John Cowans
Reviewer John Cowans: John lives in
retirement in Chester, NS ,where he has been an Instructor with
Seniors College Association of Nova Scotia.
He is currently working on a personal memoir, Other People’s Children, and his first poetry collection, Hope.
Articles by this Author
Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths For Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published July 30, 2013
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Authors:
Cecil Murphy and Gary Roe
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 978-0-8254-4270-4
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published June 20, 2013
- History
Author: Daniel James Brown
ISBN: 978-0-670-02581-1Red Ryder & Little Beaver: Painted Valley Troubleshooters Fred Harman's Newspaper Comic Strip Heroes in Comic Books, Novels, Radio Shows & Motion Pictures Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 17, 2013
- Reference
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: BearManor Media
ISBN: 978-1-59393-246-6
Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen: A Collection of Mediterranean-Inspired Meals Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 9, 2013
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Carrie Palladino Farias
Publishers: Tate
Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-62024-765-5
The Mountain of Long Eyes: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published April 13, 2013
- Science Fiction
Author: Thomas Wm. Hamilton
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-62212-028-4
Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000 Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published April 3, 2013
- Crime & Mystery
Author: Amnon Kabatchnik
Publisher: The Scarecrow
Press Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-8108-8354-3
The Collected Poems of Marcel Proust Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published April 2, 2013
- Poetry
Author: Harold Augenbraum
Publisher: A Penguin Classics Original
ISBN: 978-0-14-310690-6
Letters to You and Along the Chisholm Trail Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published February 26, 2013
- Poetry
Author: Douglas Morea
Publisher: Broken Turtle Books
ISBN: 978-0-9788451-4-8
Author: George Rhoades
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1-4327-8499-7
Boys of the Cloth: The Accidental Role of Church Reforms in Causing and Curbing Abuse by Priests Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published February 6, 2013
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
ISBN: 978-0-7618-5974-1
Hypocrisy, Inc.: How the Religious Right Fabricates Christian Values and Undermines Democracy Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published January 31, 2013
- Religion and Spirituality
Author: Rosemary Agonito
Publisher: CreateSpace,
ISBN: 978-1470159108
Angels of Ebermannstadt Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published December 9, 2012
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Charlene Quint Kalebic
Publisher: Deep River Books
ISBN: 9781937756475
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 4th Edition Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published October 12, 2012
- Poetry
Roldand Greene, Editor in
Chief, Cushman, Stephen, General Editor,
Publisher: Princeton, N.J, Princeton
University Press, 2012,
ISBN: 13-9780691154916
The Way of Oz: A Guide to Wisdom, Heart, and Courage Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published September 26, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Robert V. Smith
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 978-0-89672-740-3
United Breaks Guitars: The Power on One Voice in the Age of Social Media Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published September 20, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Dave Carroll
Publisher: Hay House
ISBN: 978-1-4019-3793-5
Flying Solo Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published August 30, 2012
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Jeanette Vaughan
Publisher: Age View Press
ISBN: 978-0615618883
Special Intentions: Remembering Others in Personal Prayer Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published August 29, 2012
- Religion and Spirituality
Author: Claire Coleman
Publisher: Westbow
Press, 2012,
ISBN: 978-1-4497-2595-2
Gone to the Forest Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published August 16, 2012
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
ISBN: 978-4516-5664-0
Second Impressions Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published July 31, 2012
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Ava Farmer
Publisher: Chawton House
ISBN: 0-978161364475-0-9
We Can All Do Better Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published July 20, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Bill Bradley
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 978-59315-729-6
Blaming Japhy Rider, Memoir of a Dharma Bum Who Survived Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published July 5, 2012
- Biographies & Memoirs
Shakespeare’s Lady Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published June 13, 2012
- Historical Fiction
Author: Alexa Schnee
Publisher: Guideposts
ISBN: 978-0-8249-4528-2
Compass: New and Selected Poems Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published June 8, 2012
- Poetry
Author: Erik Hansen
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1-4327-8696-0
A New Way to Be Human: 7 Spiritual Pathways to Becoming Fully Alive Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 25, 2012
- Religion and Spirituality , Self Help
Author: Robert V. Taylor
Publisher: New Page Books
ISBN 13: 978-1-60163-215-9
Rasputin and the Jews: A Reversal of History Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 23, 2012
- History , Judaica
Author: Delin Colon
Publisher: Createspace
ISBN: 97811461027751
The Sea is My Brother: The Lost Novel Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 16, 2012
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Jack Kerouac
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN:
978-0-306-82128-8
BUTTERFLY IN THE TYPEWRITER: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces Reviewed John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 16, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Cory MacLauchlin
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 978-0-306-82040-3
AS YOU WERE,The Tragedy at Valcartier Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published April 17, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Gerry Fostaty
Publisher: Goose Lane
ISBN 978-0-86492-648-7
The Island Horse Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published March 31, 2012
- Childrens & Young Adults
Author: Susan Hughes
Illustrator: Alicia Quist,
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-55453-592-7
LOST AT SEA: The Hunt for Patrick McDermott Reviewed By John Cowan of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published March 28, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Patrick R. Klein
Publisher: Klein Publishing
ISBN: 9781468122848
LILY, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH (1854-1909) A Portrait with Husbands Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published March 26, 2012
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Sally E. Svenson
Publisher: Dog Ear
Publishing (2012)
ISBN: 978-1-4575-00776-2
The Variations Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published March 17, 2012
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: John Donatich,
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
ISBN: 978-0-8050-9438-1