a child (or spouse) that has fallen in love with high adventure books such as “The Lor
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11-29-2005
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Statistics
Author: Robert A. Donnelly Jr., Ph.D.Publisher: ALPHA (Penguin);ISBN: 1-59257-199-9This statistics installment of the Idiot’s series is 377 pages in length. The 20 chapters are organized into 4 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (solutions to “your turn,” statistical tables, glossary, and index).Having taught introductory courses in business statistics at the university level, more than a half-dozen times, I was looking forward to seeing just how the Idiot’s series dealt...
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2-19-2007
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INTERVIEW WITH PAULINE GUY AUTHOR OF LET'S COUNT AND THE ALPHABET DANCE
The following interview with Pauline Guy author of Let's Count and The Alphabet Dancewas conducted by:Lily Azerad-Goldman &CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsTo read Lily’s review of LET’S COUNT CLICK HERE & The Alphabet Dance Click HEREInterview: Good day Pauline and welcome to Bookpleasures.com
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11-9-2004
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Elwood's Crown
Author: Shannon RumpleAuthorHouseISBN: 978-1-4259-7742-9Elwood's Crown is a delightful children's picture book in a soft cover that is bilingual and is the first in the series. This is a story of a carefree frog and lessons learned, the story is told with bright vibrant colorful illustrations and is told in both English and Spanish all within the same page. The story is for children of all ages, teaching children the concept of taking care of their belongings, the story will engage them all...
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5-13-2007
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Winter Spring Summer Fall
Author: Ellen WeissPublisher: Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingISBN: 157791312-4 Everyone knows that small children have short attention spans. You have to work hard to get them to sit still even for a few minutes. Well, the truth is, you don’t work hard at all—you succeed or you don’t. If your toddler doesn’t want to sit and read with you, she won’t. The trick is to find a book that stimulates her senses. Each page has to reveal more than a cute picture for the youngest reader...
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2-16-2007
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The Adventures of Traveling Bear
The Adventures of Traveling Bear is an exciting new children’s book series. Each of the fourteen books in the series focuses on “positive values and winning attitudes.”Complete with a read-along CD, these fun books will encourage young readers as they improve their reading skills while teaching and gently reinforcing important life lessons and values.Once one of these books is picked up and read for the first time, parents will know without a doubt this is a series their children are going to...
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11-13-2007
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PUTTING IT ON PAPER: The Ground Rules for Creating Promotional Pieces that Sell Books
Author: Dawn Josephson Publisher: Ground Rules Press, a subsidiary of Cameo Publications, LLC ISBN: 0-9744966-1-8 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer BrownMany writers dream of the moment their book is accepted for publication. The hard work is over. All they have to do is turn over their perfectly edited manuscript to the publisher, cash their royalties checks, and wait while their publicist turns them into the next household name.
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2-25-2005
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Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul: A Woman’s Guide to Promoting Herself, Her Business, Her Product, or Her Cause with Integrity and Spirit by Susan Harrow
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
Though Susan Harrow’s primer, Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul: A Woman’s Guide to Promoting Herself, Her Business, Her Product, or Her Cause with Integrity and Spirit , claims to be the first and only marketing and publicity book for women, however, beyond doubt, it could have easily been addressed to men.
Although the book’s subject matter is very extensive, Harrow has done an amazing job of...
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1-1-1970
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A Conversation With Paula Buermele Author of The Dream Catcher Tour
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Dream Catcher Tour Author: Paula BuermeleISBN: 1-4327-0353-6Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Paula Buermele, author of The Dream Catcher Tour.Good day Paula and thanks for participating
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11-30-2007
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Interview With Mark Stanleigh Morris Author Of Billy Goat Hill
Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Christian FictionAuthor: Mark Stanleigh MorrisISBN 1590524063The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE: To read Dian's Review Of The Book Click Here
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6-15-2005
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Melanie Martin Series (3 books) by Carol Weston:
Today we are honored to have has our guest, well known children’s author, Carol Weston. Thanks Carol for accepting Bookpleasures’ invitation. Could you tell us something about yourself, where you were born,educated, lived, when you first book was published, and how many have you written? Which one do you consider your best? Thanks for asking! I was born in Westchester, a suburb north of New York City. I went to public schools until twelfth grade, then I lived in France on a program called...
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12-10-2005
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The Writer’s Market Companion by Joe Feiertag and Mary Carmen Cupito
Probably many of us do not realize that incredibly over a billion books were sold during the past year. In the USA alone there are over 18, 000 magazines and approximately 45, 000 newspapers. Added to these publications is the multitude of information web sites. What is more noteworthy, as mentioned in The Writer’s Market Companion, authored by Joe Feiertag and Mary Carmen Cupito,is that “America’s love of reading is perhaps most evident when we look at book sales. In the years leading up to...
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3-21-2007
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Adam Daniel Mezei Author of We Are The New Auroras Is Interviewed
Author: Adam Daniel MezeiISBN: 0595380697 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of We Are The New Auroras CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman is pleased to have as out guest, Adam Daniel Mezei, author of We are the New Auroras.
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6-25-2006
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Money Mama & The Three Little Pigs by Lori Mackey(Author) Nicole Lomonaco and Icy Young (Aritsts)
The following review was contibuted by:
CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON
I have a theory about children and money that is not rooted in science. I believe that babies pop out with ingrained personality traits that translate into the way they handle money from the time they are little to adulthood. This may not sound like the beginning of a promising recommendation for a book like Lori Mackey’s Money Mama and The Three Little Pigs which gives children a sound philosophy for how to handle money. But...
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1-1-1970
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Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People by Roger Herman, Tom Olivo and Joyce Gioia
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshLiving in Thailand, we are apparently about to benefit from the Demographic Dividend: the once-in-living-memory event that sees for a few years the minimum number of dependents (people not in the labour market because of their age) for the maximum number of people in the labour market. This dividend represents an opportunity for investment in the future that will not be available to later generations because of the presence of more...
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10-11-2004
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States of Grace: a Novel of the Count Saint Germain
Author: Chelsea Quinn YarbroPublisher: TorISBN: 0-765-31390-1The following review was contribubted by: Emily Veinglory: To read more of Emily's reviews CLICK HERE This is the twentieth (yes, twentieth!) novel in the Saint-Germain series. Someyears ago I spent a lot of money to acquire a grubby Australian paperbackversion of the first in the series, 'Hotel Transylvania'. Now I have in myhands a handsome hardback copy of the most recent. Although the books can beread out of order I suggest...
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11-25-2005
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On A Making Tide by David Donachie
Many books have been devoted to one of Britain’s most famous heroes, Horatio Nelson, particularly his defeat of the French in the battle of Trafalgar. However, not many high school or university history courses pay too much heed to his relationship with his mistress, Emma Hamilton. David Donachie’s work of fiction, On a Making Tide, which is the first tome of a trilogy, recounts a sequence of events of both Nelson and Hamilton prior to their becoming lovers. As the story unfolds, the reader...
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10-19-2004
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The Gift of Gabe
Author: Brian JosephISBN: 1-59330-266-5The following review was contributed by Jim Curtiss. Click Here To Read More Of Jim’s ReviewsEvery now and then a book comes along and grabs you. For the reviewer,The Gift of Gabe, by Brian Joseph, is just such a book. Even though onecan recognize that Joseph's writing style is still developing, the storyhe has to tell is arresting to say the least, and is made even more sobecause it's loosely based on reality.The gist of the story is that Joseph...
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1-3-2009
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The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book: Your Guide to Successful Authorship
Author: Patricia L. FryIBSN: 0977357600Patricia L. Fry, author of The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book: Your Guide to Successful Authorship, describes herself as “give me the facts, ma'am sort of author with targeted how-to-books.”She has rightfully been regarded as a maven when it comes to counseling authors in the art of publishing and selling their books. This much-deserved status is the result of havin
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11-19-2006
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Stepping Off the Edge: Learning and Living Spiritual Practice
Author: Sandy NathanISBN: 0-9762809-8-1Publisher: Vilasa Press A quick search on “spiritual” at amazon.com turned up 216,168 books. That doesn’t include music and movies; it’s just books. There must be a lot of people looking for answers. So, how do you know which book is right for you? I can’t answer that question, but you’re reading this review, so perhaps Sandy Nathan’s Stepping Off the Edge is for you. Sandy Nathan put herself into every page of her book. Only a...
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3-13-2007
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Fighting for Women’s Rights
Author: Moushumi ChakrabartyISBN: 1554390052The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsAnna Leonowens is famous still in Thailand as something of a traitor who happily took money and a high position from King Mongkut and then defamed him and the people of the Kingdom in her sensationalist books. However, her life took in many more adventures and experiences than the six years as governess to the King’s children and wives in Bangkok. Born into...
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5-22-2006
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Change Your Mind: A Neurologist's Guide to Happiness by D. Pasupuleti
Author: D. PasupuletiISBN: 1933538295 The following review was contributed by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HEREA guide to finding self happiness and peace of mind D. Pasupuleti is the director of neurology at a teaching hospital in US and he believes that it takes “Five Golden Rules” to find eternal happiness. These five rules are explained in detailed in his book “Change Your Mind.” D. Pasupuleti gives plenty of examples from his day-to-day life, from his experience or from...
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7-24-2006
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Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918
Author: B. Cory Kilvert, Jr.ISBN# 1-4184-5658-6 Published by Author HouseThe following review was submitted by: Kathryn Atwood Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsIt would not be an exaggeration to call B. Cory Kilvert, Jr. the Shelby Foote of "The Great War." The attention to detail in Kilvert's book, Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918, is so striking, there is sometimes the sense (as was the case with Foote in relation to the Civil War) that Kilvert was not only circling...
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10-6-2005
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Dr. Carole Lieberman Author of Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Dr. Carole Lieberman. Dr. Lieberman is an internationally renowned "Media Psychiatrist," and the author of Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them. Dr. Lieberman has appeared on Oprah, Larry King, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, and Howard Stern. In addition, Dr. Lieberman is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,...
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11-29-2005
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Selling Sickness: How the Worlds Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us All into Patients
Author: Roy Moynihan and Alan CasselsISBN: 156025856XSelling Sickness starts off with the now famous quote where the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck lamented that his company was limited to selling its products to only sick people and that his dream was to make drugs he could sell to everyone, including the healthy. This book shows how much has changed in the thirty years since that statement was made. Chillingly Selling Sickness paints a picture of Merck's fantasy coming true. Roy...
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4-4-2007
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Rock Formations
Author: Dave WilsonPublisher: Cidermill Books (January 28, 2005) ISBN: 0974848352 Genera: Popular MusicThe following review was contributed by:
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8-16-2005
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The Big Shuffle
Author: Laura PedersenISBN: 0-345-47956-4The Big Shuffle is part of a series of books following the adventures (and misadventures) of Hallie Palmer. This was my first time reading a book from this series and I’m very delighted to have come across this book. It’s difficult to find books written for teenagers, especially teenage girls, which are not filled with trips to the mall, the dilemma of which boy to go to the dance with and all the rest of it. It was wonderful to read a book about a...
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12-20-2006
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Killer Customer Care by George Colombo
The following review was contribute by: ROGER E. HERMAN Who is George Colombo? As a book reviewer, I can’t tell you. There is nothing in his book that offers an author profile, biography, or credentials. I’m often inspired to read books because of the qualifications that give the author authenticity and standing to present ideas for my consideration. Without this knowledge, I was handicapped, but was attracted to the volume partly by the title, and partly by the subtitle. The word “killer”...
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11-6-2004
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The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart &Chris Riddell
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Far away, is the edge where the Edgewater River pours incessantly into the abyss below. The headwater for the river is found far away in the dark regions of the Deepwoods. And that is where our tale begins in the Woodtroll village where a mother must ready her youngest child for striking out on his own in the world. Tuntum and Spleda Snatchwood have never told Twig he is not their own child. Now Twig is grown, he will be thirteen on his...
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10-11-2004
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Class
Click Here To Purchase Class Author: Jane Beaton Publisher: Sphere ISBN: 978-0-7515-4060-4
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10-19-2008
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Fruit Salad
Author: Ellen WeissISBN: 157791314-0Publisher: Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Ellen Weiss’ Fruit Salad is a busy touch and learn board book from one of my favorite publishers. Jason Jourdan’s simply illustrated characters make a yummy fruit salad, the fun way. The focus of each spread is a huge bowl. Cutouts on each page expose all the three-dimensional fruit figures, at first. As the characters cut up the fruit, slices appear in the bowl, and the...
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7-21-2007
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Let Us Share; A Conversation on Growing Older
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Let Us Share; A Conversation on Growing OlderAuthor: Lou Dunn DiekemperISBN: 1-933538-76-7 Reading Lou Dunn Diekemper’s latest book Let Us Share: A Conversation on Growing Older (Synergy Books, Texas, 2007) rolls your fear of aging one-eighty degrees to bring the bright side of aging to the attention of your thought. And thinking is what her viewpoint underscores: ‘introspection can increase our victories.’
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2-23-2008
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The Labor Pool by Bob Gunner, Editor and Publisher
The Following interview was conducted by: John WalshBob Gunner is an author and publisher. As one of the founding figures of e-publishing, he now manages the Cyberpulp website (http://come.to/cyberpulp) that remains at the forefront of the interface between fiction and technology. I asked Bob about his views about e-publishing and its implications for the future of reading. Fittingly, we communicated by email. Bob, a lot of fiction on the Internet seems to be becoming shorter and shorter. Do...
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10-11-2004
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Vanished
Author: Ward TanneberPublishers: Kregel Publications ISBN: 0825438500 The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore
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4-14-2005
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We Always Need New Book Reviewers
Bookpleasures.com is always on the lookout for new reviewers who wish to join our international community.If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, please contact Norm with a brief sampling of your writing as well as a brief resumé of your credentials.Although none of our reviewers receive monetary compensation, we do receive complimentary books. We also have the opportunity to meet some very interesting authors.This is a perfect way to widen your contacts,...
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12-27-2006
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Because I Remember Terror Father, I Remember You
Author: Sue William Silverman ISBN: 0820321753The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To Read Dian's Interview With The Author CLICK HERESue William Silverman was sexually abused by her father from age four to eighteen while her mother denied and allowed the abuse. When Sue's therapist suggested she write down her experience, Sue expected only a paragraph to emerge. Instead, Because I Remember Terror emerged from an...
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9-29-2005
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The Fine Print of Self-Publishing: The Contracts & Services of 48 Major Self-Publishing Companies-Analyzed, Ranked & Exposed
Author: Mark LevineISBN: 1-933538-56-2 Many of us have a story to tell, perhaps, it is a work of fiction or non-fiction, one that may be entertaining, useful, informative, or inspirational. However, the foremost difficulty we encounter is locating a publisher who will make our dreams come true. As pointed out in Mark Levine’s The Fine Print of Self-Publishing: The Contracts & Services of 48 Major Self-Publishing Companies-Analyzed, Ranked & Exposed, until recently there only existed...
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10-2-2006
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The Criminal in the Caymans
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Criminal in the CaymansAuthor: Connie Lee BerryISBN: 0-9772848-0-8 The most interesting about this and the other children’s books Ms. Berry writes is the way she found her calling. It seems her eight-year-old son was complaining about writing a paragraph and to prove that writing could be fun, she wrote a whole book for her son and his brother to read. Anyone with children will be thanking Ms. Berry for taking the time to write -- and her son for...
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2-1-2008
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finance for Small Business Owners
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finance for Small Business OwnersAuthor: Ken LittlePublisher: ALPHA (Penguin)ISBN: 1-59257-479-3This finance for small business owners installment of the Idiot’s series is 318 pages in length. The 25 chapters are organized into 5 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (glossary, resources, different legal structures and index).Having taught introductory courses in corporate finance at the university level, a half-dozen times, I was looking...
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2-19-2007
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Deep Storm
Author: Lincoln ChildISBN: 978-0-385-51550-4 Do you enjoy a intriguing techno-thriller? Are you a sci-fi fan? The setting is in an Exploratory and Recovery Facility sixty miles off the coast of Greenland and two miles below the Atlantic Ocean. The facility is a cutting-edge research station which is twelve decks high and is surrounded by a titanium dome. The name of the facility is Deep Storm, which was designed to excavate the remains of what was believed to be the ancient...
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3-28-2007
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Best Selling Author and Psychiatrist, Judith Orloff Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Dr. Judith Orloff Dr. Orloff is a psychiatrist, a UCLA professor with three best-selling books, Positive Energy, Second Sight and Dr. Judith Orloff’s Guide to Intuitive Healing. She is featured regularly in print, broadcast and online media.
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12-12-2005
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A Pretext For War by James Bamford
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKOKLEASURES.COM Since the war on Iraq, we have been bombarded with all kinds of theories as to its moral and legal rationality. Some of these hot button issues that have been expanded upon in book length books deserve merit with their well thought out arguments and research that supports them, even if you don’t necessarily agree with their authors. Some, however, fall within the category of “schlock” literature, where the...
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10-28-2004
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Animals Are Sleeping
Click Here To Purchase Animals are Sleeping Author: Suzanne SladeISBN: 978-1-934359-10-5Publisher: Sylvan Dell
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4-7-2008
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According to Kotler
Author: Philip KotlerPublisher: AMACOMISBN 0-8144-7295-8 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews
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4-26-2005
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The Rabbit and the Snowman
Click Here To Purchase The Rabbit and the Snowman Author: Sally O. LeeISBN: 9781419656255 Publisher: BookSurge I found The Rabbit and the Snowman, by Sally O. Lee enchanting. The auth
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7-17-2008
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Stone Pizza
Author: Susan K. MitchellIllustrated by McNevin HayesPublisher: The RGU GroupISBN-10: 1-891795-26-0 Stone Pizza is a children’s picture book for children ages 4 to 12. A hardback book with a cover that is beautifully illustrated with a coyote on the cover wearing a purple bandanna with yellow polka-dots, a pair of green sunglasses and holding a stone pizza. A delightful tale involving the critters of the desert where food is hard to find. Coyote finds no hospitality when he wanders into...
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4-29-2007
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Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days
Guerrilla Marketing in 30 DaysAuthors: Jay Conrad Levinson and Al LautenslagerPublisher: Entrepreneur PressISBN: 193253129-7The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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4-18-2005
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Interview: Catherine Anne Collins Author Of Sword Across Time
Title: Sword Across TimeAuthor: Catherine Anne CollinsPublisher: Treble Heart Books ISBN #1-931742-87-1The following interview was conducted by Katherine J. TurcotteCatherine Anne CollinsAuthor of Sword Across Time InterviewI was happy to get the opportunity to interview author Catherine Anne Collins after the publication of her first book, Sword Across Time published by Treble Heart Books this year. Sword Across Time was also the first place winner in the...
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1-19-2005
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A Wild and Woolly Night
Author: Lorraine Lynch GeigerIllustrated by Sharon VargoPublisher: The RGU GroupISBN-10: 1891795252 A Wild and Woolly Night is a children’s picture book for children ages 4 to 12. A hardback edition with a cover that is beautifully illustrated with a boy in his bed surrounded by a variety of animals. This is an enchanting story of a little boy named Phillip, he is different from most children as he is eager to go to bed and sleep. But Phillip’s bed time is a great adventure filled with...
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4-29-2007
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The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full Time Living
Author: Peter BowermanISBN: 0967059860Peter Bowerman, whose first two books, The Well-Fed Writer and the Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds have been the recipient of several awards. Bowerman has now put together another excellent book, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full Time Living. What is quite noteworthy about all these books is that they have been self-published, thus providing concrete evidence, as Bowerman states in his introduction that he is living proof...
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11-11-2006
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The following Review was contrbuted by
PAULA BARDELL
REVIEW TITLE: Harry Potter and the Gargantuan Page Turner
DESCRIPTION: A review of ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", J.K. Rowling's fifth
book in the phenomenally successful wizarding series.
Three frustratingly long years after the publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling’s legions of fans were rewarded for their patience with the release of
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix –...
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1-1-1970
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Mourning Meadow
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mourning MeadowAuthor: Larion WillsISBN: 9781934041161Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo BooksAfter reading the book Mourning Meadow, by Larion Wills, I am, overall, impressed. Larion Wills, a pseudonym for Larriane Wills writes in the romantic fiction and sci-fi genres. She has books in print and ebooks.
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3-15-2008
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The Power of Positive Habits by Dan Robey
The following review was contributed by: RACHEL NEWCOMBE I'm a big believer in the power of positive thinking, so was pleased to get the opportunity to review this title. However, to be honest, my expectations for discovering new methods and techniques were sadly not met. Robey has gathered together a selection of habits, covering key issues such as health, fitness, weight loss, success, relationships and self-esteem. Most of the habits are given only a single page of coverage, and include...
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10-29-2004
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Sword Across Time
Author: Catherine Anne CollinsPublisher: Treble Heart Books ISBN# 1-931742-87-1This review was contributed by: Katherine J. TurcotteIn the spirit of the ancient Avalon, comes a story of mystery, adventure and undying love.Journals of the Great Merlin and Nimue, Lady of the Lake, have survived the realms of time to be passed on to their rightful descendents of modern times, Tamara and Gavin, a continent apart, but soon brought together by circumstances out of their control.Another mysterious...
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1-19-2005
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Heart Shaped Box
Author: Joe HillISBN: 9780061147937 Do you believe in ghosts? Hold on for the spine tingling adventure you will discover in the Heart Shaped Box. There should be a warning label attached stating “Once started, demands to be finished.”I am not going to give away spoilers in this review, as you will want to read this highly recommended thriller. This is a fascinating psychological ghost story which is packed with thrills and chills. Joe Hill has produced a work that is so vivid and comes...
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3-19-2007
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A Different Kind of Hero
Click Here To Purchase A Different Kind of Hero Author: Leah Beth Evans ISBN: 9780979504525Publisher: Tribute Books
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5-12-2008
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The Unnatural Inquirer
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Unnatural InquirerAuthor: Simon R. GreeenISBN: 0441015581 In The Unnatural Inquirer Simon R. Green's popular character John Taylor is back for more butt kicking, sarcastic humor, and a nice bit of paranormal detective work. For those unfamiliar with Green's wry genre mixing he is the master of mixing the noir detective novel, with a fantastical paranormal setting, creating something fresh and new. John Taylor is the classic Green protagonist; a wise...
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2-4-2008
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Pinkie the Cat Gets a Baby Sister
Author: Greta Baker WardISBN: 9780979834608 Publisher: P.M. Publishing Pinkie the Cat Gets a Baby Sister, by Greta Baker Ward is a children’s book targeting the four to seven year old age bracket, however, children of all ages can delight in this story. Pinkie the Cat loves his owners and home, but when they bring home another kitten, Pinkie feels he is being replaced, and so he runs away to search for another home. This is the first book in a series of Pinkie the Cat adventures. T
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4-21-2008
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Carol Adler, Poet, Author, Businesswoman and Teacher Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Carol Adler. Carol is President of Dandelion Books, as well as being a poet, author, businesswoman and teacher.Good day Carol and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:When did your passion for writing begin and what keeps you going?Carol:Norman, it’s a pleasure to talk with you about “my passion”: writing, and editing… which led to the business of publishing. I’ve been writing since I was...
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1-4-2006
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Guess Who I Am…a foldout animal surprise book
ISBN: 157791175-XPhotographs by Phoebe DunnPublisher: Brighter Minds Children’s Publishing Children, even toddlers, love riddles and puzzles. Each page spread of Guess Who I Am is both a puzzle and a riddle. On the left page, you get just a peek at a mostly-hidden animal. On the right is a clue about the hidden animal, in riddle form. Flip up a flap and expose a larger peek and another clue. Flipping the last flap exposes an adorable baby animal, which is sure to delight small children. The...
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2-9-2007
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Over 100 FAQs Women Asked About Writing
Editor: Edited by Angel Brown and Sheri" McConnellNational Association of Women Writers, 2005ISBN: 0971477531Adult/Nonfiction/WritingPublisher's Website: www.naww.org
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4-5-2005
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A Conversation With Sandra E. Graham
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Sandra E. Graham author of Amos Jakey, and Nicolina.Sandra tells me that as a new author, she is almost totally unknown to the reading public, but coming from a background of backwoods simplicity, she grew to love the people that she knew personally and people that she came to know through the tales passed down by her parents and grandparents. She loves to share these stories with anyone who,...
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2-18-2008
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Summersville
Author J.M. O’Shaughnessy Publisher: Banda Press International, Inc.ISBN: 978-0-9773175-2-3A magazine is soon flicked through while on a flight or on a train journey, simply because there is no time to read and finish a book. However Banda Press International has successfully filled this gap. They are providing One Flight Fiction, a series of novellas that can be read within a few hours. These books are graded in ‘read time’ ranging from 0-1 hours 1-2 hours and finally 2-3 hours. Even for...
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5-14-2007
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Indian Yell: The Heart of an American Insurgency
Author: Michael BlakeISBN: 0-87358-907-6Publisher: Northland PublishingThere’s nothing wrong with a controversial book, but reviewing one can be difficult. Finding the line between preference and a book’s value can be a personal challenge, if you’re not objective. Michael Blake’s Indian Yell: The Heart of an American Insurgency is controversial. You’re going to love it or hate it. I can’t see too many readers being indifferent. Blake provides a gutsy look at the struggle between the native...
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4-29-2007
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People Smart Leaders
Authors: Larry Cole, PhD and Michael Cole, PhDPublisher: Oakhill PressHardcover, 198 pagesISBN 1-86939-61-6 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Rev
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12-12-2004
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Anger and Anxiety by Dr Bob Rich
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Anger and Anxiety is presented in eighty-six pages comprising eight chapters plus a well rounded Bibliography. Dr. Bob Rich tells his readers: ""I have tried hard to make the book easy and enjoyable to read, and to keep the concepts in it non-technical. … The tools I describe have worked for huge numbers of people whose suffering was eased. … Don’t expect a single-step recovery. You will need weeks, maybe months, of hard work,...
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10-11-2004
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Six Sigma Beyond the Factory Floor: Deployment Strategies for Financial Services, Health Care, and the Rest of the Real Economy
Authors: RONALD D. SNEE and ROGER W. HOERL Publishers: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc: ISBN: 0-13-143988-X. Six Sigma Beyond the Factory Floor is a hardbound book, comprised of 8 chapters and 326 pages in length. No management or quality control technique need be restricted to manufacturing and this is the theme of this book, as the title would suggest. Financial services and health are very large sectors of the economy, so it makes sense that the authors would...
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12-8-2006
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Mordecai & Me An Appreciation of a Kind by Joel Yanofsky
To read the review of Mordecai& Me An Appreciation of a Kind click HERE Bookpleasures is honored to have as its guest, Montreal author, journalist and book reviewer, Joel Yanofsky author of Mordecai& Me An Appreciation of a Kind. Thanks Joel for agreeing to be interviewed by Bookpleasures. Could you tell us something about yourself Joel, and how you got started in writing. What would you consider your first break as a writer, and what is your biggest challenge in the writing process?...
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10-11-2004
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The Sacred Harp: a Tradition and its Music
Author: Buell E. Cobb, Jr.ISBN: 0-8203-2371-3In the early days of the 18th century, the quality of music in the churches ofcolonial New England was less than ideal. Congregational singing wasaccomplished through a method called "lining out," a process in which a songleader would sing a psalm, one line at a time, and the congregation would followsuit. Although the 9th edition of the Puritan Bay Psalm Book - published in 1698 - did include printed music (and was the first edition...
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12-6-2006
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The Bone Whistle
Author: Eva Swan:Publisher: Juno Books:ISBN 10: 0-8095-5792-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-8095-5792-9 The setting is Lakota reservation in Greenview, South Dakota. Darly is a twenty year old and lives with her mother just outside of Denver. Every summer she accompanies her mother to an isolated cabin on the edge of Lakota reservation in South Dakota. This is no way for a college student to spend her summer vacation. Darly is bored and has made the decision that this will be the last year she will...
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4-15-2007
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Fern Reiss, Guru On How To Publish Your Book is Interviewed
Today Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest Fern Reiss. Fern is the author of several bestselling books on publishing including The Publishing Game series, and her forthcoming book Expertizing Position Yourself as a Name Brand. In addition, Fern is the CEO of the PublishingGame.com and Expertizing.com. Norm:When did your passion for writing books on publishing begin? What inspired you to write these books and what keeps you
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12-28-2005
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From Book to Bookseller
Author: Penny SansevieriISBN: 1600370896Every profession has some semblance of a manual to flip through for reference. Writers have an array of resources at their disposal from magazines, Internet and books, such as this one from Penny Sansevieri. From Book to Bookseller is a great resource for anyone who is breaking into the writing profession.When you have created your work of art, the real work is in promoting and selling your book. In the wake of self-publishing, this book holds a...
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2-28-2007
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Illuminated
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Illuminated Author: Matt BronleeweISBN-10: 1595542493 ISBN-13: 978-1595542496 Music writer and producer Matt Bronleewe’s debut novel Illuminated (Thomas Nelson Books, Tennessee, 2007) is a thriller that ventures to unfold an arcane interpretation of the various illuminations that embellish copies of the famous and rare bibles known as Gutenberg Bibles. The book tells the story of August Adams, an archaeobibliogist, and his family who must put their...
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11-17-2007
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The Cancer Monologue Project by Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thomson (Editors)
The following review was contributed by
S.V.SWAMY
The Cancer Monologue Project is a collection of 30 monologues written and presented by survivors of cancer and in a few cases by their close kin. Two of them are about one person, written by the person and his spouse.
In the space of a few pages, each account took me deep into the psyche of the sufferer. I got a close-up view of the problem. The accounts are totally frank, since the participants in this project have chosen this way to...
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1-1-1970
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Norm's Facebook Site- Why Not Join Him
Norm has a Facebook site that you may want to check out. You can find the site by Clicking HereCheck out some great books about Facebook CLICK ON IMAGES (Note: May not work with all browsers)
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12-15-2007
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Meet Ethel Stockton Author of Old is a 4-Letter Word
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest Ethel Stockton author of Old is a 4-Letter Word. Ethel has also authored Old Fashioned, Old is Better and Not Too Old.Good day Ethel and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:How did you get started in writing? What keeps you going?Ethel:I have been writing with enthusiasm since I was 10, when a teachertold me I might have talent. I wrote short stories, how-to, andpoe
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1-18-2008
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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
Click Here To Purchase The Slippery Art of Book ReviewingAuthors: Mayra Calvani and Anne K. EdwardsISBN: 1933353228 Book reviewing has been the hobby, profession, and passion of many practicing and potential writers as well as ardent book readers. Still,
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6-27-2008
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Dinner with Da Vinci: The Road Royale Through Rebirth
Author: Leslie J. McclintonISBN: 1933538554The name of da Vinci has reached an acme of attention with Dan Brown's pop buster The Da Vinci Code. Now used in a radically different mode, it shows up in Leslie J. Mcclinton's snazzy title Dinner With Da Vinci (Great Reading Books, Texas, 2006). Combining autobiographical nonfiction with science, history, anthropology, journalism, and spiritual quests, Mcclinton has strummed the thread of rebirth and its conscious experience. The core...
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11-6-2006
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The Vengeance Trap
Author: A.L. HansenISBN: 0978765818A young Irish woman loses her family to violence and so she carries on their work in the IRA. She meets a mysterious Middle Eastern man called Omar who is smuggling weapons into Ireland. They fall in love almost immediately and set off for a series of rather implausible but fast-moving adventures around the world. Both feel themselves obliged to take vengeance against those they believe have done them wrong before the can marry. Consequently, they fly...
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4-9-2007
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Savage Land Of Jur by Tom Johnson
The following review was contributed by:
SHERRY L.STOLL
Savage Land of Jur by Tom Johnson flings you back into the prehistoric dinosaur age. The main characters, Odette and Ron, have separately happened upon a time portal that has transported them to the Jurassic Period. They’ve fallen in love, married, and are now looking for a race called “The Ancient Ones” that are no longer able to reproduce whom they believe are the key to finding their way back home.
Odette and Ron face...
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1-1-1970
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Your Boy
Author: Vicki CourtneyISBN: 0805430555Vicki Courtney's Your Boy (B&H Publishing Group, Tennessee, 2006) is one of the books that have a specified target audience: Christian mothers. The book aims at educating moms on raising a godly son in an ungodly world. Mrs. Courtney combines advice on ways to develop godly qualities in their sons with accounts of personal views and experiences on the topic. A large part of Your Boy is directed towards personal refinement and conscious effort in the...
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11-17-2006
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Witness to Roswell (Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-Up)
Click Here To Purchase Witness To RoswellAuthors: Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. SchmittISBN 13: 978-1-56414-943-5ISBN 10: 1-56414-943-9Publisher: New Page Books Nowadays if you are to broach the subject of Roswell, most people will inevitably remember the unidentified flying object
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6-25-2008
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Hearts of Stone
Author: Kathleen ErnstISBN: 0-525-47686-5 Occasionally, you find a book so captivating that you read it in one sitting. Hearts of Stone is one of those books—I literally didn’t put it down until I finished it. At just fifteen, Hannah Cameron finds herself the head of her family. It’s 1861 and Hannah’s life on Cumberland Mountain (
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12-25-2006
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Meet Mary E. Martin Author of The Osgoode Trilogy
Today Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest Mary E. Martin author of The Osgoode Trilogy comprising Conduct in Question, Final Paradox and A Trial of One.Mary practiced law in a small-estates firm until 1999, when she became a full-time writer and photographer.Good day Mary and thanks for participating in our interview.
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1-31-2008
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The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventures, and the Dawn of Empire
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventures, and the Dawn of Empire Author: Susan RonaldISBN: 978-0060820664When Elizabeth Tudor became Queen she was beset with struggles. The Queen was constantly under threat from relatives, all trying to lay claim to her throne, religious fracturing was pulling her country to pieces, and her treasury empty. The Pirate Queen takes a fresh look at the reign of Elizabeth I, and shows how she used piracy as the...
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8-27-2007
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The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Author: Fred ReichheldISBN: 1591397839 Why do some companies grow so much more quickly than others? In some cases, a temporary technological breakthrough or monopoly conditions will allow one company to forge ahead of others, only for the breakaway to be swallowed up by the pack when the initial advantage disappears. Yet in other cases, one company can create an advantage which is persistent and sustainable. How can that be explained? Well, of course many thousands of pages have been...
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5-17-2007
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Engagement Is Not Enough
Author: Keith E. AyersISBN: 1599320118Successful companies benefit not just from interested or engaged employees but from employees who are passionate about their work, who have had a ‘fire lit inside them’ and who will do anything to improve their performance and that of their employers. This book, by a prominent Australian management consultant and drawing upon the material used in his business, aims to provide managers with the knowledge and techniques necessary to light that fire and get...
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12-19-2006
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The God Tools
Author: Gary WilliamsPublisher: Infinitypublishing.comISBN: 0741431297 The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears. Click here to read more of Evelyn's reviews.
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5-21-2006
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Designing with Succulents
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Designing with Succulents Author: Debra Lee Baldwin ISBN-10: 088192816X ISBN-13: 978-0881928167 A unique and well-written book on design and landscaping!
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12-14-2007
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Sort it Out!
Click Here To Purchase Sort It Out! Title: Sort it Out!ISBN: 978-1-934359-11-2Publisher: Sylvan Dell Sort it Out! makes early math concepts fun. It's an imaginative form
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8-14-2008
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Creative Recycling in Embroidery
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Creative Recycling in EmbroideryAuthor: Val HomesPublisher: Sterling Publishing Co.ISBN: 0-7134-8986-3 When I saw the title to this book I found myself intrigued by it and I have to say I was not disappointed when I got it in hand and finally got to look through it. Val Homes’ book is a great how-to/jumping off point for creating your own textile fine art piece. This is another example of the “green” art books that I have found in the recent months. Holmes...
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2-22-2008
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The Future Is Wild by Dougal Dixon: John Adams
The review to The Future Is Wild can be found
HERE
Today we are pleased to have as our guest John Adams, one of the authors of The Future Is Wild.
Good day John and thank you for agreeing to being interviewed by Bookpleasures.
Norm- John, could you tell us something about your educational background as
well as your writing experience?
John:
My Educational background is fairly embarrassing. I was one of those who blew
an expensive schooling and came out with nothing....
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1-1-1970
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Chasing Memories
Click Here To Purchase Chasing Memories Author: Cindy BauerISBN: 1413798357I am pleasantly surprised after reading Chasing Memories, by Cindy Bauer. Born in Iowa, Cindy now resides in Missouri with her husband. She thanks her husband, Robert, and sist
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4-4-2008
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A Chat With Michael Levy, Author of Point of Life Books and a Professional Optimist
Click Here To Purchase Michael Levy's Most Recent Book The Inspiring Story of Little Goody Two Shoes Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Michael Levy. Michael calls himself the Professional Optimist and he is the author of The Inspiring Story of Little Goody Two Shoes, Live Alchemy, Worry Causes Wrinkles, Invest With a Genius, Ultra-Violet Haiku De-Lights, What is the Point?, Minds of Blue, Souls of Gold, Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later...
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8-24-2007
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James R. Clifford Author of Double Daggers Interviewed
Author: James R. CliffordISBN: 0897542177 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of Double Daggers CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, James R. Clifford, author of Double Daggers.Good day Jamie and thanks for participating in our interview.
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8-9-2006
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Taneesha Never Disparaging
Click Here To Purchase Taneesha Never Disparaging Author: M. LaVora PerryISBN: 978-0-8617-1550-3Publisher: Wisdom PublicationsAn author with a knack for a humorously compassionate story and a snappy character who lends herself to its telling come together in Taneesha Never Disparaging, a middle-grade novel with timeless coming-of-age conflicts related through the frank voi
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5-2-2008
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Creating the Intrapreneur
Click Here To Purchase Creating the Intrapreneur: The Search for Leadership Excellence Author: Victoria C. DePaulPublisher: Synergy Books (Galileo)ISBN: 978-1-934454-18-3 I’ve read many self-help books, some which claim to give you a better life and others, like this one, which claim to give your business a boost.
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10-23-2008
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E-Mails From Hell
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Emails From Hell Author: David EarthmanIBSN: 1-933538-45-7The Internet is our day’s most precious technological gift, both for communication and for wasting our precious time. David Earthman’s latest humor book E-Mails From Hell (Synergy Book, Texas, 2007) takes up the latter aspect of online communication via e-mail. Through a series of biting e-mails and their replies, Earthman’s book makes a light-hearted spoof on the abuse of Internet correspondence for...
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10-19-2007
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MELANIE IN MANHATTAN
Author: Carol WestonPublisher: Random HouseGenre: Children’s Books ISBN: 0-375-83028-6The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman &CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsMelanie Martin is back, this time playing hostess in her hometown, NewYork. We keep growing up together with this witty, charming heroincreated by Carol Weston in THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN. In the second book of this series, MELANIE MARTIN GOES DUTCH, Melanierecounted her hilarious visit to...
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4-13-2005
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Sell Your Book on Amazon
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Brent SampsonISBN: 1-432701967Although I have contributed several hundred reviews to Amazon and I am even classified as one of their top one thousand reviewers, I never investigated how Amazon provides its authors with some terrific tools that would facilitate the promotion and selling of their books.However, when I came across Brent Samson's Sell Your Book on Amazon, I realized how Amazon makes it possible to reach a worldwide audience...
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4-7-2007
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Ha Ha, Baby!
Click Here To Purchase Ha, Ha, Baby! ISBN: 978-1-905417-12-4Publisher: Boxer Books Simple language, endearing characters, an appealing story, and pictures that add a special layer to the mix are elements of a great picture book. Kate Per
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8-14-2008
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Lyda Phillips Author of Peace I Ask Thee Oh River Is Interviewed
Author: Lyda PhillipsISBN: 0595361722 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's review of Peace I Ask Thee Oh River CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Lyda Phillips author of Peace I Ask Thee Oh River.Good day Lyda and thank you for participating in our interview.Norm:When did your passion for writing begin? What kept you...
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3-24-2006
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The White Giraffe
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Lauren St. JohnISBN: 978-0-8037-3211-7Publisher: Dial Books Like so many stories written for this age group—9 to 12—the story starts with tragedy. Martine’s parents die in a fire and the authorities ship her off to an unknown grandmother on another continent. Whew… I’m glad that part’s over.
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7-16-2007
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Crossing the Meadow by Kfir Luzzatto
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshWhat happens to us when we die? Do we have the opportunity to make sense of our lives or just fade away? Is it possible that the ghosts of the dead surround us as we go about our normal lives? If they do, should we be paying them any attention? These issues are in the background of Kfir Luzzatto’s pleasant new novel, Crossing the Meadow. Henry is mysteriously transported from his family life in America back to his childhood town in Italy. He...
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10-11-2004
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Relocating Mia
Click Here To Purchase Relocating Mia Author: Rebecca LerwillISBN: 9781933538877 Publisher: Bridgeway Books I am pretty impressed with Relocating Mia, by Rebecca Lerwill. Born and raised in Germany, Rebecca Lerwill moved to the United States in 1995 and has lived in Califo
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5-10-2008
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Interview With Judy Allen, Author Of Your Stress Free Wedding Planner
If you are interested in know more about what wedding planners do and how to separate the good from the bad ones, read what Judy Allen, well-known event and wedding planner has to say. Judy is the author of Your Stress Free Wedding Planner (Sourcebooks, Inc.), as well as five professional books on event planning (John Wiley and Sons)Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com recently interviewed Judy.To read more CLICK HERE
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4-14-2005
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A Conversation With Cathy Delittle Author of Hamster Cheeks
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Hamster Cheeks Author: Cathy DeLittleIllustrator: Adam MilicevicISBN: 13: 978-1-892633-14-9: 10: 1-892733-14-0Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Cathy DeLittle author of Hamster Cheeks.
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11-20-2007
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The Art Thief
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Art Thief Author: Noah CharneyISBN: 978-1-4165-5030-3Publishers: Atria BooksThe Art Thief is a wonderfully written book from first time author Noah Charney, who appears to be the perfect individual to write just such an erudite art mystery. Charney is an art historian who specializes in art theft, and his command of the subject is apparent on every page of this captivating novel. This incredible story combines the finest of character drawings, insight...
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10-9-2007
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The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg
Click Here To Purchase The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg Publisher: Aflame BooksISBN: 10-0955233992: 13-978-0955233999
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6-5-2008
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Fine As We Are
Click Here To Purchase Fine As We Are Author: Algy Craig HallISBN: 978-1-905417-72-8Publisher: Boxer Books
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4-7-2008
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Traces: Birth of Alexander the Great
Author: Faye TurnerISBN: 0976250039The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIn the world of the ancient Mediterranean, the trader and doctor Daneion travels different lands in search of food for the starving people of Athens and in search of his own dynasty. A confidant of Queen Olympias of Macedonia and, briefly, her lover, it is possible that he may have fathered the child that she is to bear. That child will of course be Alexander, who in turn...
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9-7-2006
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Hobgoblins: A Novel
Author: Jacob Jaffe. ISBN: 0-595-38421-8. A Series of Fortunate CoincidencesHobgoblins, by Jacob Jaffe, is a story of intertwining webs set to a political thriller. The story centers on a young man, Marty Ritter, who is a psychology graduate student. As the plot opens, Marty works as an intern at a psychology clinic. Under the supervision of the dictatorial Bartlett, Marty is unfairly punished for having avoided Bartlett's seminar and for having a dissenting opinion concerning...
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3-18-2007
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Click Here To Purchase The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Author: Sogyal Rinpoche ISBN 13: 978-0-06-250834-8ISBN 10:0-06-250834-2Publisher: Harper San Francisco
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4-28-2008
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Beyond the Bus Stop: 180 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School
Author: Robert E. Weyhmuller, Jr.ISBN: 0325001251The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews When it comes to success in school, children cannot do it alone; they need theassistance of their parents. This book consists of many ways that parents canhelp their child thrive in school. It covers students from pre-school to highschool. Areas like study skills, homework, math, reading and writing arecovered.Read aloud to your child. Find books that...
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1-14-2006
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Bullets:Growing Up in the Crossfire (Bridgeway Books, Texas, 2007)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bullets:Growing Up in the Crossfire Author: Kat HibbardISBN: 978-1-933538-82-2 Physical and emotional traumas inhibit the normal psychological development of many victims. However, some people emerge more confident and beautiful after the hardest of physical and emotional crises; the latter include individuals like Kat Hibbard, author of the recent autobiographical book Bullets: Growing Up in the Crossfire (Bridgeway Books, Texas, 2007). In her short but...
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11-8-2007
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Samurai Shortstop
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Alan GratzISBN: 0-8037-3076-6Publisher: Dial Books It’s 1890 and you’re in Tokyo, Japan. Between classes in the most prestigious high school in town and baseball practice, you learn the old ways—the ways of the samurai. That’s Toyo Shimada’s life and we get the pleasure of going along for the ride thanks to Alan Gratz’s brilliant story telling.
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7-16-2007
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The GenoType Diet
Click Here To Purchase The GenoType DietAuthor: Dr. Peter J. D'AdamoISBN-13: 978-0767925242Publishers: Broadway Books Since William Sheldon’s seminal work on somatotyping, a number of scientific endeavors have been made t
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9-14-2008
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Through a Glass Darkly
Author: Karleen KoenISBN: 1402200447Barbara Aderly lives a near idyllic life in the 18th century. She is the willful, and much doted upon, granddaughter of a strong aristocratic woman, surrounded by a gaggle of beloved younger brothers and sisters, with free run of the English countryside. But as reaches her teen years the world she has always known is being taken away from her. With a surprise visit from her black sheep mother Barbara learns her marriage has been arranged to a much older man...
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1-16-2007
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Megan’s Unicorn
Click Here To Purchase Megan's Unicorn Author: Amanda YoungISBN: 978-1-4196-6317-8Publisher: Book Surge Publishing Amanda Young is a nurse who finds inspiration for her books from being close to nature and her own life experiences.
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3-31-2008
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Treasure in Tahiti
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Treasure in TahitiAuthor: Connie Lee BerryISBN: 978-0-9772848-1-8 Ms. Berry shares what she discovers in her research for this book – “plants are an important part of Polynesian culture.” The coconut tree seems to be the most useful as all parts are used. Interesting – right from the start! The book opens with a Tahiti fact sheet. Even as a kid, I would find this most interesting. It is sure to come up in a class somewhere. Just think how smart you will...
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1-31-2008
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To Oz and Back by Alexandra Eden
Bones Fatzinger is an ex-police officer kicked off the force for being too lenient with criminals. Left to live on a tight budget, he stays in the Broad Street Hotel, where he befriends the owner’s granddaughter, 12-year-old Verity Buscador.
When two of Verity’s classmates mysteriously disappear, Bones and the Duchess team up and launch their own investigation. Although Bones is doubtful that Verity can offer any help, she soon proves valuable.
Together they discover a series of...
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1-1-1970
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Meet Susan M. Heim, a writer and editor who specializes in multiples, parenting and women’s issues
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest Susan M. Heim. Susan is a writer and editor who specializes in multiples, parenting and women’s issues. She is also the author of Twice the Love: Stories of Inspiration for Families…with Twins, Multiples and Singletons, It’s Twins! Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy Through Adolescence, and Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First Year.In addition, she is a former Senior Editor for...
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1-16-2008
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Murder in Mayberry
Click Here To Purchase Murder In Mayberry Authors: Mary Kinney Branson, Jack Branson ISBN: 978-0-88282-325-6Publisher: New Horizon Press Mary Kinney Branson, who has a B.A. degree, is president of AptWord, Inc. She is the author of more then sixteen books in the children and Christian genre as well as ghost-writing many more. She resides in Cumming, Georgia with husband
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4-28-2008
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Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success Ellen Denise JuniousISBN: 978-0-595-44390-1Ellen Junious's compact self-help book, "Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage," packs a powerful punch to help readers get down to the basics of how to improve their lives. She provides simple tools to help conquer barriers in reaching for success. The author breaks the book into two parts: The first part addresses the...
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10-14-2007
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A Conversation With Jason Akley Author of Salted With Salt And The Altar Of Silence.
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Salted With Sat and The Altar of Silence: Two Novellas Today, Norm Goldman, Editor& Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Jason Akley author of Salted With Salt And The Altar Of Silence.Good day Jason and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:When did you decide that you wanted to be a writer? I notice from reading your bio that you graduated from Tulane University in physics and mathematical economics.Jason:I wrote my...
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9-29-2007
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Meet Ned Lord Author of An Opportunity for Revenge and All The Guys Are Bad Guys
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ned Lord author of An Opportunity for Revenge and All the Guys are Bad Guys. Good day Ned and thanks once again for participating in our interview.Ned: It's always a pleasure to speak with you. Norm: I believe An Opportunity for Revenge is your
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2-8-2008
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Desperate Tigress – Tigress Series
Author: Jade LeeISBN: 9780843955057 Desperate Tigress is an internal journey of one woman’s goal to seek immortality through her sexual teachings. Her life is filled with caring for her children, fulfilling her husband’s needs and mundane tasks of caring for her household. Shi Po feels the need to find happiness within herself in order to continue her life on Earth.This is a sexually charged story set in Shanghai in the 1800’s. The author immerses the reader in Chinese culture and gives...
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3-23-2007
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Lost Land of Jur by Tom Johnson
The following review was contributed by:
SHERRY L.STOLL
Lost Land of Jur by Tom Johnson takes you on another scientific adventure through time portals in the Jurassic Period. This time our hero is early 1900’s pilot, Jack Richards. He’s learned of Jur’s existence and vows to experience it for himself. He meets and falls in love with the exotic beauty, Mai Ling, from the 1960’s who has accidentally slipped through another time portal. A language barrier exists between them...
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1-1-1970
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Good-bye, Baby Max
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Good-bye, Baby MaxAuthors: Diane Cantrell & Heather CastlesISBN-10: 1933538953 ISBN-13: 978-1933538952 Many children books are printed each month to amuse kids of varying ages. This colorful, hardcover children’s title Good-bye, Baby Max (Bridgeway Books, Texas, 2007) by Diane Cantrell & Heather Castles is special in its purpose of teaching an invaluable lesson: that of properly saying the final farewell to a loved one who is no more. The book tells...
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2-16-2008
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Goodbye Gutenberg
Author: Written and designed by Valerie KirschenbaumPublishers: Global Renaissance Society, LLCISBN: 0974575038 The following review was contributed by:
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12-16-2004
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THE GALLAGHER GUIDE TO THE BABY YEARS
Edited By: Stephanie Gallagher Publisher: Atria Books ISBN: 0-7434-8476-2 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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5-13-2005
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Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating?
Author: Donald W. MilesISBN: 0-595-39241-5 Responsible parenting or teaching would send an inquisitive child to "look it up," whatever "it" may be—a word, a fact, or an historical event. But what happens when there are no credible, adult focused resources to research from? Donald W. Miles found this to be the case when he went searching for a book to recount the historical events of the popular holiday, Cinco de Mayo. Children's books about the holiday were plentiful,...
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5-1-2007
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Do-It-Yourself Natural Health: Natural Health Trio:Sub-Title: Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Herbal Therapy
Author: John Sherman, Ph.D., OTR, CSTPublisher: New Found Therapies PublicationsISBN: 0-9709411-2-9The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews This book is the latest by the author who has authored several other books onthe subject over the last six years. It combines in one handy volume, threealternative treatment options for 60 common ailments and conditions.Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Herbal Therapy are covered. The acupressure pointsare...
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8-8-2006
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Living Beyond Belief
Click Here To Purchase Living Beyond Belief Author: Jaia LeeISBN: 978-1-933538-59-4 Publisher: Bridgeway Books Over weight, depressed, involved in addictions and in an abuse relationship but one day everything changed, Jaia Le
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4-2-2008
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Skulduggery Pleasant
Author: Derek LandyISBN: 978-0-06-12315-5Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon What can I say about Skulduggery Pleasant? He’s an accomplished detective with a flair for fashion and witty conversation. I suppose I should also tell you that he’s a sorcerer who snaps up fireballs faster than I can crack gum. Okay, there’s one more tiny detail—he’s one of the undead, but he’s really a nice guy folks, honestly! Did I forget to mention that he’s a walking,...
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7-21-2007
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel
Author: Tom MonteleoneISBN: 1-59257-172-7 Novelist Tom Montelone is such an entertaining writer that it is quite possible readers without writerly aspirations would enjoy his “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel.” Monteleone is that funny! In the chapter dealing with plot, he claims that writers who allow their antagonists to triumph at story
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4-28-2007
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Sleeping on Potatoes
Author: Dr. Carl Nomura ISBN: 0970194730 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE ‘Sleeping on Potatoes is the metaphor for the bumpy and lumpy ride I had in my formative years,’ Dr. Carl Nomura explains in the preface to his debut publication Sleeping on Potatoes: A Lumpy Adventure from Manzanar to the Corporate Tower (Erasmus Books, Washington, 2003). Nomura then extends this metaphor into a vivified mosaic...
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6-1-2006
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Release Your Writing (Book publishing, your way!)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Release Your Writing (Book publishing, your way!)Author Helen Gallagher ISBN: 978-1-60264-060-3Publisher: virtualbookworm.com This handy book gives you all the knowledge you could ever need in order to publish your book. It tells you absolutely everything.I have tried unsuccessfully myself to acquire an agent or a publisher to get my novel into print. I did eventually self-publish a few copies but had I read this book first then I would have probably...
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2-12-2008
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Joe Mathews Co-Author of Street Smart Franchising Interviewed
Authors: Joe Mathews, Don DeBolt, Deb PercivalISBN: 1599180219 The following interview was conducted by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERETo read Manuela's review of Street Smart Franchising CLICKHEREManuela:What is a franchise and please explain the benefits of owning one? Tell us about what you do to help franchisors and franchisees in your business. Joe:I help franchisors maximize their royalty collections by helping them recruit, develop and train peak performing...
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8-7-2006
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Working the Hard Side of the Street by Kirk Alex
The following review was contributed by
PAUL LAPPEN
This is a group of short stories and poems about life
in present-day Hollywood, as seen from the bottom
looking up.
Alex is a native of Sarajevo who found himself in Los
Angeles by way of Brussels and Chicago (plus an army
stint in Vietnam). He had writing in his blood, and
figured L.A. was the place to go. While amassing
rejection slips, he worked a variety of jobs including
furniture moving, painting apartments, TV repos...
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1-1-1970
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Cheshire (A portrait in colour)
Authors: Bill Meadows, Leslie RadcliffePublisher: Countryside BooksISBN: 978-1-85306-262-9 Bill Meadows found himself to be very intrigued by the countryside at an early age. Meadows is now classed as a leading landscape photographer whose work is regularly requested for use with a wide range of printed products including books. He currently works from a studio but prefers location work where he is able to feel more connected and can add to his remarkable photo library. Leslie Radcliffe, a...
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11-24-2007
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Author of The Newspaper Boy, Leon Newton Interviewed
Author: Leon Newton ISBN: 0741423936The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of The Newspaper Boy CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Leon Newton, author of The Newspaper Boy.Good day Leon and that you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.
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12-13-2005
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The Legend of Ron Anejo by Ed Teja
The reviewer of the following review is Warren Thurston,author of children's books, who lives in Australia.
You can find out more about Warren by clicking on his
his site
The Caribbean has always brought to mind scenes of tropical beauty. It is a place where the free spirit of the early buccaneers lingers. Somewhere that one can be the master of one's destiny and leave the hassles of the modern world behind.
So it was with the great Ron Anejo and his shipboard mate, the narrator...
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1-1-1970
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From Book to Bestseller
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon From Book to Bestseller Author: Penny SansevieriISBN: 1-600370-8-96"From Book to Bestseller" has been called "the roadmap to publishing success." This author can see why. Divided into eight sections, Sansevieri walks you through everything you will need to take your book from idea to bestseller.
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2-10-2007
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The Truth About Fairy Tales
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Truth About Fairy Tales Author: K.T. Casha Publisher: Echo Books LondonISBN: 978-1-4196-6293-5 Don’t judge a book by its cover, that is very much the point you have to take into consideration with this novel. While it may appear to be about fairytales, it is actually not about fairies and other such beings at all but amazingly romance for the modern, older woman.Having had too many past relationships fail, writer Cate McCormack instead puts her heart...
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1-14-2008
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Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture, & Stitch
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture, & Stitch Author: Sandra MeechPublisher: Batsford, an imprint of Anova Books Co. Ltd.; distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling PublishingISBN: 978-0-7134-9006-0 Knowing where you want to go but not having a map to get there is a frustrating predicament. Fortunately, Sandra Meech has provided a detailed map for the new quilt artist stri
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3-15-2007
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Virus Games
Click Here To Purchase Virus Games Author: G.L SheerinISBN: 978-1-934454-04-6 Publisher: Synergy Books G.L Sheerin is an information t
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5-5-2008
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A 1001 Nights in Iraq
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A 1001 Nights In Iraq Author: Shant KenderianPublisher: Atria BooksISBN: 978-1-4165-4019-9There’s a popular saying that “truth is stranger than fiction.” In the case of Shant Kenderian, the saying certainly applies. In his nonfiction book (once the most popular selling book on BookSurge before being picked up by publisher Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster), Kenderian recounts his own tale of being drafted to fight a war against his own country.
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11-9-2007
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OBSESSED
Author: Ted DekkerISBN: 0849943736
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2-23-2005
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Diary of a Palm Reader
Author: Myrna Lou GoldbaumPublisher: Infinity Publishing (January 15, 2004) ISBN: 0741418568 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray Somerset. Click HERE to view more of Jennifer's ReviewsMyrna Lou Goldbaum’s book is an encapsulated version of some of her palm readingsessions that span from the year 1956 to 2003. These reading take place invarious venues, from a quiet corner in her high school to the familiarsurroundings of her parked car but they all have the same need for...
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9-22-2005
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A Conversation with Kyra E. Hicks Author of Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria
Author: Kyra E. HicksIllustrator: Lee Edward FodiISBN: 10: 1933285597: 13-1933285597Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher and Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Kyra E. Hicks, author of Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria.Good day Kyra and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm: Kyra, please tell our readers something about yourself and what motivated you to write Martha Ann’s Quilt for Queen Victoria? Why did you feel compelled to write this book and why...
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1-17-2007
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A Light in the Window by Jan Karon
This review was contributed by CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON award-winning author of This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered. Carolyn Howard-Johnson is a columnist for the Pasadena Star-News and writes movie reviews for the Glendale New-Press. She is also the author of This is the Place a coming-of-age story about a young journalist who finds the courage and vision to lead a life she had never imagined. The prologue is available by sending an e-mail to:...
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10-19-2004
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A Conversation With Michael Merry Author of The Reluctant Colonel
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Michael Merry author of The Golden Altar and his most recent novel The Reluctant Colonel.Good day Michael and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm: In fiction as well as in non-fiction, writers very often take liberties with their material to tell a good story or make a point. But how much is too much?Michael: I’ve found that the most unbelievable stories are often 100% true. Years ago...
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5-8-2008
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I Know I'm In There Somewhere by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D
The following review was contributed by: Rachel Newcombe & Click Here To View Rachel Newcombe's ReviewsSub-titled A Woman's Guide to Finding her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity, this book is a well thought out and intriguing guide for women who strive to accept themselves and live accordingly. Written by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D, a psychologist and director of Women's Counselling and Psychological Services in Frederick and Bethseda, Maryland, the book offers an alternative...
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2-27-2005
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Brian Smith Author of Losing Innocence Interviewed
Author: Brian Smith:Publisher: PublishAmericaISBN: 1424100380 The following interview was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of Losing Innocence CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Brian Smith, author of Losing Innocence.Good day Brian and thank you for participating in our interview.Norm:Why do you write and why did you feel...
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12-3-2005
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Spirituality Simplified
Author: Jeff MaziarekISBN: 0974484105The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Jeff Maziarek CLICK HEREJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified asserts in his introduction that the principal impetus for his writing his book was to create a spiritual growth book that would be accessible to mainstream readers. Moreover, it would include “the best of the best” content gleaned...
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5-3-2006
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The Double Exodus Theory
Author: Steve BrockPubliszher: TurnKey PressISBN 0-9754803-0-8The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews This is a book written for professional Bible scholars. For lay people or amateur scholars, it is a load to read. It is also in a strange 8 ½ by 11 layout, more like a children’s coloring book. Not a proper format for what is really a textbook.
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2-23-2005
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Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids (What Parents Need to Know, What Parents Need to Do)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids (What Parents Need to Know, What Parents Need to Do)Authors: Linda Bress Silbert, Ph.D and Alvin J. Silbert, Ed.D. ISBN 13: 978-0-8253-0577-1ISBN 10: 0-8253-0577-2Publisher: Beaufort Books Linda and Alvin Silbert have worked with children to improve their growth and enhancement for over thirty-five years. They have written over forty books for kids in kindergarten right through to college.They provide lectures and lead...
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3-18-2008
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Cecil L. Milliner Author of Willie May Medcalf: A Novel of the Old West and Its Sequels Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Cecil L. Milliner author of , Willie May Medcalf: A Novel of the Old WestBend In The River and Sarah, Come Home.Good day Cecil and thanks for participating in our interviewNorm:Cecil, when did your passion for writing begin? What kept you going?Cecil: When I was in the fourth or fifth grade I began reading the pulp westerns. Iwanted to be like Zane Grey. I wanted to tell a story. I got some paper andwrote several...
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9-18-2006
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We Are the New Auroras
Author: Adam Daniel MezeiISBN: 0595380697The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Adam Daniel Mezei CLICK HEREAs a loyal Canadian, I am delighted to see that within the last several yearsthere have been quite a few Canadian authors who are making their mark in theinternational literary scene. Just looking over the undergraduate calendar of myold alma mater, I noticed that there...
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4-13-2006
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Accounting (2nd Edition)
Authors: Lita Epstein, MBA & Shellie Moore, CPAPublisher: ALPHA (Penguin); ISBN: 1-59257-530-7This accounting installment of the Idiot’s series is 331 pages in length. The 26 chapters are organized into 6 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (glossary, key business forms and small business tax and form calendar index). The first question, when reading the title and cover of the book, is what is meant by the title. Does “accounting” mean financial...
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2-19-2007
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In My Backyard
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon In My BackyardAuthor: Valerie GiogasISBN: 978-0-9777423-1-8Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing There’s a lot of learning going on in Valerie Giosgas’ In My Backyard. Rhyming clips introduce children to counting from one to ten and common backyard animals. They’ll learn the names for baby animals and other interesting traits. The back matter includes a lot of practical
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3-3-2008
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Gringos in Real Estate: A Housing Crash Survivor Tells All
Click Here To Purchase Gringos in Real Estate Author: Robert G. BaglioISBN: 1432719270It is a pretty safe bet that if there really is a simple way to make money, then people will not be writing books about it. They will instead be out making that money and keeping it quiet to prevent increased competition queering the whole pitch. Making money at real estate speculation (or investment if you prefer) is clearly not going to be an option, irrespective of the number of books written about the...
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6-30-2008
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In a Parrot’s Shoes by Mindy Wilson
The Following review was contributed by: Molly MartinIt is three weeks before the end of fifth grade when Megan Parrot comes to join the class. Mindy likes her right away until Megan begins copying everything Mindy does. Mindy likes to be a little bit different… one red shoe and one yellow shoe, and the like. Mindy fusses and fumes as Megan get a notebook like Mindy’s and wants only the bottoms of the hamburger bun like Mindy’s until Mom points out that Megan must think Mindy is pretty cool...
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10-11-2004
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MUNSCHWORKS 4: THE FOURTH MUNSCH TREASURY
Author: Robert N. Munsch: Saoussan Askar: Illustrators Michael Martchenko: Suzanne DuranceauISBN 1-55037-766-3 The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman: CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsBest-selling Children's author Robert Munsch has over 35 titles in print. Since his first two books, Mud Puddle and The Dark were published in 1979, he has sold over 31 million books in over ten languages.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Munsch studied for seven years to be a...
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12-16-2005
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When the Mississippi Ran Backwards
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon When the Mississippi Ran Backwards Author: Jay FeldmanISBN: 0-7432-4278-5Publisher: Free Press Jay Feldman skillfully builds the opening of the west around the New Madrid earthquakes into an historical perspective of national building.Perhaps the most powerful character in the books is Tecumseh. Trying to build a coalition of tribes to stand against the white man, he met with resistance. He warned the tribes that he would stamp his feet and bring down their...
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10-23-2007
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Forward to Camelot by Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn
The following review was contributed by
WARREN THURSTON
A soap-opera actress with old family tragedies is recruited for a treasure hunt that will take her back to Dallas in 1963. She agrees to go, but only if she can spend time with the father she never knew, who disappeared forever the day the president was shot. Once back in 1963, though, she will find that her beloved lost father is somehow tied to a plot that will result in the assassination of the president. She finally makes the...
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1-1-1970
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9/11 Synthetic Terror
Author: Webster Griffin TarpleyISBN: 0930852370Third editionI live in a country in which real power is wielded behind the scenes and which, late last year, organised a military coup to depose the democratically elected government. It is a country where disappearances can take place and large numbers of killings take place without proper investigation. It is also a country in which the majority of the people fail to question the conditioning they have been given since school days and who have...
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2-3-2007
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Little Skink’s Tail
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Little Skink’s TailAuthor: Janet HalfmannISBN: 978-0-9768823-8-1Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing Janet Halfmann’s Little Skink’s Tail has something a lot of nonfiction books for children don’t—it has a moral just like fiction. The story’s got a natural science bent, but perhaps the real value of the story is that everything is perfect, just as it is. While Skink has breakfast, she almost becomes breakfast
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3-3-2008
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Critical Reading
Authors: Amy Wall and Regina WallISBN: 1592573401 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews How often have we heard the statement that someone is a prolific reader or that he or she is well-read?At first this may impress us, however, when you think about it, you have to ask how much these individuals retain and what are they getting out of their reading? As Amy Wall and Regina Wall point out in The Complete...
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6-7-2006
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Spain’s Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Pablo E. Pérez-MallaínaISBN: 0801881838In the wake of Christopher Columbus, Spanish fleets traveled regularly to the New World of the Americas for trade, for conquest, for saving souls and, above all, for seeking fortunes. Most people will be familiar with the mighty (but often fragile) ships that plied the waves and some of the names of the great captains and explorers of the times – but what of the men and, less commonly, women, who crewed these ships, who lived and died on the...
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3-1-2007
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Troy Cook, Author of 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers Is Interviewed
Author: Troy CookPublishers: Capital Crime PressISBN: 0977627667 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of the book CLICK HEREToday Norm Goldman Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Troy Cook author of 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers.Good day Troy and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:
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2-25-2006
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Riches in Niches (How to Make it BIG in a Small Market)
Click Here To Purchase Riches in Niches (How to Make it BIG in a Small Market) Author: Susan FriedmannISBN 13: 978-1-56414-930-5ISBN 10: 1-56414-930-7Publisher: Career Press Susan Friedmann is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional). She is an internationally recognized
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4-28-2008
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Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide to Media Mirages and Establishment Lies by Russ Kick (ed.)
The following book was reviewed by PAUL LAPPEN
This is another in a series of books containing
articles on subjects that will not be covered in the
mainstream press. Spanning the political spectrum, the
independent researchers, media critics and other
experts behind these pieces (many written especially
for this book) blow away the fog that keeps us
confused.
Greg Palast catches the news media in several blatant
lies; not just misinterpretation, but actual, black
and white,...
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1-1-1970
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Roget’s Thesaurus of Phrases by Barbara Ann Kipfer Ph.D.
Have you ever tried to locate a reference book devoted entirely to the synonyms of phrases? For example, you wish to avoid an over used expression such as “over one’s head” and replace it with one word. Most thesauri would not be of much help, as they are primarily devoted to offering synonyms for single words. Furthermore, all of the headwords in most of these thesauri are single words. Incidentally, how about using one of the following serve as a replacement: baffling, bewildering, beyond...
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3-21-2007
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Roger Ellerton Author of Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up Interviewed
Author: Roger Ellerton ISBN: 1412047099 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Roger Ellerton author of Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up.
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12-15-2005
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The Time Has Come - The Book of Grace - Part One
Author: Barbara Oleynick ISBN: 978-0-9755922-5-0 and 0-9755922-5-4 Publisher: Synergy BooksThe following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's ReviewsThe photograph of a small baby with chubby cheeks and beautiful eyes calls toyou from the front cover of this book. If you are called or destined to respond,you will read this book, like I did. This books gets to the core of the reader,the heart. It certainly did to me. Made me cry at several places with itsintense...
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11-13-2005
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Obedience
Click Here To Purchase Obedience: A Novel Author: Will Lavender
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10-24-2008
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Dr. Bach’s Flower Remedies:Tapping into the positive emotional qualities of the Chakras
Authors: Philip Salmon and Anna JeoffroyPublisher: Lotus Publishing, Chichester, UK and North Atlantic BooksISBN-10: 1-55643-640-8ISBN-13: 978-1556436406I requested and received this beautiful book from NAB’s publicist after seeing an excerpt on the net (a .pdf file) and the printed book is equally good or even better in its get up and print quality. This book combines the wisdom of Dr. Edward Bach whose 38 flower remedies have established an excellent reputation from many users since their...
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6-23-2007
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Amber T. Kingston Shares Her Thoughts About Her Debut Children's Book Laura and the Leprechauns
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Laura and the LeprechaunsAuthor & Illustrator: Amber T. KingstonISBN: 978-0-9795933-0-7 Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Amber T. Kingston author of Laura and the Leprechauns.Good day Amber and thanks for participating in our interview.Amber:Thank you, Norm. It’s a pleasure to speak with you.
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12-12-2007
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Award Winning Author, Cheryl Kaye Tardif is Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Canadian award winning mystery author Cheryl Kaye Tardif. Cheryl has authored three novels and her most recent novel, The River, was released in September 2005; her two previous novels being, Whale Song and Divine Intervention. In 2004, Tardif was nominated for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. In addition, Cheryl has been extensively interviewed by the media and she has been featured in The...
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11-24-2005
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Conversation In The Crayon Box by Christine D. Patterson
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Conversation In The Crayon Box by Christine D. Patterson Author: Christine PattersonISBN: 978-1-4327-1469-7Publishers: Outskirts Press Inc. It takes a very special author to capture the hearts and minds of our youngest of audiences; and I think we have found just such an author in Christine Patterson.Her new children’s book Conversation In The Crayon Box was a joy to read, bo
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2-22-2008
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When You’re Hot You’re Hot How I Laughed My Way Through Menopause by Jan King
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Reading Jan King’s, When You’re Hot You’re Hot How I Laughed My Way Through Menopause, is a little like watching some of the well- known female comedians such as Margaret Cho, Rosanne, Bette Midler, Carol Leifer, Bonnie Hammer, Dawn French or Ellen Degeneres parade on stage and perform their various shticks. Only this time the shtick is about menopause performed by King, who asserts, “I’m officially out of the egg...
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10-28-2004
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Teddy the Bear
Click Here To Purchase Teddy The Bear Author: Billy YoungISBN: 9781847990686 Publisher: Lulu After reading the children’s book, Teddy the Bear, by Billy Young, I find myself deeply disturbed. I am not entirely sure which age bracket this is designed for, but my best gu
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4-21-2008
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Daddy, What is Success?
Click Here To Purchase Daddy, What is Success? Author: Richard A. Singer, Helen Thomas and Joseph BettyPublisher: Books For LivingISBN-10: 0615213359: ISBN-13: 978-0615213354 If your kids have ever asked you “what is success” then hand them this book which endeavours to educate children in the keys to being successful.In this story readers meet two children, Michael and Emily. For their school homework they have been asked to write about what they think success means. They aren’t too sure...
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11-4-2008
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Scottish Wildlife (Say it in Scots!)
Click Here To Purchase Scottish Wildlife (Say it in Scots!) Author: Chris RobinsonISBN: 978-1-84502-195-5Publisher: Black and White Publishing Chris Robinson
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4-22-2008
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The Road Warrior’s Guide to Sales Management
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Road Warrior’s Guide to Sales Management Author: Tom SchaberISBN: 1592981992Academics prefer to think of business these days as involving such ideas as sustainable competitive advantage, advanced human resource development in the information age and making the strategic fit between demand and production. In reality, almost no business would get done without the salesperson. This individual is often satirized and has a generally low reputation. Good...
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3-18-2008
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Afterburn
Author: S.L. Viehl ISBN: 0451460294 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsPart of a series, this novel is about the planet Kevarzangia Two, and itswater-breathing inhabitants.The Hsktskt slavers have been pushed out of the quadrant, so the four sentientraces, who call themselves the Allied League of Worlds, meet on K-2 for a peaceconference. The participants, two air-breathing races and two water-breathingraces, don't particularly like each...
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7-14-2006
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The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years The real moms’ survey of top rated products and advice
Editor: Stephanie Gallagher ISBN: 0 7434 8476 2Publisher: Atria BooksThe following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsThe narrative is not a storybook. The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years The real moms’ survey of top rated products and advice is a 222 page compilation of new parenting information gathered by the editor. Chapter one covers Pregnancy including ways to cope with morning sickness, maternity wardrobe and picking the baby...
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5-31-2005
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The Human Antenna
Click Here To Purchase The Human AntennaAuthor: Dr. Robbin KellyISBN: 978-1-60415-014-8 Acupuncture and other methods of alternate healing have been in use for centuries and have repeatedly been criticized by hard-shelled scientists and medical professionals as devoid of any solid scientific base. But Dr. Robin Kelly’s recent book The Human Antenna (Elite Books, California, 2007) brings up a whole new face of human existence in the light of some really fascinating research studies. Mainstream...
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6-22-2008
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A Conversation With JoAnn Dahan Author of Kids Training Puppies in 5 Minutes
Author: JoAnn DahanPhotography By Walter GeorgeISBN: 0-9776861-0-8Susan: JoAnn, please tell our readers something about yourself. Specifically, what motivated you to write a dog-training book for kids? JoAnn: As a breeder and trainer for over 15 years, I am often asked by new puppy owners if there’s a puppy-training book on the market that I can recommend to them for their children. There are many training books on the market. Most are for adults and the rest are geared toward older...
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3-19-2007
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Reality: The Novel
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Jeff HavensISBN: 978-0-089733-548-5Publishers: Academy Chicago PublishersWhether you love it or hate it, reality TV has permeated the American television landscape. In this biting satire, Jeff Havens has presented a withering view of the medium from inside the creative consulting offices of Nova, whose mission is to develop new reality shows for the major networks. Nova's shows are designed to push the envelope to new heights of outrage and...
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8-3-2007
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Conversation With Robert Fate Author of Baby Shark's BEAUMONT BLUES
Author: Robert FateISBN: 13: 978-0-9776276-2-2Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Robert Fate, author of Baby Shark’s BEAUMONT BLUES.Good day Robert and thanks once again for participating in our interview.Norm:Robert, since we last communicated you have authored a second novel, Baby Shark’s BEAUMONT BLUES and I understand you are working on a third one. How do you get your inspiration to keep on writing? How long does it take you...
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12-20-2006
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Interview With Barbara Dyson-Williams Author of The Road Of Silk A Fantasy Novel
Author: Barnara Dyson-WilliamsISBN: 0974764469Publisher: Synergy Books The following interview was conducted by: Theresa Derwin: Click here to read Theresa’s reviews.With the galaxy size success of Star Wars Episode III, it is evident that the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre is appealing to kids of all ages, including Seniors. Barabara Dyson Williams, author of the "Road of Silk" and self-confessed Sci-Fi nut,is one such representative of that demographic. She's here to give her perspective...
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6-16-2005
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Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the War of the Roses
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the War of the RosesAuthor: Sandra WorthPublisher: Berkley BooksISBN: 978-0-425-21914-0 Set amidst the War of the R
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2-6-2008
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The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again by Tina Tessina
The following review was contributed by
WARREN THURSTON
Fear and loneliness lead people to live quite negative lives. These emotions hold back the emotional growth of a person, no matter what their age. Life is a short time frame given to us to enjoy creation. One needs to take full advantage of this situation.
There is a fear of change, of going taken outside one's comfort zone. The unknown always conjures up images based on myth rather than fact. Keeping an open mind about...
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1-1-1970
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Book Marketing Expert and Book Publicist Scott Lorenz Interviewed by Bookpleasures.com Editor Norm Goldman
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Scott Lorenz, President of Westwind Communications, a public relations and marketing firm.One of the services Scott provides is as a book publicist and book marketing expert.Good day Scott and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview about book marketing.Norm:Scott, could you tell our readers something about yourself, and a brief description of Westward Communications.Scott:Westwind...
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9-16-2005
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Their Way Home (My adventures as a Ghost Guide)
Click Here To Purchase Their Way Home Author: Melissa Van RossumPublisher: MetaPublishingISBN 13: 978-0-9792265-3-3ISBN 10: 0-9792265-3-8 I’ve always had a keen interest for things paranormal so this book appealed to me on many levels. Melissa Van Rossum is a physic who has seen ghosts for most of her life. Growing up be
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9-24-2008
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Courage of Fear
Author:Barbara BoyerISBN: 9780615203638Publisher: Ocean-Moon Publishing I think the closest word I can find to describe Courage of Fear, by Barbara Boyer is surprising. Barbara Boyer was born in Massachusetts, raised her daughter in Kansas, and now resides in California where she delves in writing screenplays, books, and acting. Courage of Fear is her first title.
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8-29-2008
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Before the Storm
Click Here To Purchase Before The Storm Author: Diane ChamberlainISBN: 9780778325413 Publisher: Mira Books I found Before the Storm, by Diane Chamberlain, enchanting. Diane Chambe
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7-19-2008
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Angels, Twice Descending
Author: Justin SmithPublished by Silver Leaf BooksThe following review of the ARC copy was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's Reviews Revisiting the chaotic world of Constance Fairchild, Justin Smith opens his latest novel, 'Angels, Twice Descending,' with a dream sequence that foreshadows events to come, immediately pulling the reader into the adventures of the protagonist while using lyrical language full of symbolic imagery.Set in the not-too-distant future, the...
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4-20-2006
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Sleep Before Evening
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sleep Before Evening Author: Magdalena BallISBN-10: 1904492967 ISBN-13: 978-1904492962 In her debut novel Sleep Before Evening (Bewrite Books, United Kingdom, 2007), Magdalena Ball probes into the psychic maze of teenage delinquency. The book shows the angst of the heroine Marianne Cotton, a 17-year old girl of artistic aptitude, who grapples with the emptiness of life by resorting to drugs and ends up close to death. From the death of her affectionate...
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10-6-2007
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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...
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6-14-2006
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From Book to Bestseller: An Insider’s Guide to Publicizing and Marketing your Book!
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon From Book to Bestseller Author: Penny C. SansevieriISBN: 1-60037-085-3 (Paperback): ISBN: 1-60037-084-5 (Hardcover) From Book to Bestseller is a softbound book with 9 sections (or chapters). The book is also available in hardbound, eBook, and audio CD formats. The acknowledgments section is heartfelt and the disclaimer cautions the reader that additional marketing tools, beyond this single book, are recommended, and even offers a full refund for those...
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2-3-2007
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Ned Lord Author of All the Guys are Bad Guys is Interviewed
Author: Ned LordISBN: 0977476707The following interview was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of All the Guys are Bad Guys CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ned Lord, author of All the Guys are Bad Guys.Good day, Ned, and thank you for participating in our interview.Norm:Ned, please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and...
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3-25-2006
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Keys to Great Writing by Stephen Wilbers
A writer’s tool kit should include a good dictionary, a thesaurus, a style manual, and a copy of Stephen Wilbers excellent book, Keys to Great Writing. Wilbers credentials are impressive. He is a former Fulbright scholar, syndicated columnist, adjunct professor and writing consultant, author of a few books on writing. In 1995, he won the Outstanding Faculty Award at Hamline University’s graduate studies program. What are the keys to great writing? Wilbers informs us his students always want...
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3-21-2007
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Tearjerker by Daniel Hayes
The following review was contributed by:
Norm Goldman Editor of Bookpleasures
Although, I don’t recommend abducting an editor and keeping him captive for several weeks, that is just what novelist Daniel Hayes’ principal character, Evan Ulmer, accomplishes when he imprisons in his basement editor Robert Partnow who had previously rejected his manuscript.
Tearjerker revolves around three characters, Ulmer, Partnow and Ulmer’s platonic girlfriend, Promise Buckley. The dialogue among...
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1-1-1970
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When Shadows Fall
Click Here To Purchase When Shadows Fall Author: Kate FellowesISBN: 9781934041222 Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books After reading the book,
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3-29-2008
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Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly?
Author: Tom McWhirterArt work by Mary MeadeChupp Road PressISBN: 978-0-9761853-0-7Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly? Is beautifully written, the hardback cover is amazing and with the movement of the book you can see the butterflies fly. The author Tom McWhirter has a great imagination and has produced a lovely children's book for all to enjoy and treasure.The story contains bold and vibrant imaginative images of illustrator Mary Meade, the art work is superbly done to ignite the imaginations...
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3-31-2007
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The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength and a Leaner, Harder Body.
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength and a Leaner, Harder Body. Author: Ori Hofmekler (Forewords by Harvey Diamond and Udo Erasmus) ISBN: 978-1-58394-200-0Publisher: Blue Snake Books A glance at the back of this book and you are promised you will learn that this “warrior diet” can help to increase your strength, speed and resilience to fatigue. You will also learn the ideal food combinations that can...
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2-6-2008
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Nirvana
Author: Kevin Marley:ISBN: 1411622197The present review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews A Human Soul is watching the people of Earth from Heaven, knowing that he isabout to be sent there to become human. He is born as Ray Sawol of Philadelphia.Ray grows up in present-day America, about which the author has very little goodto say. His parents get divorced, because of his father's infidelity. Ray is ona constant search for enlightenment, for that undefinable...
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1-17-2006
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A Fish With a Wish
Click Here To Purchase a Fish with a Wish Author: Ethan CrownberryISBN: 978-1-4357-0050-5Publisher: Lulu.com
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4-24-2008
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The Boyfriend List
Author: E. LockhartPublisher: Delacorte Press, a division of Random House Children’s Books IncISBN: 0 385 73206 6
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8-4-2005
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Your-Never Ending Life: Book 1 of the Universal Learning Series
Author: Sandy AndrewISBN: 1933538333 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray Somerset: Click Here To Read Jennifer's ReviewsSandy Andrew takes the teaching of Universal Learning and breaks it do to digestible lessons that can either be digested as parts or as a whole. Andrew has grouped these lessons together by Spirit- who you are; Lifetime – why you are here; and the final chapter that puts that understanding together with the spiritual guidance from the universe that you...
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1-21-2006
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Obsessed
Author: Ted DekkerPublisher: WestBow PressISBN: 0-8499-4373-6The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews. The thriller/suspense/mystery (or as they call Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code—“intelligent thrillers”) genre absolutely requires that the premise be rational, realistic, and believable; that one learn something from it; and that it have a chase theme. I have been writing in the genre; so I may be hypercritical. But I think...
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2-23-2005
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Extreme Monsters: The Blue Moon Effect
Author: Mel FriedmanIllustrator: Eric SmithPublisher: Penny Candy Press, an imprint of Brighter Minds PublishingISBN: 1-55791-178-4Vampires, werewolves, street luging and speed climbing . . . Extreme Monsters: The Blue Moon Effect has them all. The first in a string of page-turning chapter books featuring a lineup of stuntmen with superpowers, this series debut introduces the Extreme Monsters daredevil sports team: a skateboarding vampire, a street luging witch, an in-line skating werewolf, a...
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3-27-2007
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Generation Dead
Click Here To Purchase Generation Dead Author: Daniel WatersISBN: 9781432109211 Publisher: Hyperion Books To summarize in one word Daniel Waters' Generation Dead - Clever!
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5-19-2008
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Communion-cating with God
Click Here To Purchase Communion-cating with God Author: Stephen EdwardsPublisher: Bridgeway Books ISBN: 978-1-933538-75-4Being a non-believer I thought it would be interesting to take a look at this book. I was pleasantly surprised to read the author’s introduction and how he clarifies that not everyone has a religion but we all have a spirit. How very true this is and refreshing that Edwards realizes this. His journey however has brought him to believe in God “our creator”. He talks of...
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9-1-2008
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Roget’s Descriptive Word Finder-A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives by Barbara Ann Kipfer Ph.D.
I am quite sure that almost anyone, who has ever taken an English course in high school or college, had to purchase at least one copy of Roget’s Thesaurus. I never knew, until recently, the derivation of the term “thesaurus.” Apparently the term had been derived from the post-medieval version of Latin, and it basically means treasure or a storehouse. We immediately associate the term thesaurus with Roget, whose full name was Peter Mark Roget. This brilliant individual was a medical doctor,...
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3-21-2007
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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...
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1-1-1970
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Movie Girl,
Click Here To Purchase Movie Girl Author: Christina HamlettISBN: 9781432718541 Publisher: OutskirtsPress I found Movie Girl, by Christina Hamlett, fascinating. Christina Hamlett is a former actress and theatre director. She is an award-winning author, a ghostwriter for The
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8-7-2008
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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...
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4-22-2007
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Life is Sweet
Click Here To Purchase Life Is Sweet Author: Ulysses BravePublisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 978-1-84502-183-2Ulysses Brave is a self-help guru who specializes in animal self-consciousness. He is the author of several light-hearted philosophical books filled with careful choices of words and images.He was born on an island north of Scotland and has since travelled throughout the world, honing his gentle wit through much observation and active listening. Life certainly is sweet if...
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9-1-2008
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Civilization And Its Enemies:The Next Stage of History by Lee Harris
The following review was submitted by: NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES The over-whelming sentiment of Lee Harris’s timely Civilization And Its Enemies The Next Stage of History is pretty much summed up in the Preface when he asserts: “The subject of this book is forgetfulness.” Harris, who could be described as a “philosopher’s philosopher,” convincingly places 9/11 into perspective with carefully crafted arguments reminding the reader that we have learned little from the past. Concepts...
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10-28-2004
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Spirit Walks with Gregory
AuthorL Mick AveryISBN: 0-975599-1-5The following review was contributed by: Tami Brady & CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsSpirit Walks with Gregory is the second book from the author that features the channelled teachings of Gregory Haye. The author's first book, The Spirit Within: Spiritual Teachings from Gregory Haye, introduced the reader to Gregory Haye, a spirit representing The White Cloud Group, a group of spiritual entities whose purpose is to educate and encourage love,...
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6-27-2005
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The Book of Life
Click Here To Purchase The Book of Life Author: Ronnie LeeISBN: 978-1432700096 The Book of Life by Chin
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5-30-2008
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Nameless Night
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Nameless NightAuthor: GM FordPublisher: HarperCollinsISBN: 978-0-06-087442-1 The title of GM Ford’s novel Nameless Night fills in all the appropriate blanks for his latest action adventure. He ma
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2-29-2008
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Everyday Cat Excuses (Why I Can’t Do What You Want)
Click Here To Purchase Everyday Cat Excuses (Why I Can’t Do What You Want) Author: Molly BrandenburgISBN 13: 978-1-4027-5903-1ISBN 10: 1-4027-5903-7 Publisher: Sterling Publishing
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5-5-2008
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Free by Paul Vincent
INTERVIEW WITH PAUL VINCENT AUTHOR OF FREE CONDUCTED BY NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
To read the review of Free click HERE
Good day Paul and thank you for accepting Bookpleasures' invitation to be interviewed:
NORM
Could you tell us about yourself, your writing experiences and how you became a writer?
PAUL
As a child I went to a British school that was set up by King Edward VI and is still run as a charity for poorer kids. Almost as an act of whimsy the school bought a...
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1-1-1970
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Templeton Turtle Goes Exploring
Click Here To Purchase Templeton Turtle Goes Exploring Author: Ron Pridmore Illustrated by: Michele-lee Phelan Publisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN: 978-1-934454-21-3Author Ron Pridmore has always dreamed of writing a book about animals and hopes his first book about Templeton will foster a fondness for animals among the young readers.Michele-lee Phelan wanted to be a professional artist since being a girl. She is inspired by nature and has painted the covers of several fantasy novels whilst...
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8-15-2008
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The Chocolate Cake Sutra (Ingredients for a Sweet Life)
Click Here To Purchase The Chocolate Cake Sutra Author: Geri Larkin ISBN: 978-0-06-085958-9Publisher: HarperOne This book is certainly a recipe for happiness - the front cover is delicious and the inside story witty and wise.
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4-24-2008
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Butterfly Wishes
Click Here To Purchase Butterfly Wishes Author: LaDonna PauletteISBN: 978-0-9792629-4-4 Butterfly Wishes is a character driven, contemporary fiction about a family battling the loss of a loved one. Fey Wright is an eleven-year-old girl who lost her mother and is trying to settle d
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4-22-2008
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Snow Angel
Click Here To Purchase Snow Angel Author: Jamie CarieISBN: 9780805445336Publisher: B&H Publishing Group To summarize Snow Angel
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4-12-2008
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What If I Tell
Click Here To Purchase What if I Tell?Author: Gina McCabe ISBN: 978-0-9815139-0-4Publisher: Winding Road Books
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5-12-2008
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Ad Hudler
Click Here To Purchase Man of the House: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) Author: Ad Hudler Publisher: Ballantine BooksISBN: 978-0-345-48108-5 Linc Menner is a house-husband - or to put it as the book
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11-1-2008
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The Memory Advantage
Author: Thomas H. Crook, Ph.D.ISBN 978-1-59079-109-7 The book promised to "improve your memory, mood, and confidence throughout life." To say the least, I was skeptical. I have read so many "improve" books that I figured this would be one more of the same. I was wrong!First off, I learned about "memory." There is short-term, long-term, and remote memory. There are certain areas of the brain involved with memory. Then -- I learned about memory under a microscope....
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1-27-2007
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ROVER, GET OFF HER LEG!Pet Etiquette for the Dog Who Pees on Your Rug, Steals the Roast, and Poops in Improper Places
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon ROVER, GET OFF HER LEG!Pet Etiquette for the Dog Who Pees on Your Rug, Steals the Roast, and Poops in Improper Places Author: Darlene ArdenISBN: 0-7573-0544-XThis handy gem of a book is a must for all dog owners! Admit it, if you own dogs you have been faced with one of the following situations: Rover humps guests the minute they walk in the doorGives not so subtle ‘love bites’Doesn’t get along with other dogs, thinks he is Top DogHas selective hearing
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9-4-2007
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Quondam: An Ancient Mirrors Tale
Click Here To Purchase Quondam: An Ancient Mirrors Tale Author: Jayel GibsonISBN: 978-1-933538-83-9Publisher: Synergy Books This book is part of a series - the last of the four Ancient Mirror Tales to have been written by Jayel Gibson. I’d suggest that maybe you should read the other volumes first so that you know who each character is and their history.
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7-2-2008
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A Conversation With Norman Ober Author of Anita's Heaven
Author: Norman OberISBN: 13: 978-1-933918-11-2 10: 1-933918-11-XToday, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Norman Ober author of Anita’s Heaven. In “Anita’s Heaven,” Norman covers a lot of ground in recounting the many channeled letters that are rich with emotion and love that he shared with his deceased wife. Good day Norman and thanks for participating in our interview.Norman:It’s my pleasure, Norm. you and I have the same...
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8-19-2007
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The Lucky One
Click Here To Purchase The Lucky OneAuthor: Nicholas SparksISBN: 9780446579933 Publisher: Hachette Book Group (Grand Central Publishing) I found The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks, captivating. Nicholas Sparks is a #1 New York Times best-selli
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10-17-2008
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Pledge of Honor by Lori L Anderson
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshJamie MacGivens has only a few minutes between finding her boyfriend in bed with her best friend before she is abducted by aliens and flown to another planet. In company with other earthlings, she is imprisoned and marked out for slavery – for the men, forced labour, for the women, becoming brood mares for the nefarious Berloffs. The planet on which Jamie and the others land is dominated by the Berloffs but there are others there too. The...
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10-11-2004
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A Killer Collection
Author: JB StanleyISBN: 0425207455The following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click Here To Read More of Emily's Reviews For Whom the Pottery Breaks…Molly Applebee is the sparkling and masterfully crafted heroine at the center of “A Killer Collection.” Although an atypical heroine, Molly is full of the life and character that are seldom seen in books today. Set in the rustic beauty of North Carolina, “A Killer Collection” easily brings even the least knowledgeable person right...
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1-10-2006
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Interview With Kathleen Cleary Author of If This Is Heaven I am Going To Be A Good Boy: The Tommy Leonard Story
Author: Kathleen Cleary ISBN: 0595356982 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of the Book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Kathleen Cleary, author of If This is Heaven I am Going to Be a Good Boy:The Tommy Leonard Story.Good day Kathleen and thank you for agreeing to participate in our...
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10-25-2005
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The Dragonfly Secret (A Story of Boundless Love)
Click Here To Purchase The Dragonfly Secret: A Story of Boundless Love Author: Clea and John Adams Illustrated by: Barbara L. GibsonPublisher: Feather Rock Books
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10-19-2008
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The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
Click Here To Purchase The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea Authors: Bob Burg and John David MannISBN: 978-1-59184-200-2Publisher: Portfolio Bob Burg is a highly sought-after speaker who teaches audiences worldwide the values you will find insi
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4-2-2008
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Rose Rosetree Expert at Deeper Perception Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is delighted to have as our guest, ROSE ROSETREE Rose is the author of is the author of several books and is widelyconsidered the world's leading expert at deeper perception. She haspioneered easy-to-learn techniques of of Face Reading, Skilled Empathy andAura Reading Through ALL Your Senses.She's written how-to books, two of which were selected by a division of theBook-of-the-Month Club. She's given over 650 media interviews--on...
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12-16-2005
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At the Threshold of Liquid Geology and Other Automatic
Author: Eric W. Bragg:ISBN: 0595240216
The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsTo quote from the back cover of this book: "Thismodern collection of surrealist prose-poems wasinspired by the improvisational method of automaticwriting, popularized by the International Surrealistmovement. From one brain to another without anyliterary rules or standards; the words in theseautomatic writings are not just words, but rays...
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12-1-2004
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Cheap Thrills Montreal:Great Montreal Meals For Under $15.00 by Nancy Marrelli: Simon Dardick
Montrealers love restaurants and throughout the city there are hundreds of eating establishments providing terrific value and excellent food.
Nancy Marrelli and Simon Dardick’s fourth edition of Cheap Thrills Montreal: Great Montreal Meals For Under $15.00, is a collection of ninety restaurants, sixty of which are new discoveries, and thirty are updates from their previous books.
Most of the restaurants reviewed in the book cater to people, who are looking for something different, while...
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11-7-2004
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Alaska Justice
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Alaska Justice Author: M.D. KincaidISBN: 978-0-9796693-0-9Publisher: Adventurous Books
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3-15-2008
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The Duchess and the Dragon
Click Here To Purchase The Duchess and the Dragon Author: Jamie Carie ISBN: 9780805445350 Publisher: B&H Publishing Group This is the second title I have reviewed for a
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4-17-2008
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Terminal Vibrato (and other stories)
Click Here To Purchase Terminal Vibrato And Other Stories Author: Stanford PritchardPublisher: Beaufort BooksISBN: 978-0-8253-0513-9 Stanford Pritchard graduated from Haverford College before studying as a Rockefeller Fellowship recipient at t
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8-12-2008
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Meet Kent Gustavson From Author Interviews
Kent Gustavson PhD is a man with as many hats as a Dr. Seuss cat… Author, publisher, professional musician, classical composer, professor at two New York universities, speaker, owner of the independent publisher Blooming Twig Books LLC, and author of the Book Publishing Bible, Dr. Gustavson also has more than a dozen acclaimed commercial recordings, and conducts workshops around the world in both music and publishing. Dr. Gustavson’s musical and literary background have driven him towards a...
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9-30-2008
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YES: You Can Make It Happen
Click Here To Purchase YES - You Can Make It Happen Author: Juna Jinsei Publisher: OutskirtsPressISBN: 978-1-4327-2629-4 “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” asks Jinsei who suffered from emotional problems as a teenager and even as an adult. Do
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10-23-2008
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Party Like a Rock Star Even When You're Poor as Dirt
Author: Camper English ISBN: 1555838774The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews This book gives many ways for people to save money on their rock and rolllife-style.The single best thing to do is to visit many websites as possible, for bands,clubs, art galleries, etc, depending on your interests. While you're there, lookfor freebies or other discounts, but sign up for their e-mail list. The vastmajority of messages received will be little...
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4-8-2006
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Borrowed Lives
Click Here To Purchase Borrowed LivesAuthor: Laramie DunawayISBN: 9780979372025 Publisher: Iota Publishing Borrowed Lives, by Larami
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7-17-2008
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Marketing Magic!
Publisher: Insight Publishing CompanyISBN: 1-932863-27-3The following review was contributed by: Tami Brady & CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsMarketing Magic! is a collection of interviews with eighteen successful leading marketing and public relations professionals. This group of individuals ranges from Rosemary Walter (a marketing consulting who has worked for Alberto-Culver, Illinois Tool Works, and MacDonald's and was responsible for introducing cchick nuggets to the world) through...
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4-30-2005
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Dancing with Death
Click Here To Purchase Dancing With Death Author: Reg McKayPublisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 978-1-84502-094-1Reg McKay is used to tackling Glasgow’s meanest streets for he worked as a social worker there for many years. However in 1998 McKay could no longer take the grey-faced men in grey suits anymore and so he left to retire to writing. He is recognized as a widely published investigative journalist who has been a crime columnist for Daily Record, a crime consultant for News of...
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8-15-2008
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Honeycomb
Click Here To Purchase Honeycomb Author: Israel del RioPublisher: CreateSpaceISBN: 978-1434809544 Israel del Rio began writing Honeycomb over ten years ago, which is loosely based on two of his actual past-life recollections.
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7-17-2008
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Robin: The Loveable Morgan Horse
Author: Ellen F. FeldISBN: 0-9709002-5-2The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews"Robin: The Loveable Morgan Horse," fourth in a series by horsewoman Ellen Feld, introduces two new characters: Karen Greene and her "loveable" horse, Robin. Karen, a relative newcomer to horses, experiences a physically and emotionally damaging accident (with another horse) in the first chapter which drags her riding confidence...
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1-19-2006
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Breakfast at Sally’s: One Homeless Man’s Inspirational Journey
Click Here To Purchase Breakfast At Sally'sAuthor: Richard LeMieuxISBN: 978-1-60239-293-9 Richard LeMieux’s book, “Breakfast at Sally’s,” is indeed an inspirational read, it isn’t just a story about a homeless man and his dog, Willow, instead it is filled with uplifting stories about the friends he makes while homeless in Bremerton, Washington. First and foremost, there’s “C” (LeMieux never learns his real name, but that is incidental to his story), an eccentric music-loving homeless man...
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10-4-2008
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The World’s Most Haunted Places
Click Here To Purchase The World's Most Haunted Placed Author: Jeff BelangerISBN 13: 978-1-56414-764-6 Publisher: New Page Books If you have a passion for all things supernatural then this book that combines history, folk-lore and true ghostly encou
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5-5-2008
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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Piano Chords
Author: Karen BergerISBN: 1-59257-459-9The following reviewi was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsSometimes accomplished pianists don't have loads of extra patience for teaching,well, idiots. Not so Karen Berger, a pianist on the faculty of the BerkshireMusic School. Berger's very enjoyable book, "Pocket Idiot's Guide to PianoChords," thoroughly presents the material necessary for a complete novice beginto playing from a...
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6-15-2006
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Vinegar 1001 Practical Uses
Click Here To Purchase Vinegar:1001 Practical Uses Author: Margaret BriggsPublisher: Black and White PublishingISBN: 978-1-84502-162-7
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7-15-2008
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Meet San Moffie author of The Organ Grinder And The Monkey
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Sam Moffie author of The Organ Grinder And The Monkey.Good day Sam and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:How did you get started in writing? What keeps you going?Sam:I was born dea
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6-3-2008
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UNTO US A CHILD by DONALD T. PHILLIPS
Good day Donald and thanks for agreeing to the interview. Norm- when you were first approached to write the book by one of the grandchildren of the Albert family, what was your immediate reaction? Did you believe the grandchild was telling the truth or perhaps exaggerating? Donald- my immediate reaction was actually disinterest. From what I heard initially, I did not think it would make a good enough story for a full-length book. Also, I was not too interested in another story about problems...
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12-10-2005
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A Dedication
AuthorL John ZaissPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN 0-9755922-3-8The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons Both teenagers and those who have survived their teen years will relate to the coming-of-age story told by first-time novelist John Zaiss in his book, 'A Dedication.'In a witty, cathartic tale, Zaiss introduces us to Quinnlan Marshall, a 17-year-old underachiever who matures and grows as a result of a friendship with Joe Toscano, a 74-year-old Vietnam veteran.Through the pages of...
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5-7-2005
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The Nightmare Encyclopedia
Click Here To Purchase The Nightmare Encyclopedia Author: Jeff BelangerISBN: 1-56414-762-2 Publisher: Chartwell Books Jeff Belanger
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4-7-2008
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Psychic Scotland
Click Here To Purchase Psychic ScotlandAuthor: Tom Rannachan Publisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 978-1-84502182-5 Do you dare to believe? Author and psychic medium Tom Rannachan does and intends to show
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10-3-2008
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The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters
Click Here To Purchse The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters Author: Lorraine LopezISBN: 9780446699211Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group) After reading The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters, by Lorraine Lopez, I am astounded. Lorraine Lopez is the author of Call Me Henri, which won the Paterson Priz
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11-6-2008
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A Conversation with Ken Brosky Author of Grendel
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Grendel Author: Ken BroskyISBN: 9781427620545Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ken Brosky, author of GrendelGood day Ken and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:In your introduction to Grendel, you mention that the Beowulf myth was an important ca
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11-1-2007
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Blue Smoke and Murder
Click Here To Purchase Blue Smoke and Murder Author: Elizabeth LowellISBN: 9780060829858 Publisher: Harper Collins I found
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6-12-2008
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The Mills of God
Author: Justin SmithPublished by Silver Leaf BooksTo be published in 2006The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: To read more of Mary's Reviews CLICK HERECombining corporate espionage, intrigue and murder with poetry, art and the enduring strength of the human soul, 'The Mills of God' is a pleasure to read.Justin Smith's suspenseful tale is woven around the theme of reincarnation and the nature of corruption. Clever, witty and at times shocking, the novel is set in the...
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6-12-2005
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Sleep Before Evening
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Magdalena BallPublisher: Bewrite Books ISBN-10: 1904492967ISBN-13: 978-1904492962
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8-4-2007
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The English Garden
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The English Garden Author: Ursula Buchan and Andrew LawsonISBN-10: 0711226385 ISBN-13: 978-0711226388 An indispensable book for English garden lovers Most of gardens of the world can be put into two major categories: formal gardens and naturalistic gardens. The formal gardens are represented by Egyptian gardens, Persian gardens, Islamic gardens, Italian gardens, French gardens, and some American gardens, etc. The naturalistic gardens are represented by...
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12-14-2007
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Meet Bob and Melinda Blanchard Authors of Changing Your Course: The 5-Step Guide to Getting the Life You Want
Click Here To Purchase Changing Your Course: The 5-Step Guide to Getting the Life You Want Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guests, Bob and Melinda Blanchard authors of Changing Your Course: The 5-Step Guide to Getting the Life You Want.Good day Bob and Melinda and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:I understand that you are experts who teach people to successfully navigate life transitions such as gra
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7-22-2008
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The Day the Zoo Came to Visit by James DD Smith(Author):Stina Brown(Illustrator)
The Following review was contributed by: Molly MartinJaney and Jamie went to the zoo. After returning home the kids hear a knock on the door. What a surprise awaits the pair: the zoo has come to them. Writer Smith has produced a nicely done book meant for children ages 4-8. Large, brightly colored illustration and alliterative rhyming text make The Day the Zoo Came to Visit a sure favorite for the younger set. Animals tumble over one another in alphabetical order as they invade the house. I...
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10-11-2004
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The Town That Forgot How to Breathe
Author: Kenneth J HarveyISBN: 0312342225The following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click Here To Read More of Emily's Reviews Suffocating in the Mystery“The Town that Forgot How to Breathe” is a powerful tour-de-force that will leave the reader wanting to know more from the very first page to the very last. Part Stephen King, part Robin Cook, and all mystery, this is a book that is sometimes frightening and sometimes haunting, sometimes both at the same time. “The Town that...
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1-10-2006
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The Winners Circle
Author: Christopher KlimISBN: 193343502XThe following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click Here To Read More of Emily's Reviews What if Winning the Lottery Twice Is the Worst Thing That Happened to You?“The Winner’s Circle” is an interesting story. Protagonist Jerry Nearing is barely scraping by. His house is in shambles, his wife is angry at him, and he knows the best money he can find means that he has to shovel his way into a pile of fresh manure. When a nest of rattle snakes...
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1-10-2006
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Hugh Rosen Author of Silent Battlefields Interviewed
Author: Hugh Rosen ISBN: 0595347738The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of Silent Battlefields CLICK HERE Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site, Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Hugh Rosen, professor emeritus at Drexel University and author of his first work of fiction, Silent Battlefields.
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3-31-2006
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Hidden Truths
Click Here To Purchase Hidden Truths Author: Brenda YoungermanPublisher: Eloquent Books
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11-4-2008
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Skin Deep
Click Here To Purchase Skin Deep Author: Jamie Cortland Publisher: Crystal Dreams PublishingISBN: 978-1-59146-097-8 Skin Deep - I certainly found this was the case as I read this book and felt goosebumps crawling up my arms. This offering by award-winning author Jamie Cortland is everything a lover of suspense can w
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8-6-2008
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Effective Elder Caregiving
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Effective Elder Caregiving
Authors: Barbara Rothschild Allen and Lauren BarrettISBN: 1-932196-98-6Publisher: WordWrightWith an aging population and millions of baby boomers set to retire during the next two decades, "Effective Elder Caregiving" by Barbara Rothschild Allen and Lauren Barrett could not be a more timely addition to the current literature. Although in better health than their parents' generation, today's aging generation is still...
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8-25-2007
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A Conversation With Erik Quisling Author of Fables from the Mud
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Fables From The Mud Today, Norm Goldman, Editor and Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Erik Quisling, author of Fables from the Mud which is about to be released. Erik previously authored Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll on the Sunset Strip (Bonus Books, August, 2003) and The Angry Clam (Warner Books, 1998).Norm:
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12-3-2007
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Get Unstuck
Author: John Seeley, M.A.ISBN: 0-9765942-0-X"Get Unstuck" helps those that want to help themselves find out why they are where they are, how they got there, and deciding what changes to make for yourself. "Changing Your Life" is the first chapter and is truly a great place to start. Seeley writes, "Change happens instantly! Deciding to change usually takes some time -- sometimes years." When our lives aren't going as we want or expect, it would be a good idea to...
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12-11-2006
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One Last Dance
Author: Mardo WilliamsISBN: 0-9649241-4-5This book is filled, no, it's overflowing, with humor, causing my lips to rise up at the corners starting with the very first sentence. One Last Dance begins wit
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11-12-2006
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Lou Panesi Shares Some Interesting Thoughts About His Book A Father's Abuse
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Louis PanesiISBN: 9780979216602Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Louis Panesi author of A Father’s Abuse…A Doctor’s Love: The Powerful Story of a Tortured Boy Who Prevailed With the Help of a Very Special Doctor
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8-8-2007
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Adventure in Africa
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Adventure In AfricaAuthor: Connie Lee BerryISBN: 978-0-9772848-2-5 The book starts out with “fun facts about Africa.” Did you know that there were five fastest land animals – and Africa was home to four of them? Did you know that Africa had the world’s largest beetle and the world’s tiniest butterfly? These are just come of the facts presented – all will be interesting to the reader. Summer camp, magic ink and guilt – what a combination! After plotting to...
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2-1-2008
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Cheating Death:Amazing Surviving Stories From Alaska by Larry Kaniut
One of the most desirous destinations in the world for adventure and survival stories of all sizes and shapes is Alaska.
Some of you readers may ask, why Alaska?
As pointed out in the introduction to Larry Kaniut’s book entitled Cheating Death: Amazing Surviving Stories From Alaska “although other states encompass wilderness in which the citizens confront peril, no state can match danger on an Alaskan scale. Alaska is twice as big as Texas. Alaska’s coastline is a long as that of the rest...
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1-1-1970
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Seely’s Pond
Click Here To Purchase Seely's Pond Author: Christina BarberPublisher: HD-IMAGEISBN: 0-9770437-5-4 Christina Barber is the award-winning author of speculative fiction works that have been noted for their dark tones.
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7-27-2008
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Foundling
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Foundling Author: D.M. CornishISBN: 0142409138 Life has not been kind to poor Rossamund Bookchild. He is an orphan, knowing nothing about his past other then that as an infant he was left on the doorstep of Madam Opera's Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls. Pinned to his diaper was a slip of paper with the name Rossamund- a very lovely name if the child had been a girl. However things are tough for a little boy growing up with such a...
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2-4-2008
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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....
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1-1-1970
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Extreme Monsters Joke Book
Author: Nikki LangeISBN: 157791181-4Publisher: Penny Candy Press, an imprint of Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingReviewer: Susan Sales Harkins What does a werewolf call a fur coat? Darling! Children love jokes and monsters. They especially love to laugh. That’s why Nikki Lange’s Extreme Monsters Joke Book is a true winner. The good news is that the adults attached to the reading child will also enjoy some of the jokes in this book. Usually, a child’s...
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3-18-2007
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Wisdom From the Batcave: How to Live a Super, Heroic Life
Author: Cary A. FriedmanISBN: 0-9761966-2-X When the superheroes all get together, Batman probably stands aside just a bit. That’s because he’s not like the rest of them. He’s a mortal and therefore, vulnerable. To most of us, that makes him more than a superhero. Batman’s a role model in a way that no other superhero could ever be. If Batman can do it, so can we. The truth is, we can’t realistically aspire to be a Batman-type crime fighter, so…what can we do? That’s the question Cary...
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1-16-2007
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The Little Candy Breathing Dragons
Click Here To Purchase The Little Candy Breathing Dragons Author: Gloria ClarkIllustrator: Bobbi SwitzerISBN: 978-1-4327-1510-6Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc
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4-5-2008
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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...
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1-1-1970
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Interview with Richard Graham-Yooll Author of A Foreign Policy
Author: Richard Graham-YoollPublisher: Medallion PressISBN: 193281549X The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of the book CLICK HERE
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8-18-2005
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North Yorkshire (Off The Beaten Track)
Click Here To Purchae From Amazon North Yorkshire (Off The Beaten Track) Author: Eileen RennisonPublisher: Countryside BooksISBN: 1-85306-804-7 Eileen Rennison has lived most of her life in Yorkshire. She was born in the North Riding and loves the Yorkshire countryside very much with its folklore, dialect, social history and architecture. Eileen has written two other books about Yorkshire as well as many other articles.
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11-14-2007
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Win, Win, Win
Click Here To Purchase Win Win Win Author: Brian D. MolitorISBN: 978-1-934068-05-2 Publisher: Authentic Books Win, Win, Win is very much a book that challenges this subject. Just how have successful companies managed to ensure a positive outcome? Author Brian D. Molitor a
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7-9-2008
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Gidon Rothstein Author of Murderer In The Mikdash Interviewed
Author: Gidon Rothstein. ISBN: 1-4196-0756-1 Penny: Thank you for speaking with us, Gidon. Please tell us a little bit about yourself; who you are, where you live, your family. Gidon: I am a former congregational Rabbi, and currently teach Jewish Studies at a high school in New York. I live in the Bronx with my wife and three children. P: What inspired you to write Murder in the Mikdash? Where do you get your ideas and stories from?
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10-29-2006
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What Stinks?
Author: George CarruthIllustrator: Libby Carruth KrockPublisher: Too Much Fun, LLC ISBN: 978-0-9773167-2-4 For any young child who has searched for the origin of a mysterious sight, sound, or smell, George Carruth’s What Stinks? will become a favorite read.This picture book follows the determined exploits of a girl and her little brother as they search the nooks and crannies of their home for the source of an unexplained odor. They find many unpleasant and potentially odiferous items, from...
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8-2-2007
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Polymer Clay for the first time
Author: syndee holtPublisher: Sterling/Chapelle; New Ed edition (August 1, 2005) ISBN-10: 1402727054 ISBN-13: 978-1402727054 I’ve been seeing all these polymer clay beads and books and I’ve wanted to try it out myself, but I’ve been at a total loss as to where to start.Sterling Publishing has this great book called Polymer Clay For the First Time that is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s a short book that’s packed with information that you really only can get from experience, such as...
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1-18-2007
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A Conversation Conducted by Burton H. Wolfe with John Chandler Griffin Author of Abaham Lincoln's Execution
Author: John Chandler Griffin Introduction: When I first talked to Professor John Chandler Griffin, I was reminded of my reporting days that included trips to the southern part of the U.S. to converse with men who spoke with what northerners describe as a "drawl," who came across as good ol' boys, and who ended our visit with a "come see us some time." Indeed, Griffin readily admits that at least at ball games you will not be able to separate him from others in attendance...
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1-24-2007
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Jerome and the Seraph
Author: Robina WilliamsPublisher: Twilight Times Books ISBN: 1931201544 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray Somerset. Click HERE to view more of Jennifer's ReviewsIn Robina William’s first novel, we are introduced to Jerome, a brother from afriary in England at the time of his unfortunate and fatal accident. The rest ofthe story revolves around Jerome getting used to his new level of existence andlearning how to move between what he knew and what he knows now, all...
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8-6-2005
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A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout Reflections of Dating and Fly-Fishing
Author: Gail Rubin Publisher: 1st Books LibraryISBN: 1-4140-1279-9The following review was contributed by: Katherine J. Turcotte & Click Here to View Katherine J. Tucotte`s Reviews: We have all heard the phrase, "Plenty of fish in the sea", but have you ever really thought about the similarities between men and fish? In a series of fun quizzes and true-to-form descr
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5-13-2005
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The Ark, the Shroud and Mary
Click Here To Purchase The Ark, The Shroud, And Mary Author: Philip GardinerPublisher: New Page BooksISBN-10: 1564149242 ISBN-13: 978-1564149244Philip Gardiner says he didn’t set out to write a book about the Ark of the Covenant or the Shroud of Turin or Mary but having studied history, religion, philosophy and science he began to read more about them and discovered many inaccuracies in their historical past.He began to delve into the Ark and after doing some research regarding it as having...
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9-1-2008
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Jason Akley Discusses His Children's Book Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Publisher of Bookpleasures.com once again welcomes Jason Akley, author of Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee.Good day Jason and thanks once again for participating in our interview.Norm:When you wrote Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee who was your intended audience?Jason:My intention was to write a children's story for adults, especially parents. I wanted to write something thought-provoking for parents to read...
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9-29-2007
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Modeling Derivative Applications in Matlab & C++ , And Excel
Click Here To Purchase Modeling Derivative Applications in Matlab & C++ , And Excel Author: Justin LondonISBN: 0-13-196259-0Publisher: Pearson EdGlobal financial markets have seen an explosive growth in derivative products in the last two decades. There are numerous books that focus on the theory of derivatives or the mathematical foundations for valuing derivatives. However, this book by Justin London presents a practical implementation approach to building derivative valuation models,...
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6-26-2008
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Joseph Finder Author of Killer Instinct Interviewed
Click Here To Purchase Killer InstinctFrom Amazon After The Rain Author: Joseph FinderISBN: 0312347472Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest New York Times best selling author, Joseph Finder. Joe is the author of six works of fiction[actually, 8 including KILLER INSTINCT] and two nonfiction books. [actually, one nonfiction book.] In addition, he writes extensively on espionage and international affairs for a wide range of publications, including The...
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3-24-2006
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BABYMOUSE Queen of the World
Authors and Illustrators: Matthew Holm and Jennifer L. HolmISBN: 0-375-83229-7The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman: CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsMove over Mickey, here comes BABY MOUSE, Queen of the World . Illustrated and written by brother and sister team Matthew Holm and Jennifer L. Holm. Jennifer L. Holm was the winner of the Newbery Honor Book, Our Only May Amelia. Matthew Holm is a graphic designer and a freelance writer.BABY MOUSE Queen of the...
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2-27-2006
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THE POCKET PAPER ENGINEER: How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step; Volune 1: Basic Forms
Author: Carol BartonPublisher: Popular Kinetics PressISBN: 0-9627752-0-7The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown : Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsImagine having the ability to make one of those beautiful, intricate pop-up books or cards that make young and old alike ooh and ahh over your handiwork. Think you couldn’t do it? Well, with Carol Barton’s help you just might.Barton’s book, THE POCKET PAPER ENGINEER, is a hands-on guide to making pop-ups. This volume...
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11-29-2005
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Game Widow
Click Here To Purchase Game Widow Author: Wendy KaysPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN: 978-1-934454-26-8 Do you know someone who is a game widow? Perhaps you are one yourself? Here author Wendy Kays tries to help you understand what it means to be a game widow and how to build a bridge of communication that you may have lost with yo
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11-1-2008
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THE SQUISHINESS OF THINGS
Authored and Illustrated by Marc KompaneyetsISBN 0-375-82750-1Publishers: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers The following review has been contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman &CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's Reviews‘The Squishiness Of Things,” by debut picture book author and illustrator MarcKompaneyets, should have been titled “Hillarious Hieronymus.” Kompaneyets tells the story of Hieronymus, the “king of knowers,” who kneweverything as a result of his eccentric...
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7-13-2005
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Rainbow Dust
Author: Eleanor RothISBN: 1-932695-15-X “Danger alerts those who are connected…” That’s what Zeke tells Margaret when they meet for the first time. What makes this statement so unusual is that Zeke’s speaking to Margaret telepathically—she hears him in her head. Margaret can’t make sense of it though. Who is Zeke, why is he in her head, who’s in danger, and how is she connected to this voice in her head? To the delight of the reader, neither Margaret nor the reader will learn the answer to...
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1-4-2007
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Mozart
Author: Robert HowePublisher: XlibrisISBN 1-4134-6664-8The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews.
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4-11-2005
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A Conversation With Eric Wilder Author of Just East of Eden: Tales From The Blog
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Just East of Eden: Tales From The Blog Today Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Eric Wilder author of Just East of Eden: Tales From the Blog. Eric has also authored 8 other books as well as over 60 short stories.
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10-21-2007
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Keep Climbing: How I Beat Cancer and Reached The Top of the World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Keep Climbing: How I Beat Cancer and Reached The Top of the World Author: Sean Swarner with Rusty FischerPublisher: Atria BooksISBN: 978-0-7432-9205-4Sean Swarner was the first cancer survivor to climb the summit of Mount Everest. He continues to go on adventures to raise cancer awareness. On every peak that Sean completes, he plants a flag bearing the touching words “Dedicated to all those affected by cancer in this small world! Keep climbing!” What a...
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10-13-2007
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Summerset
Click Here To Purchase Summerset Author: Karen MasonISBN: 9781847995445
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10-28-2008
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Writing.Com: Creative Internet Strategies To Advance Your Writing Career-Revised Edition by Moira Anderson Allen
Have you ever thought about writing for the Internet and were afraid to ask how to go about it? Fret no longer, Moira Anderson Allen has probably written the bible pertaining to writing and the Internet. Her comprehensive tome entitled Writing.Com: Creative Internet Strategies To Advance Your Writing Career-Revised Edition is an update of a previous book published in 1998. As she mentions in her introduction, “the purpose of the second edition is to take a fresh look at the Internet and...
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3-21-2007
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Hide and Peek
Author: Sherry GersteinPublisher: Andy BennettISBN: 157791259-4 A, B, C, D, please come read a book with me… As a parent or teacher, everything you need to know about this book is in the title. Sherry Gerstein’s Hide and Peek is really a guessing game. Your child will work his way through the alphabet, with the help of rhyming clues. It’s the perfect book for a preschooler just learning his ABC’s. Even older preschoolers who already know the ABC’s will enjoy the fun of...
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2-16-2007
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Jin Jin the Dragon The Dragon
Click Here To Purchase Jin Jin the Dragon Author: Grace ChangIllustrator: Chong Chang ISBN 13: 978-1-59270-102-5ISBN 10: 1-59270-102-7
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6-7-2008
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INTERVIEW WITH SHANNON GRISSOM AUTHOR OF MONKEYS MADE OF SOCKIES
AUTHOR: SHANNON GRISSOMISBN: 1-4208-7022-X The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews & Lily Azerad-Goldman: CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's Reviews
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11-17-2005
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The Great Cake
Author: Sherry GersteinPublisher: Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingISBN: 157791260-8 One, two, a piece for you… Three four, would you like some more? Children love cake, birthday parties, and dogs. Mix them up with bright colors and fun dialogue and you get Sherry Gerstein’s The Great Cake. Yao and Rico—only two of a book full of adorable, doe-eyed animals—want to make the perfect birthday cake for their good friend Oppenheimer. They start...
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2-16-2007
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Author Clint Adams Interviewed
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Clint Adams author of My Watch Doesn’t Tell Time, Just Say Mikey, Fear Ain’t All That and Don’t Be Afraid of Heaven. Good day Clint and thank you for participating in our interview.
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6-11-2006
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Happy for No Reason (7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out)
Click Here To Purchase Happy For No Reason Author: Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline ISBN: 978-1-4165-4772-3Publisher: Free Press Marci Shimoff is a best-selling author and also a featured teacher in the international movie and book sensa
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3-31-2008
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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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90-Day Wonder—Darkness Remembered
Author: Leon CooperPublisher: 1st Books LibraryISBN: 1-4107-2875-7 The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews.This is a gem of a book, especially if you are interested in what war is all about. This is the memoir of a WWII naval officer out of the 90-day wonder school. He would never make it to the gentleman status of the Annapolis and West Point officers.War is brutal and the book leaves nothing to the imagination. Sometimes those...
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6-28-2005
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Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography
Author: Stephen TrimbleISBN: 0-87358-894-0Publisher: Northland Publishing Stephen Trimble grew up roaming the west with his geologist father and his love for the land and especially the Grand Canyon comes across in beautiful living color in Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography. This photo compilation covers 125 years of spectacular photos of the Grand Canyon. The story behind each photo is as lovely as the photograph. The book begins with the first photographs of the Grand...
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4-29-2007
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Beneath A Marble Sky by John Shors
The Following interview was contributed by: John WalshJohn Shors’s novel Beneath a Marble Sky tells a fascinating and romantic story of the creation of the Taj Mahal. I recently interviewed John about his love of Asia, the Taj Mahal and the roots of modern conflicts. The interview was conducted by email. JW: The Taj Mahal is one of the less well-known wonders of the world. What sparked your interest in it and the region? JS: I've spent about four years in Asia, first as an English teacher in...
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10-11-2004
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The Foundations of Shiatsu
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Foundations of ShiatsuAuthor: Chris JarmeyPublisher: Lotus Publishing, North Atlantic BooksISBN: 978-1-55643-639-0I have only heard of the word Shiatsu but had no idea of what was involved. However, as a healer, I was certainly interested in knowing a little about the technique and I was thus happy when this book came to me for a review.What is Shiatsu? Shiatsu is a Japanese bodywork therapy - a natural healing discipline from the same ancient oriental...
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2-8-2008
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Shakespeare's World by Prof. Debra L. Johanyak
Today Bookpleasures is honored to have as our guest Prof. Debra L. Johanyak author of Shakespeare's World.
Thank you Prof. Johanyak for consenting to the following interview.
Could you please tell our readers something about yourself, your educational background, writing experience and present position you hold as Professor of English, The University of Akron Wayne College.
I studied literature at The University of Akron, Shiraz University, and finally Kent State University,...
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1-1-1970
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A Conversation With Dr. David Yourtee Author of The Final Human
Author: Dr. David YourteeISBN: 9780978114510Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Dr. David Yourtee, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, and author of The Final Human.Good day Dr. Yourtee and thank you for participating in our interview.Dr. Yourtee: I’m happy to participate and thank you for the opportunity to familiarize readers with the book. Norm:What motivated you to write The Final Human?Dr. Yourtee:Readers of the book...
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6-27-2007
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A Wild and Woolly Night
Author: Lorraine Lynch GeigerISBN: 978-1-891795-25-1Publisher: The RGU GroupYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Bedtime can be difficult, even for a sleepy child. That’s why children and parents alike will recognize Lorraine Lynch Geiger’s bedtime caper. Phillip’s ready and willing to go to sleep, but just as he slips under his bedspread of stars, those stars turn into wiggly, wet jellyfish—HOW did that happen? Luckily (for us) Phillip just happens to have a closet plum stuffed with...
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7-21-2007
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Miscellaneous Philosophy
Author: Stefan Koski Publisher: Hats Off Books (February 28, 2005) ISBN: 1587364115 Category: HumorThe following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray I find it rather fascinating how memory works - how a smell or a comment will quickly transport you back to a particular moment in time. While traveling through a day in the life of [at the time] high school sophomore Stefan Koski, I found myself remembering things from my double digit years ago time in high school. The intense...
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4-5-2005
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The Genie in Your Genes
Click Here To Purchase The Genie in Your Genes Author: Dawson ChurchISBN: 978-1-60070-022-4To counter the invasive nature of allopathic therapeutic techniques, currently forming the bulk of mainstream treatment, alternate healing experts are knuckling down on scientific research that validates non-invasive, simpler, safer, and less expensive treatment methods. Part of the groundbreaking work in this direction c
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7-20-2008
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Laguna
Author: Michael PutegnatPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN: 1-933538-21-XThe following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's Reviews The opening paragraph of Michael Putegnat's 'Laguna' portrays an egret hunting for minnows before being torn apart by a Peregrine falcon. A character who observes this transference of power considers the nature of justice, concluding that it only takes one moment for the predator to become the prey.This sequence sets the tone for the rest...
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6-6-2006
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Meet CC Mandl South African Author of Bungi Gungi
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bungi Gungi Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, CC Mandl author of Bungi Gungi.Good day CC and thanks for participating in our interview:Norm:When did your passion for writing begin? What keeps you going?CC:
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3-25-2008
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A Conversation With Margaret M. Stoddart Author of The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store Justice
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store JusticeToday, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Margaret M. Stoddart author of The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store Justice.Good day Margaret and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Whom do you believe will benefit from The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store Justice? What are your hopes for this book?Margaret: Bringing these events and this case to light
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1-12-2008
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Awakening the Genie Within
Click Here To Purchase Awakening The Genie Within Author: Bettye JohnsonPublisher: Living Free PressISBN: 978-0-9650454-4-5 In her preface, Bettye Johnson explains her concept of the fairy-tale Aladdin’s Lamp and the Genie inside it. She informs us of its hidden meaning in that all of us have a genie living in our brain.
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9-15-2008
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Moo, Moo Who Are You?
Author: Sherry GersteinISBN: 157791258-6Publisher: Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon A quick trip to the farm is a good way for a child to spend a little lap time and Moo, Moo Who Are You? is a good way to introduce toddlers to farm animals. Each spread shows friendly illustration of one animal. Clues on a flap share a little about the animal and how it communicates. Hidden underneath a flap is a photog
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7-21-2007
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The Ovum Factor (A Novel)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Ovum Factor (A Novel)Author: Marvin L. Zimmerman ISBN: 978-1-933538-99-0Publisher: Synergy BooksMarvin L. Zimmerman is a businessman, publisher and author. He has always been a bit of a fantasist; one of his dreams, in particular, is the genesis for this book. So intrigued by his dream, Zimmerman woke his wife and recounted it to her on the spot. The next morning, Zimmerman could still c
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3-18-2008
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THE GROUP OF SEVEN AND TOM THOMSON by DAVID P. SILCOX
Author: David SilcoxISBN: 155297605XThe following review was contibuted by: NORM GOLDMAN with the collaboration of LILY AZERAD-GOLDMAN To read the Interview with author David Silcox Click HEREArt historian, cultural administrator, and managing director of Sotheby’s Canada, David P. Silcox, has produced a colorful testament to Canada’s Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, artists who had broken with tradition and established a new way of painting Canada. This lavishly illustrated coffee table book...
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11-26-2004
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Meet Perry E. Zenon author of Hearts
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Perry E. Zenon author of Hearts.
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9-6-2008
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Care Bears Lullaby: A Night Light Book
Author: Ran FlastersteinISBN: 13:978-1-5779-1303-0Publisher: Brighter Minds Media, Inc. You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon “And they lived happily ever after…” begins the story. Friend Bear just can’t fall asleep. Luckily, Bedtime Bear is patient. Over the pages of this familiarly illustrated board book, Bedtime Bear goes through the routine every parent knows: reading a story, getting that last drink of water, pulling the covers up, gently refusing to read just one more story, and so...
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7-21-2007
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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 -...
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1-1-1970
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The Littlest Christmas Kitten
Author: Leona Novy JacksonIllustrated by Kelly DupreISBN: 13:9780930643188 I love a story that uses just the right words and only those words. Leona Jackson tells the Christmas story using few words, but they are the right words.A mother cat searches everywhere for her lost kitten. She finally finds the missing kitten in a manger of hay. The mother is anxious to get her kitten safely home because strangers are in the stable. Just minutes after she rescues her lost kitten from the manager, a...
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12-25-2006
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Write it Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros
Author: Dawn Josephson and Lauren HiddenISBN: 0-97449662-6 The following review was contributed by: Rev.Marie Davies: : Click Here To Read More Of Marie's Reviews: A writer types ‘the end,’ breaths a sigh of relief and breaks out the chocolate but the celebration maybe premature. The last word of a manuscript signifies the beginning of the editing process. As the author of numerous sermons, academic papers, articles, as well as, fiction, I have found the editing process to one...
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8-21-2005
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T.S. Bogorad Author of The Importance of Civility Interviewed
Author: T.S. BogoradISBN: 1-4259-5893-1: 1-4259-5894-XThe following interview with T.S. Bogorad was conducted by NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of the Importance of Civility CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Terry: Bogorad, author of The Importance of Civility.Good day Terry: and thanks for participating
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9-5-2006
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BIRTHING BOOKS AND DREAMS:A Conversation With Nancy Cleary, Founder of Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
First released in 1993, Anne Lamott's classic memoir, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year, was a surprise hit. Literary critics still credit Lamott for launching the ever-popular "momoir" genre -- honest, heartfelt writing from the ordinary trenches of motherhood. Anticipating this trend ten years ago, Nancy Cleary founded Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing (named for her two children) to help other women writers publish their own books on parenting topics. Today,...
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10-8-2007
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Back Together: Hands-On Healing For Couples
Author: Andrew S. Kirschner, D.O.ISBN: 13:978-0-7624-2403-0The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsWhen you read the opening sentence of Andrew Kirschner's book -- "I hateself-help books" - you realize that "Back Together" is going to be a differenttype of "self-help" book. How so? For one thing, it puts pain right where itusually happens: in a relationship. Kirschner holds that physical pain in...
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8-11-2006
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Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly?
Author: Tom McWhirterISBN: 978-0-976853-0-7Publisher: Chupp Road PressYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Editors and authors of children’s literature know that every story has a hidden “take away” value. That value, although never obviously stated, can make or break a story. Tom McWhirter’s Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly? forces the take away value to the front of the story, which is a bit unusual. His story is meant to encourage children to have faith in them themselves and to be brave...
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7-21-2007
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Meet Gwen Freeman Author of Crazy Fool Kills Five
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is once again please to talk with Gwen Freeman author of Murder…Suicide…Whatever: A Fifi Cutter Mystery and her latest novel Crazy Fool Kills Five.Good day Gwen and thanks for once again participating in our interview.Norm:Gwen, did you find writing Crazy Fool Kills Five easier or more difficult to write than your first novel Murder…Suicide…Whatever: A Fifi Cutter Mystery?Gwen: It was so much easier. I had to write...
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2-21-2008
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A Conversation With Neal Karlen Author of The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mash of Languages Saved the Jews
Click Here To Purchase The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mash of Languages Saved the Jews Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Neal Karlen author of several books including Shanda: The Marketing and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew and his latest tome, The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mash of Languages Saved the Jews. Neal is also a regular contributor to the New York Times as well as other publications.Good day Neal and thanks for...
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5-29-2008
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The Founders by Norman Carmichael
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Every so often, when I am just about given up on self-published books, one crosses my desk and pleasantly surprises me, reconfirming my faith that there are still some very good ones around.
Such was the case when in an afternoon I devoured first time novelist Norman Carmichael’s thriller, The Founders.
This is the sort of a novel that hooks you from the first page onwards with its mixture of interwoven intriguing events and...
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1-1-1970
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Boxcar Down
Click Here To Purchase Boxcar Down Author: Charles L. LunsfordPublisher: BookSurgeISBN: 1-4196-1713-3
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8-17-2008
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Depression, War, And Cold War
Author: Robert HiggsISBN: 0-19-518292-8I know you're not supposed to give away a books plot in a review, however, the Depression ended, we won World War II, and then the Cold War began and lasted for almost fifty years, though not necessarily in that order. When I began reading Depression, War, And Cold War, a collection of essays and articles spanning almost two decades, my first thought about Robert Higgs was that he has an ax to grind. In the introduction he elaborates the Military...
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12-22-2006
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Miscellaneous Philosophy, The Underclassman Years
Author: Stefan Koski ISBN: 1-58736-411-5The following review was contributed by: James M. CurtissOne does not expect perfection from beginning writers, especially whenthe writer happens to be 16. And though Miscellaneous Philosophy, TheUnderclassman Years by Stefan Koski has some extremely bright spots, thereader is repeatedly left wanting just a bit more than the writer seemsready to give.Koski's book is actually a time machine for the adult male reader.Through him, we return back to the...
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4-11-2005
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Gunnar Jensen Author of What If..? Interviewed
Author: Gunnar Jensen:ISBN: 3833443553The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of What If...? CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest
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6-3-2006
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American Home Life
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon American Home Life
Author: David BarringerPublisher: So New PublishingISBN: 10: 0977815129: 13:9780977815128Perhaps the tritest cliché in the English language is that you can’t judge a book by its cover. I’m inclined to agree with this; but I will say that it’s not actually a bad way of picking which book to read. I’ll admit most reviewers base their selections on something a bit loftier—something with more social or artistic reasoning behind it. And...
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9-19-2007
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City of Refuge
Click Here To Purchase City of Refuge Author: Tom PiazzaPublisher: HarperISBN: 978-0-06-123861-1“City of Refuge“ is likely to become a classic of the future, and that statement is one powerful endorsement of the strength and scope of this novel. Its narrative voice is on a par with Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which documented the Great Depression. In this case, author Tom Piazza (a music writer of note) has crafted the definitive tale of the destruction and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
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8-24-2008
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Life On Purpose: Six Passages To An Inspired Life
Author: Dr. Brad Swift ISBN: 1600700241 How many people in the world today actually feel that they have a purpose in life....that they are doing something they love, but most importantly, are positively touching the lives of others in the process? Life needn't be a burden or a struggle. Brad Swift, in his book 'Life On Purpose', shows us how we can be successful and love what we are doing by discovering what our core values are. The author explains to us that our life purpose is not just...
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4-23-2007
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
ISBN: 978-0-06-125651-6Author: Vanora BennettPublisher: MorrowPortrait of an Unknown Woman is a simple love story that uses the turmoil and tragedy of Henry VIII’s court to trip up its lovers, like so many others, but this one is different. Vanora Bennett weaves her charming love story around a real mystery: the fate of Edward and Richard, the Plantagenet princes who disappeared as teenagers. History tells us that Richard III, their uncle, murdered them. After reading this story, you won’t...
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4-29-2007
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Conspiracy Of Fools: A True Story
Author: Kurt EichenwaldPublisher: Broadway Books (A division of Random House)ISBN: 0767911784 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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5-21-2005
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Dr. DNA and the Anaconda Invasion
Author: Lucas MillerIllustrated by Sherlock and Amy WatsonISBN: 978-0-978139-0-8 I’ve never met a child that wasn’t curious about snakes and other creepy crawlies. Now, some are more bold and eager than others, but they all have questions. They all want to look, even if they don’t all want to touch. Dr. DNA and the Anaconda Invasion will please them all, regardless of their squeamish level. Dr. DNA is a superhero—sort of—who dispels the myths surrounding one of nature’s most mysterious and...
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12-26-2006
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A Conversation With Sheri Hood, Author of The Fearful Fairy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Fearful Fairy Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Sheri Hood, author of The Fearful Fairy. Good day Sheri and thanks for participating in our interview.Sheri: Thanks for having me! Norm:I noticed that you have n
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9-9-2007
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Does Christianity Squash Women? A Christian Looks at Womanhood
Author: Rebecca JonesISBN: 978-0-8054-3091-2The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsIn light of the plethora of books detailing the inner workings of global fundamentalism, Rebecca Jones' book, "Does Christianity Squash Women," is also worth considering. Although evidently geared towards Christian women (each chapter contains open-ended discussion questions), Jones' scholarly, measured and readable style can be a...
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12-9-2005
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Writing Crime New York Style
Author: Joseph L. Giacalone,ISBN 1414053517 Genre: True crime/literaryThe following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsMany books have been written attempting to explain lawand police procedure for crime writers; few arewritten by real cops. This book, written by an 11-yearveteran of the NYPD, looks at real police proceduresin the Big Apple.It gives the street addresses, coverage areas andmajor landmarks for all the precincts in the fiveboroughs....
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11-30-2004
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Stone Pizza
Author: Susan K. MitchellISBN: 978-1-891795-26-8Publisher: The RGU GroupYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Stone Pizza is a humorous and realistic retelling of the Stone Soup fable. The characters live in the desert, where it’s hot and food is scarce. Every one’s starving, but only coyote is clever enough to put a meal together that satisfies everyone. He begins with nothing more than a flat stone and the curiosity of several skeptical and wary bystanders. It doesn’t take long for the...
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7-21-2007
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Lost Echoes
Author: Joe R. LansdaleISBN: 978-0-307-27544-8 Lost Echoes is a story about a man named Harry Wilkes, who at the tender age of six came down with the mumps and developed a severe ear infection which affected his brain. Harry’s mind would fill with images of past crimes and he could see the events taking place as well as see the faces of the people involved in the crimes. Harry eventually develops a taste for alcohol as it helps him to suppress the images as well as the sounds contained...
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4-11-2007
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A Conversation With A Promising Young Author, Dallas Nicole Woodburn
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Dallas Nicole Woodburn who is a 19-year-old sophomore "Associates Trustee Scholar" at the University of Southern California. Dallas has been published in several magazines including Family Circle, Writer's Digest, Justine, Listen, Writing, Encounter, and The Hudson Valley Literary Magazine, and books such as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV, Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul, Chicken...
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10-15-2007
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Ladykiller
Ladykiller
Author: Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony
ISBN: 1-933515-05-8 Ladykiller is the debut suspense novel by Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony,
the husband and wife writing team, and what a unique writing team. They have
penned a novel that is a must for crime enthusiast.
The setting is the streets of New York, and the year is 1991. Four women have
been murdered from all different walks of life, including a cheerleader,
stockbroker, a housewife and a prostitute. ...
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4-6-2007
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The Dream Ender (A Dick Hardesty Mystery)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Dream Ender (A Dick Hardesty Mystery)Author: Dorien GreyPublisher: Zumaya Boundless:ISBN-13: 978-1-934135-62-4: ISBN-10: 1-934135-62-3 Dorien Grey started out as a penname as the author did not feel comfortable using his own while living in an area of the upper Midwest where gays usually felt it necessary to keep a low profile.However after the publication of his first, second and third novel he found that Dorien became much more than just a penname,...
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1-22-2008
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Kids Training Puppies in 5 Minutes
Author: JoAnn DahanISBN: 0-9776861-0-8 Each year, we euthanize millions of dogs and cats—that’s millions each year. Some are feral or lost. Most are just unwanted. Adopting a puppy is a commitment that most people are willing to make, but they just don’t know how to follow through. Without the proper training, that cute puppy ends up an annoying troublemaker. Helping children train their puppies was JoAnn Dahan’s motivation for publishing Kids Training Puppies in 5...
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3-19-2007
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Calling All Authors, Book Publishers, Book Publicists, Author's Agents
HOW ABOUT BECOMING A FRIEND OF BOOKPLEASURES' MYSPACE.COM SITE & FACEBOOK.COM? THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE YOURSELF AND/OR YOUR BOOK.If you are an Author, Book Publisher, Book Publicist, Author's Agent, you may be interested in joining the hundreds of authors who have become friends of Bookpleasures' Myspace.com's site.Click Here to find out who has joined the Myspace group and how you may become a friend. If you should decide to become our friend Click On the Add Me...
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4-8-2007
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The Cracks in the Pavement
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Cracks In The Pavement Author: Elizabeth McDougallISBN: 1-4196-3479-8Publishers: BookSurge LLCHistorical novels often lend themselves to dreary descriptions of things from the past interrupted by brief character action; Elizabeth McDougall’s novel is something else entirely. Although it encompasses a time period covering both World War II and the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya, this beautifully written novel is a study in characters so lifelike, readers will...
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10-22-2007
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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...
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6-27-2007
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Sai Sankalap Author of The Kashmir Affair Is Interviewed By Norm Goldman
Author:Sai SankalapISBN: 0595361161The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review Of The Book Click HereGood day Sai and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:When did your passion for writing begin and what inspired you to write The Kashmir Affair?Sai: Thank you Norm for warm wishes and inviting me to the interview. Since my childhood, I had an inkling to write short
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9-21-2005
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Meet New York Times Best-Selling Author Dorothea Benton Frank
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bulls Island Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honoured to have as our guest New York Times best-selling author Dorothea Benton Frank.Dorothea has authored, The Land of Mango Sunsets, Full of Grace, Pawley’s Island, Isle of Palms, Shem Creek, Plantation and Sullivan’s Island. Her latest novel, Bulls Island, will shortly be launched in April 2008.
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3-19-2008
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Quilt National 2007
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Quilt National 2007
Author: Co-produced by Lark Books & The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts CenterPublisher: Lark Books, a division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., C 2007ISBN-13: 978-1-57990-944-4ISBN-10: 1-57990-944-2Even after 14 other exhibits of “the best of contemporary quilts,” the quilts gathered for Quilt National 2007 and showcased in the print version of the entries, also entitled Quilt National 2007, still represent innovative ideas and...
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6-20-2007
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Street Smart Franchising
Authors: Joe Mathews, Don DeBolt, Deb PercivalISBN: 1599180219 The following review was contributed by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERETo read Manuela's Interview With Co-Author Joe Matthews CLICK HEREAn excellent guide to franchising Joe Mathews and Don DeBolt have in-dept knowledge and many years of experience in franchising. With the help of Deb Percival, who has extensive knowledge in business writing, they wrote “Street Smart Franchising,” a must read before...
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8-1-2006
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The Rune of Zachary Zimbalist" and "The Legend of Zamiel Zimbalist"
Author: Pamela KeyesISBN: 1-59092-131-3ISBN: 1-59092-062-7The following review was contribute by: Kathryn Atwood Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews.Pamela Keyes doesn't waste any time getting her story, "The Rune of Zachary Zimbalist" moving. The first sentence of the book has five-year old Zachary sensing his new house's magical power. Three paragraphs later, he is in the midst of a brief conversation between a talking cat and a ghost girl who says Zachary is to be her...
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5-23-2005
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Outdoor Photography (Better Pictures for Outdoor Enthusiasts)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Outdoor Photography (Better Pictures for Outdoor Enthusiasts)Author: Jon Sparks ISBN: 1-85284-356-XPublisher: Cicerone Jon Sparks is a professional photographer and writer who specializes in landscape and outdoor subjects. His picture library includes images from New Zealand to Morocco and Pakistan. Jon publishes Lake District cards and posters and is the author of Car-free Cumbria. He is currently working on preparing books about the Lancashire Cycleway and...
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3-18-2008
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Jeff Maziarek Author of Spirituality Simplified Interviewed
Author: Jeff MaziarekISBN: 0974484105 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of Spirtuality Simplified CLICK HERE Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Jeff Maziarek author of Spirituality Simplified. Good day Jeff and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview. Norm:Jeff, please tell...
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5-14-2006
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HOUDINI
Author: T.J. BanksPublisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.ISBN: 1-59113-734-9Genre: Young AdultThe following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown : Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's ReviewsWho ever said cats don’t care about their owners? Houdini, a Flamepoint Siamese kitten who was abandoned by some college students in an on-campus apartment, is all about his owner. Jill, a kind hearted little girl with a fondness for cats, takes in Houdini and gives him the best love and care he’d ever...
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10-20-2005
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A Conversation With Dr. Steven A. Schnur Author of The Reality Diet
To Purchase The Reality Diet From Amazon CLICK HERE Author: Dr. Steven A. SchnurISBN: 1583332502Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dr. Steven A. Schnur, author of The Reality Diet.
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8-14-2007
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Daffodil Dancing
Author: Jean Jardine MillerPublished by Jardine Miller PublishingISBN: 097313764-9The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's Reviews In 'Daffodil Dancing,' Jean Jardine Miller delves into the world of someone living with social phobia, exploring not only how it affects the afflicted person, but also her friends and family.Beginning in 1987 and taking us into the present, the author follows the progression of not only the disease suffered by the character...
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4-20-2006
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How To Be A Gardener by Alan Titchmarsh (Author): Jonathan Buckley (Photographer)
The following review was submitted by: NORM GOLDMAN, EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES Peeking out of my widow on an early Montreal spring morning I was depressed and horrified to notice snow on the ground! Although, where I live, you never know when winter ends and spring arrives; it still came as a shock! In all probability, this would drive some to go for a swig of cognac in order to alleviate their winter blues, however, I decided to think positively and I began planning my garden. Every spring I...
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10-11-2004
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Manhook: A Novel
Author: Ken RatcliffeISBN: 141960807X The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews Bob Lutz’s world is spiraling out of control: his colleagues hate him and his new job is not what he was led to believe; his psychiatrist is continually increasing the dosage of the medication he does not take and his wife is concerned by the way he seems unable to think things through to any sort of logical conclusion. To make things worse, his best friend has...
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3-31-2006
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The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar
Author: By Michael StadtherISBN: 978-0-9760618-7-8 The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar is the sequel to Michael Stadther's last book A Treasure's Trove, and fans of that book will be glad to see more of their favorite characters- the woodcarver, Zac, his Halfling wife of two years Ana, and of course, their faithful dog like 'doth' Pook. In this tale, reminiscent of classic fairytales, the evil Alchemist is trying to steal the good fairies rings of life in order to give eternal life to the...
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2-3-2007
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Mayday! : A Physician as Patient
Author: Dr. Allan LohuasISBN: 0975592297 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE ‘Stand tall-think tall’ was the advice of Allan Lohaus’s physical therapist, as Dr. Lohuas was wanting in spirit while having just caught the road to convalescence. Earlier came in Dr. Lohuas’s life course a painful period of intestinal surgeries and dependency on medical aid. As he came out of the nearly helpless anguish,...
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6-18-2006
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Touch of Fate
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Touch of FateAuthor: Christine AmsdenISBN: 1-931201-97-8 Touch of Fate is a paranormal story about a woman named Marianne who has an extraordinary gift – a gift of foretelling the future. When she can’t change the course of events, she feels powerless and as though it runs her life. After moving to St. Louis because of the signs, she meets a group of women who share her gift. When one of the women in the circle gets killed, a good friend, she tries to...
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10-22-2007
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Shadow of an Indian Star
Authors: Bill Paul: Cindy PaulISBN: 097559222XThe following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews
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11-27-2005
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Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales
Author: Valerie ParadizISBN: 0-7382-0917-1The following review was conributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsJacob and Wilhelm Grimm were prolific German scholars, yet the work they are best known for, the one that will eternally bear their name was not actually authored by them. The genesis of the Grimm's "Children's and Household Fairy Tales," is the fascinating subject of Valerie Paradiz's new book, Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm...
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10-30-2005
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Toaster Pond
Author: Peter de WittISBN: 1-933255-21-8Toaster Pond is a wondrous adventure for children. The setting is a place called Waterville. In Waterville during the summer the teens are ready for their championship game of Hide and Seek. But this is not your normal regular game. The story will captivate your child’s imagination. You can discover within the pages six toed fairies, as well as a wealth of different characters. The stories main characters include Doug, Skip, and Pierce, and they are on...
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4-9-2007
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And Then It Was Teatime
Author: Laurie NienhausISBN: 9780979238901 Tea, reading, and conversation go so perfectly well together in literature and real life that teatime has become just another term for get together. And if that sounds a contrivance, take an enjoyable walk across the sundry scenes of teatime depicted in some of the much celebrated works of English literature, as compiled by Laurie Nienhaus in her latest book And Then It Was Teatime (Gilded Lily Publishing, Florida, 2007). And Then It Was Teatime...
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12-28-2007
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Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Applications for Service Operations – Foundations, Tools, DMADV, Cases, and Certification
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Applications for Service Operations – Foundations, Tools, DMADV, Cases, and Certification Authors: HOWARD S. GITLOW, DAVID M. LEVINE and EDWARD A. POPOVICH ISBN: 0-13-185524-7.Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions is a hardbound book, comprised of eighteen chapters and 3 supplemental appendices. It is six-hundred and eighty-eight pages in length and includes a limited u
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12-10-2006
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The Sinatra Solution - Metabolic Cardiology
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Sinatra Solution - Metabolic CardiologyAuthor: Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D, F.A.C.C.Publisher; Basic Health Publications Inc.ISBN: 978-1-59120-158-8This book is a really welcome addition to the growing field of metabolic cardiology (the role of food nutritional supplements to improve heart health - not a dictionary definition). The author Stephen T. Sinatra is a Board Certified Cardiologist, a certified bioenergetic psychotheraist and a certified nutrition...
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2-8-2008
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Carla’s Sandwich
Author: Debbie Herman ISBN: 0-972-92252-0Genre: Children’s Books
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1-15-2005
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Meet Robin Reynolds author of Life to the Max: Maxims for a Great Life by a Dog named Max
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Robin Reynolds author of Life to the Max: Maxims for a Great Life by a Dog named Max.Robin has been a professional writer for the past twenty-five years and her credentials include award-winning advertising copywriting for broadcast, print and Web media; writing a series of stories for a line of stuffed animals she created and writing comedy monologues for Yakov Smirnoff.Robin has a deep...
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8-31-2008
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Meet Corrie Woods, author of The Woman’s Field Guide To Exceptional Living
Click Here To Purchase The Woman’s Field Guide To Exceptional Living Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Corrie Woods, author of The Woman’s Field Guide To Exceptional Living.In addition to being an author, Corrie is a motivational speaker, retreat leader and personal life co
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6-20-2008
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Manic: A Memoir
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Manic A MemoirAuthor: Terri CheneyISBN: 978-0-06-143023-7
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2-19-2008
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ANNUSHKA’S VOYAGE
Author: Edith TarbescuIllustrated by Lydia DabcovichPubolisher: Clarion Books 1998ISBN 0-395-64366-X The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman &CLICK TO VIEW
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5-4-2005
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Sparkie Wyk
Author: Dayette J. ZampolinISBN: 978-1-4257-8265-8Publisher:: Xlibris Corporation Sparkie Wyk is a wonderfully written and delightful children’s book; spreading cheer not only through its adorable characters, but through its colorfully designed pages. The story is bound to warm the hearts of old and young alike, as parents and grandparents read it to the very young.A b
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3-26-2008
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The Fearless Flight Kit: The Remedy for a Fearful Flyer by Captain Ron Nielsen and Tim Piering
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES.COM
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It is difficult to imagine that there are millions of people who suffer from “aviophobia”-the fear of flying. These unfortunate souls will do almost anything to avoid taking a flight, even if it means driving for days to their destination or spending endless hours on a train.
I can remember an incident recounted to me by someone who...
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1-1-1970
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The National Trails (of England, Scotland and Wales)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The National Trails (of England, Scotland and Wales) Author: Paddy DillonPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 978-1-85284-504-9 I have to say this book is a beautiful edition written by Paddy Dillon who has almost 40 books to his name. He has walked in areas around Britain and Europe and also many other parts of the world. When out trekking Paddy uses his palmtop computer to write in about his progress every few steps. Thus, his directions and descriptions are very...
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12-7-2007
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Ideas and Adventures (1200-1700)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Ideas and Adventures (1200-1700)Author: Sonia Seherr-ThossPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN: 978-1-933538-73-0 Sonia Seherr-Thoss went to Columbia University to study economics as well as being an avid collector of historical artifacts. Sonia worked in farming during her career for over twenty years as well as being an early pioneer of cultural photography. She received many awards and praise. She is the author behind works such as Design and Color in Islamic...
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1-8-2008
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Stormy View
Author: Nikki Leigh ISBN: 1-59088-548-1Stormy View is set in the same small coastal town of Misty View as Nikki Leigh’s first novel, Widow’s Walk. Whereas Widow’s Walk took place in the 19th century, however, Stormy View is set in the 21st century. Kennalyn never knew why her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Stevens, hated her; it was “hate at first sight.” Mrs. Stevens made it clear that Kennalyn was unwelcome and would never be good enough for her son. Kennalyn and David married anyway and...
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3-5-2007
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The Looming Fog
Author: Rosemary EsehaguPublisher: Oge Creation BooksISBN: 1-933496-00-2Who we are is often directly linked to our gender, so how different would we be if that were stripped away from us and we were treated as less than human because we were neither male nor female?In ‘The Looming Fog’ by Rosemary Esehagu, the narrator is an intersexual who was abandoned at the age of seven and left to fend for itself in the rural Nigerian village of Hidaya where no one will even acknowledge its...
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3-27-2007
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Interview With Ilil Arbel Author Of The Lemon Tree
Author: Ilil ArbelPublisher: iUniverseISBN: 0595339824Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as a guest, Ilil Arbel, who is the author of The Lemon Tree, as well as Maimonides: A Spiritual Biography
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5-10-2005
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A Conversation With Melissa Galt Author of Celebrate Your Life! The Art of Celebrating Every Day
Author: Melissa GaltISBN: 978-0-9790103-0-9Today Norm Goldman, Editor& Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest Melissa Galt author of Celebrate Your Life! The Art of Celebrating Every Day.Melissa began her professional career in hospitality purchasing with a degree from Cornell University and she later returned to school for a degree in interior design. She now operates a successful business as an independent...
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5-19-2007
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Belong to Me: A Novel
Click Here To Purchase Belong To Me Author: Marisa de los SantosISBN: 978-0-06-124027-0
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4-4-2008
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Why Won’t Anyone Play With Me?
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Why Won’t Anyone Play With Me?
Author: Joy V. SmithISBN: 1-4241-8634-X Joy V. Smith has written a delightful new children’s book, Why Won’t Anyone Play with Me?. This book is a short and sweet story that teaches, like most good childrens’ books, an underlying lesson. Meet Kallie, a sad and lonely little kitten. None of the animals at the big red barn will play with her. Wanting desperately to have friends, the sad little kitten sets out to find...
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9-17-2007
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King Hurley Author of The Interview Interviewed
Author: King HurleyISBN: 0977418804Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, King Hurley, author of The Interview.Good day King and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Just out of curiosity, how did you get your name of “King?”King: I was blessed to receive the name, King, from my wife, Carole King. My pen name reflects my official last name.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background. King:
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10-5-2006
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Lety’s Gift
Author: Coralie Hughes JensenPublisher: Lightning Rider PressISBN: 0-9787318-0-8Thunder roars and wind howls echoing throughout the small fishing settlement as this mystery story opens and sees Lety Hawkins give birth to a baby girl named Sophie. Sophie’s head is wrapped in a caul which is said to mean that she would have a special healing gift. This proves to be true when she is taken to see a sick woman and rubs the old lady’s limbs. Suddenly the woman is up and moving freely again. These...
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5-22-2007
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Meet Richard Ide Author of 3 Aces
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Richard Ide author of 3 Aces. Richard Ide has dealt craps in Atlantic City, has been a Wall Street broker, and has driven long-haul trucks nearly a million miles over North American highways. He lives and writes in the Endless Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania.Good day Richard and thanks for participating in our interview.NormWhen did you decide you wanted to become a writer?
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8-27-2008
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From the Kitchen Table To the Conference Table by Laura Michaud
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin From the Kitchen Table To the Conference Table is not a cutesy how to, or a storybook. It is a short, to the point work of 117 jam packed pages filled with the type of information every communicating person needs to accomplish more with greater success with those around them. Laura Michaud, who well knows the pitfalls of lack of communication between co workers, supervisors and workers, or family members holds a MBA, is President of The...
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10-11-2004
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Train of Thought
Author: Elisabetta BenedettiISBN: 9781430308744Italy is remembered for many historically significant points, most notably perhaps for the renaissance revival of arts and humanities in Europe. Now we have this new voice from Italy, an authoress named Elisabetta Benedetti, who has embarked on a writing career with her groundbreaking debutant work Train of Thought (Lulu Press, October 2006). It is a short book that offers a radically different and unique literary experience when weighed against...
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1-12-2007
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The Gold Coast Cure: The Five-Week Health & Body Makeover
Authors: Andrew Larson, M.D. and Ivy Ingram Larson ISBN: 0-7573-0235-1The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsBecause The Gold Coast Cure claims to create a “health and body makeover” in five short weeks, a quick scan at the title may give the impression that the book is just another faddish weight loss book. Not so. Definitely not so. Although it claims to have the power to slim the strict follower of the plan, much of the books...
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10-28-2005
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Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships 2004 by Douglas Ward
The following review was contributed by:
NORM GOLDMAN EDITOR OF BOOKPLEASURES
If you have ever taken a cruise you know how frustrating it can be just deciding which cruise to take? There are probably hundreds of books on the topic, not to mention the endless number of newspaper, magazine and Internet articles.
Now along comes a guide that probably could be called the bible of ocean cruising information, as its level of detail and rigorous research is unbelievable!
The Berlitz Ocean...
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1-1-1970
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Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
Author: Gerald M. WeinbergISBN: 093263365X The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews With the advent of self-publishing there is a current vogue for writing manualsand writers’ aids. Most usually take the same approach with little variations.However, Gerald M. Weinberg has come up with a creative approach with hisWeinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method. He offers alternatives to yourwriting habits that he...
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3-31-2006
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Interview with Kathyrn Mackel Author of The Departed
Author: Kathryn Mackel: ISBN: 0785262296The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read the review of the book CLICK HERE
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9-23-2005
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La Boheme: melody of poems
Title: . La Boheme: melody of poemsGenre: PoetryAuthor: . Milena Gomez, Patricia Alzate, Xenia MartinezISBN: 1410788032The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsLA BOHEME MELODY OF POEMS is a 132 page offering presented by lyrists Milena Gomez, Patricia Alzate, Xenia Martiinez. The elegant, lyrical elegies dispensed by poet Gomez are located on the first 40 pages of the volume and run a spectrum of emotions from the titillation of...
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11-27-2004
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The Complete James Bond Lifestyle Seminar
Author: Paul KyriaziISBN: 0971618305The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Author, writer and director of several feature films, Paul Kyriazi, is quite anexpert on James Bond, as evidenced from his recent tome, The Complete James BondLifestyle Seminar. Kyriazi promises to put you on the path to turning your lifearound and realize your dreams, provided you follow his twenty-one rules of theJames Bond lifestyle. The...
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1-11-2006
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Getting Hip - Recovery From A Total Hip Replacement
Author: Sigrid Macdonald, Published by AuthorHouse Genre: Non-fiction / Health ISBN: 1-4184-7837-7The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews"Getting Hip" is the first person account of SigridMacdonald, who went through a Total Hip ReplacementSurgery and felt the need to share her experiencesbefore, during and after surgery.At places poignant, at places serious and at someplaces humorous, the book gives a detailed account ofwhat is...
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2-24-2005
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The Well Fed Self-Publisher:How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living
Author: Peter BowermanISBN: 0967059860 The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON: CLICK TO VIEW Carolyn Howard-Johnson's ReviewsPeter Bowerman to a Writer's Rescue So, you’re a writer. Those of us who are often listen to a voice that nags us into believing that we'll never make a living at it. Sometimes that voice comes from the Web, sometimes from our own heads, sometimes from the ether. We hear it i
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5-12-2006
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Langenscheidt Pocket Phrasebook - Spanish
Langenscheidt PublishersISBN: 1-58573-510-8To become communicative in a foreign language, there is really no substitute for the motivational and instructional benefits that a classroom setting can bring. That being said, there are many books thatcan supplement the learning process, and the Langenscheidt Pocket Phrasebook – Spanish is an exceptional one.Conventional wisdom says you can’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case I beg to differ. The Langenscheidt Spanish phrasebook is bound...
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3-1-2007
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Alive on the Andrea Doria!
ISBN: 1-930098-74-XAuthor: Pierette Domenica SimpsonPublisher: A Harbor Hill Book published by Purple Mountain Press, Ltd.The musicians are running away. My friends are crying, too. Everybody’s scared of something. I’m scared… Where’s the light? All the screaming in the dark is scaring me. I want my Nonno… Pierette Domenica Simpson Pierette Domenica Simpson, the author of Alive on the Andrea Doria! was just nine years old when the impossible happened. On their last night aboard the luxurious...
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3-2-2007
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Angels in the Wilderness
Author: Amy RacinaPublished by Elite BooksISBN: 0-9710888-9-6The following review was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's ReviewsSome stories are almost too incredible to believe. They read like fiction even though they are fact and inspire all who read them to look beyond themselves and find faith in a higher power.Such is the story of Amy Racina, who has published her memoir, 'Angels in the Wilderness,' an account of her sixty-foot fall in the Sierra Nevada mountains and...
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7-18-2006
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Interview With Peter Rennebohm Author of Blue Springs
Author: Peter RennebohmISBN: 0878392270The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of the book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Peter Rennebohm
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8-4-2005
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Making Right Turns in Your Relationship
Title: Making Right Turns in Your RelationshipAuthor: Myron D. LewisISBN: 0-9754896-1-5Genre: RelationshipsThe following review was contributed by:Andrea Wren-CLICK TO VIEW>>Andrea Wren's Other R
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10-17-2004
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IN THE BEGINNING…THERE WERE NO DIAPERS
Author: Tim BetePublisher: Sorin BooksISBN: 1-893732-87-8 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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7-17-2005
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Bridge Puzzles for Children
Title: Bridge Puzzles for ChildrenAuthor: David H. LevinISBN: 0-9638001-2-4Genre: Children’s Books The following review was contributed
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11-5-2004
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Preventing Strategic Gridlock
Author: Pamela S. HarperISBN: 0971573948The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIt is a failing of business education, from which I can scarcely excuse myself, to try to put across the message that problems in a company, once identified, can then be solved. Emphasis is placed on measuring those things which can be measured and managing those things which can be managed in the expectation of subsequent performance improvement. When that...
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10-14-2005
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Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition
Author: Thierry Hentsch: Translated by: Fred A. ReedISBN: 0889225095ISBN: 978-0-88922-509-1Before leaving the world to join the eternal spirit, the late Thierry Hentsch gifted the western literature a book of literary criticism, history, and philosophy that is rich in meaning and universal codes of the human existence as recorded in the western literary traditions of our planet. Translated by Fred A. Reed, Truth or Death (Talon Books, Canada, 2004) analyzes full circle the theme of death and...
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5-20-2007
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A conversation with Carolyn Garrett Author of Shadow of the Cross
Author: Carolyn GarriottISBN: 09778831-0-8Today, Norm Goldman, Editor& Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Carolyn Garriott, author of Shadow of the CrossGood day Carolyn and thanks for participating in our interview.
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4-4-2007
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Envy of the Gods: If The Reward Were Right
Author: Andrea SavitchISBN: 1933538112 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan :To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE Envy of the Gods (Bridgeway Books,
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5-17-2006
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Nice Wives Finish First
Author: Patricia Anne PhillipsPublisher: Dafina Books (March 5, 2005)ISBN: 0758208324 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Murray Jennifer Murray. Click
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6-16-2005
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Eight Million Ways to Die:25th Anniversary Edition
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Eight Million Ways to Die:25th Anniversary EditionAuthor: Lawrence BlockISBN: 978-0-06-145796-8Publishers: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsBased on the only other Lawrence Block book I’ve read, I was expecting some very tongue-in-cheek writing from this newly re-released version of “Eight Million Ways to Die.” This book, however, couldn’t have been more sobering, although it’s not surprising at all that William Morrow is capitalizing on the book’s...
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12-15-2007
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The Letter Writer
Author: Robert Mercer-NairneISBN: 0974814105The following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click Here To Read Emily's ReviewsCan You Really Get Rich Quick?“The Letter Writer” is about all good things…money, love, the pursuit of happiness…and also about the pa
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11-29-2005
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Meet Hope Clark, An Authority On Finding Online Resources For Grants, Contests, Markets, Publishing Opportunities & Jobs For Writers.
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, C. Hope Clark the publisher of FundsforWriters.com. Good day Hope and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers something about yourself and your site, FundsforWriters.Hope:FundsforWriters is an online resource of grants, contests, markets, publishing opportunities and jobs for writers. We are unique in that we post grants as well as scout the contests, markets and...
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4-30-2008
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How To Read The Bible
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon How To Read The BibleAuthor:Richard HollowayPublisher: Granta Books; 1 edition (Sep 29 2006)ISBN-10: 1862078939: 13: 978-1862078932
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1-20-2008
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Between – A Girl’s Guide To Life
Author: Vicki CourtneyISBN-13: 978-0-8054-4193-2ISBN-10: 0-8054-4193-XThe following review was contributed by:
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10-30-2006
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Interview With Richard A. Singer Jr. Author Of Your Daily Walk With the Great Minds Past and Present
Author: Richard A. Singer Jr.ISBN: 1-4196-2532-2The following interview was conducted by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here: To read Sue's review of the book CLICK HERESue: Where did you grow up? Richard: I kind of bounced around while growing up. My first five years were spent in Northeastern Pennsylvania and then my family picked up and moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, where I spent about four years. Following the divorce of my parents, my mother and I moved back to...
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4-2-2006
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Firecracker Jones Is On the Case
Author: Christopher KlimISBN: 0-9726906-7-0 The following review was contributed by: Emily Burson: Click here to view more of Emily's Reviews
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6-3-2005
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Holly Bloom’s Garden
Author: Sarah Ashman & Nancy Parent ISBN: 0-972-92250-4Genre: Children’s Books
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1-16-2005
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The Fullness of Time
Author: J B OrlyLine/Publisher: Xlibris ISBN: 0738834912The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews The Fullness of Time is a work comprising five volumes introducing 48 chapters covering 546 pages. VOLUME I SPEAKING BIBLE LANGUAGE includes Bible Code Words, Bible Language, Path of the Just. Information concerning perception and the Spiritual Word as well as a discussion of the antichrist are included. The Restraining Force, Characteristics of...
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10-16-2005
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Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos: 10 Strategies for Stepping up to Success and Satisfaction at Work
Author: Lynette LewisISBN: 0849901863Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos provides a variety of instructional and inspirational material for women faced with the task of improving their lives and careers. In particular, it is aimed at those women who have not yet found their niche or who fear they are unappreciated as well as unfulfilled. Author Lynette Lewis aims to help those women to identify life goals and then provide them with methods of trying to bring those goals to fruition. This is an...
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1-29-2007
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A Conversation With Martha Bennett Stiles Author of Lonesome Road
Today, Susan Sales Harkins, one of Bookpleasures' reviewers is pleased to have as a guest Martha Bennett Stiles author of Lonesome Road.Susan: Martha, thank you for agreeing to discuss your new book Lonesome Road with me.Before we discuss the book, would you tell us a bit about yourself-as much as little as you like. Give the readers some insight into who Martha is.Martha: I grew up on a small farm on Virginia's James River, a peninsula away from where my first American ancestor, Thomas...
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7-24-2007
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Jane Cook Author of Dancing Backward in Paradise Shares Her Thoughts
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Dancing Backward in Paradise Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Jane Cook author of Dancing Backward in Paradise. In addition to being an author, Jane has won numerous awards for her work as an actress and has worked in the professional theatre for over a decade. After ten years in the theatre she went onto to pursue her passion in art history, film theory and philosophy. Good day Jane and...
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12-13-2007
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Circle of Assassins
Author: Steven Rigolosi Book ISBN: 978-0-9773787-4-6Author Steven Rigolosi is the man behind the Tales from the Back Page series as well as having many other achievements for example being the Director of market research and development for W.H. Freeman & Co and Worth Publishers. This making him best known as the publisher of scientific books. Steven’s work has been described fondly as a “completely fresh voice in the mystery genre” and he has also been mentioned in various other...
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4-19-2007
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Tell Me How I’m Doing:A Fable About The Importance Of Giving Feedback
Author: Richard L. Williams: ISBN: 0-8144-0832-X The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews Ideal book for every manager and leader There is no question that delivering good feedback is a substantial part of effective leadership. Workers who receive continual, constructive feedback perform better, feel closer to their boss, and
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11-30-2004
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One Nation Under George
Author: Z.M. WagnerISBN: 0-7414-2540-8 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereZ. M. Wagner resides in Arizona, "where he enjoys playing sports outside in the winter and anything that keeps him inside during the summer." He has written four other books and "several volumes of poetry, and plans to continue writing until he can no longer hold a pen." Since President Bush's approval ratings have almost bottomed out, (only...
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5-4-2006
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Christmas Turtles
Author: Sara Ann DensonIllustrated by Tara McMillenISBN: 0-9769017-6-5 Lucky is the child whose grandmother loves them. That’s the message in Sara Denson’s book of grandmotherly love and family traditions. Both come across well in a simple story about Christmas candy. Grandma does everything (don’t they all?) from gathering the pecans in the fall to making and wrapping the delicious candies, which seem to magically appear each Christmas. To hear Grandma tell it, el
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12-25-2006
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Interview With Jacqueline Randolph Author of Deception's Fury
Author: Jacqueline Randolph ISBN: 1596820462The following interview was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To read Dian's Review of the Book Click hereBP: Tell us about your procedure of writing a book in so little time.Randolph: My first novel, Deception's Guard, was written in four days. I literally woke up one morning with a pounding heading and images and words in my head that would only go away as I dumped it out on paper. There was no...
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9-30-2005
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Wayne Winterton Author of Whistler's Gold: The Secret At Nizhoni Toh Interviewed
Author: Wayne WintertonISBN: 1599267527 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of the Book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Wayne Winterton, author of Whistler’s Gold: The Secret At Nizhoni Toh.Good day Wayne and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:
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4-24-2006
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Anti-Semitisim and Corruption At The United Nations- Author of THE UN GANG Pedro A. Sanjuan Interviewed
AUTHOR: Pedro A. Sanjuan ISBN: 0385513194 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of Pedro A. Sanjuan's Book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Pedro Sanjuan, author of THE UN GANG: A Memoir of Incompetence, Corruption, Espionage, Anti-Semitism, and Islamic Extremism at the UN Secretariat.Good day Pedro and thank...
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11-16-2005
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Pink
Author: Jennifer Harris Publisher: Harrington Park PressISBN: 978-1-56023-629-0Jennifer Harris has been a successful poet, having had her poetry featured in several national magazines from the New York Quarterly to Swerve. Jennifer founded and directed a three-year reading series at The Art Institute of Chicago. Amongst these many successes, she became the editor of a small literary magazine called JackLeg Press. She was also a finalist in FourWay Books national book contest. Ms Harris was a...
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6-14-2007
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Meet Gary Dale Cearley Author of Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness: The Truth About the Vatican and the Birth of Islam
Click Here To Purchase A Copy Of Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness: The Truth About the Vatican and the Birth of Islam Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Gary Dale Cearley author of Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness: The Truth About the Vatican and the Birth of Islam.Gary Dale is an American who has been living in Vietnam for over ten years and he refers to himself an avid libertarian.Good day Gary Dale and thanks for...
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9-7-2007
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A Conversation With Rob Costelloe, Author of Coinage of Commitment
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Coinage of Commitment Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Rob Costelloe, author of Coinage of Commitment.Good day Rob and thanks for participating in our interview. Norm: When did your passion for writing
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10-3-2007
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A Conversation With Kerry LePage Author of Some Day Never Comes
Author: Kerry LePageISBN: 978-1-4343-2855-0Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Kerry LePage, author of Some Day Never Comes.Good day, Kerry, and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Kerry, why did you feel compelled to write Some Day Never Comes? As a follow up, who do you believe will benefit from your book and why?Kerry: I’ve been collecting thoughts and quotations for more than thirty years. Whenever I need to be motivate
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4-20-2007
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Irene Watson Author of The Sitting Swing Is Interviewed
Author: Irene Watson ISBN: 1891386492The following interview was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of The Sitting Swing CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Irene Watson, author of The Sitting Swing.Good day Irene and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.
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11-22-2005
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The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
Author: Shane ClaiborneISBN: 0-310-26630-0The following review was contributed by: Penny Watkins: CLICK HERE to read more of Penny's Reviews.Shane Claiborne’s The Irresistible Revolution is a book about living for Christ. It’s about being a Christ-follower, not a religious Christian. It’s about reading the Bible and actually doing what Jesus said to do, which is a pretty radical concept.Shane Claiborne is a Christian activist who has decided to change the world, by living with the poor...
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7-23-2006
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The Blue Ribbon Day
Title: The Blue Ribbon DayAuthor: Katie Couric: Illustrated by Marjorie PricemanISBN 0-385-50142-0 The following review was contributed by:
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10-21-2004
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The Wal-Mart Way
Author: Dan SoderquistISBN: 0785261192/102The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThere are two distinct types of stories about Wal-Mart, which is an American company and one of the largest retail chains in the world. The first tells a tale of a hugely successful company with a renowned management style and created by a man, Sam Walton, who has a legendary reputation in business literature. The second tells of the ruthless suppression of...
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11-17-2005
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The Vampire Tapestry
Click Here To Purchase The Vampire TapestryAuthor: Suzy McKee CharnasISBN: 9780765320827
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10-6-2008
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Patricia Harrington Author of Death Comes Too Soon A Bridget O'Hern Mystery Interviewed
Author: Patricia Harrington ISBN: 1413777082 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of the book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as out guest, Patricia Harrington, author of Death Comes Too Soon: A Bridget O’Hern Mystery.Good day Patricia and thank you for agreeing to participate in our interview.Norm:
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12-8-2005
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Random Thoughts
Author: Howard WuISBN: 9781425162382 Letting one’s thoughts ramble is sometimes a delightful venture. Meaning and order may arise from the apparent randomness, like the Brownian motion of particles that determine the temperature of an object. Howard Wu’s anthology Random Thoughts (Trafford Publishing, British Columbia, 2008) is an instance of creating meaning through randomness of thought and content.
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3-26-2008
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The Magus of Nastrand
Author: Slade ChandlerISBN: 141379198The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIn The Magus of Nastrand, Slade Chandler describes the tale of a man who slips away from the real world and enters, or at least eventually comes to believe he enters, the alternative reality of the gods of Asgard. Befriended by dwarves and elves, beset by monstrous undead and evil gods including Loki and Hel, the man (Hatteris) learns who he really is and what his...
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6-19-2006
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The Aremac Project
Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Gerald M. WeinbergISBN: 10: 0-932633-70-6 What would it be like to capture people's memories and thoughts on a computer? What could the far reaching implications be? I've recently read somewhere that this type of machine may be a present possibility. Gerald Weinberg's new book, The Aremac Project, is a "fiction" thriller which cleverly presents such a possibility. Roger and Tess, the main characters of the story, are graduate students...
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7-1-2007
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Life on Purpose: Six Passages to an Inspired Life
Author: Dr. Brad Swift. ISBN: 9787774580679 Brad Swift’s journey into living Life on Purpose took him from fatigue to fulfillment, from depression to delight, from the Good Life to a meaningful life. As a veterinarian-turned writer-turned life coach, Dr. Swift has experienced the transformation of purposeful living, and translated what he learned into a “systematic, spiritually based process for assisting people to clarify and live true to their life purpose.” Life on Purpose sits at the...
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5-21-2007
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The Wingy Chronicles
Author: Joseph CarielloISBN: 9781933538501It’s nice to read a simple, entertaining, and useful book such as “The Wingy Chronicles – Grandpa’s guide to life.” It’s also nice to know there is hope and humor even in the face of adversity. And, with determination, motivation and the fortitude to stand up for what you believe, one can be a success.I have read and reviewed many books about success, but none so fun or that can be used so readily in everyday life. The first lesson Grandpa has to...
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6-27-2007
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Mr. Darcy’s Diary
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mr. Darcy’s Diary Author: Amanda GrangeISBN 10:1-4022-0876-6 Mr. Darcy is almost a secondary character in the story that made him one of the most beloved heroes in all of Jane Austen’s novels. Although Pride and Prejudice utilizes the device of omniscient narrator, the reader spends most of the book inside the sparkling head of Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy’s ultimate destiny; it rarely gets inside of Darcy’s.Novelist Amanda Grange has sought to remed
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10-22-2007
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The Oldways Table: Essays and Recipes from the Culinary Think Tank
Author: K. Dun Gifford and Sara Baer-Sinnot ISBN: 978-1-58008-490-1Oldways has existed for over a decade and a half, pulling together the latest information about nutrition and teaching people how to incorporate that information into healthy eating patterns. This book, The Oldways Table, brings scientific, dietary, nutritional and culinary expertise to bear on the questions we ask today about how we should eat.If you are tired of conflicting information about nutrition, this is the book for...
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3-6-2007
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Old Age is a Terminal Illness
Author: Alma H. BondPublisher: Universal PublishersISBN: 1-58112-904-1When five of her friends died within the space of a few years, Dr. Alma Bond, acutely aware of her own advancing years, grew depressed. Dr. Bond finally decided to deal with her problem by keeping a dream journal. Believing that her dreams held clues to the issues underlying her depression, she perceived the journal as a means for analyzing, understanding and, ultimately, controlling her psychic, emotional and spiritual...
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3-1-2007
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A pirate's Night Before Christmas
Click Here To Purchase A Pirate's Night Before ChristmasISBN: 978-1-4027-4257-6Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pirates aren't exactly the symbolic project you might lean toward in a children's Christmas story, but Philip Yates makes it work. It's joyful, it's funny, it's surprising, it's colorful, and it's just loads of fun. Yates usurps the classic A Night Before Christmas to share what Christmas mig
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8-14-2008
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3 Doors
Author: Kiane & Rocelle SimeonISBN: 1418474894Genre: Children’s Books The following review was
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1-17-2005
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Meet Alan Gottlieb Author of Ultimate Excursions
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Alan Gottlieb author of Ultimate Excursions.Good day Alan and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:What in your belief makes a novel vital, alive, good and great?Alan: First and foremost, the writing. If the novelist can’t lure readers into a book with clear, powerful sentences, the battle is lost. Almost as important is the development of flesh-and-blood characters – real human beings,...
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2-7-2008
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The Good Good Pig
Author: Sy MontgomeryISBN: 0-345-48137-2 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here
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6-4-2006
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Minds Eye
Author Philip HenryISBN: 1-84685-297-8 Johnny Knox was that high school kid that every one knew, and no one actively disliked, but no one was friends with. Students are surprised when he dies, in what is first called a suicide and is later deemed natural causes, but life goes on pretty much as normal. Normal that is for everyone except for Steve Norton who has a terrifying experience shortly after the death that makes him realize that there was nothing 'natural' about the cause. In time he...
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4-26-2007
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The Pen and Paper Diet: Expanded Metric Edition
Click Here To Purchase The Pen and Paper Diet Author: Michael DowISBN-10: 1435719131 ISBN-13: 978-1435719132This actually came to me as a set of two books but the majority of
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8-15-2008
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Idiots 'R Us
Author: Phillip ReedISBN: 141964114XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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9-6-2006
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Continuum
Author: Marlys BeiderPublisher: Hats Off BooksISBN: 0-971-1748-1-4The following review was contributed by: Theresa Derwin. Click HERE to read more of Theresa's reviews.
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6-5-2005
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Not On The Level
Author: Michael V. MaddaloniISBN: 1-4259-0861-6Michael Maddaloni writes the fictional story of Joe DeFalco from early childhood to manhood. Joe is an altar boy in the Catholic Church, enlists in the Marine Corps, and then he's off to college. Joe ends up as a Secret Service Agent. Joe De Falco was born in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia -- a street-smart Italian-American boy. His father dies (while using the latrine) during World War II, leaving Joe to grow up in his father's...
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11-13-2006
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THE VISION:Book One in the Green Stone of Healing Series
Author: C. L. Talmadge Publisher: Quiet Storm PublishingISBN: 0-9744084-9-2 The following review was contributed by Emily ShafferA long time ago, right here on Earth, a civilization not much different from our own existed on the small island of Azgard. Unfortunately, their problems are all too familiar as well: war, racism, sexism, power plays, unrequited love, and plenty of dangerous secrets. In this society, the dark-skinned Toltecs are the ruling class, the light-skinned Turanians...
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5-29-2005
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Get ‘Em While They’re Hot
Author: Tony ZeissISBN 0-7852-0865-8 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews
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4-22-2005
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THE SECRET MESSAGE OF JESUS
Author: Brian McLaren ISBN: 0-8499-0000-XThe following review was contributed by: Penny Watkins: CLICK HERE to read more of Penny's Reviews.The Secret Message of Jesus is written in the voice of a searcher, someone who is looking for truth. He speaks as someone who has spent a long time pondering the Scriptures and the Jesus that he finds there. He speaks the words of someone who has had to clear away the brush of doctrine and orthodoxy in order to find a clear view of what Jesus...
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6-13-2006
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What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy
Author: Thomas Nagel ISBN 0-19-505216-1. A Small Taste Of Academic Success to Begin the Scholarly LifeDuring that first week of the first semester of the freshman year of college, before the social fraternities might have planned and executed their first parties for the year, before the sports tryouts, play auditions, talent shows, and football games can begin in earnest, for those very few days, the meaning of college and a scholarly endeavor can still be shaped by a teacher. In those two or...
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1-25-2007
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Flesh Hell
Author: Kirsten Imani KasaiISBN: 0-595-38274-6The following review was contributed by: Deborah Augustin: Click here to read more of Deborah's ReviewsThe very first chapter of Flesh Hell has us titillated, wanting to know what happens next as the protagonist, Joely, is about to have an operation of some kind. The rest of the story could be described as a slow seduction as the reader wants to know more about Joely, a stripper, and what will happen to her next and what she will decide to do....
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7-11-2006
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The Secret of the Labyrinth by CJ Lewis
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin Twelve year old Edward Forrest lives in a meager home with mom Olive and two sisters; Amy 14, Crystal 16. There is little money for lights, heat or food. The local library where it is warm and filled with friendly faces and books to carry him far from his bleak existence is a refuge for the lonely youngster. Edward’s life changes when he awakens at 6AM as usual only to discover neither Olive nor his sisters are in the house. Two weeks...
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10-11-2004
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Immanuel! God Is Still With Us
Author: John L. Hoh, Jr.ISBN: 1588983536Publisher: GreatUNpublished.comThe following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsThe work consists of eight chapters covering 146 pages. Chapter one discusses the prophet Isaiah and Ahaz and the sign God would send as a fulfilling of his promises. Jahweh/Immanuel is the hope of mankind. Jahweh/Immanuel, origin of time, the universe and the world are covered
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5-19-2005
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A Conversation with Barbara Coloroso Author of Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide…and why it matters
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide…and why it matters Title: Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide…and why it mattersISBN: 10:0670066044: 13:978-0670066049 Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Barbara Coloroso who is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the area of parenting, teaching, school discipline, non-violent conflict resolution and...
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5-28-2007
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Meet Louise Lewis Author of 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: 978-0-595-42971-4Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Louise Lewis, author of No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You!Good d
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9-5-2007
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Author: Alastair Reynolds, 2005,ISBN: 0441012388 (science fiction - 9/10)The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThe first of these two novellas, set in the author's *Revelation Space*universe, is about an alien tower, obviously part of a long-dead civilization,on a desolate planet. Decomposed bodies and body parts around the base show thatextreme care is a very good idea. A man named Childe assembles a group of peopleto explore the...
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6-21-2005
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Interview: Kenneth Kahn Author of The Carny Kid
Author: Kenneth KahnISBN: 0976111500 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Review of the Book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as ourguest, Kenneth Kahn, author of The Carny Kid Survival of a Young Thief.
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7-28-2005
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Meet Sue McDaniel Author of I.M.Heart
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher and Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Sue McDaniel Ph.D author of I.M. Heart. Good day Sue and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Sue, could you tell our readers why you have a life-long interest in searching for understanding of yourself and others?Sue:I remember as a child questioning the whys and wherefores of events occurring around me and wanting to understand myself.
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3-4-2008
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Human Species and Beyond
Author: Rajesh SinghISBN: 0976498170 The follow review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE The rather effusive start of Rajesh Singh’s Human Species and Beyond (Synergy Books, Texas, 2006) sets the reader on precarious footing while grappling with the metaphysical codes that come riveting at him/her from the very first page. With no preface or foreword, Singh’s book starts brusquely with the assumption that man is suffering...
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7-23-2006
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Lucifer’s Dictionary of the American Language
Author: Burton h. WolfeISBN: 1419619748 The following review was contibuted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with Burton h. Wolfe CLICK HERE
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6-23-2006
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A Halloween Story:a frightfull-delightful tale, by a 5-year-old for other little monsters, everywhere.
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Halloween Story Author: Alberto Fernandez Illustrator: Pilar De La FuenteISBN: 978-0-9796465-0-8 After a fun-filled evening of Trick-or-Treat and Halloween fun, footsteps in the night waken a young boy. Is it a vampire? A mummy? A giant scary monster? What could it be? To find out, you need to read Alberto Fernandez’s new book, A Halloween Story.Written at the age of 5 as part of a school project, young Fernandez has created a short story which children...
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9-27-2007
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Mother’s Speak . . . For Love of Family
Author: Rosalie Fuscaldo Gaziano ISBN: 1-930754-73-6The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews When I learned that Ms. Gaziano had been awarded “National Mother of the Year 2002” by National Mothers, Inc., in part because she had raised five incredibly successful sons, I thou
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7-27-2005
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Pirates in Paradise
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Pirates in ParadiseAuthor: Connie Lee BerryISBN: 978-0-9772848-2-3 Set in Puerto Rico, this book is filled with pirate lingo, adventure, and, of course, the mysterious map first found in The Criminal in the Caymans.” Remember, there appears on the map a letter during each adventure – so far, the boys have W-I-S. This book will add another letter to further reveal the secret message. Off again on a vacation, this time it’s the Caribbean. The Stone men are...
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2-1-2008
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Economics
Author: Tom GormanPublisher: ALPHA (Penguin)ISBN: 0-02-864492-1This economics installment of the Idiot’s series is 338 pages in length. The 21 chapters are organized into 6 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (resources for the economically inclined and index). Having taught micro and macro economics (introductory) courses at the university level, more than a dozen times, I was looking forward to seeing just how the Idiot’s series dealt with the variety of topics dealt...
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2-19-2007
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Author: J.K. RowlingISBN: 0439784549The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThe annual launch of the new Harry Potter episode is now of major international significance as people around the world are united in a cultural celebration of storytelling and the triumph of hope over despair. It is a time to bring families together as parents and children can enjoy the same book and film. No matter the stylistic limitations or the foolish people...
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8-1-2005
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Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life with animals
Author: . Ed KostroPublisher: Publish AmericaISBN: 1 4137 0122 1The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsNot a story book per se, Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life withanimals recounts writer Kostro's life long love affair with critters.Written in 42 chapters Curious Creatures - Wondrous Waifs my life withanimals opens with 'A Snake, a Rat, and Two Alley Cats', moves on to givethe reader a peek into other animals who have...
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2-25-2005
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Defying Gravity
Author: Prill BoyleISBN: 1-57860-208-4 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereThe book is a collection of firsts and a fistful of fulfilled dreams in the lives of late-bloomers. After reading this book, you may find that you have a renewed strength with which to reach into the recesses of your heart and see if there's not something else you may want to accomplish before your last breath. Linda Bach, at age fifty, became a medical doctor....
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7-25-2006
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Spirit Warrior, An Epic Adventure to the Blue Ring Galaxy
Author: Peter H. ZindlerISBN: 8-0595673667 Peter Zindler wastes no time thrusting his readers into the story of Spirit Warrior, with the main character, Vying, competing against Megog of Za-kar for Crown Champion of the Blue Star Galaxy. However, there’s more to the match than a competitive rivalry. Vying is the underdog and Megog is smitten with Queen Zelestar, who seems to be smitten with Vying… and the rage is on. When things seem hopeless, God answers Vying’s prayers with victory and...
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3-31-2007
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Crossing the Meadow by Kfir Luzzatto
The Following interview was contributed by: John WalshVoices from Beyond the Grave: An Interview with Kfir Luzzatto, author of Crossing the Meadow. Kfir Luzzatto’s novel Crossing the Meadow depicted the ways in which people are able to come to terms with their lives and their deaths. While some are able to pass onto the next stage of existence straight away, others have unfinished business which keeps them tethered to this world, although in the form of a ghost. The novel has won awards in...
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10-11-2004
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In Arctic Waters
Click Here To Purchase In Arctic WatersAuthor: Laura CrawfordISBN: 978-0-9768823-4-3Publisher: Sylvan Dell Want to introduce children to the arctic ecosystem without letting on they’re learning? Read Laura Crawford’s In Arctic Waters. Follow the small fish in a big ocean through the food chain, all the way up to the grouchy and coc
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4-7-2008
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The Handsomest Man in Cuba
Author: Lynette ChiangISBN: 0975581600The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With Lynette
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8-10-2005
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Funky to Fabulous – Surefire success strategies for the savvy, sassy and swamped
Author: Eli DavidsonISBN: 13:978-0-9766316-0-6ISBN: 10:0-9766316-0-1The market is full of books promising to help the reader change their lives for the better, but often they are more likely to only change the writer’s bank balance. So what’s different with this offering by empowerment expert and coach to Hollywood insiders Eli Davidson?It’s mainly the way it is written - her book reads like she is talking to a friend in need of a helping hand without being patronizing and you occasionally...
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5-22-2007
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Dragon of the Mangroves
Author: Yasuyuki KasaiISBN: 0595390269The Burmese campaign of World War II has not received the attention that it really deserves in most of the western world. It was far from Europe and from North America, it was fought in difficult terrain which made it had to work out quite often how was doing what and where and, frankly, much of it was fought by Indian troops of the British Empire and their exploits have not been deemed either interesting or important enough for much consideration....
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4-23-2007
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Out of the Ordinary
Author: Floriana HallPublisher: 1st BooksISBN: 1-4033-6026-X The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown
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2-23-2005
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Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews
Author: David Pryce-JonesISBN: 1594031517Having authored nine novels and twelve books of non-fiction, David Pryce-Jones has now turned his attention to France’s dealings with Arabs and Jews with his Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews. This book actually started out as an essay Pryce-Jones contributed to the French magazine Commentaire in May 2005 which has now given rise to this revised and extended version.Pryce-Jones has selected much of his material from culling the archives of the...
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3-9-2007
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Mindful of Madness
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mindful of Madness Author:Ida-Rose MeadISBN-10: 1598001590 Ida-Rose Mead’s humorous fantasy Mindful of Madness (Outskirts Press, Colorado, 2007) has all the idiosyncrasies of a literary work that results from out-of-the-box thinking of a creative writer. In both language and thought, Mead exhibits her highly developed creative imagination. Mindful of Madness is the unusual story of Conrad Buncombe whose continual dream about a sapphire-eyed beauty leads him...
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9-24-2007
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Losing Patience
Author: Joyce FaulknerPublisher: Red Engine Press, 2004ISBN: 0974565245 The following review was contributed by:
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4-5-2005
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A Conversation With John Beowulf Author of After The Rain
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon After The Rain Author: John BeowulfISBN: 1425129064Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, John Beowulf, author of Aft
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8-10-2007
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Nobody Notices Minerva
Click Here To Purchase Nobody Notices Minerva Author: Wednesday KirwanISBN: 978-1-4027-4728-1Publisher: Sterling Press
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4-7-2008
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The Strangeling
Author: Saskia WalkerISBN: 978-0-8095-5793-6 The setting is Edren a fantasy world created by the author who has a magical imaginative spark in storytelling. The Strangeling is an erotic fantasy novel that revolves around Maerose, a beautiful young woman with magical powers. Maerose is the heroine and Bron is her hero. Bron is an elder and goes on the quest of rescuing Maerose from her captor, Veldor who is a former elder himself. Veldor’s intentions are malicious as he seeks to...
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4-14-2007
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The Carny Kid Survival of a Young Thief
Author: Kenneth KahnISBN: 0976111500 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With The Author CLICK HERE
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7-14-2005
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The Hurried Woman Syndrome - A Seven Step Program to Conquer Fatigue,Control Weight and Restore Passion to Your Relationship
Author: Brent W. Bost, M.D., FACOG ISBN: 0-07-144577-3 The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's ReviewsI was intrigued about the title and set out to find out what the good doctormeant by that. And I am really happy that I read this book, courtseyMcGraw-Hill. Though I am a man, I could relate to many points explained by Dr.Bost in the book since my own wife was and is going through some of the symptomsso vividly described. And, as Dr.Bost explains,...
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12-13-2005
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A Conversation With Jeffery S. Williams, author of Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Jeffery S. Williams, author of Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney.Good day Jeffery and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:What motivated you to write Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of A
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10-13-2007
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Public Lies
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Public LiesAuthor: Brenda YoungermanISBN: 10: 1432712969: 13: 978-1432712969 Once Upon a Time there was Vince and Nancy…This is the sobering story about domestic and substance abuse in America and becomes somewhat of a knowing commentary about the gigantic obstacles that must be surmounted be they social or through the courts system. Nancy Lewiston’
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12-31-2007
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The Oculi Incident
Author: Regis SchilkenPublisher: Turnkey Press, 2005ISBN: 0-9764981-3-8The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsWhen a crucifix in a catholic church in a small American town near Pittsburgh starts to weep, many of the faithful believe they are witnessing a miracle. Words gets round and visitors start to flock to the church for the Sunday evening benediction when the so-called miracle takes place. Donations are made and the church flourishes,...
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9-8-2005
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THE LOBOTOMIST
Author: Jack El-Hai Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-23292-0 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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4-15-2005
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Little Bit & Big Byte - A Day at the Beach
Click Here To Purchase Little Bit & Big Byte Author: Craig T. FeighIllustrated by Patrick CarlsonISBN: 978-159879617-8Publisher: Life Vest Publishing Inc.
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8-14-2008
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Their Way Home
Click Here To Purchase Their Way Home Author: Melissa Van RossumISBN-10: 0979226538 ISBN-13: 978-0979226533 Publisher: MetaPublishing Melissa sees ghost. In fact, she's a ghost magnet! There are so many ghosts in her house t
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10-25-2008
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The Wish Club
Author: Kim StricklandThree Rivers PressCrown Publishing GroupISBN: 030735282XISBN-13: 9780307352828 Wish Club is a zany and witty story that you are sure to love. It involves five women, Claudia, Lindsay, Gail, Mara and Jill who are members of a book club. Their book club seems just like any other book club, five women sitting around talking, drinking wine, and even discussing the book they have been reading. Things in their book club had been going rather well until one of the women...
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4-17-2007
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The Genomics Age
TITLE: The Genomics AgeAUTHOR: Gina SmithISBN 0-8144-0843-5The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & CLICK TO VIEW Roger E. Herman's ReviewsWe’ve all heard about DNA. It’s an issue, a science, a research endeavor, a discovery, a breakthrough that affects all of us. DNA is in the news, in some context, practically every day. Science is unquestionably a central part of our lives—today and in the future. But why did AMACOM, a publisher of business books, produce a book on...
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10-25-2004
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BULLETS Growing Up in The Crossfire
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Kat HibbardPublisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN-10: 1933538821 ISBN-13:
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8-5-2007
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Anatomy of Fear
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Anatomy Of Fear Author: Jonathan SantloferISBN: 978-0-06-088197-9 The setting is New York and Terri Russo a detective for the NYPD is called to the scene of a murder where she discovers a sketch of the victim alongside the body. Russo is aided in her investigation by Nate Rodriguez, the police sketch artist.Nate’s father was an undercover narc for the
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4-11-2007
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Alley Oops
Author: Janice Levy ISBN: 0-972-92254-7Genre: Children’s Books
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4-28-2005
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A Conversation With J.C. (John) Hager Author of Hunter’s Choice: A Matt Hunter Adventure
Click Here To Purchase Hunter's Choice Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, J. C. Hager author of Hunter’s Choice: A Matt Hunter Adventure.Good day J.C. and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:When and how did you decide you were ready to write Hunter’s Choice: A Matt Hunter Adventure?J.C.Call me John.In 2001, after retiring from 28 years with IBM- all on quota- and before that as a science teacher and coach, I...
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10-29-2008
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The Devil’s Halo
Author: Chris FoxPublisher: Hutchinson (The Random House Group Limited)ISBN: 0091794994The 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 HEREThe possibility of a terrorist attack haunts all of us. However, have you ever thought about the prospect of some of America’s European allies deciding one day that they had enough of American dominance and hegemony, particularly in...
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11-1-2005
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Build To Laugh: How to Construct Sketch Comedy with the Fast and Funny Formula
Author: Cherie KerrISBN: 0-9648882-2-X“So George Washington is Standing there in the Boat and He says…” Build to Laugh: How to Construct Sketch Comedy with the Fast and Funny Formula is no recent release. Still in print and readily available, the book has already encouraged a decade of emerging comedy writers to think about their material in deeper ways. The long shelf life came from its clarity and its playful explanations. It actually helps writers learn to be funny. My own reasons for...
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3-26-2007
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The Power of the Dark Goddess (and other stories)
Author: George J. BryjakPublisher: Myopic Moose PressISBN: 978-1-60402-477-7George J. Bryjak moved to the Adirondack Region of New York state with his wife Diane after teaching sociology at the University of San Diego for twenty-four years. His short plays have been performed in New York, California, Connecticut and Rhode Island. He has been the co-author of sociology text books, many articles and many pieces in various newspapers across the country. Here is George’s first collection of short...
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10-23-2007
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A conversation with Kimerbly Raiser Author of Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity…
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Kimberly Raiser author of Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity…Good day Kimberly and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background. Kimberly:
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6-6-2008
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The Departed
Author: Kathryn Mackel ISBN: 0785262296 The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Dian's interview with the author CLICK HERE
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9-23-2005
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Meet David E. Comings, MD, author of Did Man Create God?
Click Here To Purchase Did Man Create God? Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, David E. Comings, MD, author of Did Man Create God? David is a renowned physician, human geneticist, and neuroscientist, past president of the American Society of Human Genetics and for 37 years head of the Department of Medical Genetics at the City of Hope National Medical Center.
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9-17-2008
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Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work
Author: Rob BennettASIN: B000K90200 Rob Bennett, author of Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work takes issue with the conventional approach to saving or as he terms it, “sacrifice saving.” He adopts an approach to looking at money management in a way that will motivate you to save and receive short term benefits rather than to wait until you retire to reap the benefits of saving.According to Bennett, the most common and widely accepted approach to saving...
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12-29-2006
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The Forgery of Venus: A Novel
Click Here To Purchase The Forgery of Venus Author: Michael Gruber ISBN: 978-0-06-087448-3Publisher: William Morrow
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5-1-2008
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S.A.H.M. I AM: Tales of a Stay-at-Home Mom in Europe
Author: Christine Louise HohlbaumPublisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Inc. As part of the Mom-Writers Publishing Cooperative ISBN: 1-932279-14-8 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews “There are days when I feel like quite the superhe
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4-13-2005
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A Conversation with Cheryl Kaye Tardif Author of Whale Song
Click Here To Purchase Wale Song From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is once again excited to have as our guest Canadian author Cheryl Kaye Tardif. Cheryl has made quite a name for herself in the world of literature in Canada and elsewhere. In 2004, Tardif was nominated for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. In addition, Cheryl has been extensively interviewed by the media and she has been featured in The Edmonton Examiner, Edmonton Woman...
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8-2-2007
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Casting Off
Author: . Trisha FitzGerald Petri ISBN: 1-59088-546-5The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews Dumpy blonde, 30 something Megan Barry orphaned at an early age and raised by her grandmother feels as though life may be passing her by. Determined to not marry one of the local men and live the life of a fisherman’s wife while equally determined to not go to work in the local fishery Meg worked first as a waitress at the local luncheon counter....
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12-10-2005
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Go Down Moses by Arline Chase
The Following review was contributed by: Molly MartinThe book opens with a discussion of what slavery is, touches on Abolition here in the United States and explains the Under-ground Railroad. Minty Lou Ross and how she came to be called Harriet is explained. Harriet was the child of Ben Ross and Hattie Greene, she grew up living in slavery on the Broadas Plantation, never learned to read or write, but developed strong family ties. When grown she married John Tubman, who had white relatives....
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10-11-2004
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Going Deeper - How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense
Author: Jean-Claude Koven Published by Prism House PressGenre: Fiction / Self-help ISBN: 0-9723954-5-8The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews'Going Deeper' by Jean-Claude Koven is not a novel inthe ordinary sense of the word and again it is alsonot a self-help book in the normal sense of the word.It is a novelised version of a man's spiritual searchto understand his true nature and his true mission onthis planet earth. The book's cover...
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2-25-2005
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The Ring Bear
Author: David Michael Slater ISBN: 0972-92251-2Genre: Children’s Books
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2-26-2005
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The Aremac Project
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Gerald M. Weinberg ISBN: 978-0-932633-70-5Gerald M. Weinberg has written over forty books, ranging from Weinberg On Writing to his earliest publicat
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7-2-2007
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The Snake Charmer
Click Here To Purchase The Snake Charmer Author: Jamie James
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7-14-2008
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High Performance Health:10 Real Life Solutions to Redefine Your Health and Revolutionise Your Life
Author: James W.RippeHardcover: 256 pagesPublisher: W Publishing Group (May 29, 2007)ISBN-10: 0849901820ISBN-13: 978-0849901829The credentials of the author are very good. He is a board certified cardiologist; he is the author of several books including “Healthy Heart for Dummies” and is also the editor of “Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine” and “Lifestyle Medicine”. He is also the founder and director of Rippe Lifestyle Institute. This book is based on research on thousands of...
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6-23-2007
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Slouching Toward Zion and More Lies
Author: Robert FlynnISBN: 1574411837 The following review was submitted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE
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9-2-2005
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NEXT OF KIN
Author: Ami Elizabeth Reeves Publisher: Avalon Books ISBN: 0-8034-9729-6 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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6-18-2005
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From the Rill to the Ocean
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon From the Rill to the Ocean Author: Imre KalanyosISBN: 9781425735494 The aspiration which led Imre Kalanyos run away from the imposing communist rule of his country is a word that equals life for many of us: freedom. In his short book From the Rill to the Ocean: My Journey to Freedom (Xlibris Corporation, Philadelphia, 2007), Kalanyos compares his life in communist Hungary as chained and desperate for an outlet into the free world. His quest for seeking...
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11-27-2007
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Departures
Click Here Tp Purchase From Amazon Departures Author: Linda BenninghoffISBN: 1596610115Linda Benninghoff’s departures (March Street Press, North Carolina, 2004) is a chapbook of 19 poems, along with some images, that are themed on the feelings connected with the act of ‘leaving’. Some of the poems address those who are no more but whose memories still ache in the heart and mind of the poet. Other poems focus on people, places, things, and animals that have been part of a lasting memory but...
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10-30-2007
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Classic Singapore Horror Stories, Book 2
Author: Damien SinISBN: 9813056126Genre: horror/short stories.The following review was contributed by John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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6-23-2005
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The Last Schoonerman: The Remarkable Life of Captain Lou Kennedy
Author: Joe RussellISBN: 0-9789350-0-4That it was possible during the middle of the twentieth century to profitably haul cargo between the Caribbean, Canada and the northeast USA with sailing ships similar to those used in the 1850s will probably come as quite a surprise to many of us today.This was how the legendary Lou Kenedy, who owned and skippered ten vessels, earned his living from the age of twenty-one during the height of the Depression until he retired and sold his last schooner in...
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4-3-2007
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Celebrity Anecdotes- Volume 1
Author: J. Julian PaynePublisher: Anecdotage PressISBN: 0973622105 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews It would probably be very difficult to write a dull book about the witty quotes, anecdotes, and tidbits pertaining to some of the most well-known celebrities, whom many of us read or hear about in the print or the television media.Celebrity Anecdotes- Volume 1 does not disappoint, providing us with many
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11-3-2005
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Hitler’s Judas: A Tale of Self Interest and Intrigue in the Third Reich
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Hitler’s Judas: A Tale of Self Interest and Intrigue in the Third ReichAuthor: Tom LewisISBN: 10: 0970579365: 13:978-0970579362 After reading Hitler’s Judas I really had to wonder whether Tom Lewis missed his true calling. Maybe Tom should have been penning his stories thirty-eight years prior instead of conducting orchestras around Europe and the United States. But then again, it also just may be that his experience in nearly four decades of conducting...
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2-27-2008
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I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track
Click Here To Purchase I Saw An Ant On The Railroad Track Author: Joshua PrinceISBN: 978-1-4027-2183-0
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4-7-2008
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Sucks To Be Me
Click Here To Purchase Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) Author: Kimberly PauleyISBN-10: 0786950285 ISBN-13: 978-0786950287 Publisher: Mirrorstone Mina Hamilton seems your typica
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10-25-2008
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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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Secrets of the Holy Lance: The Spear of Destiny in History and Legend
Authors: Jerry E. Smith and George PiccardISBN: 1931882436This review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsAmong the various occult items believed to have an arcane and wide-ranging impact upon human history, the Holy Lance or the Spear of Destiny has a particularly well-established reputation. Also known as the Spear of Longinus, the weapon is believed to have been wielded by the eponymous Roman legionary who stabbed Jesus in the side, thereby avoiding the...
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12-8-2005
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Haunted Camps
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Haunted CampsAuthor: B. C. JusticeISBN: 978-0-9701793-2-6Publisher: Lone Tree Publishing It’s a right of passage--sitting around the campfire, needing to pee so bad that you can’t sit still but afraid you’ll miss something wonderfully terrifying while you’re gone and of course, too afraid to face what you know lurks between you and the latrine. It’s a delightful memory. B.C. Justice, a Texas Scoutmaster for more than 25 years, retells ten classic ghost...
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12-29-2007
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The China Conspiracy
Author: P.M. TerrellISBN: 0972818634The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To read Dian's Interview With the Author Click Here
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10-2-2005
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Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out
Purchase This Book From AmazonAuthor: Ibn WarraqISBN-10: 1591020689 When it comes to exposing the baseness of religious dogma, Ibn Warraq proves a one-man-demolition squad, particularly when the religion in target is Islam. The title of Warraq’s book Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out (Prometheus Books, New York, 2003) is just the start of Warraq’s challenge that thrashes the tyrannical Islamic notion of possession: kill those who leave Islam. However, it’s not a one-man team here that probes...
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7-3-2007
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Presenting Wales From A To Y: The People, The Places, The Traditions by Peter N. Williams, PH.D
The following review was contributed by: PAULA BARDELL
Opening with the entry: ‘A Oes Heddwch’ (‘Is there Peace’), the
“stirring three-time cry of the archdruid of Wales… at the
National Eisteddfod”, and ending with ‘Zito, Jayne’, the person
who set up the Zito Trust to campaign for “better support and
treatment of the mentally ill”, Peter’s N. Williams’s
alphabetical guide to the people, places and traditions of Wales
is a rich source of fascinating information for students,...
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1-1-1970
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Speak Right On: Dred Scott
Aurhor: Mary E. NeighbourISBN: 159264144The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereIf there ever was a book that explained what it was like to be torn from your birth land, shipped as if you were a piece of lumber and dropped into an unknown world, Mary Neighbour's novel is at the top of the reading list.
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3-27-2006
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Becoming Dead Right
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Becoming Dead RightAuthor: Frances Shani ParkerISBN: 978-1-932690-35-4 How does a Detroit high school principal get involved in end-of-life situations? After reading “Becoming Dead Right,” I understand it’s all about “love in work clothes” for her. She writes with style about a mostly untouched subject – death. Her voice is fresh and filled to overflowing with compassion and understanding. When my time comes, I could only hope that someone like Ms. Parker...
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5-19-2007
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Passed Down Through 4 Generations
Author: . Victoria Taylor Murray ISBN: 1413784569The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews BEVERAGE recipes offered on the pages of Passed Down Through 4 Generations include Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic. This reviewer found CHEF TELL’S CREAMY HOLIDAY EGG NOG to be especially tasty. CHEF TELL’S PECAN CHEESE BALLS proved a hit at a recent holiday gathering. I am anxious to try PAPPY’S STICK-TO-YOUR-RIBS CREAM OF POTATO & ONION SOUP or CHEF...
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6-1-2006
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Under the Glacier
Author: Halldór LaxnessISBN: 1-4000-3441-8 For the life of me I can’t remember what led me to it. I’m sure it started out innocently enough…a title sounded interesting…someone recommended a book…I can’t be entirely sure. But, two years later I found myself at cocktail party, babbling endlessly, in a marginally-coherent fashion, about Scandinavian literature. I’m well aware that enjoying Scandinavian fiction is the type of idiosyncrasy you would expect from a pretentious asshole....
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12-30-2006
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Amazing Girls of Arizona
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Amazing Girls of ArizonaAuthor: Jan CleereISBN: 978-0-7627-4135-9Publisher: Twodot Jan Cleere’s Amazing Girls of Arizona profiles women from America’s later pioneer era. It’s important to note, however, that the book is about amazing girls and not pioneers, it just so happens that many of those profiled lived during that time. Their common ground is that they all lived in Arizona. Cleere provides a look at a life that most modern girls will never know. They...
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3-3-2008
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A Dirty Business
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Dirty Business
Author: Joe HumphreyDakarma Publishing, New York, New YorkISBN: 978-0-9787871-0-3 Are you a crime novel enthusiast? A Dirty Business is the new debut crime novel written by Joe Humphrey, and a recommended read.Upon recently returning to his home in New York City from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Kevin Bailey finds himself both broke and with no where to live. Kevin Bailey has a degree in criminal justice and is...
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3-28-2007
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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
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8-21-2005
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The Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials Author: Angela GairPublishers: New Holland Publishers and distributed by Sterling PublishingISBN: 1 85368 3191Although painting with quick-drying acrylic paints may at first seem to be a relatively simple process, one glance through Angela Gair’s “Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics” makes the reader realize the myriad of unique possibilities found within this versatile...
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4-18-2007
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The Cinquefoil Connection
AUTHOR: Recy DunnPUBLISHER: Authorhouse ( 1ST Books)ISBN: 1414074808 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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12-7-2004
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Soldier’s Heart
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Soldier’s Heart Author: Elizabeth D. SametPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN: 13: 978-0-374-18063-8; 10: 0-374-18063-6 It was slightly more than a decade ago that Elizabeth D. Samet graduated from an Ivy League university and accepted a position as a civilian faculty member at America’s oldest mili
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2-21-2008
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Blind Rage
Click Here To Purchase Blind Rage ISBN: 978-0-385-51875-8Author: Terry PersonsPublisher: Doubleday Blind Rage, by Terry Persons is a quirky murder mystery that wil
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9-15-2008
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NEVER MORE
Author: Robert AbbamontePublisher: OutskirtsPress.comISBN: 1-59800-396-8 The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review:
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7-14-2006
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Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folk Song
Author: John BealleISBN: 0-8203-1921-XThe following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsThe fundamental question of “Public Worship, Private Faith” is this: if Sacred Harp (shape-note) singing was born out of a music reform movement led by educated clergy, why is it now associated with American folksong? To answer this question, Bealle delves very deeply and intricately into the history of sacred singing in America; if the reader doesn’t...
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3-28-2006
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Mad Cover to Cover
By the Mad Editors; Commentary by Frank JacobsPublisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000ISBN: 0823016846Adult/Nonfiction
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4-5-2005
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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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Scams & Swindles: How to Recognize and Avoid Internet Era Rip-Offs
Author: The Silver Lake EditorsPublishers: Silver Lake PublishingISBN: 1563437864 The following review was submitted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews There is a well-known wise saying, Caveat Emptor, which is the Latin for Buyer Beware.
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5-19-2006
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Theaters and Theater Companies of New York
Click Here To Purchase Theaters and Theater Companies of New York 2008 Authors: Mike Stefan Strozier and Anthony Rubino JrISBN: 193420983XPublishers: World Audience Publishers (New York)
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10-21-2008
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The Discovery Of Luminous Being by Anthony Maulucci
INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY MAULUCCI AUTHOR OF THE DISCOVERY OF LUMINOUS BEING
To read the review click here
Thank you Anthony for accepting to share your thoughts with Bookpleasures' readers:
Norm-Anthony could you tell our readers something about yourself, your education and writing experience?
Anthony
My route to a life of college teaching and fiction writing has been a long and winding one. I believed that I needed to attain the right balance of real-life experience and academic...
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1-1-1970
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Bound
Click Here To Purchase Bound: A Novel Author: Sally GunningISBN-10: 0061240257 ISBN-13: 978-0061240256 Publisher: William Morrow Sally Gunning's latest historical fiction, Bound is
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10-24-2008
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Are You Interested in Participating In An Express Author Interview Service?
Express Author Interview Service & Author Video ServiceIf you are interested in quickly promoting your book via an e-interview or your own video, you may be interested in the following service that is now provided by Bookpleasures.com.Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com has interviewed over 400 authors and experts over the past few years. Due to an o
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6-24-2007
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Caveat Games
Title: Caveat GamesAuthor: Michael WegmanLine/Publisher: LuluISBN: 1 4116 0877 1The following review was contributed by:Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin'sReviews The narrative opens as Naval Lt. Jill Sinclair is jolted awake by the sound of the telephone. On board a warship moving toward Cuba she was loathe to give up the dream she had been enjoying. As yet Jill is unaware that her life and that of NFL Quarterback Terry Jackson will be caught up in the same dangerous scheme. Te
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5-27-2005
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What The Shadow Told Me
Author: Kurtis DavidsonISBN: 1597660027Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press The following review was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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6-13-2005
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The Annotated ‘Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Annotated and edited by David M. ShapardPublished by Anchor Books, a division of Random HouseISBN: 9780-307-27810-4 “Pride and Prejudice” is such a delightful romantic comedy that Jane Austen afficionados never tire of savoring its literary delights. The character-transforming romance between the sparkling Elizabeth Bennet and the aloof but ultimately heroic Fitzwilliam Darcy and the book’s intriguing and often hilarious cast of secondary players have made “Pride and Prejudice” one of the...
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4-20-2007
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Wives and Sisters
Author: Natalie R. CollinsPublisher: St. Martin’s PressISBN: 0312334281Adult/Fiction/Suspense
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4-5-2005
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Title: Healing Adult Acne – Your Guide to Clear Skin and Self Confidence
Author: Richard G. Fried, MD, PH.DISBN: 1-57224-415-1The following review was contributed by: Helen Kaut: To read more of Helen Kaut’s Reviews Click HEREIf you only had acne as a teenager – you can consider yourself lucky. A large number of adults, including celebrities like Cameron Diaz suffer from this unpleasant skin condition, which can last into your 30s and even occur during your menopause. It is estimated that 40 to 50 million Americans suffer from acne.Most self-help books about...
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2-27-2006
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P.K. Paranya Author of Herr Schnoodle and McBee Is Interviewed
Author: P. K. ParanyaISBN: 1594144125 The following interview was contributed by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERETo read Manuela's review of Herr Schnoodle and McBee, Click HereManuelaCan you please tell us about yourself?P.K. ParanyaI’ve used the name Pinkie Paranya since childhood, but in my mysteries and suspense I use P.K. Paranya. I was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ and traveled all over the States, Alas
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8-18-2006
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Businessman’s Prison
Author: JB GATESPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN 0-9755922-0-3The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews
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2-24-2005
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The Monk’s Son
Author: W.R.Wilkerson IIIPublisher: Ciro’s Books
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6-23-2007
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Some Day Never Comes
Author: Kerry LePageISBN: 978-1-4343-2855-0When Kerry LePage looked back on his life that has spanned fifty plus years, he sincerely felt he had something to pass unto anyone who would listen to him. What's more, he believed that now was the right time to do it or as my own father used to tell me, do it now, tomorrow never comes. As LePage points out in his introduction, what motivated him to write Some Day Never Comes was that the only memories he has of most of his relatives are their...
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4-20-2007
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A Foreign Education
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Author’s name: Craig Alan WilliamsonPublisher: Exposure PublishingISBN: 978-1-84685-694-5Craig Alan Williamson took a year studying in America, it was such an amusing and different experience to life in
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6-28-2007
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Spain in Mind - an anthology
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Spain in Mind - an anthology Editor: Alice Leccese PowersPublishers: Vintage BooksISBN: 978-1-4000-7676-5Deftly portraying the entirety of a country with mere words is not a task lightly undertaken, especially when the country in question is as ebullient and historically intriguing as Spain. Luckily for us, AliceLeccese Powers, the editor of Spain in Mind, has realized this and enlisted a brigade of literary figures - both modern and historic - to help her...
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9-17-2007
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Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma Author: Dr. Bret E. Trusko, Carolyn Pexton, Dr. H. James Harrington and Praveen GuptaPublisher: Financial Times Press (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-174171-3Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma is, as the title suggests, an applications-based, hardbound book with a retail price of $59.99 (US). Thirteen chapters follow the foreword and introduction, and are organized into four parts. The...
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10-31-2007
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Simple Feelings & Deep Passions
Click Here To Purchase Simple Feelings & Deep Passions Author: RC LangillISBN: 9781435704947 Publisher: LULU
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4-2-2008
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Lonesome Road
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Martha Bennett StilesISBN: 0-917788-69-9Publisher: Gnomon Press Writers are wonderfully creative beings, but sometimes a story is so intimate that you wonder if it’s biographic in nature. Lonesome Road’s main character is Ruth Brough, a mother who lives through one of the worst nightmares any mother can face—that of a missing child. Thanks to Martha Bennett Stiles suburb story telling, I can’t help thinking that Ruth is real. The...
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7-16-2007
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The Sport of Schutzhund:A Photographic Essay
Authors: BJ Spanos and Peter Spanos ISBN: 1-884330-09-6Publisher: BJ Spanos Ink As a person brought up around dogs, I have always had a deep passion for these wonderful animals. The canines I know have a fairly easy life - a leisurely walk twice a day followed by a large hearty meal and finally a snooze by the fire or even on the bed!Their life is fairly uncomplicated, casual and workless. However it is easy to forget that this type of living is not always the same with every dog....
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2-1-2008
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I AM THE WALLPAPER
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon I Am The Wallpaper Author: Mark Peter HughesISBN 0-385-73241-4Publisher: Delacorte Press, an imprint ofRandom House Children’s BooksA division of Random House, Inc.New York Mark Peter Hughes has created this adorable plot that is ‘I AM THE WALLPAPER”. The setting is a coastal village, near a beautiful cove . His main character, Floey, is the insecure sister to flamboyant Lillian. On the cusp of her teenage years, she feels she is so insignificant that...
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6-16-2005
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The Loch
Author: Steve AltenHardcover: 496 pagesPublisher: Tsunami Books (May 1, 2005)ISBN: 0976165902
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6-2-2005
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Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians
Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market TechniciansAuthors: Charles D. Kirkpatrick and Julie R. DahlquistPublisher: Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-153113-1Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians is a 672 page, hardbound book. It contains an acknowledgments section, a brief biography of the authors, a bibliography and an index. This 23 chapter book is organized into 8 parts or sections, and Part IX includes...
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2-12-2007
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The Dark Tide
Click Here To Purchase The Dark Tide Author: Andrew GrossISBN: 978-0-06-114342-7
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3-27-2008
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Meet Michael Schuessler Author of The Holy G-Rail
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Holy G-Rail Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Michael Schuessler author of The Holy G-Rail. Michael is also a photographer, painter and student of the Kabbalah.According to Michael his book The Holy G-Rail provides a comprehensive guide to finding and releasing the G-Spot, an area that some believe to be the cornerstone of sex. What is revolutionary about his discovery is that it places the...
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9-9-2007
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Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve
Click Here To Purchase Somewhere In Heaven Author: Christopher AndersenISBN 978-1-4013-2302-9Christopher Andersen is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-eight books that have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. A former contributing editor of Time and senior editor of People, Andersen has also written hundreds of articles for a wide range of publications, including Li
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7-19-2008
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Cut to the Bone
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cut To The Bone Authors name: Shane Gericke Publisher: Pinnacle BooksISBN: 0-7860-1814-3Shane Gericke is the author behind the crime thriller, Blown Away, which became a national bestseller within just three weeks after hitting the shelves. Now Gericke, a founding member of International Thriller Writers Inc and also a member of the Mystery Writers of America amongst his many other literary achievements, has published his next novel about a serial killer and...
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5-23-2007
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Sachiko
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon SachikoAuthor: Shizue Tomoda ISBN: 978-1419677670Publisher: BookSurge Publishing Sachiko is a young Japanese girl who desperately wants to go and study in America. Ever since coming across a novel about a young author who immigrated to America at the age of eighteen, Sackiko is determined she can have the same fate. America is where she feels there is a whole new life ready to open up before her where she can study and learn. However her parents do not see...
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2-6-2008
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The Frugal Book Promoter
Author: Carolyn Howard-JohnsonISBN 1-932993-10-XThe following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereThis is the book that every writer needs. In fact, it's the only book every writer needs! Written by an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, former publicist for a New York PR firm, and an instructor for the UCLA Extension's world renowned Writer's program, Carolyn Howard-Johnson knows what she writes. Thank goodness she has written what she...
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6-7-2006
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This is the Place: An Award-Winning Novel about Love, Prejudice and Redemption Set in Utah in the 50s. by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
The following review was contributed by Rolf Gompertz who is the author of eight books, including, Abraham, the Dreamer/An Erotic and Sacred Love Story, a provocative, biblical novel about Abraham, his wife, Sarah, and “the other woman,” Hagar. REVIEW This is the Place is a magnificent book and Carolyn Howard-Johnson is a magnificent writer. Her book is a joy to read. It is a work of literary art. It has something to say. It is an important book. It is a book that touches the heart, mind and...
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10-19-2004
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Reiki Without Rules
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Reiki Without RulesAuthor: Keith BeasleyISBN: 978-1-84799-866-8Publisher: Lulu.comReiki Without Rules is an excellent effort by a Reiki Master Keith Beasley to explain what Reiki is, the history of Reiki including the myths that circulate about the origins of Reiki, the need for symbols, the question of charging and all other details.There are several books on Reiki and each author has rightly presented the material from his/her own perspective. Keith also...
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2-8-2008
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Virus Games
Click Here To Purchase Virus Games Author: G. L. SheerinPublisher: Synergy BooksISBN: 978-1-934454-04-6About the Book (From the Back Cover):Peter Dempsey hates computers. He detests looking at monitors, can barely type with two fingers on a keyboard, and considers his PC 101 class a torture chambers. But when a fateful bolt of lightning gives him the ability to see just who lives and works inside our computers, Peter might have to change his mind.Peter befriends the "packets" who...
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4-24-2008
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Skulduggery Pleasant
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Derek LandyPublisher: HarperCollinsISBN: 0-06-123115-0 I’ve read many books that are so good I wanted to live in their pages and walk with their characters. But not until page 40 of Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant have I ever wished a talking skeleton would burst into my living room and start throwing fire at bad guys.This is the tale of a bored and under-challenged p
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7-7-2007
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Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point
Author: James S. RobbinsPublisher: Encounter BooksISBN 1-59403-141-X “Boys Will Be Boys:” Confusing Dash with Leadership James S. Robbins’ Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point will thrill readers who have already embraced the notion of Civil War officers as “gods.” Robbins mined the Special Collections Library of the United States Military Academy and now presents a vivid description of how these “gods” got their various starts. The book’s premise is engaging....
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1-26-2007
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A Conversation with Sandy Nathan Author of Stepping Off the Edge: Learning and Living Spiritual Practice
Author: Sandy NathanISBN: 0-9762809-8-1Publisher: Vilasa PressToday, Susan Harkins one of Bookpleasures' reviewers interviews Sandy Nathan author of Stepping of the Edge: Learning and Living Spiritual PracticeSusan: Sandy, thank you for agreeing to discuss your new book Stepping Off the Edge with me. After reading your book, I know how busy you are! While reading the book, I often felt as though you were speaking to me personally. Your book is different from the run of the mill spiritual help...
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4-28-2007
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Meet Kurt L. Kamm Author of One Foot In The Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s Story
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Kurt L. Kamm author of One Foot In The Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s Story.Good day Kurt and thanks for participating our interview.Norm:Has your environment and/or upbringing influenced your writing? As a follow up, please tell us something about yourself.Kurt: When I was in college (Brown) I wanted to be a writer. I got diverted for 35 years on Wall Street and 5 more years as an elite...
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2-16-2008
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Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World
Author: Vicki CourtneyPublisher: Broadman & Holman PublishersISBN: 0-8054-3055-5The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review:
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6-7-2006
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The Secret of Transitions (How to move effortlessly to higher levels of success)
Click Here To Purchase The Secret of Transitions (How to move effortlessly to higher levels of success) Author: Jim MantonISBN: 978-1-931741-91-0This book is about finding your true passion or love (as the author prefers to call) in your work and career. It is the author's own journey from the president of a large organization to a coach. It is about finding what really motivates you and gives you a sense of fulfillment and purpose. Coaching, mentoring etc. may help you and the author shares...
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4-24-2008
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The Rainforest Grew All Around
Click Image Below To Find Out More About The Rainforest Grew All Around Author: Susan K.Mitchell: Connie McLennan, Illustrator ISBN: 978-0-9768823-6-7 What is a rainforest? Who lives there? Children, aged 3-7, are invited to take a closer look at the rainforest of the Amazon in Susan Mitchell’s award winning new book The Rainforest Grew All Around.Written as an adaptation of the childhood favorite The Green Grass Grew All Around, Mitchell leads children deep into the jungle. Along their way,...
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2-7-2008
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Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine
Click Here To Purchase Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine ISBN: 9780981748108:Publisher: Orange Alert Press Once again, I am impressed by a Ben Tanzer novel. Ben Tanzer’s writing has been featured in Rated Rookie, Chicago Parent, Abroad View, Clamor, Third Coast Press, and The Truth Magazine. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine follows his first book, Lucky Man. Ben Tanzer
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9-13-2008
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Parenting the Ephraim's Child: Characteristics, Capabilities, and Challenges of Children who are Intensely MORE
AUTHORS: Deborah Talmadge and Jaime Theler Publisher: Horizon imprint Cedar Fort IncISBN: 0-88290-773-5The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsParenting the Ephraim's Child: Characteristics, Capabilities, and Challenges of Children who are Intensely MORE Is not a story book, this is 279 page work filled with parenting tips explaining why ANOTHER parenting book is needed as well as explaining just what the Ephraim’s Child...
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4-19-2005
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The Double Exodus Theory
Author: Steve BrockGenre: history/Biblical studiesPublisher: Turn Key Press, 2004ISBN: 0-9754803-0-8The following review was contributed by: John Walsh
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5-20-2005
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Of Blood and Blackwater
Author: T.C. HeffernanISBN: 1-4259-3445-5 Ethnobotanist Gareth McKenna is troubled by terrifying nightmares. His terror mounts when he realizes that his nightmares are connected to the vicious murders of several young women in his hometown. Portland police detective Armando (Army) Padilla and FBI profiler Caroline Baxter’s investigation is stymied until a vital piece of evidence points toward Gareth as their prime suspect. Gareth’s journey to stay out of their reach and identify the killer...
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12-27-2006
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Meet Mark Ferem, Author of Bathroom Graffiti
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bathroom Graffiti Author: Mark Ferem Publisher: Mark Batty PublisherISBN: 9780977282746Today, Jessica Roberts, one of Bookpleasures.com reviewers, interviews Mark Feem author of Bathroom Graffiti.Jessica:
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9-2-2007
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Seat to Heaven :Short Stories, Vol.1-7
Author: Mel Waldman Publisher: World Audience ISBN: 978-1-934209-94-3I have got to say that I love the author’s artwork more then his short stories. The book covers are fantastic designs of colour and obscure shapes which can be interpreted in many ways if you really study them. I practically liked the Cigarette Woman, volume 1. In volume 1 the stories are strange, deep, weird tales of life death and who we are, why and what’s it all about? I think he means to say that whatever road we take...
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8-20-2007
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Pub Walks in the Lake District
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Pub Walks in the Lake District Author: Ron FreethyPublisher: Countryside BooksISBN: 1-85306-913-2 Do you enjoy a decent walk safe in the knowledge when you reach the end, you can relax in a near-by pub with a good pint of beer or a glass of wine and perhaps a homemade meal from local produce? If so, this book should appeal. Inside this edition are twenty circular routes, planned and guided by Ron Freethy, the author behind the many other walking guides...
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11-8-2007
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Unholy Domain
Click Here To Purchase Unholy Domain Auhor: Dan RoncoPublisher: KunatiISBN: 978-1-60164-021-5For those who read Dan's first novel, "Peacemaker" this will be a must read sequel. For others, it will be a good introduction to Dan's excellent writing skills and an invitation to go and get Peacemaker and look forward to a sequel to Unholy Domain.Dianne Morgan continues her stop-at-nothing attempts to take control of the whole world through her Domain and is being opposed by an equally...
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4-24-2008
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Pretzel on Prozac - the Story of an Immigrant Dog
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Pretzel on Prozac - the Story of an Immigrant DogAuthor: Ellen PalestrantPublisher: Elusive PressISBN: 9781587368417Pretzel is a pet dog of the author and when she immigrates to USA from South Africa, it also goes along. Unlike the other pet dog, Pretzel doesn't adjust well and later when the author's house is being remodelled, all the noises made by men and machines add to Pretzel's problems and it develops depression, anxiety etc. The vet puts Pretzel on...
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2-8-2008
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Roommates Wanted
Click Here To Purchase Roommates Wanted Author: Lisa JewellISBN: 9780061137471 Publisher: Harper Collins To sum up in one wo
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4-10-2008
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Vampire Royalty: The Rebellion
Author:Valerie HoffmanISBN: 1886766452Vampire books, like vampire films and television series, are undergoing something of a renaissance at the beginning of the twenty first century. They are accompanied by vampire-slayers, witches, mediums, psychics and people with all manner of supernatural powers. Why the upsurge in interest? Well, in addition to the fragmentation of mass media an
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11-1-2006
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Days Like These by Tom McCoy
The following review was contributed by: PAULA BARDELL For over thirty-three years, Tom McCoy composed poetry purely to satisfy a personal need and to share his deepest thoughts with family, friends and neighbors, never once considering publication or wider recognition. From his home in Silver City, a rural New Mexico town in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range, he earned his living as a stained glass artist, farmer and mechanic, while calmly absorbing the subtle details of the quiet,...
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10-19-2004
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Dancing Above the Waves
Click Here To Purchase Dancing Above The Waves Author: Susan WalersteinISBN: 978-0595449408
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4-6-2008
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The Tiniest Tiger
Click Here To Purchase The Tiniest TigerAuthor: Joanne L. McGonagleISBN: 9781419691416 Publisher: BookSurge I found
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6-16-2008
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The Making of a Civil Rights Lawyer
Michael MeltsnerISBN: 0-8139-2501-0 The following review was contributed by: *Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereMichael Meltsner claims that he “applied to law school because it postponed the need to decide anything, because it would keep me out of the armed services for at least a year, and because, broke and fatherless, I couldn’t turn my back on the full-tuition scholarship Yale offered me.” He didn’t seem to have a clue about being a lawyer, but states, “at the time...
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5-20-2006
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Richard E. Sall Author of Straightjacket Is Interviewed
Author: Richard E. Sall, MDISBN: 1419630547 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of Straightjacket CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dr. Richard E. Sall, author of Straightjacket.
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5-31-2006
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Sinister Among Us
Click Here To Purchase Sinister Among Us Author: William BradshawISBN-10: 1598867407 ISBN-13: 978-1598867404 Whe
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6-30-2008
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Angels of Maradona
Author: Glen Carter13-Digit ISBN # `10-Digit ISBN # 1-55081-239-4Publisher: Breakwater Books Limited
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5-13-2008
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Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple (2nd Edition)
Author: Michael N. KahnPublisher: Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-134597-4Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple is the second edition of this 309 page, hardbound book. It contains 37 chapters, organized into 6 parts or sections. It includes an acknowledgments section, a brief author biography, preface, and 2 sections about the book and how to benefit from it. The author has extensive financial expertise and background on the topic of Technical Analysis (TA). ...
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2-8-2007
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Street Love
Author: Walter Dean MyersPublisher: AmistadISBN: 13-978-0-06-028079-6Street Love is an enchanting love story set in contemporary Harlem. Damien is a rising star, smart and athletic, who is on his way to an Ivy League college and a good life. Junice is a young beauty, struggling to keep her fractured family from disintegrating completely. Damien and Junice’s attraction is thrilling and their uncertainty is palpable. Can two lives on such divergent trajectories merge, or will they merely...
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1-25-2007
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Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution Author: Anne Newton WaltherISBN: 978-0967670348Publisher: Tapestries Publishing French countess Eugenie Devereaux shares a unique and seldom-seen perspective of the French Revolution. She’s young, beautiful, rich, and supports the revolution. Her network of informants and spies, which includes even the real and famous General Lafayette, is extensive. Through her eyes, we watch French society change forever....
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10-23-2007
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Drive and Stroll in West Yorkshire
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Drive and Stroll in West Yorkshire Author: Ron FreethyPublisher: Countryside BooksISBN: 978-1-85306-980-2Ron Freethy, the well-known broadcaster and journalist who spent 40 years exploring Yorkshire and published a number of walking guides, has now written Drive and Stroll in West Yorkshire. A lovely, handy-sized guide book dedicated to Ron’s best loved walks in the West Yorkshire area.I like to think the cover of this splendid guide instantly captures the...
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11-1-2007
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Heaven’s Witness
Aurhors: Joseph Telushkin and Allen EstrinISBN: 1592640915 The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read Karim's reviews CLICK HEREIn the vista are two authors, Joseph Telushkin and Allen Estrin, who have joined heads to chill the breath of mystery nuts with their paranormal psychological thriller Heaven's Witness (Toby Press, Connecticut, USA, 2004). The prologue of this 462 pages, hardbound, chiller sets one's curiosity on heels in a second and...
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4-16-2006
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On The Banks Of The Jordan
Author: T.K. MicaiahISBN: 978-1-4327-1710-0Publisher: Outskirts Press
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10-12-2008
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Desert Medicine
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Desert MedicineAuthor: Judy AlexanderISBN: 10:0825420083: 13:978-0825420085 Judy Alexander shows
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2-1-2008
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A Conversation With Steven Mayfield Author of Afterlife Crisis
Click Here To Purchase Afterlife CrisisToday, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Steven Mayfield author of Afterlife Crisis.Good day Steve and thanks for participating in our interview.The pleasure is all mine!Norm:Steve, could you tell us something about your personal and professional background?Steve:
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9-1-2008
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Fiscal Pear and Shimmer in the Call of River Whale
Click Here To Purchase Fiscal Pear and Shimmer in the Call of River Whale Author: Olivia Brooks-ScrivanichPublisher: Booksurge ISBN: 1-4196-9589-4Some of Olivia Brooks-Scrivanich’s fondest memories feature summer evenings spent with her family watching the pattern of stars in the sky. Perhaps her fondness of nature is the reason behind this children’s adventure story. Currently Olivia lives with her husband and dog in Kirkland, Washington. The front cover promises quite an unusual cast of...
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8-15-2008
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The Smart One and the Pretty One
Click Here To Purchase The Smart One and the Pretty One Author: Claire Lazebnik Publisher: Hachette Book Group (5 Spot) ISBN-13: 978-0446582063
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10-23-2008
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Rhythm Is Our Business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Author: Eddy DetermeyerPublisher: The University of Michigan PressISBN: 0-472-11553-7For more than a decade, from the mid-1930s until the late 1940s, Jimmie Lunceford’s Orchestra (aka: the Harlem Express) was acknowledged as one of the leading jazz bands of the swing era. The group was famous for its rhythmic precision and “bounce,” its rich sonority, its discipline and its impeccable showmanship. Musically, the Harlem Express did it all: toured the USA and Sweden, played radio gigs, clubs...
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1-21-2007
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The Lost Fleet
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Lost FleetAuthor: Marc SonginiISBN: 13: 978-0-812-28648-4Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Lost Fleet
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3-3-2008
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Designed for Passion
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Designed For PassionAuthor: Francine Craft:ISBN: 9780373860579Publisher: Kimani Romance
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3-20-2008
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Amy Friedman Acclaimed Writer of Tell Me A Story Is Interviewed.
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Amy Friedman, acclaimed writer who wrote Tell Me a Story for Universal Press Syndicate. Good day Amy and thank your for agreeing to participate in our interview.Good day, Norm, and thanks a million for having me. Norm:Amy, please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background. What is your background in children's literature?Amy: I think the...
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5-31-2006
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Teashop Walks in the Lake District
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Teashop Walks in the Lake Dsitrict Author: Ron Freethy Publisher: Countryside BooksISBN: 1-85306-977-9I’ve always had big love for the Lake District and teashops are favourite haunts of mine. It seems to be the perfect combination to write a walking guide to the Lakes and combine that with teashops. We English do enjoy scones with cream, homemade jam and a cuppa to wash it all down after a good walk. So Ron, with his own passion for the Lake District, has...
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11-8-2007
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Zone Mind, Zone Body:How to break through to new levels of fitness and performance-by doing less!
Author : Roy PalmerISBN: 1-905823-06-1Until I read Roy Palmer’s Zone Mind, Zone Body, How to break through to new levels of fitness and performance-by doing less, I was clueless as to what athletes mean when they describe their performances as being in The Zone. What is this unique and mystical place where their performances are exceptional and consistent and furthermore how do we go about reaching it? To answer these questions I turned to Palmer’s Zone Mind, Zone Body and I was not...
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2-24-2007
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Hot Plants - Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Hot Plants - Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and WomenAuthor: Chris KilhamPublisher: St.Martin's Griffin ISBN: 0-312-31539-2Genre: Non-fiction, Health, HerbalismHot Plants is Chris Kilham's account of exploration ofplants, which help men and women lead better sex livesand thus enjoy better health. The author is a medicinehunter, author and educator and is the Explorer inResidence at the University of Massachusetts atAmherst, where he teaches...
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8-5-2005
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Angel in a Foreign City
Click Here To Purchase Angel in a Foreign City Author: Moti ShapiraISBN: 9781419671005Publisher: BookSurgeAfter reading, Ange
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4-2-2008
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Promiscuous
Click Here To Purchase Promiscuous Author: R. Moreen ClarkeISBN: 9780758216816 Publisher: Aphrodesia Kensington Overall, I found Promiscuous, by R. Moreen Clarke surprising. R. Moreen Clarke lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Her debut book,
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5-22-2008
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Emails from Hell (The Wrath of William Wyndell)
Author: David EarthmanISBN: 1-933538-45-7Publisher: Synergy BooksClick Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon David Earthman came up with a brilliant and amusing idea after receiving so many online advertisements - by replying to the senders giving them bizarre requests and comments. Many emails later David had enough stories to tell everyone and what better way of spreading his amusing online tales then through Emails from Hell, his newly published book.
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7-29-2007
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Written in Blood
Click Here To Purchase Written In Blood: A Forensic Handwriting Mystery (Forensic Handwriting Mysteries) Author: Sheila LowePublisher: PenguinISBN: 978-0-451-22487-3 Sheila Lowe is herself a handwriting exper
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10-23-2008
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Does Anyone Like Midges (and 99 Other Improbable Scottish Questions)
Click Here To Purchase Does Anyone Like Midges Author: Jim Hewitson ISBN: 1-84502-114-2 Publisher: Black and White publishing Does anyone like midges? I really don’t know but if you like the Scots you will more than like this book which features 99 other “improbable” Scottish themed questions. I r
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5-25-2008
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A Nasty Piece of Work
Click Here To Purchase A Nasty Piece of Work Author: Graham BendelPublisher: Fortune Teller PressISBN: 978-0-9547737-3-1 I was not honestly sure what I thought when I started to read this novel by film director Graham Bendel. It starts off with
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11-1-2008
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THE POCKET PAPER ENGINEER, Volume 2
Click Here To Purchase The Pocket Paper Engineer Author: Carol BartonISBN: 978-0-9627752-2-2 The Pocket Paper Engineer is a step-by-step instruction book for building pop-ups comprising 72 pages, hardcover with wire-O binding.
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8-23-2008
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Strategies
Click Here To Purchase Strategies Author: Tami BradyISBN: 1-932690-48-4
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5-7-2008
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Cattle Country Back Trail: Two Tales from Thompson Western Series
Author: Erwin A. ThompsonPublisher: iUniverse, Inc.ISBN-10: 0595402283: ISBN-13: 978-0595402281You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Erwin Arthur Thompson’s life has a rich credit of various art forms: poems, music, stories, family history, and dance. A veteran of the Second World War, Erwin is now in his early nineties and a source of inspiration in both writing and music. Erwin’s first book in the ‘Thompson Western Series’ is titled Cattle Country Back Trail: Two Tales from Thompson...
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7-22-2007
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Delusion ( A Novel of Suspense)
Click Here To Purchase Delusion: A Novel of Suspense Author: Peter Abrahams ISBN: 978-0-06-113799-0Publisher: William Morrow
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6-21-2008
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Los Angeles Graffiti
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Los Angeles Graffiti Compilers/Editors: Roger Gastman and Sonja TeriISBN-10:0-9790486-1-3ISBN-13:978-0-9790486-1-6 When I agreed to take on Los Angeles Graffiti for review, I anticipated a book containing an assortment of philosophical, anti-social, satiric, pornographic, and scatalogical scrawlings on building walls, in toilet compartments, and other places used by the pranksters, cranks, and disaffected members of the
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11-5-2007
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A Conversation with Thiênna Ho, Ph.D author of Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Thiênna Ho, Ph.D author of Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color.Good day Thiênna and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Can you tell us something about yourself and your educational credentials and as a follow up, what motivated you to write Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color?Thiênna: I am a proud Vietnamese American. I came to the US and settled in San Francisco when I was 12 years...
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1-31-2008
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Paraworld Zero
Click Here To Purchase Paraworld Zero Author: Matthew PetersonISBN: 9781590924914 Publisher: Blue Works After reading Paraworld Zero, by Matthew Peterson, I am impressed. Matthew Pet
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4-20-2008
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The Last Secret
Authors: Lynn Sholes & Joe MoorePublisher: Midnight Ink ISBN: 0-7387-0931-XThe following review was contributed by:
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9-12-2006
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Evacuation Plan: A novel from the Hospice
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Evacuation Plan: A novel from the Hospice Author: Joe M. O'ConnellPublisher: Dalton PublishingISBN: 978-0-9740703-8-4 Death isn't usually the focus of contemporary novels. It's dark, it's uncomfortable, and it doesn't typically inspire the warm and fuzzy feeling that mass market readers seem to require for beach reading selections. Death forces readers to confront their own shortcomings, failures, and emotions. But while death may be a topic most authors...
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11-15-2007
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Proceedings of the 6th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference
Click Here To Purchase Proceedings of the 6th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference Author: George W. DohertyISBN: 978-1932690569 George W. Doherty, an LPC in Wyoming and the president of the Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute, has put together the
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3-31-2008
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Heaven Is Real
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Heaven Is Real Authors: Don Piper and Cecil Murphey Publisher: Berkley PraiseISBN: 978-0-425-21555-5Don Piper is the co-author behind 90 Minutes in Heaven and also Daily Devotions Inspired by 90 Minutes in Heaven. Cecil Murphey has published more than one hundred books and also wr
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8-20-2007
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Los Angeles Graffiti
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Los Angeles Graffiti Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Los Angeles Graffiti Author: Roger Gastman and Sonja TeriISBN: 0-9790486-1-3
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8-22-2007
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Meet Harry E. Gilleland Jr., author of Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man
Click Here To Purchase Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com, is excited to have as our guest, Harry E. Gilleland Jr., author of Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man. Harry is a retired professor of microbiology from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Louisiana
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5-29-2008
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A Conversation With Michael Mehas Author of Stolen Boy
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Michael Mehas author of Stolen Boy.Michael is a writer, film producer and attorney. He received his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law and the following year graduated from the Academy of Justice School of Advocacy. He followed this with a brief stint with the public defender’s office and private practice where he researched, prepared and tried felony criminal matters. In...
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3-5-2008
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The Perfect Board
Click Here To Purchase The Perfect Board Author: Calvin K ClemonsISBN: 0975592270This is a very short book and without the conceit of wrapping up a set of precepts for serving on the board of directors of an organization in a supposed narrative context, it would be shorter still. Despite beginning the text by saying that books are not the best way to provide the material required, the author uses just that medium to do so, which seems a curious idea. For a person who has no business or...
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6-30-2008
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Twisted
Click Here To Purchase Twisted Author: Andrea KaneISBN: 978-0-06-123678-5Publisher: William Morrow (An imprint of Harper Collins) Andrea Kane’s groundb
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5-12-2008
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Maccabee
Author: David C. CarsonISBN: 1432701657Every year on the 25th of the month Kislev of the Hebrew Calendar (between the end of November and the end of December according to the Gregorian calendar) Jews from around the world celebrate the Festival of Lights or as it is more commonly known, Chanukah. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the temple. It also commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days. For those of you who are not familiar...
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5-5-2007
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Secrets from the Sofa:A Psychologist's Guide to Achieving Personal Peace
Click Here Yo Purchase From Amazon Secrets from the Sofa:A Psychologist's Guide to Achieving Personal PeaceAuthor: Dr. Kenneth HermanPublisher: iUniverseISBN: 9780595414321Secrets from the Sofa is an attempt by a board certified clinical psychologist to share the lessons that he learned from nearly 50 years of practice. In his long career, Dr. Kenneth Herman had the opportunity to listen to the problems of many people and thus gained a deep understanding of human nature and he shares with us...
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2-8-2008
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An Amazing Story
Click Here To Purchase An Amazing Story Author: Carlo Gabbi
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3-27-2008
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A Year with the Hoopers by James Hoby
Author James HobyHesitation PressISBN: 0-9729804-2-3There is, in our culture, a voyeuristic tendency that somehow compels us to constantly observe the lives of others. This is why people are always tying to spy on their neighbors. It is also why reality television is so successful and the country has an obsession with pop icons and celebrities.James Hoby’s second book, A Year with the Hoopers, parodies this phenomenon by providing us with a candid and unwitting glimpse into the lives of a...
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4-4-2007
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Cobra II - The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Authors: Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. TrainorISBN: 9781400075393 "Cobra II" was the code name for the land operations plan formulated for the invasion of Iraq. In the Vintage paperback version of the book by that title, 569 pages are devoted to the authors' minute detail of every military aspect of what happened to that plan, with much lesser space devoted to political aspects. The reader who is not a military buff probably will not be interested enough to wade...
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5-7-2007
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Sinister Among Us (A Novel)
Click Here To Purchase Sinister Among UsAuthor: Dr William BradshawISBN: 978-1-5988674-0-4Publisher: Tate Publishing and Enterprises Dr William Bradshaw, a graduate of the University of Missouri and Yale Divinity School, is one of the first and only Americans to hold a Ph.D in Demonology. He first became interested in demonology in
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6-7-2008
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Meet Derek Adie Flower Author of Farewell Alexandria
To Purchase Farewell Alexandria Click Here Today, Lily Azerad-Goldman, one of Bookpleasures’ reviewers is pleased to have as ourguest, novelist Derek Adie Flower author of The Shores of Wisdom, The Tuscany Trilogy,Inquest On IMHOTEP (Beyond The White Walls), Ransomed, and his most recent tome,
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5-6-2008
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The Black Messiah Murders
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Black Messiah Murders
Authors: Shelly Waxman and James Nathan PostPublishers: iUniverse, Inc.ISBN: 0595287670Genre: crime/thriller/noir
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1-6-2005
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Haunted Richmond
Click Here To Purchase Haunted Richmond Author: Pamela K. KinneyISBN: 9780764327124 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
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5-14-2008
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The Korean Palace of Honolulu
Click Here To Purchase The Korean Palace of Honolulu Author: Linda Mi-Suk Enos Publisher: Lulu.comISBN: 978-1-4357-1936-1This book is quite large consisting of A4 size pages - 434 to be exact. It certainly takes up quite a lot of space but I rather liked the large format myself and the beautiful front cover.The Korean Palace of Honolulu tells the tale of bargirls Mina, Jana, Suki, Naiomi, Mimi, Tina and Cathy momma. It is the 1980s - these girls live a life of money, passion, greed and...
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8-15-2008
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On My Own Two Feet
Click Here To Purchase On my Own Two Feet Author: Janine ShepherdPublisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 978-1-74166-046-3 In 1986 Janine Shepherd was hit by a truck and was told she would never walk again. Not only did she stagger doctors by learning to walk again she also became a commercial pilot and aerobatics instructor. To add more j
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7-12-2008
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Interview With Marsena Konkle Author of A Dark Oval Stone
Author: Marsena KonkleISBN: 1-55725-427-3The following interview was contributed by: Mary Simmons: Click Here To Read Mary's ReviewsTo read Mary's Review of A Dark Oval Stone CLICK HEREMary: In 'A Dark Oval Stone' your main character, Miriam, experiences a lot of loss in her life. What inspired you to tackle this subject matter in yournovel?Marsena: When I first began this novel, I really had no idea what it was going to be about. In fact, I wrote and rewrote the first chapter for about a...
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4-1-2006
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Headless Body in Topless Bar
Click Here To Purchase Headless Body in Topless Bar Author: The Staff of The New York PostISBN: 978-0-06-134071-0Publisher: HarperEntertainment
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6-2-2008
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Chloe Anne Force of Nature
Author: Valerie OblathISBN: 978-0980062328 Publisher: Three C’s Publishing Click Here To Purchase Chloe Anne Force of Nature
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6-2-2008
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A Conversation With Kfir Luzzatto author of The Odyssey Gene
Author: Kfir LuzzattoISBN: 1590804732 Kfir Luzzatto caught up with me after he spent the day book signing at Waldenbooks in Chicago. He claims that he never knew book signing could be so difficult, but it sounded to me as though he enjoyed the well-deserved attention that "The Odyssey Gene" received. I find Luzzatto pleasant and well spoken. He addresses me by my first name; I instantly feel at ease, as if I have known him forever. He first asks...
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11-25-2006
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The Cellini Masterpiece
Author: Raymond JohnPublisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc.ISBN: 0-87839-233-5The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears:
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6-20-2006
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O’Shaughnessey: A Boy and his Leprechaun
Click Here To Purchase O’Shaughnessey: A Boy and his Leprechaun Author: Jeremy McGuireISBN: 978-1-4327-0892-4Publisher: Outskirts Press
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6-2-2008
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Succession
Click Here To Purchase Succession Author: Herbert Lobsenz Publisher: Zumaya PublicationsISBN: 978-1-934135-81-5 Being a big animal lover, I absolutely fell in love with the beginning of this novel. Lobsenz writes about a lovely half-shepherd, half-Labrador who belongs to t
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7-2-2008
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Baminals ( All Creatures Big and Boggin’)
Click Here To Purchase Baminals Author: Scott SimpsonPublisher: lack and White publishing ISBN: 978184502185-6 Baminals by bestselling author Scott Simpson, is a right laug
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9-4-2008
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Never Tell Me Never
Click Here To Purchase Never Tell Me Never Author: Janine Shepherd Publisher: Random House AustraliaISBN: 978-1-74166-707-3
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7-12-2008
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The Monk Upstairs
Click Here To Purchase The Monk Upstairs Author: Tim FarringtonISBN: 978-0-06-081516-5Publisher: Harper Collins Tim Farrington is the author of Lizzie’s War and also The Monk D
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3-26-2008
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Farewell Alexandria
Click Here To Purchase Farewell Alexandria Author:Derek Adie FlowerISBN: 9781847534422 Publisher: LULU.com After reading Fare
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3-31-2008
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Something Rotten
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Something RottenAuthor: Alan M. GratzISBN: 0803732163Publisher: Dial Something is rotten in Denmark…Denmark, Tennessee that is. It’s nice to see a campy retelling of a classic that’s not in graphic novel format. Written for the teen reader, SOMETHING ROTTEN doesn’t regurgitate Shakespeare’s HAMLET in colorful action blocks in order to get a classic in the hands of reluctant readers. Nor does author Alan Gratz sacrifice the story’s soul for readability. The...
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12-29-2007
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Azriel The Angel Chronicles
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Mark D. ChevalierISBN: 978-1-59526-697-2 In a modern day world, an angel sent from God showing up in the middle of Chicago would cause much confusion. Imagine the media and police trying to understand a being with wings falling from the Sears Tower, hitting the ground, and running away unscathed. In Azriel The Angel Chronicles, Mark D. Chevalier writes just that very tale. The story is of a thirty year old man, Scott LeClair, realizing...
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7-16-2007
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Madapple
Click Here To Purchase Madapple Author: Christina MeldrumPublisher: Alfred A. KnopfISBN: 978-0-375-85176-6 Madapple tells the incr
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7-28-2008
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Truth and Fiction In The Da Vinci Code
Author: Bart D. EhrmanISBN: 0195181409Publisher: Oxford University Press The present review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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12-30-2004
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The i Tetralogy
Author: Mathias B. FreesePublisher: Hats Off BooksISBN: 1-58736-404-2The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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7-29-2005
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Spirit Matters: A Memoir
Author: Matthew J. PallamaryISBN: 978-1-4343-1801-5Publisher: Mystic Ink Publishing Click Here To Purchase Spirit Matters
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6-2-2008
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When Will There Be Good News?
Click Here To Purchase When Will There Be Good News? Author: Kate AtkinsonPublisher: Little Brown ISBN-10: 0385608012 ISBN-13: 978-0385608015
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10-14-2008
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Meet Linda Mohr, award-winning author of Tatianna-Tales and Teachings of My Feline Friend
Click Here To Purchase Tatianna-Tales and Teachings of My Feline FriendToday, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures is pleased to have as our guest Linda Mohr, award-winning author of Tatianna-Tales and Teachings of My Feline Friend. Linda is also a Catnip Connection blogger for the Seattle Press-Intelligencer and a professor at N
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10-11-2008
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Phoenix
Author: Richard Satterlie, Ph.DISBN: 1593745702 The following review of the ARC copy was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with Richard Satterlie CLICK HERE The world of Richard Satterlie’s Phoenix
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5-27-2006
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The Most Valuable Treasure
Click Here To Purchase The Most Valuable Treasure Author: Sally H TaylorPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-1821-3 The Most Valuable Treasure is Sally Taylor’s second book after the wond
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7-15-2008
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Rock Climbing (Introduction To Essential Technical Skills For Leaders And Seconds)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Rock Climbing (Introduction To Essential Technical Skills For Leaders And Seconds) Author: Pete HillPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 978-1-85284-529-2Pete Hill, who has climbed in many continents and countries across the world, is the holder of the MIC award and has been delivering rock and mountain sports courses at the highest level for a number of years. Pete lives in Scotland and has two daughters. He is a frequent contributor to a variety of magazines and...
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11-5-2007
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Leading Six Sigma: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on Experience with GE and Other Six Sigma Companies
Authors: RONALD D. SNEE and ROGER W. HOERL ISBN: 0-13-008457-3 Leading Six Sigma is a hardbound book, comprised of 8 chapters, a question and answer section addressing planning deployment issues, and a supplemental appendix, providing a deployment plan example. It is two-hundred and seventy-nine pages in length. As the title suggests, this book is designed to initiate the reader, likely to be corporate executives, to the Six Sigma planning process, plan refinement, likely...
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12-6-2006
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Inquest on Imhotep (Beyond the White Walls)
Click Here To Purchase Inquest on Imhotep (Beyond the White Walls) Author: Derek Adie FlowerPublisher: LuLu PressISBN: 978-1-4303-2599-4Derek Flower was born in Geneva and raised in Alexandria. Flower received a cosmopolitan education at Italian, French and English schools in Egypt before attending Malvern College in England and completing his studies in Oxford where he received an honours degree. He lived for many years in the South of France before residing to Tuscany and then onto the...
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8-18-2008
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The Best Of Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Just Shit
Click Here To Purchase Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit Authors: Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur Publisher: SphereISBN: 978-0-7515-4174-8 Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? I can safely say no, it is not just you everything really is, ahem, shit. Here is an A-Z book containing the very best of the Is It Just Me or Is Everything Sh
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9-20-2008
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Thanks for the Memories: Love, Sex and World War II
Author: Jane Mersky LederPublisher: Praeger PublishersISBN: 0-275-98879-1 The USA’s official involvement as a combatant nation in World War II lasted just over 3.5 years. During that period, approximately 16 million young adults, males and females, enlisted in the various branches of the US armed forces. They trained in military bases scattered across the USA. They served in Europe, Africa and the Pacific. They left loved ones behind and met loved ones abroad. Their lives we
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12-5-2006
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Dead Letter
Click Here To Purchase Dead Letter Author: Frank ShimaISBN: 159298245X Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press I find myself with mixed opinions after reading Dead Letter, by Frank Shima. Frank Shima grew up in Southern M
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9-4-2008
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Bed Rest
Click Here To Purchase Bed Rest Author: Sarah BilstonPublisher: SphereISBN: 978-0-7515-3833-5 Sarah Bilston is British but resides in Connecticut where she is an Assistant Professor of English Literature.
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9-4-2008
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The Decorated Journal: Creating Beautifully Expressive Journal Pages
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Gwen DiehnISBN: 1-57990-651-6On the surface, The Decorated Journal appears to be a beautifully photographed how-to book for making creatively expressive personal journals with a wide variety of materials and methods, possibly a companion book to Gwen Dien’s previous work, The Decorated Page.Not only does The Decorated Journal stand on its own – quite independent of its predecessor – but upon closer inspection one can discover much more than...
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8-10-2007
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A Conversation With Mark Stevens Author of Antler Dust
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Antler DustAuthor: Mark StevensISBN: 13: 978-0-9774188-1-7: 10: 0-9774188-1-2Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Mark Stevens, author of Antler Dust. Good day Mark and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:
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2-14-2007
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Comrades in Courage
Author: B. Cory Kilvert, Jr.ISBN: 1-4196-5780-1Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon In his latest book, “Comrades in Courage,” B. Cory Kilvert again proves himself to be the Shelby Foote of World War One, or, as it was known at the time, The Great War. Kilvert has an enormous personal library of books devoted to this conflict and a great passion to convey its details, experience and meaning to his readers.
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7-27-2007
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The Dharma King
Click Here To Purchase The Dharma King Author: B.G. Stroh Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-0-595-71690-6 The beginning of this rather impressive novel unfolds as Samuel Falk Simms wakes up in his loft before he beginni
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9-14-2008
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Glasgow Urban Myths
Click Here To Purchase Glasgow Urban Myths Author: Ian BlackPublisher: Black and White publishingISBN: 1-84502-127-4I started this excellent book and found it hard to put it down between fits of laughter. Glasgow Urban Myths is probably just that - a load of myths that were dreamt up and “told to a friend of a friend of an enemy of a friend of a friend.” Nevertheless, it certainly doesn’t spoil my pleasure in reading the stories. Some are far-fetched but if these are only myths, and there...
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8-15-2008
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Getting School-Wise: A Student Guidebook
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9-15-2008
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Tree: A Life Story
Authors: David Suzuki and Wayne GradyDrawings by Robert BatemanPublisher: Greystone Books, 2004ISBN 1-55365-016-6The following review was contributed by: Dan GoldmanIt seems fitting that on the same day I received an e-mail regarding Kimberly-Clark's indiscriminate use of old growth forests to produce Kleenex tissues I finished reading "Tree: A Life Story," a new book by acclaimed geneticist and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki, and nature writer Wayne Grady. The book focuses on...
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2-23-2005
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A Conversation With Tom Conroy Poet & Author of Coming Down From Over There
Poet: Tom ConroyISBN: 1598009133 Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Tom Conroy poet and author of three collections of poetry: Beyond The Second Traffic Light: Medicine & Magic: Coming Down From Over There.Good day Tom and thanks once again for participating in our interview.Norm:Tom, since we last communicated when you published your first collection of poems, Medicine & Magic, you have now two other collections, Beyond...
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12-13-2006
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The Sassamon Circle
Click Here To Purchase The Sassamon Circle Author: Louis GarafaloPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-2066-7
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7-14-2008
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Secrets from the Sofa: A Psychologist’s Guide to Achieving Personal Peace
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11-23-2007
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Not a Happy Camper
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Not A Happy CamperAuthor: Mindy SchneiderISBN: 978-0-8021-1848-6Publisher: Grove Press Mindy Schneider’s NOT A HAPPY CAMPER is tagged as a memoir. I truly believe Ms. Schneider lived this story. It’s an intimate and sweet story that reads like it’s coming straight from a 13 year old girl—Schneider certainly knows her craft and her audience. As a parent, I’m grateful for a peek into Jewish culture, which I know little about. I shared this book with my...
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12-29-2007
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The Importance of Civility
Author: T.S. BogoradISBN: 1-4259-5893-1: 1-4259-5894-XThe following reviewing of the ARC copy has been contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with T.S. Bogorad CLICK HERE
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9-5-2006
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Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History Of Ancient Egypt
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1-19-2008
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Bulls Island
Click Here To Purchase Bulls Island Author: Dorothea Benton FrankISBN: 9780061438431 Publisher: Harper Collins One word to describe Bulls Island, by Dorothea Benton Frank- mesmerizing!
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4-23-2008
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Fired Up or Burned Out
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Fired Up or Burned Out Authors: Michael Lee Stannard: Carolyn Dewing-Hommes:Jason PankauISBN: 0785223584As manufacturing technology matures and spreads around the world, following the availability of low-cost but productive labour, then the excess of supply over demand in most consumer goods markets becomes ever more apparent. While it is certainly true that millions continue to struggle to survive on one or two dollars a day, consumer societies of the...
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9-7-2007
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Chameleon
Author: Richard HainesPublisher: Beaufort BooksISBN: 978-0-8253-0510-8
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11-17-2006
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Every Secret Crime
Click Here To Purchase Every Secret CrimeAuthor: Doug M. CummingsPublisher: GALE CENGAGE Learning ISBN 13: 978-1-59414-665-7ISBN 10: 1-59414-665-9
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10-3-2008
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Once Upon A Rhyme (Year of the Winds)
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10-3-2008
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The Door Whore (Confessions of a Restaurant Diva)
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6-7-2008
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A Scientific Search for Religious Truth
Author: Phil Mundt, Ph.D.Publisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN: 978-1-933538-61-7Phil Mundt, a retired geologist reared in a Protestant family, spent four years researching and writing this book, in which he endeavors to a) reconcile misunderstandings between science and religion and b) answer religious questions that he wrestled with throughout his life. The book’s sixteen chapters are divided into two sections. In the first section, Mundt discusses evolutionary theories and provides historica
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12-11-2006
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The Shadows of Nikki (Based on a true story)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Shadows of Nickki Author: Christine D. PattersonISBN: 978-1-4327-0833-7A long time ago there was a young child called Nikki who was adopted in the early sixties at a very young age by seemingly caring foster parents. Nikki was placed in their care amongst many other children she later called her brothers and sisters. She had no idea of the horrors that were to happen. Author Christine Patterson enters her friend Nikki’s childhood.
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10-28-2007
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Rabies Mom
Click Here To Purchase Rabies Mom Authors: Pat Carroll and Jack McGowan Publisher: Rabies Mom LLCISBN10: 0-9801106-0-2ISBN13: 978-0-9801106-0-9 This is quite a moving, unsettling story as depicted by its creepy cover. Pat Carroll had to learn to deal with c
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7-3-2008
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Geochemistry of Marine Sediments
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Geochemistry of Marine Sediments Author: David J. BurdigeISBN: 978-0-691-09506-6 David J. Burdige’s Geochemistry of Marine Sediments (Princeton Univeristy Press, New Jersey/Oxfordshire, 2006) is a comprehensive publication on all the components of marine sediments and every significant process involved in their derivation, transport, lithification, and diagenesis. The book cruises through the marin
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3-13-2008
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The Clothes on Their Backs
Click Here To Purchase The Clothes on Their BacksAuthor: Linda Grant ISBN: 978-1-84408-541-5Publisher: Virago
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10-12-2008
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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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Flight to St Antony
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10-12-2008
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Judging God
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1-20-2008
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Mr Inside
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mr Inside Author: L. Frank JamesPublisher: The Salt WorksISBN: 978-1934080016L. Frank James was born into a Christian home in California where belief in God was very much alive. Frank was brought up within the church community and the gospel of Jesus Christ was a hugely important factor during his influential years. His family were steeped in religion and would rarely miss a Sunday worship service. Frank was always very involved in Sunday school and other...
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11-21-2007
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Snapping the String
Click Here To Purchase Snapping The String Author: Robert Paul BlumensteinISBN: 978-1-4327-1520-5Publisher: Outskirts Press
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6-7-2008
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Why Good People Do Bad Things (How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy)
Click Here To Purchase Why Good People Do Bad Things Author: Debbie FordPublisher: HarperOneISBN: 978-0-06-089737-6We read stories in the media of how good people have gone wrong. We seem to thrive on reading these sad tales and yet self-destruction takes place much nearer to home on a daily basis. In our family, ourselves and friends - we don’t understa
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4-18-2008
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Memoirs of an Immigrant
Click Here To Purchase Memoirs of an Immigrant Author: Olof A. EriksenPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-1014-9
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8-2-2008
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The Winter Rose
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Winter RoseAuthor: Jennifer Donnelly ISBN: 978-1-4013-0103-3 Los Angeles Book Review Prize winner Jennifer Donnelly met with great success in her work, A Northern Light. It should be no surprise that her new work, The Winter Rose, holds its readers captive in a “breath-taking, page-turning” fashion from beginning to end.When India Selwny Jones graduates from the London School of Medicine for Women, she embarks on a journey and a life that will take her far...
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2-7-2008
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Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar Author: Dennis PollockISBN: 0-7396-1721-7Dennis Pollock, author, evangelist, and the founder of Spirit of Grace Ministries, offers practical help for hypoglycemic, diabetics, people fighting fatigue and mood swings, the weight-conscious, and the general health-conscious reader in his recent book ‘Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar’ (Harvest House Publishers, Oregon, 2006). Two qualities of Pollock’s publication distinguish its...
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4-2-2006
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Scottish Place Names
Click Here To Purchase Scottish Place Names Author: Maggie ScottISBN: 978184502193-1Publisher: Black and White Publishing What’s a craig? No, this word isn’t a boy’s name like you might
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5-2-2008
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Bringing Home the Birkin
Click Here To Purchase Bringing Home the Birkin Author: Michael Tonello Publisher: William Morrow (An Imprint of HaperCollins) ISBN: 978-0-06-147333-3 Do you know just how difficult it is to acquire the Hermes Birkin bag? So difficult in fact, even the rich and famous struggle to purchase one. If you’re not quite sure which bag I am talking about it is the one Victoria Beckham usually has slung on her arm. Quite a square-looking thing, usually with one buckle and handle. I can’
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5-25-2008
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LIVING WITH BIG DOGS
Click Here To Purchase Living With Big Dogs Author: Louise FritzPublisher:Vantage Press, Inc.ISBN: 978-0-533-15690-0
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9-9-2008
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Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different
Click Here To Purchase Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different Author: Kristen O’Donnell TubbISBN: 978-0-385-73569-8Publisher: Random House
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4-7-2008
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The Bunko Babes
Click Here To Purchase The Bunko Babes Author: Leah Starr BakerISBN: 0978513754 There are three Fs in this heart-warming d
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4-19-2008
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Tonya Harding’s Story Revealed in The Tonya Tapes
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5-18-2008
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The Ribble Way (A Northern England Trail)
Click Here To Purchase The Ribble Way (British Long-distance Trails) Authors: Dennis and Jan KelsallPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 1-85284-456-6 The Ribble Way, which runs the entire length of the Ribble valley, is perhaps o
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10-23-2008
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THE SONG OF HANNAH
Author: Eva Etzioni-HalevyISBN: 0-452-28672-7A PLUME book Fiction – Penguin The following review was contributed by: Lily Azerad-Goldman: CLICK TO VIEW Lily Azerad-Goldman's ReviewsTo read an interview with Eva Etzioni-Halevy CLICK HERE
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6-24-2006
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Granny’s Book of Good Old-fashioned Common Sense
Click Here To Purchase Granny's Book Of Good Old Fashioned Common Sense Author: Linda GrayPublisher: Black and White PublishingISBN: 978184502180-1 Grannies, don’t you just love them? It seems that whatever ailment befalls you, they have a
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9-4-2008
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Help! Was That a Career Limiting Move
Author: Pamela J Holland & Marjorie BrodyLine/Publisher: Career Skills Press ISBN: 1 931148 13 9 The following review was contrbuted by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews Help! Was That a Career Limiting Move
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5-27-2005
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If This Is Heaven, I am Going to Be a Good Boy: The Tommy Leonard Story
Author: Kathleen Cleary ISBN: 0595356982The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview with Author Kathleen Cleary CLICK HEREProbably many of us have a favorite bartender, however, I doubt if we have met one comparable and memorable to the legendary Tommy Leonard of the now defunct Eliot Lounge that was located on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.Nine years...
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10-25-2005
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Traders, Guns and Money
Author: Satyajit DasISBN: 0273704745“Shareholders want higher profits; directors and chief executives want the bank’s stock to go up; if it is from trading profits, so be it. Traders are given every incentive to take risk and generate short-term profits. Finely calibrated bonus schemes encourage the ‘upfronting’ and overstatement of earnings. The absurdities of the compensation scheme lie at the heart of this perverse system. When things go wrong, there is always the ‘rogue’ trader. The...
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2-12-2007
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90 Day Wonder: Darkness Remembered
Author: Leon Cooper and Don TaitLine/Publisher: 1st Books Library ISBN: 1-4107-2875-7The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews
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4-17-2005
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September Dawn
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon September DawnAuthor: Carole Whang SchutterISBN: 9781434300225 Publisher- Authorhouse After reading the book September Dawn, by Carole Whang Schutter I find myself mystified and horrified by the events
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3-6-2008
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Last Call
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Last CallAuthor: Blair OliverISBN: 978-1934209745 By way of common experience, we don’t usually tend to stay motionless in a seat or else we may feel numb. Discomfort causes motion and only when we start shifting sides within the confines of a seat do we realize that arriving at a balance of ease is not a promised lot. Similar is the case of the protagonists of Blair Oliver’s book Last Call (World Audience Inc., New York, 2007) who are all men, mostly in...
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2-27-2008
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Now You See Him (A novel)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Now You See Him (A novel)Author: Eli Gottlieb Publisher: William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins)ISBN: 978-0-06-128464-9 Eli Gottlieb is the author of The Boy Who Went Away that won the Rome Prize and also the 1998 McKitterick Prize from the British Society of Authors. It received extraordinary notices and was a New York Times Notable book. Gottlieb currently lives in Boulder, Colorado. The first chapter of this fine literary fiction begins by...
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2-28-2008
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A Conversation With D Anthony Author of The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me...Once
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me...Once Author: D AnthonyISBN: 0931761255Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest D Anthony author of The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me…Once.Good day D Anthony and thanks for participating in our interview.D AnthonyTh
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12-21-2007
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Good-bye and Amen
Click Here To Purchase Good-bye and AmenAuthor: Beth GutcheonPublisher: William MorrowISBN: 978-0-06-053907-8 Family is very much a part of this novel. It features many characters that are involved with one anoth
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9-30-2008
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Spirits in the Garden (The Amazing Realm of Secret Life Around Us)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Spirits in the Garden (The Amazing Realm of Secret Life Around Us) Author: Joan SolomonPublisher: Grynwild PublishingISBN: 0-9786166-0-XJoan Solomon is an artist, writer and photographer whose love for nature is ever-growing. She lives and works at her lakeside studio surrounded by friends, animals and Nature Spirits. This book has to be one of the most beautiful photography books I have ever come across. I loved it as soon as I saw it, even befor
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11-7-2007
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Nameless Night
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Nameless Night Author: G.M. Ford Publisher: William MorrowISBN: 978-0-06-087442-1 G..M. Ford has authored the widely praised Frank Corso series, Fury, B
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3-21-2008
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The Maïeutologue
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The MaïeutologueAuthor: Joubert RichardsonISBN: 10 1-4327-0137-1: 13 978-1-4327-0137-6 I can only recommend this esoteric book for devotees to this particular religion or philosophy. I didn't anticipate an easy read, and looked forward to the challenge. However once I got to page 12 I quickly became confused. The introduction to the Maïeutologue is barley finished, and one is thrown into a description of several different branches, and their...
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1-17-2008
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Shadow of the Cross
Author: Carolyn GarriottISBN: 09778831-0-8 In her first novel Shadow of the Cross, Carolyn Garriott well-understood the principle that it‘s not only the story that is of great consequence, but rather the manner in which you recount it. How often have we read a novel that contained some very fascinating information, yet the way it was presented was bland and unexciting and after reading the first fifty pages we chucked it aside? However, in the Shadow of the Cross Garriott shines with not...
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4-4-2007
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The Faron Young Story: Live Fast Love Hard
Click Here To Purchase The Faron Young Story: Live Fast Love HardAuthor: Diane DiekmanPublisher: University of Illinois PressISBN:978-0-252-03248-6 Diane Diekman talks about how she had the pleasure of meeting Faron Young on St Patrick’s Day 1970 at a concert of his she attended.He struck her as a true gentleman who insisted on walking her back to her c
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9-14-2008
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Anybody Any Minute
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3-14-2008
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Born Without A Tail
Click Here To Purchase Born Without A Tail Authors: Cayr Ariel Wulff and Dalene E. Dilworth Publisher: BookSurge ISBN: 978-1-4196-6436-6 As an animal lover, Born Without A Tail attracted my attention. I had every right to be attracted to this book, and if you also love animals, I can guarantee you will adore this gem.
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5-2-2008
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Thinking Inside The LiteBlue Box
Author: Ronald Williams Jr.ISBN: 1-4241-7189-X Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon As a follow up to his Deep Inside LiteBlue, Ronald Williams Jr. has written Thinking Inside The LiteBlue Box where Williams presents concrete suggestions as to how to improve the United States Postal Service or as he says in his introduction “this book is packed with olive branches and verbal spears from a courtside warrior. It’s about flipping the script or turning the pyramid upside down and putting...
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8-2-2007
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Written In Blood
Click Here To Purchase Written in Blood Author: Sheila LowePublisher: ObsidianISBN: 978-0-451-22487-3 As forensic science becomes more and more prevalent in the apprehension of criminals, the varied and numerous phases of the practice is dra
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9-20-2008
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Ghost Tango
\Click Here To Purchase Ghost Tango Author: Janeen LenfordPublisher: W.L. Ransom PressISBN: 978-0-9797830-3-6 Janeen Lenford has been a classroom teacher and a Reading Specialist for 25 years. She supervised a GED program in
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8-26-2008
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Michael D. Ayers Author of Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture Interviewed
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5-17-2006
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Courting Emma
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4-6-2008
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How We Reason
Author: Philip N. Johnson-Laird Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-8569769Removing the Brackets from Context and Advanced Cognitive ProcessesWorld shaking intellectual projects have been rarely contained within the boundary lines of any solitary academic field. Nor did they all happen near the turn of the seventeenth century. From Copernicus, to Kant, to Leibniz, to Husserl, and to Einstein, some of these ideas and their originators were overlooked in their first published editions....
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5-22-2007
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Faux Elvis
Click Here To Purchase Faux Elvis Author: Pat CookISBN: 1-4327-0236-XPublisher: Outskirts Press The build up and descriptions of the small newspaper office, characters and town were very authentic in this
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5-5-2008
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NeitherWorld Book Two Ishpiming
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3-2-2008
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From Crime to Crime (Mind-boggling Tales of Mystery And Murder)
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5-25-2008
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Watching Baseball Smarter
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5-12-2007
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The Magic In You
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2-22-2008
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An Embarrassment of Riches (A novel)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon An Embarrassment of Riches (A novel)Author: Gerald HansenISBN: 978-0-595-44759-6Publisher: iUniverse Gerald Hansen lived in Derry, his mother’s hometown. He attended Dublin City University and as a Navy brat, grew up in California, Thailand, London, Iceland and Germany. He now works as a ESL teacher in New York with a photo album full of Derry snapshots. Fionnuala Flood’s life is falling to pieces. She slaves for hours on end scru
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3-3-2008
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Simply Irresistible
Click Here To Purchase Simply Irristible Author: Ellen T. WhitePublisher: Running Press PublishersISBN 13: 978-0-7624-2673-7ISBN 10: 0-7624-2673-X
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9-14-2008
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Loving Natalee (The True Story of the Aruba Kidnapping and its Aftermath)
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3-17-2008
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Story of the Sand
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2-29-2008
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AIDS Orphans Rising
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6-4-2008
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The Lost Ark of the Covenant
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4-14-2008
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Who Lied and Said We Left The Garden of Eden? Memoires of a Homeless Man
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10-14-2008
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The Central Fells (Lakeland FellRanger)
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9-24-2008
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Isolation
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10-15-2008
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Bucket of Blood, The Ragman’s War
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11-23-2004
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Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
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3-26-2008
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Out of the Frying Pan
Click Here To Purchase Out Of The Frying Pan Author: Gillian ClarkISBN-13: 987-0-312-36693-3ISBN-10: 0-312-36693-0
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6-4-2008
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Unwell
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9-11-2007
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Only Mortals Can Be Heroes
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4-12-2008
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The Gatherer
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4-13-2008
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Withstanding The Lie
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8-12-2008
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Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits Without Increasing Your Risk
Click Here To Purchase Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits Without Increasing Your Risk Author: Michael C. ThomsettPublisher: Pearson Education/Financial Times Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-149785-5Options Trading for the Conservative Investor is a 255 page, hardbound book, with a suggested retail price of less than $35 (US). This is likely to be less than the cost of a single, round-trip option trade. It is comprised of 9 chapters, followed...
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3-26-2007
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Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace
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4-12-2008
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Quo Vadis, Israel?
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1-28-2008
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A Dialogue of Civilizations
Author: B. Jill CarrollPublisher: The Light, Inc., & The Gûlen InstituteISBN: 978-1-59784-110-8North American scholars, writers and politicians frequently refer to the distinctions between Islamic and Western cultures as a “clash of civilizations.” Dr. B. Jill Carroll takes exception to this characterization. As the title of her book suggests, she prefers to look beyond the overt differences between Islam and other cultures and to examine points of similarity between them. Thus,...
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5-28-2007
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Nod’s Way (The First New Ancient Oracle of the 21st Century)
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2-3-2008
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Graffiti Japan
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10-19-2008
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Right To Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America
Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Yvonne PerryISBN: 1-933449-41-1 978-1-933449-41-8With her generously subtitled book, Right To Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America, freelance writer and author, Yvonne Perry has provided us in considerable detail sound arguments why President George W. Bush was wrong in vetoing a bill which would provide federal funds for stem cell research.This accessible and must-read book is essential for...
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7-2-2007
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Who Killed Andrei Warhol
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4-14-2008
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Alive! A Courageous Story of Addiction,True Love & Forgiveness
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8-6-2008
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FURIOUS PURSUIT
Authors: Tim King & Frank MartinPublisher: WaterBrook PressISBN: 1-4000-7149-6
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8-23-2006
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The Meaning of Life (Existentialism, The Universe and Social Problems)
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12-20-2007
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The Yorkshire Dales: South and West
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11-4-2008
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Illuminated
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10-9-2007
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Peter Balaskas Author of The Grandmaster Shares His Thoughts
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8-26-2007
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The Gatherer
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4-22-2008
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Operation Supergoose
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7-28-2008
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A Conversation With Yuan-tsung Author of Return to the Middle Kingdom: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China
Click Here To Purchase Return to the Middle Kingdom: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Yuan-tsung, or YT as her publishers call her, who is the author of Return to the Middle Kingdom: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China.Yuan-tsung Chen, in Chinese, means the First Pearl of the Chen family and Chen is her maiden name too. Chen's family and...
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6-30-2008
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Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort ZoneAuthor: Beth LisickISBN: 978-0-06-114396-0Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsAuthor Beth Lisick deals a serious blow to the self-help world in her hilarious new book, “Helping Me Help Myself.” With a slightly jaded eye, Lisick was never one taken in by gurus claiming to solve their followers’ problems, des
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1-19-2008
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Starlust: The Price of Fame
Click Here To Purchase Starlust: The Price of Fame Author: Jesse Cutler Publisher: Morgan James PublishingISBN: 978-1-60037-418-0 I wonder how many people will recognize the name Jesse Cutler? He was a popstar who grew up on the streets of New York City and became a member of The Young Ex
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11-1-2008
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HORRIS GROWS DOWN
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8-20-2007
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The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Click Here To Purchase The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery Author: Katherine Hall PagePublisher: William MorrowISBN: 978-0-06-076367-1 Combining food and art in her latest Faith Fairchild mystery, Katherine Hall Page’s newest book, “The Body in the Gallery” is a yummy concoction (recipes included). This murder mystery, however, brings many things to the table, including an insider’s look
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7-25-2008
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S-W-I-S-H: Maria in the Mourning
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7-12-2008
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Scrambles in the Lake District (Volume 2: Northern Lakes)
Click Here To Purchase Scrambles in the Lake District (Volume 2: Northern Lakes) Author: Brian EvansISBN: 1-85284-463-9Publisher: Cicerone Do you like to feel the wind blowing past your ears as you grip the sullen face of
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3-27-2008
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A Place to Belong
Click Here To Purchase A Place To Belong Author: Paul MillerISBN: 1-4208-8787-4Publisher: AuthorHouse What an amazing story, one that you’ll find you are unable to put down. Pau
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3-26-2008
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Authors of Child of Polygamy, Dr. Kosi J. Avotri & Nella P. Avotri Interviewed
Authors: Dr. Kosi J. Avotri and Nella P. Avotri ISBN: 1420873067The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's review of the book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Dr. Kosi J. Avotri and Nella P. Avotri, authors of Child of Polygamy.
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12-18-2005
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Jesus Freaks (A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge)
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1-14-2008
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Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey Author: Bonnie Kraus ConnellyISBN: 978-0-9790323-01: 0-9790323-0-X160 pages of “cool” illustrations are the focus of Bonnie Kraus Connelly’s coffee-table book Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey. Without doubt these images convey why this truly American folk art toy with its never-ending smile is, as the front...
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3-28-2007
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Departure Message
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6-19-2008
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Good-bye, Baby Max
Click Here To Purchase Good-bye, Baby Max From AmazonAuthor: Diane CantrellIllustrator: Heather CastlesPublisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN: 9781933538952Good-bye, Baby Max is a beautifully written and equally (or more importantly) beautifully illustrated book for children in the suggested age group of 4 to 8 years. For the children in the younger part of this age group, the parents or elder children and other care givers can help in reading and also deal with the emotions that may arise.Story...
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2-21-2008
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101 Quick-Thinking Games + Riddles For Children
Click Here To Purchase 101 Quick-Thinking Games + Riddles For ChildrenAuthor: Allison Bartl (Illustrations by Klaus Puth)ISBN 10: 0-89793-497-0ISBN 13: 978-0-89793-497-8 Publisher: Hunter House
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5-12-2008
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Meet William D. Smith Author of Becoming A Superhero: Adventures of An American Superhero
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10-28-2008
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If I Did It ( Confessions of the Killer)
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12-12-2007
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Tales From the Brothers Grimm
Click Here To Purchase Tales From the Brothers Grimm Adapted by: Mazan, Cecile Chicault, and Philip Petit Genre:
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8-22-2008
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Laughing Sickness (A Medical Mystery)
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12-26-2007
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Supercharging Quantum Touch - Advanced Techniques
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2-8-2008
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Bush Town Blues A '70s African Tale (Book One)
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9-5-2007
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Passover by Design
Click Here To Purchase Passover By Design Author: Susie FishbeinPhotography by: John Uher Publisher: Artscroll/Sharr PressISBN 10: 1-57819-073-8ISBN 13: 978-1-57819-073-7
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3-31-2008
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Humanizing Madness
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3-12-2008
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The Bible of Options Strategies: The Definitive Guide for Practical Trading Strategies
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3-26-2007
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Fifteen Legs (When all that stands between death and freedom is a ride…)
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8-18-2008
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Madonna of the Toast
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3-3-2008
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Still Alice
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5-25-2008
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Los Angeles Graffiti
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7-31-2007
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The Case Against ‘Jesus’
To Purchase The Case Against 'Jesus' Click Here Author: Burton H. WolfeISBN: 978-1-934209-55-4For nearly two thousand years, billions of people have believed in Jesus Christ of the New Testament as a historical figure who lived on this earth and performed miracles. But did Jesus really exist or is he an invented character, no more than a rewr
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5-1-2008
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The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money
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2-13-2008
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Parenting Beyond Belief
EDITOR: Dale McGowan, Ph.DISBN: 10:0814474268(pbk) 13:9780814474266(pbk) Parenting Beyond Belief from Amacom Publishing is a quality paperback book that consists of 40 essays on the subject of “Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion,” the subtitle of the book. How that task can be accomplished has become important for the millions of atheists and agnostics who, despite their growing number, constitute the minority in a society which is dominated by believers in...
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5-24-2007
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Love and Sand
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11-4-2008
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The Dead Guy Interviews
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12-20-2007
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The Book of Life: Existentialism the Will and the Truth the New Wisdom of Philosophy
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1-28-2008
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Suddenly
Click Here To Purchase SuddenlyAuthor: Barbara DelinskyISBN: 978-0-06-621458-0Publisher:
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5-10-2008
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The Rose of York: Fall from Grace
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4-18-2007
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A Mile Square of Chicago
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2-9-2008
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Laughing Sickness A Medical Mystery
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Laughing Sickness A Medical MysteryAuthor: Anne Black GrayPublisher: Bridgeway BooksISBN: 978-1-933538-93-8The author grew up in semi-rural West Virginia, studied physics at Carnegie Mellon and then migrated to Southern California for a career in Aerospace Engineering. After retiring, she too up her second career (novel writing) at the same time that she was learning of the plight of victims of rare, hard-to-diagnose diseases. The needs of these patients...
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2-8-2008
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Rashi’s Daughters:Book One Joheved
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8-29-2005
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It’s All In Your Head -- Around the World in 80 Lyme Patient Stories
Author: PJ LanghoffISBN: 978-0-9654580-5-4 PJ Langhoff, one can say, knows the big names in Lyme disease country. Dr. Burrascano, one of the biggest of the biggest names, writes a powerful foreword for this collection. He admits reading this book “brings forth many emotions.” Emotions such as “empathy, sadness, anger, disgust, urgency.” He is not alone. He is also not alone when he admits that he’s “the father of a Lyme patient, the brother of a Lyme patient, and the son of a Lyme patient. In...
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1-26-2008
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Stolen Boy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Stolen BoyAuthor: Michael MehasPublisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-0-595-43571-5 Michael Mehas worked as the associate producer on Alpha Dog, a major film that starred Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone. In 1988 Michael received his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law and later graduated from the Academy of Justice School of Advocacy. Michael had a brief period with the Public Defender’s office and private practice where he...
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1-15-2008
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Confessions of a Crack Head (an anonymous memoir)
Click Here To Purchase Confessions of a Crack Head Author Zach SamuelsPublisher: WheatmarkISBN: 978-1-60494-091-6 Meet Zach Samuels - a recovering drug addict. Like many addicts, he has probably tried everything from dope to crack cocaine and all that falls in between. This is his story.Looking
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8-12-2008
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A conversation with Poet Annette Hoggs-Jackson author of Poems from the Heart
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Annette Hoggs-Jackson author of Poems from the Heart. Annette believes she receives her writing inspiration from God and in 2007 she received the Baltimore Newsome Award. Good day Annette and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background. Annette:I live in
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8-2-2007
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The Founders by Norman Carmichael
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INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN CARMICHAEL AUTHOR OF THE FOUNDERS
Today Bookpleasures is pleased to have as our guest, first time novelist, Norman Carmichael, author of The Founders.
Good day Norman and thank you for accepting to be interviewed by Bookpleasures.
My pleasure. I appreciate your interest.
Bookpleasures: Norman could you tell us something about yourself and your writing and business experience.
Norman: I have a lot more of...
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1-1-1970
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A Writer at War: a Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945
Author: Vasily GrossmanTranslated by: Antony Beevor and Luba VinogradovaVintage Books/Random HouseISBN: 978-0-307-27533-2. The Other Side of The Nightmare It is now fashionable to detect substantial improvement in Politburo attitudes during the Nikita Khrushchev years. Unquestionably, his widely-trumpeted “deStalinization program” included a new tolerance for carefully selected literature that might be considered critical of earlier Soviet behavior. Works including Solzhenitsyn’s mildly...
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4-5-2007
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Our Space
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Our Space Author: Christine HaroldISBN: 978-0-8166-4954-9 (hc:alk.paper) / ISBN-10.0-8166-4954-5ISBN: 978-0-8166-4955-6 (pb:alk.paper) / ISBN-10.0-8166-4955-3 As I understand it, the triple purpose of Christine Harold’s book is to delineate the consumer culture of America that many deep thinkers deplore, to describe the strategies used by so-called “activists” to attack it, and to offer an alternative to those strategies.
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11-5-2007
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No One Heard Her Scream
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon No One Heard Her ScreamAuthor: Jordan DaneISBN: 978-0-06-125278-5Publisher: Avon Books (An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
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2-29-2008
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The Philosophy of Life: God, Wisdom and the World Psyche
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Philosophy of Life: God, Wisdom and the World PsycheAuthor: Ronnie Ka Ching Lee Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 978-1-59800-864-7 In this book Ronnie Lee seeks to discover and prove important points of our faith and belief. This knowledge and philosophy that Ronnie writes about is set down in his usual concise way by means of poetry. It is easy to read but not always easy to understand. You are given glimpses of theories that you think are easy to...
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1-28-2008
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Eyes of Africa
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Eyes of AfricaAuthor: Victorine Ngangu ISBN: 978-1-4327-1403-1Publisher: Outskirts Press Eyes of Africa is a book that discusses the many issues Africa is facing today. For example African politics and poverty is explored with pictures to illustrate these topics. Did you know each year hundreds of thousands of people die and are dying because of diseases caused by poor sanitation? The lack of unity continues to discourage Africans from doing the right thing,...
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2-19-2008
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Dances with Marmots (From Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Dances with Marmots (From Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest TrailAuthor: George Spearing ISBN: 978-1-4116-5618-5Publisher: Lulu.com George Spearing, born and educated in the UK, went to sea at the age of sixteen and eventually migrated to New Zealand. He joined the New Zealand Fire Service where he worked in the Auckland Brigade for twenty seven years. Now retired, George lives in Oamaru, South Island, NZ. He continues his adventures, hiking the...
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2-12-2008
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The Organ Grinder and the Monkey
Click Here To Purchase The Organ Grinder and the Monkey Author: Sam Moffie Publisher: Xlibris ISBN: 978-1-4363-2775-6 Carmen Antonucci was a veteran of World War II. Being a family man he enjoyed taking his grandson, Seymour, for walks. He would squeeze Seymour’s hand if he saw anything he didn’t like happening on the streets of Steubenville, Ohio. He couldn’t understand why t
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8-21-2008
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Backpacker’s Britain (Northern England)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Backpacker’s Britain (Northern England)Author: Graham Uney ISBN: 1-85284-320-9Publisher: Cicerone From the rolling hills of Yorkshire and the barges of Hebden Bridge to the forests of Northumberland, this is a book that every walker will treasure. Away from the city crowds, this pocket-sized book introduces you to some excellent back-packing routes. They will take you into forgotten corners of Northern England or into places you always intended to explore....
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2-22-2008
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Entering Hades (The Double Life of a Serial Killer)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Entering Hades (The Double Life of a Serial Killer)Author: John LeakePublisher: Sarah Crichton books (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)ISBN-13: 978-0-374-14845-4ISBN-10: 0-374-14845-7 John Leake, born in Dallas, Texas, studied philosophy at Boston University and earned himself an M.A. After he won a fellowship at the Institute for Human Sciences, John lived in Vienna for around 6 years where he and worked as a translator and editor. Entering Hades is John’s first...
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12-20-2007
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Illustrations from the Inside: The Beat Within
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Illustrations from the Inside: The Beat WithinAuthor: Louis Nevaer Introduction by Adam MansbachPublisher: Mark Batty PublisherISBN: 978-0-9790486-4-7 Hope and despair seem to fill the pages of this unusual book. The art work of these people incarcerated for their various crimes has
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2-8-2008
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Meet Carole Blake Author of Help! My Face Has Fallen And It Can’t Get up!
Click Here To Purchase Help! My Face Has Fallen And It Can’t Get up! Today, Sue Vogan one of Bookpleasures.com’s reviewers is pleased to have as our guest, Carole Blake author of Help! My Face Has Fallen And It Can’t Get up!Speaking with Carole Blake was one of the
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6-13-2008
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A Dialogue of Civilizations: Gülen’s Islamic Ideals and Humanistic Discourse (Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy)
Author: B. Jill Carroll: Forward by Akbar S. Ahmed. ISBN: 13: 978-1-59784-110-8. Who Speaks for a Civilization? Theologian, B. Jill Carroll, a lecturer in Humanities and Religion at Rice University, presents a laudable idea. Dr. Carroll wants to set up a hypothetical dialog between civilizations. On one of her hands is the Muslim world; on her other the rest of humanity. Because of her respect for a very prolific Islamic cleric named Fethullah Gülen, Dr. Carroll would like to...
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5-8-2007
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Rudy Gurley Author of A Caribbean Tale Interviewed
Author: Rudy GurleyISBN: 1427605351Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Rudy Gurley, author of A Caribbean Tale.Good day Rudy and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Rudy please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background and what motivated you to write A Caribbean Tale.Rudy:
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9-24-2006
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Meet Alan Rolnick Author of Landmark Status
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Alan H. Rolnick author of Landmark Status.Good day, Alan, and thanks for participating in our interview.Alan: Thanks for the opportunity, Norm.Norm:
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3-4-2008
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Dump Your Trainer (The only thing they’ll reduce is your wallet!)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Dump Your Trainer (The only thing they’ll reduce is your wallet!)Authors: Ashley Marriott, Marc. L Paulsen M.D.Publisher: BookSurge PublishingISBN: 978-1-4196-8023-6 The title was one of the first things that caught my eye about this book. It made me laugh but I was so intrigued to why the authors thought it was better to dump the trainer and do it alone. I just had to read on.Personal trainers can be very expensive but they are handsome/pretty, young and...
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2-8-2008
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Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers Author: Edie ClarkISBN: 0-9719934 - 5 - 9 Most readers are familiar with Edie Clark's writings from her column in Yankee Magazine. The column was originally called The Garden at Chesham Depot and later when Edie moved it was renamed Mary's Farm. Edie Clark has written three books. The Place He Made, her first book, was an unforgettably searing memoir of love and bittersweet tragedy. Edie's second book, The View From...
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12-17-2007
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The Drawing Breakthrough Book: A Shortcut to Artistic Excellence
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Drawing Breakthrough Book: A Shortcut to Artistic Excellence Author: John HastingsISBN: 9780974941820Publisher: Draw 3 Lines PublishingI have always been envious of people who are able to draw and paint, particularly that some members of my own family are prolific artists.Unfortunately, none of their creativity has rubbed off on me. No matter how many times I have attempted to draw, my artwork ends up as a disaster! Probably I should be classified as...
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7-31-2007
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The Inside Advantage
Click Here To Purchase The Inside Advantage From Amazon Author(s): Robert Bloom with David ContiPublisher: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 978-0-071-49569-1 In this age of globalization, Robert Bloom asserts that remaining a niche player is not an option for businesses worldwide. Businesses, both small and large, have to adopt growth strategies in order to remain profitable and remain relevant in an ever changing world. In The Inside Advantage, Mr. Bloom sets out with the premise that the road to...
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12-3-2007
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It Stops With Me: Memoir Of A Canuck Girl
Author: Charleen TouchettePublishers: TouchArt Books: Santa FeISBN# 0974654507The follow review was contributed by Kathryn Atwood: There are a number of motivations to write a memoir: proximity to fame, a story that speaks to or is representative of an entire generation, or a life that simply has a fascinating angle. In many ways, Charleen Touchette’s book, It Stops With Me: Memoir Of A Canuck Girl falls into both of the last two catagories. Like many “baby...
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2-23-2005
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John Brown: The Cost of Freedom
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon John Brown: The Cost of FreedomAuthor: Louis A. DeCaro Jr.Publisher: International PublishersISBN: 10: 1717807428: 13: 978-0717807420Much of my tenth grade American history class has long been lost, in the quagmire of chemically diminished neural tissue known as my brain. One thing I do remember, though, was
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1-8-2008
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Galvanized
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon GalvanizedAuthor: W. Joe HoppeISBN: 0-9740703-5-1Publisher: Dalton Publishing W. Joe Hoppe, born on December 24th 1961, is an American poet, short story teller and also a filmmaker. With the help of his artist wife P.S Monear, Joe has been able to publish a dozen chapbooks through Lucky Tiger Press. His poems have appeared in Analecta, Borderlands, Cider Press Review, Di*Verse*Cities, Nerve Cowboy, and Utter. Joe’s unique poetry video, $5200 MSTA, has been...
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2-1-2008
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Dreams of an Immigrant
Author: Elizabeth S. StegerISBN: 1-933538-22-8The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here
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4-14-2006
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Meet Zach Samuels author of Confessions of a Crack Head
Click Here To Purchase Confessions of a Crack Head Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Zach Samuels author of Confessions of a Crack Head.Good day Zach and thanks for participating in our interview.
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7-24-2008
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Silent Prisoner
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Silent PrisonerAuthor: Amanda YoungPublisher: BookSurge PublishingISBN: 978-1-4196-6895-1 Amanda Young, author and cover-artist, hopes that by sharing her story she may help those who are living in pain, speak out and end the silence. The cover picture is very fitting to what this tale is about. Amanda has certainly captured the essence of this novel with her artistic drawing. Amanda is a registered nurse with a degree in homeopathy. She currently lives in...
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1-11-2008
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A Conversation with Rob Bennett Author of Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work.
Author: Rob BennettASIN: B000K90200 Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Rob Bennett, author of Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work.Good day Rob and thanks for participating in our interview.Rob: Thanks for taking the time out of your day to ask the questions, Norm. There's nothing I enjoy more than seeing what questions people have about this new approach to money management and taking a stab at...
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12-29-2006
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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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The Shadow Year
Click Here To Purchase The Shadow Year Author: Jeffrey Ford ISBN: 978-0-06-123152-0 Publisher: William Morrow What a brilliant, atmospheric and thought provoking read about a young boy growing up i
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4-29-2008
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America’s Secret War: Inside The Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America And Its Enemies
Purchase From Amazon Author: George FriedmanISBN: 0767917855"War is Politics carried out by other means"-ClausewitzThe fundamental premise of George Friedman's recent insightful book America's Secret War: Inside The Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America And Its Enemies is that the events of 9/11, the Afghanistan war and the Iraq War, are all inter-related and form a coherent pattern. Furthermore, the principal actors such as Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and...
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11-4-2004
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Meet José Astorga Author of A Bull in a Glass House
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Bull in a Glass House Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest José Astorga author of A Bull in a Glass House.Good day José and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background. José
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1-25-2008
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What Your Mother Never Told You (A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon What Your Mother Never Told You (A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls)Author: Richard M. DudumISBN: 978-1-4196-7869-1Publisher: Island Publishing Lawyer, musician, Realtor, summer-camp director, leader and cancer survivor Richard Dudum lives in San Francisco and is the father to two daughters and two sons. His oldest daughter is currently in college and younger one in high school. He wrote this book to help parents and their children. Although the cover of...
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2-15-2008
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A Conversation With Ray Melnik Author of The Room
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ray Melnik, author of The Room.
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7-5-2007
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100 HATS to Knit and Crochet
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Jean Leinhauser & Rita WeisPublisher: Sterling Publishing Co. IncISBN-10: 140272313X ISBN-13: 978-1402723131
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8-4-2007
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Meet Fletcher Rhoden author of Last Tango With Marlon and The Trial of Davy Crockett
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Fletcher Rhoden author of Last Tango With Marlon and The Trial of Davy Crockett. Good day Fletcher and thanks for participating in our interview. Norm: I notice that you wear and have worn many hats pertaining to a variety of careers. Please briefly tell our readers something about yourself and your various careers. As a follow up, which one has been the most satisfying? Fletcher: There is a lot...
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8-28-2008
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Playing Cards
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Playing CardsAuthor: Ira Pearlstein (introduction) and Buzz Poole (commentary)Publisher: Mark Batty PublisherISBN: 0-9762245-2-6 Art can come in many varied forms - from sculptures to paintings. So it comes as no surprise that playing cards can be even recognized as a form of art. Have you ever studied the back of that card you hold in your hand? You’ll find that on the back of all playing cards are designs of all types of artwork. From lively graphics to...
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2-26-2008
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War Crimes Against Southern Civilians
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon War Crimes Against Southern Civilians Author: Walter Brian CiscoISBN: 9781589804661 More and more southern scholars are presenting a radically different picture of the American Civil War than the familiar one that is taught in most schools and that has appeared in the print and broadcast media. In his book Abraham Lincoln’s Execution,
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10-10-2007
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FLASHES by JAMES M. BATES
INTERVIEW WITH JAMES M. BATES AUTHOR OF FLASHES
Good day Jim and thanks for accepting to be interviewed for Bookpleasures.
Norm
Jim, could you tell our readers something about yourself, and how did you
learn your writing skills?
Jim
Something about myself: I've been around for a while; done a lot of things;
had a lot of experiences -- mostly good, some not so good, some bad. I've
been lucky many times, but I've also worked at ""taking care of business."" I
kept...
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1-1-1970
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Resolution 786: A Novel in Three Acts Telling Cuneiform tales of Love and War and God and Lust and Loss
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Resolution 786: A Novel in Three Acts Telling Cuneiform tales of Love and War and God and Lust and Loss Author: Mohamed Mughal Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-0-595-47060-0 Mohamed Mughal was born in Africa and raised in the United States. His publications include non-fiction articles on chemical warfare and biological terrorism. Mohamed has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, including a PhD in public policy. This is a very deep book yet funny and...
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2-26-2008
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Abraham Lincoln’s Execution
Author: John Chandler GriffinISBN (from Pelican promotion): 1589803957ISBN (from the book): ISBN-13: 978-1-58980-395-4 Unless historians or other scholars can refute what Professor John Chandler Griffin has revealed in Abraham Lincoln’s Execution, the history not only of the administration of the 16th President of the U.S. and his death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth will have to be rewritten, but also that of the American Civil War. Griffin, professor emeritus at the...
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1-24-2007
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To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife
Author: Caitlin FlanaganPublisher: Back Bay Books (paperback)ISBN-10: 0316066273: ISBN-13: 978-0316066273You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon "Housewife chic” creates a new stirEverything old is new again; everything square is cool again. Station wagons and Danish modern furniture are back. Ditto bowling shoes, plaid shorts, pearl chokers, and shirtwaist dresses.
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7-21-2007
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I Am Your Disease: The Many Faces of Addiction
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon I Am Your Disease: The Many Faces of Addiction Author: Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis with Heiko Ganzer, LCSW, CASACISBN: 1-59800-699-1Publisher: Outskirts Press How would you cope with the news your son or daughter is dead due to drug addiction? It is a thing that is hard to imagine but as more and more young adults are dying due to addiction now is the time to realise it could happen to someone you know. You may think it won’t happen to your sons or daughters...
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2-23-2008
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A Conversation With Joan Davis widow of the legendary Stan Davis and Publisher of Long Time No Spree
Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is delighted to have as our guest, Joan Davis widow of Stan Davis. Stan was well known as a composer, writer, cinematographer, fine arts photographer, and even a lamenting dieter. In the 1930s and 40s Stan wrote songs for various crooners and themes for radio soap operas, often playing them live on the air. Stan also wrote the theme for an early Daniel Boone TV show and in the 1960s he was music director on NBC's Exploring....
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12-12-2007
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Interview with Maggie Anton Author of Rashi's Daughters
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Rashii's Daughters Volume 1 Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Rashii Daughters Volume 2Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guestMaggie Anton, Author of Rashi’s Daughters.
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9-11-2005
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Who Me Paranoid?
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Erica StuxPublisher: Wheatmark ISBN-10: 1587366762 ISBN-13: 978-1587366765‘Who Me Paranoid?’ is presented as a series of humor laced essays. The Section designated as HOUSEHOLD HANG-UPS consists of ‘Who’s Really in Charge Here,’ and a hilarious accounting of new
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8-4-2007
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A Conversation With Bob Swartzel Author of Diverting the Buddha
Click Here To Purchase Diverting the Buddha Author: Bob SwartzelISBN: 978-1-4392-0430-6Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Bob Swartzel author of Diverting the B
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10-25-2008
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A Conversation With Anne Newton Walther author of Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution
Click Here To Purchase Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution Author: Ann Newton WaltherIBSN: 0967670349Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Anne Newton Walther author of Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution.Anne has appeared on Oprah Winfrey, CNN's Sonja Live, Cable Network's Attitudes, NBC's Jenny Jones and countless other local television and radio interview shows in the U.S. and Canada. To her...
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8-10-2007
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Meet Brant Randall Author of Blood Harvest
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Brant Randall author of Blood Harvest.Good day Brant and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:How did you decide you were ready to write Blood Harvest?Brant: I was trying a new type of structure in which the story is told from multiple 1st person points of view. Because of this it was essential that I know the entire cast of characters well. Once I had them firmly in mind I was ready to...
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1-30-2008
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A Woman in Charge
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Woman In Charge Author: Carl BernsteinISBN: 9780375407666After perusing a review in a major daily newspaper of Carl Bernstein’s book about Hillary Clinton, I expected to read what is known in the trade as a “hatchet job” on her. Instead, the 554 pages of text read more like an extended puff piece, and far too long at that. It is not that Bernstein avoids the seamy aspects of Hillary’s character and career. He deals with those, but the trouble is that the...
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8-16-2007
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Cat Counsellor- How your cat really relates to you
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cat Counsellor- How your cat really relates to you Author: Vicky HallsISBN:0593055640 Britain’s leading cat shrink Vicky Halls doesn’t rest. Following the successes of “Cat Confidential” and “Cat Detective” she has now published her third book “Cat Counsellor” and is currently working on a TV series about cats and their behavior problems.
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11-12-2007
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Janet Kay Jensen Shares Her Thoughts About Her New Novel Don't You Marry The Mormon Boys
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Don't You Marry The Mormon BoysToday, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Janet Kay Jensen, author of Don’t You Marry The Mormon Boys.Good day Janet and thanks for participating in our interview.Thanks, Norm! Norm:What do you think over the years has driven you as a writer?
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12-9-2007
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A Conversation with Ann Harper Reed Author of Element of Blank
Author: Ann Harper ReedISBN: 9780615141947Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher and Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Ann Harper Reed author of Element of Blank.Good day Ann and thanks for participating in our interview. Norm:Element of Black no doubt has a broader mission than simply entertaining or storytelling. Can you talk more about that mission and what you hope readers will take away after reading your book?Ann: Certainly I have a broader mission than entertaining,...
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8-2-2007
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In Home and War: Karim Khan (also known as Ernest Dempsey) comments about the violence in his country-Pakistan
My hometown Hangu has become quite famous for sectarian violence over the past ten years. What apparently started as a Shi-Sunni conflict is now said to be a profitable war zone where dealers in weapons and war related stuff are making profits at the expense of the town’s peace and security. It is deplorable and shameful, and yet it continues! The culprits are still at large! By pure chance, I always happened to be outside Hangu (and in Peshawar city, where I graduated and now am employed)...
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3-30-2008
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A Conversation With Catherine Johnson author of Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace.
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Catherine Johnson author of Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace.Good day Catherine and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm;How do you get started writing Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace?Catherine: The novel was inspired by a true story, events that occurred within my family. Friends and other family were often asking for updates on the situation, particularly once the divorce and...
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2-19-2008
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Which Candidate Would Make the Better Pirate?
Click Here To Purchase Silver: My Own Tale As Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of MurderThe following article was contributed by Bookpleasures' guest, Edward Chupack, Author of Silver: My own Tale As Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of Muder
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10-15-2008
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Bruce R. Cook Author of Philippine Fever is Interviewed
Author: Bruce R. CookPublisher: Capital Crime PressISBN: 0977627675The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of the book CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Bruce R. Cook, author of Philippine Fever.Good day Bruce and thanks for participating in our interview.
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2-25-2006
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A Conversation With M.A. Street Author of Hands: a novel.
Author: M.A. StreetISBN: 0-59538584-2Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher and Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, M.A. Street, author of Hands: a novel. Good day Mike and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm: Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.Mike: I’ve been writing for quite a while. I’ve always had to work during that time, of course, had a family, that sort of thing, so there have been times when I’ve been...
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2-3-2007
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Greg M. Sarwa Author of The Cattle Is Interviewed
Author: Greg M. Sarwa ISBN: 0976620200 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of The Cattle CLICK HEREToday, Norm Goldman Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Greg M. Sarwa, author of The Cattle.Good day Greg and thanks for
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4-6-2006
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Sinking the Ship of State – The Presidency of George W. Bush
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sinking the Ship of State – The Presidency of George W. BushAuthor: Walter M. BraschISBN: 978-1-4196-6950-7 Gosh, when I received this book, I had a million other things I could be doing – anything rather than reading about a president who rewrote the constitution, lied to the people to get them to back a war, and approved torture for POWs. A president who changed cabinet members like people change underwear was not the thing that made a good day for me....
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1-30-2008
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John Parkinson Author of Visual Verse: Art in Nature With Symbiotic Verse Interviewed
Author: John ParkinsonISBN: 978-1-933538-37-2 Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest nationally published photographer, John Parkinson, author of Visual Verse: Art in Nature With Symbiotic Verse. John is an award- winning landscape photographer.Good day John and thank you for participating in our interview.Norm:
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11-6-2006
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A Conversation With Amy Gorman Author of Aging Artfully
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Aging Artfully Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Amy Gorman, author of Aging Artfully: 12 Profiles Visual & Performing Women Artists Aged 85-105.
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11-13-2007
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A Conversation With Eva Etzioni-Halevy Author of The Garden of Ruth
Author: Eva Etzioni-Halevy ISBN: 978-0-452—28673-3 Today, Lily Azerad-Goldman, a reviewer for Bookpleasures.com is honored to have has our guest, Eva Etzioni-Halevy author of The Garden of Ruth. Lily:Why can the Unnamed not marry Ruth? Hebrews were permitted more than one wife at the time.Eva:
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4-28-2007
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A Conversation With B.L. Lindstrom Author of Considering SomeplacElse
Click Here To Purchase Considering SomeplacElse Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest B.L. Lindstrom author of Considering SomeplacElse.Good day B.L. and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:From reading your bio, I noticed you refer to yourself as a “Systems Janitor.” What exactly is a “Systems Janitor” and how did you become one? B.L.
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7-3-2008
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A Conversation With Jeffrey Leever Author of Dark Friday
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor and Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Jeffrey Leever author of Dark Friday.Good day, Jeffrey and thanks for participating in our interview.Jeffrey:Thanks to Bookpleasures for taking the time.Norm:
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6-13-2007
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Meet Elise Blackwell, Author of Grub,Hunger and The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish
Click Here To Purchase Grub From Amazon Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Elise Blackwell, author of Grub, Hunger and The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish. Elise is also an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia where she teaches creative writing and contemporary fiction.Good day Elise and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:I believe Grub is your third novel. Was there anything...
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9-12-2007
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A Conversation With James Ross Author of Lifetime Loser
Click Here To Purchase Lifetime Loser Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, James Ross, author of Lifetime Loser. Good day James and thanks for participating in our interview.
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5-6-2008
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Dr. Laurie Steelsmith Author of Natural Choices for Women’s Health Interviewed
The following interview was conducted by: Katherine J. Turcotte : Click Here to View Katherine J. Tucotte`s Reviews Dr. Laurie Steelsmith is a naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist in Honolulu, and the author of the new Hawaii best-selling book Natural Choicesfor Women’s Health, published by Random House/Three Rivers Press.
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12-15-2005
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Suite Francaise
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Irene NemirovskyISBN: 1400096278
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7-4-2007
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A Conversation With Rosemary Esehagu Author The Looming Fog
Author: Rosemary EsehaguPublisher: Oge Creation BooksISBN: 1-933496-00-2The following interview was conducted by Mary Simmons: Writer, Journalist and Author: CLICK HERE to read Mary's Review of The Looming Fog. Click Here To Read More of Mary's Reviews Mary: What made you decide to tell this story of a rural Nigerian village through the eyes of an intersexual child? Rosemary: My original intention for writing The Looming Fog was to document aspects of my mom’s difficult childhood. Most of...
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3-27-2007
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Interview: Richard Satterlie Author of Phoenix
Author: Richard Satterlie, Ph.DISBN: 1593745702 The following interview with Richard Satterlie was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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5-27-2006
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Lori Lacefield, Author of The Seventh Survivor Interviewed
Author: Lori Lacefield ISBN: 0977627683 The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's review of The Seventh Survivor CLICK HERE Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as out guest, Lori Lacefield, author of The Seventh Survivor.
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5-15-2006
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Tom Evslin Author of hackoff.com is Interviewed
Author: Tom EvslinISBN: 0977464601The following interview was conducted by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Review of hackoff.com CLICK HERE Thanks Tom for participating in our interview.Norm:Tom, could you tell us something about yourself and how did hackoff.com come about?
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8-7-2006
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Long John Silver for President
Click Here To Purchase Silver: My Own Tale As Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of MurderThe following article was contributed by Bookpleasures' guest, Edward Chupack, Author of Silver: My own Tale As
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10-15-2008
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A Conversation With Paul Mullen Author of The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park. Author: Paul MullenISBN: 978-1-933197-30-2Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honoured to have as our guest, Paul Mullen author of The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park.Good day Paul and thanks for participating in our interview.Norm:Paul,
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11-19-2007
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A Conversation With Joshua Kurlantzick author of Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power is Transforming the World
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor& Publisher of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest, Joshua Kurlantzick author of Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power is Transforming the World. Josh is a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Special Correspondent at the New Republic, and Senior Correspondent at the American Prospect. He has also written many articles for such publications as Foreign Affairs, The New York Times...
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5-28-2007
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Meet Dr. David Gruder Author of The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honoured to have as our guest, David Gruder, Ph.D author of The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World. David holds a doctorate in clinical psychology with a secondary emphasis in organizational development. He is Executive Director of Willingness Works® and Integrity Revolution, LLC, in Del Mar California and he lectures, trains and consults worldwide in Personal Relationship &...
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1-18-2008
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A Conversation With Dr. Helena Schrader Author of Chasing the Wind and Several Other Novels
Author: Helena P. SchraderISBN: 978059444717 Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Helena P. Schrader, PhD in history and author of Chasing the Wind, Sisters in Arms, The Lady in the Spitfire , General Friedrich Olbricht:Ein Mann des 20.Julis as well as other publications.Dr. Schrader is commissioned in the U.S. Foreign Service and is currently serving in Oslo Norway
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6-23-2007
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Meet Mel Harter Author of Some Kind of Angel
Click Here To Purchase Some Kind of Angel (A Sneetz and Muldoon Thriller)Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Melvin M. Harter who is a retired physician and author of Some Kind of Angel.
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8-7-2008
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A Husband, A Wife and an Illness: Living Life Beyond Chronic Illness
Click Here To Purchase A Husband, A Wife and an Illness: Living Life Beyond Chronic Illness Authors: Dr. William July and Jamey Lacy JulyISBN: 978-0-595-44726-8 Unfortunately a growing segment of our society is having to deal with the disabling effects of chronic illness. It is important that we try to understand why this is happening so that we can prevent or lessen the incidence of chronic disease. However, in the meantime we need to learn how to cope with the sometimes extreme...
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5-14-2008
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Norm and Lily Goldman's Travel Articles (2)
Bookpleasures Editor Norm Goldman and his artist wife, Lily, are a unique husband and wife team, writer and water colorist, who write and paint about romantic destinations and wedding destinations. Basically, they meld art and words.
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