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Author: Ridley Pearson
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s
Sons
ISBN: 13: 978-0399155727
Be careful, it is easily to
become an addict of New York Timers best-selling author Ridley
Pearson, although I have to admit that it took me a few chapters to
get into his latest novel, Killer Summer
Authors: Joseph H. Trimbach
and John M. Trimbach
Publishers: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-0-9795855-0-0
John and Joseph Trimbach may have positioned themselves with contributing one of the most important texts pertaining to the controversies surrounding the topic
Author: Greg Dawson
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 978-1-60598-045-4
Rarely am I able to read a
book in one sitting, however Greg Dawson’s Hiding in the
Spotlight was the exception.
In Hiding in the Spotlight
Dawson narrates the story of his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya, who was
a Holocaust survivor and an extraordinary pianist.
Author: Anna David
Publisher: Harper
ISBN:
978-0-06-166918-7
Author: Stephanie Blake:
Translator: Whitney Stahlberg
ISBN: 978-0-375-85688-4
Publisher: Random House
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews T.J. Overstake Author of For Love Of The Car: Memories Of A True Car Guy
Author: T.J. Overstake
ISBN: 978-1-4327-3594-4
Publisher: Outskirts Press
T.J. Overstake, author of For Love Of The Car: Memories Of A True Car Guy is a “car nut” who informs us that some of the cars he has owned are memorable for his discovery of them, others repairing them, some for the pleasure of driving them or simply the joy of owning them and then there are his interesting tales concerning the manner in which he purchased and sold them. Each however comes with its own unique tale that he spins within the one hundred and fifty three pages of the book.
Author: Donna Kristine Manley
Publisher: Christiana Press
ISBN: 0-9777835-0-2
Manley’s approach works very well. Resumes for Children 17 Years Old And Under Yes, Really! is definitely a wholly accessible and creditable manual, and moreover, it offers rich opportunities for you and you child to explore the many options wherein a resumé would play a vital role.
Author: Randy Charles Epping
Publisher: Vintage Books (A
Division Of Random House, Inc)
ISBN: 978-0-307-38790-5
If you have never taken a course in elementary economics or even if you have and you want to refresh your memory, Randy Charles Epping’s The 21ST-Century Economy: A Beginner’s Guide is just the right prescription.
Author: Sandy Mason
Publisher: Booksurge
ISBN:978-1-4392-3384-9
A promising author
Author: Michael Dobbs
ISBN: 13:978-1-4022-1044-0:
10:1-4022-1044-2
Author: Krista Tibbs
Publisher: Friction Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9818803-0-3
Author: Sophfronia Scott
ISBN: 978-1-59932-093-9
Publisher: Advantage
You have to admit it, when someone is introduced as being an author most of us are in awe
Author: Larry Buttram
ISBN: 978-0-0755050-1-0
Publisher: New Virginia
Publications
Here’s a little known fact: Robert Carter III of Nomini Hall Plantation on the Northern Neck of Virginia, freed more slaves than any individual in American History.
Author: Michael C. Donaldson
ISBN: 978-1-879505-98-8
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Author: Jonathan Chevreau
ISBN: 978-0-981104-0-0
Publisher: Power Publishers
Inc
Financial Journalist Jonathan Chevreau discusses with Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
Author: Jonathan Chevreau
ISBN: 978-0-981104-0-0
Publisher: Power Publishers
Inc
Author: Steve Luxenberg
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 978-1-6013-2267-2
Steve Luxenberg, author of Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey
Into a Family Secret discusses his recent tomb with Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com
Author:
Clem Chambers
ISBN:
978-1-84243-297-6
Could this really happen?
Author: Nancy Friday
ISBN: 13:978-1-4022-1854-5:
10:1-4022-1854-0
Publisher: SOURCEBOOKS, INC
Something to ponder about?
Author: Chris Bowen
ISBN: 978-1-4327-2453-5
Publisher: Outskirts
Press.com
Chris Bowen author of Our Kids: Building Relationships in the
Classroom shares his thoughts with Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com 
Author: Steve Luxenberg
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 978-1-6013-2267-2
When Steve Luxenberg, author of Annie’s Ghosts began his journey seeking to unravel a family secret, little did he know at the time that he would be really opening up a huge can of worms that would lead to some jolting findings about his family.
Author: Chris Bowen
ISBN: 978-1-4327-2453-5
Publisher: Outskirts
Press.com
Winner of the prestigious Teacher of the Year for Los Angeles County- a county that employs over 80,000 teachers, Chris Bowen has penned an impressive memoir with his Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom. According to Bowen, “To work with children is to see, to catch, these small untraceable moments. It is to watch a child pause, cocoon, and re-emerge as a whole new entity.”
Author: Jeffery S. Williams
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc
ISBN: 978-0-595-52979-7
Authors: Deborah and Gerald
Strober
Publishers: Phoenix Books,
Inc.
ISBN: 13-978-1-59777-640-0:
10:-1-59777-640-8
If you are as curious as I am as to how Bernard Madoff pulled off the largest Ponzi scheme of all time, you have to read Deborah and Gerald Strober's Catastrophe: The Story of Bernard L. Madoff, The Man Who Swindled the World, however, one word of caution, one of the risks in writing a book pertaining to a criminal saga that is still unfolding is that before the ink is dry, some facts or speculations have become obsolete.
Paul R.Finch’s controversial The Passover Papers: Controversy, Myth, Fairy Tales, and Nonsense is likely to either dazzle you or offend you depending on your beliefs and perhaps even your religion.
Paul R.Finch’s controversial The Passover Papers: Controversy, Myth, Fairy Tales, and Nonsense is likely to either dazzle you or offend you depending on your beliefs and perhaps even your religion.
Author: Diana Estill
ISBN: 13: 978-0-9799708-1-8:
10: 0-9799708-1-4
Authors: Gary W. Capone and
Mark Henderson
ISBN: 978-1441491534
With the job market in the dumps now may be the time to brush up on your interviewing skills in order to stand out from your competition. A step in the right direction would be to secure a copy of copy Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation authored by Executive recruiters Gary W. Capone and Mark Henderson of Palladian International.
Author: Sam Moffie
ISBN: 978-1-4392-0461-0
Author: Sam Moffie
ISBN: 978-1-4392-0461-0
No Mad is Sam Moffie’s
third novel and after reading it I can easily understand how one can
become addicted to this promising author.
Author: Ray Melnik
ISBN: 978-1-4401-2856-1
Publisher: iUniverse
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews Ray Melnik author of The Room and To Be Your Own Self Be True.
Author: Ray Melnik
ISBN: 978-1-4401-2856-1
Publisher: iUniverse
Author: Kyle Mills
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 978-1-59315-499-8
When Josh Hagarty interviewed for employment with New Africa, a U.S. charitable organization purporting to manage various foreign aid projects, little did he know that in reality this so-called focused charity was in fact connected to some very nasty accomplices including an American con man, a Russian Mafia thug and the country’s brutal dictator Umbito Mtitsi.
Author: Paul Levine
ISBN: 978-0-553-80673-1
Publisher: Bantam Dell
Author: Edward P. Djerejian
ISBN: 13: 978-1-4165-5493-6: 10: 1-4165-5493-9
Publisher: Threshold Editions: A Division of Simon & Schuster
Inc
Edward P. Djerejian, author of An American Ambassador’s Journey Through The Middle East served both Democratic and Republican presidents under eight administrations from John F. Kennedy to William Jefferson Clinton. In addition, Djerejian served as Ambassador to Syria and Israel and was the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs under Bush and Clinton.
Upon his departure from Israel, Yitzhak Rabin gave a most
appropriate toast to him when he stated that he and his wife Leah
regretted his short tenure in Israel (one year) and he went on to
mention that never had there been an American diplomat who came to
Israel after being the ambassador to Syria.
Title: Lemon Curd
Author: Homa Pourasgari
ISBN:
13:978-0-9779780-0-7: 10:0:9779780-0-1
Publisher: Linbrook
Press
Homa Poursagari’s debut novel, Lemon Curd is a good old- fashioned romance story, however in this case the author has adopted a refreshing different approach from today’s usual run-of-the mill love stories that resemble nothing more than pornography where more ink is devoted to hot steamy graphic sex scenes rather then the story itself.
Author: R. Allen Downey
ISBN: 10:14196900868: 13:978-1419690860
R. Allen Downey once again reminds his readers what an unexpected
bombshell a book can turn out to be. In Pirate Queen: The Curse
Downey uses all kinds of “goodies” such as pirates, British M16
secret agents possessing telekinetic powers, Jewish ghosts or
dybbuks, a ghastly torture chamber used at the time of the Spanish
Inquisition, ghouls, and voodoo curses. All of these and a host of
other props stream together on the pages of this spellbinding novel
to create a mesmerizing yarn that seems to live and breathe on its
own. In fact, this is one work of fiction you won’t just put
down and forget about it once you have completed its reading for you
will certainly want to hash it over with your friends.
Author: Michael Kasenow
ISBN: 978-1-4401-2001-5
Although Michael Kasenow’s The Last Paradise was at times not easy to stay with as it dwells so profoundly upon appalling racist behavior, sadness and anger, all taking a heavy emotional toll, nevertheless it still was a great read. In addition, Kasenow’s cast of rich and vivid characters particularly the two main protagonists and their stories make it possible for the reader to navigate a landscape that is at times appalling but nonetheless illuminating. In fact, you want to keep reading just to find out what becomes of them.
Title: The Last Paradise
Author: Michael Kasenow
ISBN: 978-1-4401-2001-5
Author: Teisha Bourne
Publisher: Belletristic Press
ISBN: 978-0979659485
Author: Christopher Burns
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 976-1-59102-660-0
The title of Christopher Burns Deadly Decisions: How False Knowledge Sank The Titanic, Blew Up The Shuttle, and Led America Into Warjust about sums up what this book is all about which in the words of the author is to clarify these failures in detail so that we may be able recognize the patterns of errors in order to avoid future catastrophes.
Author: Svetlana Kim
ISBN: 978-1-4196-5574-6
From the very first paragraph of Svetlana Kim’s White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refuge, readers experience quite a riveting ride with amazing drama and fascinating history as the author recounts her journey from her Russian homeland to the United States where after ten years becomes a citizen.
The 282 page memoir rarely lets up as Svetlana imparts her readers with scores of character sketches and various happenings of her ancestors that provide real insights into their spellbinding and difficult lives, particularly that of her grandmother Bya-ok (“White Pearl”) who had a profound influence on Kim’s own life and subsequent survival in the United States.
Author: Teisha Bourne
Publisher: Belletristic Press
ISBN: 978-0979659485
There are two especially impressive elements about Teisha Bourne’s
debut novel Motif- the author’s strength in characterizations and
her storytelling talent. In fact, the suspense of the story
fundamentally lies in the character development, which often proves
to be quite a tricky thing to pull off in a novel, particularly if
you are a novice author.
Author: Carl “Tuchy” Palmieri
Publisher: ISBN: 1-4392-2608-3: 13: 9781439226087
As the old cliché goes, “action speaks louder than words” and someday you may want to examine Barack Obama’s presidential years and compare what he said during and before his presidential campaign and what he actually did and accomplish while in office.
Author: David Gelber
ISBN: 978-0-9820763-0-9
Publisher: Ruffian Press
Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews surgeon Dr. David Gelber author of ITP FUTURE
HOPE
Author: David Gelber
ISBN: 978-0-9820763-0-9
Publisher: Ruffian Press
David Gelber’s ITP: FUTURE HOPE is such a strong thought provoking Christian Science Fiction novel that there is a danger in writing too much or too complexly about it.
The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating?
An Interview
with Authors José D. Roncal and José N. Abbo
Author: Michael Karpin
ISBN: 978-0-470-17373-2
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
It is difficult to conceive just how Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty was written. It is just over four hundred pages in size including very extensive footnotes, yet it is huge in its accomplishment. And this is exactly what Israeli television and news reporter Michael Karpin was able to pull off when he wrote about an Ashkenazi family, the Backenroths, dating back to 1350.
Author: Joan Rattner Heilman
ISBN: 978-0-07-159884-2: 0-07-159884-7
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Although this book may be a mere two hundred and eight two pages it is huge in accomplishment.
Author: Jerry J. Pollock, Ph.D
ISBN: 978-0-9817212-0-0
I have to confess that notwithstanding that it takes some time to absorb all of the book’s material with its raw power and harsh originality, patient readers will find, as I have, that in the end it is all very beneficial and meaningful. In fact, by the time you’re done reading this intelligent narrative, you may even believe the Messiah interviews actually happened!
Author: Nancy Henderson-James
ISBN: 978-0-911051-67-4
Publisher: Plain View Press
With At Home Abroad: An American Girl in Africa, Nancy Henderson-James has proven herself to be a masterful talent in crafting a captivating memoir infused with a great deal of vivacity, introspection and even some humor and poetry. It is not a memoir to rapidly gulp down, but one to mull over as the author unfolds her childhood through impressionist morsels.
Title: The Swedish Gypsy
Author: Mary L. Paulson
ISBN: 978-1-60693-200-1
Publisher: Eloquent Books
In her debut novel, The Swedish Gypsy, Mary L. Paulson draws on her extensive research in unlocking the world of Sweden between the years 1897 and 1911 wherein two distinct cultural societies, the unique world of the Swedish Gypsies and the Swedes lived- side by- side. Paulson interweaves the complexities of these two unique cultures describing their beliefs, prejudices and hierarchies that are set against the background of the political, social and economic climate that prevailed in Sweden at the time.
Title: Bringing Back The Magic
Author: Margaret T. Wright
ISBN: 978-0-9821198-0-8
Publisher: Tewillager Publishing (A Division of Equatorial Group,
Ltd)
Margaret (Maggie) Wright, author of Bringing Back the Magic: A Transformational Memoir can be described as a rare bird who is particularly well-informed on the African Grey parrot, however, as she points out, she prefers to be called eccentric because her heart opens so much to animals in general.
Author: Renny Shapiro
ISBN:1-4208-5288-4
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly your own Cessna from the USA to 20 Eastern Block Cities after the fall of the USSR?
Author: James Polk, Ph.D
ISBN: 1595264523
Meet James Polk, Ph.D author of Pathologies of Public America: The Triumph of Ignorance and Bliss.
Author: Neil J. Lehto
ISBN: 0-595-36132-3
Publisher: iUniverse
One of Canada’s greatest artists was Tom Thomson, who accidentally died in 1917 in Canoe Lake, Ontario. If he accidentally died has always been a question mark among many historians and art connoisseurs. Neil J. Lehto’s novel Algonquin Elegy: Tom Thomson’s Last Spring is an ambitious effort to meticulously present multiple perspectives in fictional format as to what really happened to this great Canadian artist. Did he accidentally die or was there foul play?
Author: Stephane Grenier
ISBN: 978-0-9810852-0-3
Publisher: Levac Publishing House
Candidly, I have to admit that before picking up a copy of Stephane Grenier’s Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets to Creating a High-Profile, High Traffic, and High-Profit Blog, I didn’t have a clue as to the unique culture of blogging and its implications. In truth, I was blown away with Grenier’s metrics wherein he states that there are 70 million weblogs and about 120,000 new ones each day or 1.4 new blogs every second. As Grenier cites, you can find these statistics and more interesting ones from Technorati.com. Undoubtedly, many of these blogs are a one shot posting, however, what about the ones that have been around for a long time?Why are the bloggers of these blogs successful and what makes them tick?
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 Frauds Work..and Why They`re More Common Than Ever, traces the origins of the Ponzi Scheme, and explores how and why the scheme works with its different modern day variations.
Authors: José D. Roncal and José N. Abbo
ISBN: 978-1-60494-038-1
Publisher: Wheatmark
Before you invest your hard earned money do you ever pause and think for a moment if you are actually investing, speculating or gambling? Do you really know their differences, particularly that we are now living through “the mother of all bubbles?”
Author: Jeffrey B. Allen
ISBN: 976-1-933300-52-6
Author: Randy Petrick
ISBN: 9780595481972
Publisher: iUniverse
One of the problems with books pertaining to money management is that very often you are preaching to the converted. Unfortunately, many individuals who would reap the most benefits aren’t very interested in reading the sage advice that is dished out. Perhaps, Randy Petrick’s Money Games will overcome this reluctance and provide much needed money management counsel to a good portion of our population. He has come up with a novel approach in exploring how best to manage one’s money.
Author: Jeffrey B. Allen
ISBN: 976-1-933300-52-6
Using his own unique style and voice, Jeffrey B. Allen with Gone Away Into the Land has really stretched the limits of the traditional fantasy novel. Shifting in and out of fantasy, Allen cleverly intertwines the theme of child and spousal abuse with a land of the unknown. The magic that he has created does manage to make sense to the reader, although at times I must admit I was a trifle confused with the multitude of bizarre quirky characters and the inventiveness of their language.
Author: Bruce Kaler, M.D.
ISBN: 978-1-4392-0556-3
Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com interviews Dr. Bruce Kaler author of Turnabout.
Author: Bruce Kaler, M.D.
ISBN: 978-1-4392-0556-3
Dr. Fred Pomeroy, the Seattle Washington surgeon at the center of Dr. Bruce Kaler's debut medical thriller, Turnabout finds himself in quite a jam. His former lover, Joyce Downey and her father Bill are suing him for malpractice.
Author: Anne Roos
ISBN: 978-1-4234-3874-8
Publisher: 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 one pertaining to wedding gigs.
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Frankie Picasso author of Midlife Mojo: How to get through the midlife crisis and emerge as your true self. Frankie is known as the “unstoppable coach” and she is a full time broadcaster, author, speaker, and professional Certified Life, Business and Master Coach Trainer. She also co-founded the Institute of Quantum Living and Conscious Design and is a member of the International Coach Federation, and the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Author: Frankie Picasso
ISBN: 978-0-595-50885-3
Publisher: iUniverse
Probably the concept of midlife crisis emanates from the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung who believed that the midlife integration of thinking, sensation, feeling an intuition could perhaps lead to some confusion about one’s life to date and one’s goals. Although, popular western culture seems to devote considerable ink to the subject matter than serious research, there still may be some theoretical constructs that shore up the concept in a different light.
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Francis Bacon
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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 now facing a real crisis when it comes to childhood obesity. Did you know that there are over 9 million children in the USA alone with childhood obesity? And worldwide it is has reached epidemic proportions with over 155 million affected.
Author: Danny Schechter
ISBN: 978-1-60520-315-7
Publisher: Cosimo Books
Not many of us fully grasp what is happening to the global economy
or as Danny Schechter author of Plunder: Investigating Our Economic
Calamity and the Subprime Scandal quotes Nouriel Roubini, chairman of
Roubini Global Economics LLC in New York, “the first crisis of
financial globalization and securitization.”
Author: Michael Edesess
ISBN: 10 1-57675-407-3: 13: 978-1-57675-407-8
Economist and mathematician Michael Edesess author of The Big Investment Lie: What your financial advisor doesn't want you to know lambastes investment advisors and money managers and says that they are profiting from a big lie-promising that they can beat the market and do better than you can in investing your hard earned money.
Author: Jon Entine
ISBN: 10: 0-446-58063-5: 13:978-0-446-58063-2
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
A fascinating narrative
Title: The Money Belt
Author: Alan Robertston
ISBN: 8781432727352
Publisher: OutskirtsPress
Alan Robertson discusses his debut novel, The Money Belt With Norm Goldman. Alan also discusses writing in general.
Author: David Baldacci
ISBN: 10:0-446-19550-2: 13:978-0-446-19550-8
Publisher: 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.
Author: Paul Damien, Ph.D
Publisher: Synergy Books
ISBN: 978-1-934454-14-5
With Help: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus,
Paul Damien aims his sights on a class of trendy books that he
describes as sinister and authored by some well-known masters of the
game, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Rhonda Bryne, Dr. Fritjof Capra and Dr.
Scott Peck. As indicated in the Preface, the motive of the book is to
critique and parody these so-called “gurus.” It should be
pointed out, as mentioned, some of the arguments advanced are thanks
to Professor Ernest Geller, based on his insightful book, Words and
Things.
Author: J. C. Hager
ISBN: 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.
Author & Photographer: Keith Szafranski
ISBN: 978-0-9801662-1-7
