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The Developers
Author: Ben WoodsISBN: 0976432285Genre: fiction/humourThe following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIn the small Michigan town of Malorett, where winter and snow seem perpetualphenomena, a group of five young people work together as an internet technologycompany known as The Developers. In a world of sexual tension, low-brow popularculture and seemingly endless junk food, the developers work on their firstproduct, deal with the implications of its...
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1-13-2006
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Sons of the Black Hand by Carolyn Kvajic
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshAlexandra Miletic leads a tempestuous life as a journalist in Florida, frustrated by her inability to break in to the big time and unsure whether her loving but slightly dull sports reporter boyfriend is really her future. She knows little of her heritage as the child of a mixed Croatian-Serbian marriage and the main legacy she has is a partiality for slivovitz, cigarettes and passionate arguments. However, covering what threatened to be a...
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10-11-2004
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Emotions: Love Made Courageous
Author: Milena Gomez AlvarezISBN: 074141404XGenre: poetryThis review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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1-10-2005
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NiDemon
Author: Shawn P. CormierISBN: 0974015113The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIn NiDemon, Shawn P. Cormier’s sequel to his lively and enjoyable young adult fantasy Normadin, hero and heroine Ilien and Windy continue their quest to save their world from evil while also trying to determine their own provenance and destiny. Is Ilien the chosen one? Is Windy the chosen one? Could either be the great god reborn? Well, nothing is quite what it seems...
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3-31-2006
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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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Techno-Noir
Authors:Eva Batonne and Jeffrey Marks, editors.Zumaya Publications, 2005ISBN: 1-55410-266-9 The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsA good noir story should contain certain features: the possibility of sudden violence, decaying moral sensibilities, sexual desire tainted with ambivalence because the recipient of the desire appears dangerous or possibly
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9-24-2005
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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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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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Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage
Author: Tom MastPublisher: Greenleaf Book Group, 2005. The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews Oil will run out in somewhere between 100 and 120 years from now. Peak production of oil may have already occurred or else will occur within the next decade. Recent events which have temporarily restricted the supply of oil show how quickly consumer panic can arise and the problems face when their lifestyles and businesses are based so strongly on...
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9-16-2005
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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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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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The Woman’s Workplace Survival Guide
Author: Sarah KaipPublisher: Advantage Source, Inc., 2005ISBN: 0974383082The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIt will be clear to all of us that the world of work is changing. Telecommuting, portfolio working, networking and freelancing have all affected the ways in which many of us expect to earn our salaries and how we relate to work, which con
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1-10-2005
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Politics and Patriotism: The Fisk Conspiracy
Author: Justin OldhamISBN: 1933538325The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThere will probably always be a market for fast-moving political thrillers with shady organisations conspiring against each other and using violence and technology to achieve their unexpected goals. To that extent, Politics and Patriotism: The Fisk Conspiracy has the makings of a good book. Set in Washington a few years in the future, the author combines a number of...
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4-10-2006
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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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Jason Seeley’s War
Author:Dean SalterISBN: 0973066318Genre: fiction/modern AmericanThe following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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6-22-2005
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Passport to Hell
Author: Terry Lloyd VinsonISBN:B0009YL1DW The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIn a remote government facility, besieged by hideous alien monsters, the last few remnants of human society wait for the final assault and try to maintain their morale. One man finds a stack of unlabelled DVDs and, to pass the time, the group sits down to watch.
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8-2-2005
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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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Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict
Author: Obadiah ShoherISBN: 1419621165The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThere have been many approaches to the Middle East situation, with many people aiming to find ways in which the Palestinian and the Jewish people can live together without violence. The situation is complex and needs to take into account a variety of viewpoints. There are those on all sides of the conflict who favour outright confrontation and physical action to...
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5-23-2006
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Second Eden
Author: Carlton W. AustinISBN: 0-595-31653-0Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2004Genre: Science Fiction/Apocalypse The following review was contributed by: John Walsh
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6-3-2005
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
Author|: Noam Chomsky as interviewed by David BarsamianISBN: 080507967XThe following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsHow has the USA accumulated an empire? Why does it have an empire and what does it plan to do with it? These questions are at the heart of this penetrating and important collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, one of the clearest-thinking American intellectuals. The answers to the questions are derived from carefully analysed...
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10-25-2005
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HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy
Author: Jerry E. SmithISBN: 0932813534The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThe High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a high tech facility based in Alaska. Back in 1998 when Jerry E. Smith’s book was published, it was possible to imagine the potentially immense power of what seemed to be a stunning new weapon type system. Perhaps some form of resonance could be emitted that would kill people while leaving the infrastructure...
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3-31-2006
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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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Mountain Shadows
Author: Patricia Reiss BrooksPublisher: Mt Kisco, NY: Pinto Press ISBN: 0-9755677-0-5The 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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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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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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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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Red Sorghum
Author: Mo YanISBN: 0140168540The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsRed sorghum is a cereal grass that, in Mo Yan’s wonderful and magical novel, stands proudly across the territory of Northeast Gaomi Township as a form of red blanket or flag, mirroring the great acts of our parents and grandparents and dwarfing the petty actions of our days. As it is observed on one occasion, in the days of our fathers, even dogs were the equal of people. And...
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4-18-2006
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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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Loving Soren
Author: Caroline Coleman O’NeillPublisher: Bradman and Holman Publishers, 2005.ISBN: 080543089-XThe following review was contributeed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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7-5-2005
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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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The Rise and Fall of the Empires
Author:Caroline CovellISBN: 1589821785The following book was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIndonesia is a country of some 17,000 islands, most of which are uninhabited. Extending over a vast swathe of land, numerous states have emerged in the past, basing their wealth and power on the international trading networks that took the spices of the Moluccas and Sumatra to Japan and China in the east, India, Persia and the Mediterranean in the west. The largest and...
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4-10-2006
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The People’s Republic of Desire
Author: Annie Wang: ISBN: 0060782773The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsChina has nearly always been squeamish about sex. Historical shyness and itstwin prurience were overlaid by the heavy hand of the Chinese Communist Partywhich defeminised generations of Chinese women.One of the more interesting effects of the opening of the Chinese economy and the influence of globalisation has been the flowering of the expression of female sexuality for...
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6-7-2006
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Mozart: A Novel
Author: Robert HowsePublisher: XLibris Corporation. ISBN: 1-4134-6664-8This review was contributed by John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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12-8-2004
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The Hero Perseus
Author: Robyn and Tony DiToccoISBN: 0972342915Genre: Young adult, AdventureThe following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsPJ Allen has moved with his mother to a small town in northern America after the death of his father. While he is coping with
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12-3-2004
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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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Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash
Authors:Michelle Anton and Jennifer Basye Sander ISBN: 1932531580 The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsEntrepreneurialism is a vital social skill which is evident in so many peoplearound the world, adults and children alike, who seek to keep body and soultogether by selling goods and services on the slimmest of margins. Often, theability to identify an object which can be sold and one which cannot canrepresent, quite literally, the shield...
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8-1-2006
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Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection
Author: John ManGenre: History/AsianISBN: 0-5538-1498-2The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsGenghis Khan is a name that instills mingled emotions of awe, horror and fascination even eight hundred years after his death. Born into obscurity in a vast grassland people by nomadic hill tribes people, he rose to prominence first in his large family, then his tribe and then among his whole people, welding t
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6-1-2005
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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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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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You Can`t Cheat An Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Frauds Work..and Why They`re More Common Than Ever
Author: James WalshISBN: 1563431696: Publisher: Silver Lake PublishingThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews In 1903 Charles Ponzi arrived in the USA with the aim of becoming as wealthy as Rockefeller. His modus operandi was based on the principle of robbing Peter to Pay Paul.James Walsh, in his informative book, You Can`t Cheat An Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid...
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4-20-2005
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Tom Mast Author of Over a Barrel is Interviewed By John Walsh
Author: Tom MastPublisher: Greenleaf Book Group, 2005. The following interview was conducted by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsTo read John's review of the book CLICK HERE Tom Mast’s book Over a Barrel is a cogent and lucid look at the world of oil and what will happen when supplies start to run out. I interviewed him by email about his ideas and hisplans for the future. Here is what he had to say.JW: Your book is largely about the increasing demand for oil, which is a...
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10-31-2005
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Master of the Game
TITLE: Master of the Game AUTHOR: William Tepper ISBN: 0-9747644-0-x Genre: Serial killer/crime/thri
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10-21-2004
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Hermanisms: Axioms for Business and Life
Author: John L. Herman Jr.ISBN: 0979020417Author John Herman likes to consider himself to be an expert on failure, not just a person who is pretty good at being a failure like most of the rest of us. The fruits of his wisdom have been distilled into a series of anecdotes based on various business situations in which he has found himself over the decades or which have been brought to his attention. He wishes to share his wisdom with us because he wants to write a successful business book and...
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6-22-2007
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Son of Satan: The Coming Economic Prosperity
Author: James A. ScudderGenre: Religious tract/eschatology.ISBN: 0971926212The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThe Book of Revelations provides dire warnings of the end of the world and the arrival of the Antichrist and
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11-29-2004
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Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
The following review was contributed by: JOHN WALSH To read an interview with John Shors click HERE Beneath a Marble Sky is a splendid historical novel about the creation of the Taj Mahal and the trials and tribulations of the imperial family responsible for it. Set against the exotic background of C17thn Hindustan, the action resolves itself in an empire split by ethnic and religious divisions between Muslims and Hindus. After the death of the beloved mother who inspired the memorial and...
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10-11-2004
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The Black Messiah Murders
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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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Interview With Bill Tepper, Author Of Master of The Game
The following interview with Bill Tepper, author of The Master of the Game, was conducted by John Walsh-CLICK TO VIEW>>>>>John Walsh's Reviews. To read John's review of the book click Here.Bill Tepper’s exciting new novel The Master of the Game pits a diabolic serial killer
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11-5-2004
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Inside the Space Race: A Space Surgeon’s Diary
Author: Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.ISBN: 1933538392Dr Lawrence E Lamb has enjoyed a long career of public service, most notably in assisting the astronauts of the USA in preparing themselves physically and in designing the medical systems that would determine levels of safety in space. In this memoir, copiously illustrated by photographs of the great and the good and copies of letters from the same, Lamb recounts his experiences with the program. He takes great efforts to outline the part played...
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2-9-2007
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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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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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Piranhas on the Loose
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Authors: Shelly Waxman and James Nathan PostPublishers: iUniverse Inc.Genre: Crime/legal thriller series. ISBN: 0595278183 The following review was contributed by:
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2-24-2005
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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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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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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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What A Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
The Following review was contributed by: John Walsh“I was hoping for some breakfast,” she said. “Breakfast has been served,” he answered, without looking up. “You’re too late.” “I could do myself some toast: if there’s a toaster somewhere I could use.” He stared at her as if she were a madwoman. “I’m afraid that won’t be possible,” he said. “There are cold kidneys left. That’s all. And some sweetbreads.” Living away from one’s home country, it is salutary at times to be reminded of all the...
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10-11-2004
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Hell Cop by David C. Burton
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshWhat if there were really a hell, a hell of torments too dire and horrible even to imagine? That would be awful enough for souls justifiably damned for their misdeeds during life. But if innocent souls were somehow consigned to the flames instead of the heaven they deserve, then this would be too terrible to bear. In these cases, it is necessary to find a Hell Cop willing and able to brave the dangers of hell and retrieve the lost soul from...
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10-11-2004
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The Sky in One Piece by Hannah Podob
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshAs a child, Hannah Podob was forced to spend more than two years inside a tiny lean-to improvised by a Polish farmer who has taken her and her parents in to protect them from Nazi persecution. Her only view of the outside world is obtained from tiny holes in the ceiling and her greatest desire is to be able to see the sky in one piece. This forced imprisonment continues for so long that her father, unable to stand up for the whole period,...
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10-11-2004
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Beyond Dancing by Anita Bloom Ornoff
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshAs a young woman in the early years of World War II, Anita Bloom’s main concerns were how to manage her relationships with her Jewish migrant parents and finding a young man that met her requirements. She did not realise quite what she was missing in her life until one day she sees a woman in a Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps uniform and is immediately taken by her sense of independence and purpose. Without hesitation, she signs up to serve her...
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10-11-2004
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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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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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From The Agency With Love by John Moore
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshJonathan Stuyvesant-Smith lives with his wife, who is almost completely paralysed as a result of a car crash and who lives in a sense of rage that requires new full time nurses on a regular basis. Rich and indolent, Jonathan’s every action is commented on and swooned over by a chorus of women who flutter around continental Europe dallying with the very best of things. But who is the new nurse? Are her credentials as they appear or is she in...
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10-11-2004
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Russia’s Empires: Their Rise and Fall: From Prehistory to Putin
Author: Philip LongworthISBN: 071956204XPhilip Longworth’s history of Russia and the Russians stretches from deep prehistory to the very present. One of the benefits of this approach is that it makes clear just to what extent the ability to recover land and convert it to productive use, particularly in agricultural terms, has been responsible for the patterns of human settlement and state development. Longworth takes as part of his thesis the rise (and possible fall) of the four great...
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12-19-2006
Views: 5070
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The Bush by Richard Rathwell
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshHank Rousseau, Country Director for an unnamed charity in an unnamed African country, must cope with not just the usual chaos of overseas aid projects but conniving and unbalanced agency workers, witchcraft, revolution and murder. He is reluctantly drawn into the role of aid detective, despite his dearest wish to return home and enjoy the reception-seminar-fundraising circuit he feels is his due. Instead, he must bribe, trek and generally...
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10-11-2004
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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
Views: 5540
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Cranking up a Fine War by Van R. Mayhall
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshJune 6th this year marked the 60th anniversary of D-Day, one of the defining moments of World War II. Since an 18 year old soldier participating in the invasion would be approaching his 80th birthday now, it is likely that not many more of these large scale remembrances will include significant numbers of the combatants. It is an appropriate moment, then, to reassess and recognize the contributions made by those who were part of the ultimate...
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10-11-2004
Views: 2652
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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
Views: 5544
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Moonfleet by J. Meade Flakner
The Following review was contributed by: John Walsh The life of a wrecker and a smuggler! The southern coast of England is the historical home of goods smuggled across the English Channel from continental Europe; it is a place where the fierce seas and the fiercer King's Men combine to make the wrecker's life a short and dangerous one. This is the background to Meade Falkner's excellent late nineteenth century drama, Moonfleet. The title is derived from the village that gives rise to our...
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10-11-2004
Views: 2261
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The Labor Pool by Bob Gunner, Editor and Publisher
The following review was contributed by: JOHN WALSH To read John's interview with the author click HERE Anyone who has been obliged to slog through a minimum wage, repetitive drudge job will know the soul-destroying misery that it can entail. While it is theoretically possible to spend the time while the body works with the brain thinking fine and transcendent thoughts, it is much more common for the brain to fester on minor irritations and suspicions that then become overblown into major...
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10-19-2004
Views: 6435
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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
Views: 5006
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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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Whose Land, Holy Land? by Dorothy Drummond
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshThe modern world is a complex place and modern technology enables migration and processes of globalization that add to the complexity. The claims that people have to the truth and to ownership can be difficult to separate and adjudicate. In many cases, modern society is capable of coping with complexity and ambiguity and these are indications of civilisation. In other cases, it is necessary to cope with absolutism or fundamentalism,...
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10-11-2004
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What to Do When You Become the Boss: How New Managers Become Successful Managers
Click Here To Purchase What to Do When You Become the Boss: How New Managers Become Successful Managers Author: Bob SeldenISBN: 10: 1432714287: 13:978-1432714284 Management is rather a difficult subject to try to instruct other people in because of the enormous and growing diversity of situations in which managers are obliged to work. It is possible, as Bob Selden has done in his eminently sensible new book, to divide management tasks into component areas (i.e., leadership,...
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4-3-2008
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The Coming China Wars
Click Here To Purchase The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won Author: Peter NavarroISBN: 0132281287
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1-5-2007
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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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Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead
Click Here To Purchase Pearl, Politics & Power Author: Madeleine M KuninISBN: 1933392924Madeleine Kunin became the first woman governor of the American state of Vermont and was both Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to her country of birth Switzerland under the Clinton administration – the former president provides one of the very co
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7-10-2008
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Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, and the Secrets of 9/11
Author: Mathias BroeckersISBN: 0930852230The most recently concluded report on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has again demonstrated that she was killed when her driver, who was legally drunk at that time, crashed the car in which she was being whisked away from a hotel where she felt her privacy being infringed. Blood tests show that she was not pregnant at the time; no one saw the supposed stroboscopic light that was shone in the driver’s eyes or else the other mystery cars that...
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12-18-2006
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Flash Point by Metsy Hingle
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshKelly Santos has escaped from her unhappy childhood in an orphanage to become a leading New York fashion photographer. Despite her talent, success and good looks, she remains insecure and unhappy because of her extraordinary psychic abilities – psychic abilities that enable her to see the past and read the feelings of people with whom she comes into contact. Kelly returns to her hometown of New Orleans to say goodbye to the only person with...
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10-11-2004
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The Ostrich Wakes: Struggles for Change in Highland Kenya
Author: Jean Davison ISBN: 0-9785150-0-5 Development, economic and social change, is moving very rapidly around the world. Within the space of a generation, the remote rural areas of Kenya have become linked to the global coffee and tea markets, as well as such modern amenities as the internet and MTV. Any form of change will benefit some and disadvantage others; it is the heart of the capitalist system that the concept of creative destruction will bring wealth to some and woe to others....
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4-2-2007
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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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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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Bucket of Blood, The Ragman’s War
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Bucket of Blood, The Ragman’s WarAuthor: R.S. SukleISBN: O59530155X In the western Pennsylvanian coalfields in the years following the First World War, immigrants from central and eastern Europe are allotted to separate quarters to ensure lack of communication. Starvation wages are offered to the miners and their families are obliged to live in the company town, where all expenditure returns to the company. Unions are banned and health and safety a very low...
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11-23-2004
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Don’t Never Shoot Short
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Don’t Never Shoot Short Author: Kent F. Frates:ISBN: 1933538899
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1-21-2008
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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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Managing Leadership by Jim Stroup
The Following review was contributed by: John Walsh:To read John's Interview with the author CLICK HERE.Leadership is one of the more interesting and contested issues in the world today. Do we want leaders who involve us or and consult us and consider our opinions or do we want leaders to be strong individuals who go ahead and make decisions based on their judgement irrespective of dissenting views? Do we want leaders who believe they are inspired by God? Does it matter who our leaders are?...
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10-11-2004
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Ben Jonjak by Roland
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshRoland Highlander Pandora lives in a bomb shelter meticulously prepared to repel spies and assassins, making sure he is armed with as much high-power weaponry as is available to him. Still, he is frequently the subject of assault: dark shadow warriors working for the CIA, a long drawn-out battle with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and even a life-and-death struggle with a giant peanut butter and jelly [jam] sandwich. Psychotic and...
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10-11-2004
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Author: C.K. PrahaladISBN: 0131877291There are billions of people in the world, indeed the great majority, who live on incomes of less than US$2 per day. Since their incomes are so low, they are ignored by the world of business and are isolated, as a consequence, from many of the economic advantages available to other people. But, being poor, they surely have no chance to participate in a market economy, or so most people would conclude.
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12-18-2006
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Cheap? The Real Cost of Living in a Low Price, Low Wage World
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cheap? The Real Cost of Living in a Low Price, Low Wage WorldAuthor: David Bosshart: ISBN: 0749449934Things, all kinds of things, are cheaper today than they ever have been. The spread of manufacturing technology around the world, especially to places where labour costs are low, has led to an abundance of consumer goods and the laws of supply and demand does the rest. Food, in particular, is cheaper now than it has ever been and the growing problems of...
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1-23-2008
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Lead Like a Pirate! Leadership Secrets of the Pirates of St. Croix
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Lead Like a Pirate! Leadership Secrets of the Pirates of St. CroixAuthor: Christopher NovakISBN: 0979800919Arr and indeed Arrggh. Shiver me timbers and pieces of eight etc and so forth. Who can fail to love pirates now that they have been effectively decoupled from the generally vicious monstrosities of the past? Now, they have been rehabilitated as effective teams, rebels and lovable rogues with a perfectly acceptable desire for an alternative lifestyle,...
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2-23-2008
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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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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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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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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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