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Reviewer's Choice
When the Sun Sets
Geoffrey C. Carnell
Breakwater
100 Water Street, PO Box 2188, St. John's, NF A1C 6E6
1550811401 $TBA
When the Sun Sets: A Guide to Funeral Planning is a simple and straightforward guidebook to the
unfortunate necessity of making funeral arrangements for a loved one. Chapters cover difficult
choices that must be made, options when choose cremation or a traditional burial, how to get
financial help if needed, and much more. A straightforward and compassionate instructional for
those in need, highly recommended.
The Truth About Being A Bass Fisherman's Wife
Aris Whittier
Morris Publishing
3212 East Highway 30, Kearney, NE 68847
1587910004 $9.95 1-800-650-7888 www.basswives.com
The Truth About Being A Bass Fisherman's Wife is a wry and humorous book that looks at the
blessings and tribulations of sharing one's life with an enthusiastic bass fisherman. Whimsical
black-and-white cartoon-style caricatures pepper the amusing vignettes and insights that brim in
ways to cope with a spouse who is just passionate about fish. Laughter is the best medicine for
coping with life burden's in The Truth About Being A Bass Fisherman's Wife, a chuckle-inducing
compilation of all-too-recognizable incidents, from attempting to seduce the bass fisherman (don't
try when his favorite fishing TV show is on cable) to the subtle nuances of "fish talk".
Mom's Survival Guide To Instant Messaging
Mary B. Braun
Sun Prairie Moms, LLC
PO Box 161, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
0975356704 $8.95 1-608-825-2105 www.messagingmoms.com
Mom's Survival Guide to Instant Messaging by Mary B. Braun (a working mother of two middle
school aged girls) reflects the insights and experiences of a group of mothers in Sun Prairie,
Wisconsin and is specifically written for the benefit of moms with kids ages 12 to 17 who use the
"instant messaging" feature on their personal computers the way their elders used the telephone
when they were teens themselves. In Mom's Survival Guide To Instant Messaging, parents are
provided with clear explanations of what Instant Messaging is; a humorous guide to Instant
Messaging's unique slang; "war stories" from Moms sharing situations they've faced in a wired
world; practical tips about regulating and monitoring children's use of Instant Messages -- and
obtaining children's cooperation without alienating them.
The Seven Gates of Soul
Joe Landwehr
Ancient Tower Press
1904 North 5th Street, Abilene, TX 79603
0974762601 $29.95 www.ancient-tower-press.com
Philosopher and astrologer Joe Landwehr presents The Seven Gates of Soul: Reclaiming the
Poetry
of Everyday Life uses the passage of a goddess through seven gates as a metaphor to permeate
barriers to a true appreciation of the qualities of the soul. Religion, science, philosophy, and
psychology each strive to comprehend yet interfere with understanding of the spirit; The Seven
Gates of the Soul explores how to connect with one's innermost self and highest wisdom, from
discerning the myth of immortality to reclaiming the sexual nature of the soul, how the deification
of
the rational mind in the 20th century has eroded understanding of the soul, how shedding
scientific
objectivity for the language of subjectivity can extend a deeper comprehension of truth, and much
more. A serious and intense work of prolonged thought and feeling, written to speak against
common exhortations that obfuscate the process of understanding with the intensely human yet
ultimately misleading need to believe what we want to believe.
The Fiction Shelf
Lion of the Balkans
Vladimir Chernozemsky
Triumvirate Publications
497 West Avenue 44, Los Angeles, CA 90065-3917
1932656014 $24.95 1-818-340-6770
Prolific Bulgarian-American author Vladimir Chernozemsky sets his novel Lion of the Balkans
during the bloody Balkan War. Grounded in bitter realism, from the family letters, diaries, and
tales
told by family of devastating times, Lion of the Balkansrecounts how, after five centuries of rule
by
the Ottoman Turks, Bulgaria allied with its neighboring nations to drive the Turkish army to the
gates of Constantinople. In reclaiming its independence and restoring its territory, Bulgaria
became
the Lion of the Balkans - although later events of history would surely engulf the Lion in more
warfare. An exciting saga of sweeping conflict, fierce pride and unbridled determination in spite of
great cost.
A Heart Remembers
P.S. Elsner
Micleric Publishing
PO Box 626, Taylors, SC 29687
0974025429 $12.95 1-864-877-8829 Micleric@aol.com
A Heart Remembers is the engaging saga of three generations of women. After four-year old
Paris'
mother Laura dies, the child is shipped off to Florida to live with her grandmother Angelina whom
she had never met. Angelina finds this a second chance to raise a grandchild and to make up for
not
having been able to shield her daughter from an abusive father. Psychologist Mitch Bracket helps
Paris during her teen years, but when she leaves for college in Miami, Paris loses her direction,
drops
out of school, gets drawn into the influence of Tony, a charismatic nightclub owner. When Feeling
something is wrong with Paris, Mitch travels to South Florida to discover Paris is desperate
circumstances. The girls future hangs in the balance unless he can help her feel that hopes and
dreams for her future really do matter. A Heart Remembers is a superbly written and highly
recommended novel, one of those that are so easy to pick up and so hard to put down. Readers
will
long remember A Heart Remembers!
Under Oath
Margaret McLean
Hot House Press
760 Cushing Highway, Cohasset, MA 02025
0970047681 $24.00 www.hothousepress.com
Written by a former Assistant District Attorney with hundreds of criminal cases to her personal
experience, Under Oath is a gripping and dramatic crime novel of the struggle to see justice done.
A
legal thriller following a murder and conspiracy trial in which jurors are intimidated, witnesses are
killed and FBI cover-ups obfuscate the truth, Under Oath is haunting in its eerie accuracy and
solid
grounding in real-life courtroom experience. Utterly compelling from cover to cover.
League of Shadows
Ron Terpening
Stuyvesant & Hoagland
1133 Broadway, Suite 706, New York, NY 10010
0975576100 $25.95 www.Stuyvesant-Hoagland.com
League of Shadows is a novel of suspense and intrigue. In Rome, 1943, three spies strived to
infiltrate Italy's Fascist hierarchy and their secret police. Now, decades after that long-ago mission
went horribly wrong, an unknown enemy is hunting the former secret agents down. Their one
hope
for survival is an ex-cop obsessed with his mission. An addictive read, weaving together human
drive, determination, and betrayal into a gripping whole.
Candle In A Dark Time
Virginia Stuart
Red Hummingbird Press
PO Box 462, Princeton, NJ 08542
0972731016 $16.00 www.redhummingbirdpress.com
Very highly recommended reading, Virginia Stuart's Candle in a Dark Time is a deftly written
novel
set during the German military occupation of Denmark in the darkest days of Word War II. It is
the
story of the Danish Rescue of Jews that took place at great risk to themselves by large numbers of
the Danish population and became part of the Danish Resistance. Candle In A Dark Time tells the
story of four sisters who risk everything to save their Jewish neighbors from being rounded up
and
send to the Nazi death camps. Although a work of fiction, author Virginia Stuart is absolutely
accurate in her background information and depiction of the harrowing risks and sacrifices that
the
Danish populace underwent in their attempts to protect their Jewish friends, neighbors, and fellow
citizens from the Nazi holocaust.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
Worm
Cindy Glander
iUniverse.com, Inc.
2021 Pine Lake Road, #100, Lincoln, NE 68512
0595315429 $15.95 iuniverse.com
Worm is a gripping murder mystery. A serial killer stalks the streets of a sleepy little town,
ruthlessly
murdering individuals who are cruel to animals. Each victim has some connection to Maggie
McCarthy, who only wanted to live in peace; now she is absorbed into a maelstrom of vicious
conflict and the mind of a tortured killer. An enthralling, suspenseful read cover to cover.
I'm Sorry...Love Anne
Andrea Peters
Bella International Ltd.
PO Box 1557, Eastsound, WA 98245
0975893319 $14.99 1-800-322-3552
Anne Compton is a 24-year-old paralegal living in Chicago when she purchases a book with a
mysterious inscription by a woman with the same name. Anne is compelled to discover the story
behind the sad words and unwittingly unearths a decades old murder, power gone awry, and a
tragic
story of broken hearts. A personal journal from the past leads Anne to the still very much alive
and
malevolent killer. As Anne's quest to uncover hidden truths consumers her life, she finds that she
is
facing decisions and dangers she is only beginning to comprehend. I'm Sorry...Love Anne
documents
Andrea Peters as a writer of considerable imagination, originality, and story-telling skill. I'm
Sorry...Love Anne is a thoroughly entertaining read from first page to last. Also very highly
recommended reading for the mystery fan is Andrea Peters thriller, Four Crows (0975893327,
$14.99).
The Biography Shelf
Dreams of the Solo Trapeze
Mark Schreiber
Canal House
1329 Cherry Way Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43230
0975466402 $19.95 www.canalhousebooks.com
Dreams of the Solo Trapeze is the memoir of one man's amazing journey alongside trapeze artists
Olga Sidorova, as he sees firsthand the globe-trotting experience of the Cirque du Soleil. From
Amsterdam to Barcelona to London, Montreal and Las Vegas. Witnessing firsthand the demands
of
art, physical conditioning, high-stakes performance, competition, candor, and love, Dreams of the
Solo Trapeze is an enthralling odyssey of human striving and the secret lives of performers in the
spotlight. Highly recommended.
Traveling The Sun
Sandra Harper
Hawthorne Publishing Company
6016 Larch Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 4E4 Canada
0973498609 $18.95 www.hawthornepublishing.com
A deftly written blending of memoir and travelogue, Traveling The Sun: A Healing Journey In
Morocco, Tunisia And Spain by travel writer, public speaker, consultant and volunteer Sandra
Harper is her personal story of how she coped with the untimely death of her son from leukemia
and
her own brush with cancer by taking a journey to the Mediterranean. Seeking places that would
evoke no memories of the painful past, Sandra's travelogue provides the reader with glimpses of
Muslim life along with the story of her own journey to heal and change, to recapture the joy of life
and the wonder of a world that offers hope in even the most chaotic times. As inspiring and
engaging as it is informative and entertaining, Traveling The Sun is enthusiastically recommended
reading.
The Self-Help Shelf
The Detachment Paradox
Anthony Zolezzi with Bill Bonvie
ASM Books
PO Box 3083, La Habra, CA 90631
0975315706 $15.00 www.detachmentparadox.com
Entrepreneur and management consultant Anthony Zolezzi presents The Detachment Paradox, a
straightforward self-help guide for business and personal life. Written in direct response to a
modern
work culture in which employers frequently behave as though one's job should be one's primary
purpose in life, The Detachment Paradox shows the reader how to balance career and personal life
by taking an objective approach to one's work. Chapters address how to alleviate the fear of being
fired by forming connections with people; learning to incorporate humor into one's life; learning
how
to let go of the need to control things; and much more. Highly recommended in the especially for
the
pressure-filled working world of the twenty-first century.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
The Calcium Bomb
Douglas Mulhall & Katja Hansen
The Writers' Collective
780 Reservoir Avenue, Suite 243, Cranston, RI 02910
1594111014 $24.95 www.writerscollective.org www.amazon.com
The Calcium Bomb: The Nanobacteria Link To Heart Disease & Cancer is a breakthrough work
by
journalist Douglas Mulhall and biological engineer Katja Hansen. The two experts and
collaborators
have tirelessly labored to present their up-to-date findings that the root cause of heart disease and
"hardening of the arteries" may not be excess fat, but rather a microbiological infection that can be
treated and cured without the necessity of surgical intervention. convincingly researched for the
medical community and accessibly written for the non-specialist general reader, The Calcium
Bomb
is a sharply profiled and highly necessary wake-up call advocating a re-evaluation of
contemporary
medical practices concerning this deadly and wide-spread cardiac condition.
Those Aching Feet
Christine Dobrowolski, DPM
S.K.I. Publishing Co.
302 Balboa Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
0965461211 $15.95 www.skipublishing.com
Those Aching Feet: Your Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Foot Problems is a
simple
guide for lay people concerning how to prevent, identify, and take care of ailments ranging from
ingrown nails to warts, callouses, bunions, flat feet, and even diabetes-related difficulties. An
especial section is devoted to foot problems common to athletes, such as shin splints, ankle
sprains,
and achilles tendonitis. Those Aching Feet does not go into great depth upon the maladies it
covers;
it's simply a no-nonsense guideline to the basic facts any active person needs to know, and a
superb
primer to brush up on good podiatric habits before visiting a health care professional. Especially
recommended for athletes and those who spend most of their day on their feet.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
The Dolphin's View Trilogy
Mookeeo
Infinity Publishing.com
519 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 194041-1413
The Dolphin's View
PO Box 2935, Berkeley, CA 94702-0935
1-510-486-9967
www.thedolphinsview.com www.infinitypublishing.com www.buybooksontheweb.com
"The Dolphin's View Trilogy" is comprised of three original, science fiction, trade paperback
novels
featuring sentient dolphins. The first volume is Transformation (0741418673, $11.95) finds a
dolphin who has been rescued from being stranded on a beach experiencing an intense epiphany
and
vowing to remedy ills affecting dolphins. Released by his rescuers back into the ocean, he meets
two
other dolphins and they join him in his odyssey. The three become dolphin rebels as their
unorthodox
association and strange ideas exile them from the mainstream of structured, traditional dolphin
society. The three rebels meet a reconnaissance party of aliens seeking to hide from their own
enemies. With advanced technology and limited assistance, the aliens form a bond with the
dolphins.
They help the dolphins undergo a unique transformation including the ability to communicate
telepathically. The dolphins then go on to encounter their most dangerous adversary -- humans.
The
second volume, Impossible Dreams (0741418681, $13.95), finds the dolphins waling on land as
"finmen" where they meet humans and undergo still another transformation to the awe of scientist
and creating a media sensation. They are exploited and admired, but determined to purse their
ultimate goals and in the process, find obstacles blacking their quest including personal
depression,
rebellion, and strains upon their dolphin unity. The third volume, Hannibal Invades Washington
(074141869X, $13.950) finds the finmen quietly gather allies, forming an alliance to demonstrate
their concerns, being frustrated with the limits of a nonviolent approach, getting caught in a
crossfire
between human zealots, corporate interests, and governmental agencies that don't share the
dolphin's
environmental ideals. With the FBI and the CIA hunting them down, can the dolphin finmen even
survive, let alone accomplish their world changing mission? Writing under the pen name of
Mookeeo, the author writes with creative originality, engaging imagination, and an undeniable
story-teller's skill, while weaving into this outstandingly entertaining trilogy complex elements and
dealing with animal rights and environmental awareness issues.
The Business Shelf
All About Everything You Never Knew About Marketing
Willem Burgers, Ph.D.
Amsterdam Press
109 Blackbeard Drive, Slidell, Louisiana 70461
0974691046 $19.95 www.Amsterdampress.com
Written by globe-trotting professional marketing instructor and expert Willem Burgers, All About
Everything You Never Knew About Marketing is an absolute must-read introduction to basic
marketing tactics and truths. It explains common mistakes done by those who do not understand
marketing, and who often fail badly without knowing why. Stressing the importance of being
willing
to test new ideas, and use psychological principles to one's benefit - for example, people hate to
lose
anything, so when selling a product do not stress what they can gain if they buy it, but rather what
they will lose if they don't buy it - All About Everything You Never Knew About Marketing
presents crucial insights into human behavior in plain terms. An absolutely fascinating guidebook
to
how people think in general and how to use this knowledge to one's advantage, and a
mesmerizing
read regardless of whether one is pursuing a marketing career.
The Military Shelf
West Point: Two Centuries And Beyond
Lance Betros, editor
McWhiney Foundation Press
McMurry University, Box 637, Abilene, TX 79697
1893114473 $29.95 1-325-793-4682 fax: 325-793-4754
Founded in 1802, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is one of America's oldest and most
respected military institutions which has prepared young men (and recently, young women) for
careers as officers in the United States Army. In 2002 West Point celebrated its bicentennial. In
honor of this milestone, the USMA Department of History hosted a multi-disciplinary conference
focused on the Academy and its place in American society. The topics ranged from the Academy's
role in developing officer professionalism, to its influence on the careers of distinguished
graduates,
to institutional challenges and changes, to the experiences of women and minorities at West Point,
to
the evolution of the Academy's academic curriculum. A highly recommended and scholarly
contribution to American Military History collections, the twenty-four chapters comprising West
Point: Two Centuries And Beyond shares the richly informed and informative scholarship of that
bicentennial conference.
The Photography Shelf
To Life In The Small Corners
Carol A. Scribner
Butterfly Productions, LLC
165 Shadow Rock Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336
0975293605 $48.00 1-877-818-7907 www.butterflyproductions.info
Award-winning documentary writer, producer, director and photographer Carol Scribner
enhances
her personal, on-site observations of remote and exotic small backwaters of the world with 232
pages of her superbly presented color photographs. Scribner takes the reader along to meet the
peoples of Namibia, Burma, Morocco, Tibet, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Mali, Cambodia, and
Los.
From the crimson sandunes of Namibia in West Africa to the winding Mekong River in Southeast
Asia, we are treated to a visual tour-de-force as we see the diversity of human cultures and the
universality of the human spirit. To Life In The Small Corners is a superb body of work that is
especially recommended to the attention of students of photography and sociology, as well as the
dedicated armchair traveler!
The Cookbook Shelf
Quick & Healthy Low-Fat, Carb Conscious Cooking
Brenda J. Ponichtera
ScaleDown Publishing, Inc.
1519 Hermits Way, The Dalles, OR 97058
0962916013 $18.95 www.quickandhealthy.net
A superbly organized and presented introduction to low-fat, carb conscious dining, Quick &
Healthy Low-fat, Carb Conscious Cooking showcases more than two hundred new and/or
updated, delicious, nutritious, "heart healthy", diabetes appropriate, weight control friendly
recipes. Quick & Healthy Low-fat, Carb Conscious Cooking is enhanced with easy to follow
low-fat menus, detailed nutritional analysis for each recipes, tips for trimming fat and sodium from
a diet, a listing of foods and their fiber content, conventional and microwave directions, time
saving ideas, weight loss and exercise tips, and "Products Worth Trying". From Hot Artichoke
and Spinach Dip; Three Bean Soup; and Pear Salad with Raspberry Dressing"; to Low-Fat French
Fries; Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole; and White Chocolate Mousse with Berries, this
completely revised and updated second edition of Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas offers a
highly recommended compendium of palate pleasing, appetitive satisfying, kitchen cook friendly
recipes.
James A. Cox
Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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Oregon, WI 53575-1129
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