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The Celtic Goddess
Claire French
Floris
Books
15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh, EH11 1SH
0863153585 $19.95
www.amazon.com http://www.florisbooks.co.uk/
The Celtic Goddess: Great
Queen or Demon Witch? by medieval studies expert, writer and lecturer Claire
French is a thoroughly fascinating study of the Celtic Goddess figure, venerated
in triple form as Virgin, Mother, and Crone. From the ancient rituals that used
to honor her to her displacement by Druidism in the fifth century BC (and her
condemnation by Christianity), The Celtic Goddess traces the decline of a divine
figure with scholarly accuracy and emotional heart. The Celtic Goddess is a very
highly recommended, unique religious study. Also highly recommended is Claire
French's The Queen Of The Silver Castle (0863152910; $9.95, www.amazon.com) in
which she retells the story of Rhiannon and Pwyll for younger
readers.
Men are Like Fish, second edition
Steve Nakamoto
Java
Books
17202 Corbina Lane, Suite 204, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
0967089328
$14.95 1-714-846-0622 www.amazon.com
Now in an expanded second edition,
Men are Like Fish: What Every Woman Needs To Know About Catching A Man is a
humorous yet ultimately very, very practical "how-to" guide for women of all
ages and backgrounds who embark upon the quest for a male companion. Here
detailed from cover to cover is the arcane and ancient art of finding and
keeping a personally fulfilling romantic relationship with a good man.
Emphasizing the importance of proper self-care, high self-esteem, knowing what
one wants and being willing to go for it, Men are Like Fish is a thoroughly
readable and uplifting guide, especially for women who feel clueless about what
really is going on inside a men head and heart.
Got Liberty?
Charles
C. Heath, Farah Bazzrea, Suzan Dickinson
Proverbial Publishing
125 N.
Trade St., Shelby, NC 28150
0972193502 $13.95
Pubbooks@bellsouth.net
Collaboratively written by Charles C. Heath, Farah
Bazzrea, and Susan Dickinson, Got Liberty? is a conservative oriented political
manifesto that articulately denounces the common misconception that liberty in
America is safeguarded by political and social liberals. Grounded in real world
American history, and taking the perspective that it's the government's
broad-minded failings that bring about far-reaching trouble, Got Liberty?
strongly advocates the Holy Bible as required reading for American high school
students, challenges long-held assumptions that dismiss the value of declaring
English as a national language, and much, much more. Got Liberty? is a timely
and welcome contribution to the current on-going national debate over the nature
of American society and government and highly recommended reading for students
of political science and the Constitutional safeguards to personal
liberty.
Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates
Gary Kurz
Willowgate
Press
PO Box 6529, Holliston, MA 01746
0966611705 $12.95
www.willowgatepress.com
Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates is a thoughtful
and very highly recommended treatise by Gary Kurz on the subject of an animal
afterlife. A positive and uplifting book that embraces the notion that God
loves, cares, and provides for all his creations, Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates
is a profound and thoughtful treatise offering especial hope and insight to
pet
lovers everywhere.
Under the Crown
Katie Harman
Milestone
Books/Hara Publishing, dist.
Box 19732, Seattle, Washington
98109
1883697212 $14.95 1-800-461-1931
Under the Crown: 51 Stories Of
Courage, Determination And The American Spirit is a informative and inspiring
collection of fifty-one essays written by Katie Harman (Miss America 2002) and
the 2002 Miss America Pageant contestants. A very inspirational collection to
page through, Under The Crown is highly recommended as a unique, heartwarming,
moving and evocative collection, with a heavy theme of mourning with regard to
the September 11 attacks on America and hope for a brighter
future.
Humankind?
Arcas
1st Books Library
2595 West Vernal
Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404-2782
0759687870 $22.50 1-800-839-8640
www.1stbooks.com
Humankind?: Planet Earth's Most Enigmatic Species by
Arcas is comprised of a series of fascinating, thoughtful, and thought-provoking
essays offering deeply insightful observations about the evolution of human
civilization, human institutions, and humankind itself throughout history. From
the manipulation of money, to the triumphs and pitfalls of government, to the
colossal impact of religion on behavior (and behavior on religion), Humankind?
is a highly recommended and very original treatise especially recommended for
students of philosophy, religion, metaphysics, and the human condition - past,
present, and future. Humankind? is also available in a paperback edition
(0759687862, $14.50).
Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their
Elders
Carol M. Morgan and Doran J. Levy, Ph.D.
The Brewer House
1029
Lombard Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105-3256
0970560516 $49.95 1-651-228-7250
www.strategicdirectionsgroup.com
Based on twelve years of research
involving 20,000 American subjects, Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and
Their Elders by Carol M. Morgan and Doran J. Levy, is an informative and
practical guide to reaching out to the 40 and older demographic, using
psychographics and other marketing techniques. Individual chapters offer advice
on adjusting a marketing strategy toward specific "segments" of the boomer
population, characterized by specific personality traits, including optimistic
vs. disillusioned, proactive, or "faithful patient" segments of the health-care
market. Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their Elders is an unusually
insightful and useful look into the mental workings of human demographics and
highly recommended reading for anyone charged with marketing services or
products to the older segments of the American consumer
markets.
Resurrections
Nicholas Smeed
Xlibris Corporation
436
Walnut Street, 11th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106
1401061664 $21.99
1-888-7XLIBRIS www.xlibris.com
Resurrections: Vignettes about Discovery,
Relationships, Personal Empowerment and Preternatural Experiences is a anthology
of brief yet refreshing inspirational and spiritual stories adroitly written by
Nicholas Smeed. The individual stories comprising Resurrections include: The
Petroglyph; Real Monsters; Tempting Fate; Penetration; Time, Space, and Ghosts;
Absorption; Bewitched; Encounters; The Office; It Catches Up; Irish Music;
Phoenix; Six Coyotes; The Crystal; Loneliness; Predatory Instincts; Victorian
House; Premonitions; The Boys in the Barroom; The Girls at the Coffee House;
Revelations; Cairns; Inspiration; Prognostications; Love; Reconciliations;
Second Coming; Sojourn; Dreams; Transformation; and an epilogue - Convergences.
Each vignette embodies a moment of insight or the translucent whisper of a
hidden idea in this engaging and highly readable collection.
Love's
Learning Place
Renate Stendhal
EdgeWork Books
Claire Kirch Publicity
Services (publicity)
155 Cypress Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
1931223041
$16.95 1-800-773-7782 www.edgework.com
Love's Learning Place: Truth as
Aphrodisiac in Women's Long-Term Relationships by spiritual and psychological
women's counselor Renate Stendhal, is a human sexuality self-help guide for
lesbian women in long-term relationships. Focusing on openness and truth as the
key to keeping sexual desire alive, and enhanced with anecdotes from lesbian
couples, Love's Learning Place focuses on the simple yet profound idea that
communication matters, and takes the lead in debunking pervasive myths - such as
the idea that one should "just know" what feels good in sex, or that sex should
come automatically and instinctively. Although written especially for women in
lesbian relationships, Love's Learning Place offers a powerful common sense
viewpoint applicable to all long-term sexual partnerships.
The Health Shelf
Back Pain Vaccine
Kevan L. Whipple, PT,
DPT, CEAS
Infinity Publishing.com
519 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA
194041-1413
0741411792 $14.95 www.amazon.com
Dr. Whipple's Back Pain
Vaccine by Kevan L. Whipple (who holds a Doctor of Physical
Therapy degree and is a certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist) is a highly
practical and "user friendly" instructional guide to preventing and treating
back pain. The "vaccine" to avoid this all-to-common condition is a careful
regiment of conditioning and strengthening exercises, stretches, learning proper
lifting techniques, keeping in overall good health and avoid obesity, and more.
Back Pain Vaccine is an informed and informative primer which is especially
recommended reading for anyone suffering from either periodic or chronic back
pain or discomfort.
The Churkendoose Anthology
Judith Bluestone,
commentator
Lisa Brenner, editor
The Handle Institute
1530 Eastlake
Avenue East, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98102
097202350X $12.95
www.handle.org
Compiled and edited by Lisa Brenner, The Churkendoose
Anthology: True Stories of Triumph over Neurological Dysfunction is a collection
of uplifting testimonies offering a positive message of hope to individuals
afflicted with neurodevelopment problems ranging from attention disorders,
learning disabilities, Tourette's Syndrom, or an acquired brain injury, to
Cerebral Palsy, sleep disorders, Vestibular Dysfunction, Down's Syndrome, and
obsessive-compulsive behaviors. True success stories of the HANDLE (Holistic
Approach to NeuroDevelopment and Learning Efficiency) approach in helping young
people and their parents. Enhanced with an informative commentary by Judith
Bluestone, The Churkendoose Anthology is highly recommended as an engaging and
encouraging read, especially for anyone having to cope with a neurological
dysfunction.
High Blood Pressure
James W. Reed, M.D. & Hilton M.
Hudson II, M.D.
Hilton Publishing Company
PO Box 737, Roscoe, IL
61073
0971606714 $16.95 www.hiltonpub.com
High Blood Pressure: The
Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension is a lifesaving guide
written by medical professionals James W. Reed (Professor of Medicine and
Associate Chair of Medicine for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta,
Georgia) and Hilton M. Hudson (Vice Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rockford
Health Systems, Rockford, Illinois) especially for the non-specialist general
reader. Addressing the problems of high blood pressure among black men and women
specifically, High Blood Pressure explains in straightforward, direct,
easy-to-understand terms, the causes, complications, and treatments for this
widespread health problem. Emphasizing healthy eating and a fitness-conscious
lifestyle, as well as stress relief especially for black men and women, High
Blood Pressure contains worthy advice applicable for people of all races and is
a highly recommended informational resource for all health-conscious readers,
but especially those at risk for high blood pressure.
Post Trauma and
Chronic Emotional Fatigue
Billie J. Sahley, Ph.D., C.N.C.
Pain &
Stress Publications
5282 Medical Drive, Suite 160, San Antonio, TX
78229-6023
1889391212 $9.95 1-800-669-2256
www.painstresscenter.com
With advice especially pertinent to those
suffering from extended stress, whether due to personal problems or nationwide
crises such as the 9/11 attacks, Post Trauma and Chronic Emotional Fatigue by
board certified behavior therapist and psychodiagnostician Billie J. Sahley is a
useful and user friendly guide to taking control of one's mind, body, and
emotions. Rather than relying on drugs to relax, psychological techniques and
healthier lifestyle changes in diet and exercise are emphasized in this succinct
and practical guide. Specifically written to be accessible to the non-specialist
general reader, Post Trauma and Chronic Emotional Fatigue is especially
recommended reading for anyone suffering the effects of a post traumatic
syndrome and/or chronic emotional fatigue.
Healing as a Sacred Path
L.
Robert Keck, Ph.D.
Chrysalis Books
c/o Swedenborg Foundation
Publishers
320 North Church Street, West Chester, PA 19380
0877853894
$24.95 www.swedenborg.com
Healing as a Sacred Path: A Story of Personal,
Medical and Spiritual Transformation is the personal testimony of L. Robert
Keck, a collegiate athlete confronted with the severe possibility of spending
the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Robert's miraculous recovery motivated him
to achieve a Ph.D. in the philosophy of medicine. Healing as a Sacred Path
reveals his dedicated search to blend the clinically scientific world of
medicine with the holistic and spiritual path to healing. Written with
inspiration, wisdom and insight, Healing as a Sacred Path is a profoundly moving
account and very highly recommended reading for students of spirituality,
metaphysics, and alternative medicine.
The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Shelf
Outrageous Detour
Lindy Anne
Nisbet
Xlibris Corporation
436 Walnut Street, 11th floor, Philadelphia, PA
19106
1401030785 $21.99 www.xlibris.com
Outrageous Detour by Lindy
Anne Nisbet is a original and engaging story about Lulu Glenn, a psychic and her
fellow tour members who suddenly find themselves mystically flung into another
dimension, and who must embark on a fantastic, loopy, and sexually charged
adventure between worlds, culminating on the sacred mountaintop of Machu Picchu.
Deftly written with a blend of comedic, spiritual, and sensual prose, Outrageous
Detour is an engaging and highly recommended walk on the wild side which will
have special appeal to dedicated science fiction enthusiasts.
The Other
Side of the Moon
Vladimir Chernozenmsky
Triumvirate Publications
2140
Westwood Blvd., Suite 206, Los Angeles, CA 90025
0970997582 $24.95
www.bginfo.com
Deftly written by Vladimir Chernozenmsky, the
Bulgarian-American author of "The Lion of the Balkans", The Other Side of the
Moon is a fascinating and imaginative novel about the transmigration of human
souls throughout history, from the Pharaohs who ruled Egypt in days of yore, to
the rise of Christianity and the tumult of the new millennium. An emotional,
forceful, sometimes disturbing tale of the best and worst of human nature
through the ages, The Other Side of The Moon is a unique and attention engaging
read from first page to last.
Between Shadow and Oblivion
T. S.
Palmer
Writers Club Press
c/o iUniverse.com, Inc.
5220 South 16th
Street, #200, Lincoln, NE 68512-1274
0595198228 $27.95
www.iuniverse.com
A horrific force of dark oblivion pervades the destiny
of a pair of twin sisters; nightmare becomes grim reality; lost legends become
all too real. Compiled by T.S. Palmer and enhanced with a brief bibliography,
Between Shadow and Oblivion is an epic, 567-page saga with a strong leanings
toward Gothic romance and metaphysical suspense which blends ancient beliefs and
legends with Christian faith as Palmer portrays an ancient and continuing battle
between the forces of legions of Darkness and the forces of Light. Between
Shadow And Oblivion is a highly recommended, complex and gripping occult
tale.
The Final Phase
William Neven
1st Books Library
2595 West
Vernal Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404-2782
0759686696 $18.00 (1stbooks) $27.95
(amazon.com) 1-800-839-8640, www.1stbooks.com
William Neven's The Final
Phase is a massive, 715 page, science fiction epic saga arising from a
prediction concerning the end of humanity. As galaxy-spanning civilizations
dwindle and become threatened by an unknown alien presence, treasure hunters in
search of an ancient artifact pursue references to an unknown planet and the
mysterious name of Jesus Christ. The Final Phrase is confidently recommended to
science fiction enthusiasts as a sweeping, complex, and dramatic saga of the
far-flung future.
The Poetry Shelf
Torrid Blue
William Zink
Sugar Loaf
Press
4160 Raccoon Valley Rd., Alexandria, OH 43001
0970070292 $12.00
1-740-924-9335 www.sugarloafpress.com
Torrid Blue is an engaging
anthology of brief, original free-verse poetry by William Zink. Bite-sized,
lyrical pieces of vivid pieces of the human experience characterize this
refreshing selection, which reads very quickly yet offers a sometimes humorous,
sometimes sensual, always highly enjoyable snapshots of the word-worker's dance.
Drifting: is how I found the board--/she bumped my boat,/awoke with emerald eyes
spinning./I asked her where she came from./She asked me, do you like
driftwood?/Do you gather it into pithy corners/for burning on damp nights?/Where
do you come from, she asked,/and what do you fill with your sack?
Dark
Sails In The Twilight
Walt Barger
1st Books Library
2595 West Vernal
Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404-2782
0759639132 $11.45 1-800-839-8640,
www.1stbooks.com
Dark Sails In The Twilight is a compendium of the
personal poetry of Walt Barger who was born in southeastern Tennessee, took
college courses in creative writing, married, retired after 36 years in a
mechanical contracting business, and never in all that time lost his passion for
writing and reciting his poetry. Dark Sails In The Twilight: The sun stroked the
clouds/with blazon blue streaked/with saffron yellow;/dark sails in the
twilight//waddled silently on silver/tips of wave and trough;/poetic sparks
glisten in twilight/of age sneaking from//moss dark and wet womb/lying dormant
in semi-demise/from eons of infinite desires/that only youth dare dream.//Like a
sailor without compass/the words flow in direction/of a land unexplored by/awe
struck ornamental intelligence.//What a ride this boat of words/has given to
dark sails that/gleefully glitter in twilight blowing/defiantly against
disappearing space.
All One Breath
Harry C. Staley
The Snail's Pace
Press, Inc.
85 Darwin Road, Cambridge, NY 12816
0967527341
$14.95
All One Breath: Selected Poems is a collection of brief,
free-verse poems by Harry C. Staley that contrast violent, sensual and quixotic
word images and sounds. All One Breath is a confidently recommended work of
vivid potency. Interrogating The Ph.D.-Proposal: Demythdefying,
defable-izing/every yearn of barn or bastion/choralled in the old abandoned
pastures:/there won't be, were not, are not/few sure pastorals in our
presence/every monetary be swarms away/and the flies of textures are upon U/wend
a re-dun-dance of engine histree/scents all the tragic eros/rolling prone and
supineless tunhill/to hades and gentle-sex off one and dozing off
tether/obfuscating on thin I's/with the high source writerless and none/to read
a read a meter made/but the mighty misty-flying epic Theorist/putses best
footnote forward in hers post-ductural feces/the purplish or pear-ish apple
source, the vestigial appendix/afall human history/from the snack in
desanctifying grass/Till the study of the study of the study of/the last lost
problemicised and blasted/inturdeggscherwall canonicity.
The Christmas
Poems
Krandall Kraus
AttaGirl Press
c/o Damron Company
PO Box
422458, San Francisco, CA 94142-2458
0929435702 $17.95
attagirlpress.com
The Christmas Poems is a compendium of poetry that the
Krandall Kraus wrote in response to the Christmas season over the progression of
years. Thoughtful free verse, introspective contemplations, and meaningful
reaching out to other lives and feelings across the breadth of the world
characterize this highly recommended collection. Christmas 1990 - Waiting:
Wizened men sit/dozing in the sun, while/boys, black and nervous,/blonde and
tattooed,/life their balls to the elusive/hoop, impressing, they hope, the
gum-/chewing girls from Mission High./Dogs bark and bitter women/call from open
windows, their/voices drowning in the rush/of traffic below. Somewhere
beyond/their view, just below the Farallones,/the moon swims toward the
horizon,/lugging darkness on its back,/gathering light to fill their
dreams.
Mahrem
Edward Foster
Marsh Hawk Press
PO Box 220,
Stuyvesant Staton, New York, NY 10009
0971333254 $8.00
www.marshawkpress.org
Mahrem: Things Men Should Do For Men is a
compendium of poetry by Edward Foster which is impressive for its honest,
clarity, emotional intensity, and reflective thoughtfulness. There Are No
Accidents: Disease is final. Only your dark/skin can save me now. Your hair
is/taut. Your mind dissects my luxury./We give it all we've got,/but your
profession here beneath the/cellars of my care is fraught with/phlegm, blood,
sperm of young men,/dead. I trusted you. You gave no choice./You might deceive
yourself, and yet/I thought it could be fine, this once,/to measure up, a Greek
in you.
The Biography Shelf
The Making of a Doctor
John Hinman,
MD
Hinman Publishing
2943 Breakwater Way, Longmont, Colorado
80503
0972352503 $16.95 1-303-776-4819 jshinman@earthlink.net
The
Making of a Doctor is the true story of John Hinman, a American small town
doctor who grew up in the post-depression era and went on to experience military
service, enroll in the college scene, and receive medical training. The Making
of a Doctor also draws upon Hinman's 35 years of medical practices and provides
a wealth of anecdotal stories reflecting the many ups and downs of daily
practice. Good humor and Hinman's quiet dedication to helping the sick and
injured permeate this highly readable and recommended autobiographical life
story.
My Life as a Chaplain
Rabbi Charles A. Spirn
Shengold
Books
51 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850
0884002098 $20.00
www.amazon.com
My Life As A Chaplain: How A Hospital Chaplain Helps
Patients is the personal testimony and memoir of hospital chaplain and Rabbi
Charles A. Spirn. Rabbi Spirn presents a great many anecdotal cases, letters
written to him, and other notes, most of which are summed up in a few paragraphs
or less, about his many years of tireless work to help those most in need. A
highly recommended and rather well written memoir, My Life As A Chaplin is
extremely readable and offers a truly fascinating account of one man's kindness
toward the gravely ill.
Evan's Earthly Adventure
Mark
Holofcener
Beyond Time Books
PO Box 930, Groton, MA 01450
0971862605
$13.00, 1-978-448-1454 www.amazon.com
There just aren't that many good
books available that showcase the joys of life and the value of enduring
memories when a loved one is irrevocably removed from our lives. Mark Holofcener
has clearly written just such a combination memoir and memorial in "Evan's
Earthly Adventure". Mark shares with us his poignant experiences as the father
of Evan Holofcener -- a young man who vigorously lived his life to the full, was
popular with peers and in his community, who had a wealth of abilities, was
blessed with an outstanding intellect, and whose untimely death only served to
emphasize and underscore the contributions he made in the lives of those around
him while he was with them. Not the least of which was Evan's ability to bring
into the lives of friends, family, and neighbors an indelible awareness of all
that the world has to offer, as seen through the prism of his own point of view.
Evan's Earthly Adventures is personally rewarding and highly recommended
reading, especially for anyone seeking a fresh and inspiring perspective on what
their own lives and relationships have to offer them.
One Man's
Leg
Paul Martin
GreyCore Press
2646 New Prospect Rd., Pine Bush, NY
12566
0967185157 $16.00 1-845-744-5081 www.amazon.com
One Man's Leg is
the candid and highly personal memoir of Paul Martin, a one-legged athlete who
refused to let what others classified as a disability interfere with his pursuit
and love of cycling, marathons, hockey, skiing and more. One Man's Leg is
enthusiastically recommended reading as being an upbeat and uplifting saga of
the drive to compete and enjoy the best life has to offer.
And God Was
Our Witness
Alicja R. Edwards
1st Books Library
2511 West 3rd Street,
Bloomington, IN 47404
0759673152 $26.50 1-888-280-7715
www.1stbooks.com
And God Was Our Witness is the personal testimony of
Alicja R. Edwards, a Polish woman who, along with her family, was forcibly taken
from Poland and condemned to slave labor in 1940. Her story, and that of other
Polish war victims, is recounted in vivid, candid, personal detail, shedding
light on Russian atrocities, which in addition to those perpetrated by the
Nazis, were to devastate the Polish people both during and after the turbulent
years of World War II, and which must never be forgotten. And God Was Our
Witness is a highly recommended contribution to the growing library of first
person accounts and autobiographies documenting and detailing the atrocities
committed upon the Polish population, especially those committed by the Russians
and their supporters.
The Boy Who Invented Television
Paul
Schatzkin
TeamCom Books
3103 Fairland Road, Silver Spring, MD
20904
1928791301 $16.95 www.TeamComBooks.com
The Boy Who Invented
Television is the astonishing biography of Philo T. Farnsworth, who at age 14
dreamed of trapping and transmitting light, and while plowing on his father's
farm looked at the parallel rows he had been making and conceived of a practical
and effective way to wirelessly beam information from one point to another which
concept resulted in his 1930 fundamental patent for modern television.
Farnsworth's struggle against challenges from the Radio Corporation from
America, his fight to protect his vision from reticent investors, and his work
that would forever change the world and modern communications, is presented in a
highly readable narrative enhanced with black-and-white photographs. The Boy Who
Invented Television is very highly recommended reading -- especially for
television buffs who want to learn how it all really began!
The Self-Help Shelf
Avoiding Relapse
Lynne Namka, Ed.
D.
Authors Choice Press/iUniverse
5220 South 16th Street, #200, Lincoln,
NE 68512-1274
0595196136 $11.95 www.iuniverse.com
Avoiding Relapse:
Catching Your Inner Con! by psychologist Lynne Namka is a straightforward guide
to recovering from substance addiction. Emphasizing the importance of
prioritizing sobriety and avoiding self-destructive behavior, and offering tips,
tricks, and techniques for identifying and rejecting negative mind games,
Avoiding Relapse is a solid and highly recommended supplementary resource,
especially to anyone involved with a full participation in addiction recovery
programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers
Anonymous.
Beyond Loss, second edition
Lilly Singer, Margaret Sirot,
& Susan Rodd
Blue Point Books
PO Box 91347, Santa Barbara, CA
93190-1347
1883423074 $14.95 www.west.net/~bpbooks/
Now in a revised
second edition, Beyond Loss: A Practical Guide Through Grief To A Meaningful
Life by Lilly Singer (Director of the Bereavement Center, Westchester Jewish
Community Services), writer and university administrator Margaret Sirot, and
writer/musician Susan Rodd is a gentle, moving testimony and guide to coping
with terrible loss. From working through one's grief to helping children adapt.
All three authors bring a particular sensitive and insight to this advisory
based upon their own personal widowhood. Beyond Loss is a profound and moving
account of hope and individual growth which can be confidently recommended to
anyone having to deal with the loss of a love one over the ensuing days, weeks,
months, and years.
Triumph Over ADD, ADHD & Tourette Syndrome
Agi
Lidle
A Better Life Publications
7349 Via Paseo Del Sur, Ste. 515-280,
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
0967169372 $19.95 1-866-990-5433
www.abetterlife.info
Triumph Over ADD, ADHD & Tourette Syndrome by
Agi Lidle is a very useful and "user friendly" self-help guide for the
non-specialist general reader to using good nutrition, open thinking, and a
healthy lifestyle to combat the difficulties of ADD, ADHD & Tourette
Syndrome -- instead of a sole reliance on prescription drugs. A disclaimer at
the beginning warns that the advice, recipes, and techniques herein cannot
substitute for professional medical diagnosis and treatment; and with that
caveat in mind, Triumph Over ADD, ADHD & Tourette Syndrome has a great deal
of practical value to offer the reader. Positive anecdotes, and a
straightforward guide to transforming oneself round out Triumph Over ADD, ADHD
& Tourette Syndrome, all of which offers a valuable approach that should be
held in high consideration. Also very strongly recommended is Agi Lidle's
previous contribution: Triumph Over Cancer: A Natural Approach (0967169313;
$12.05).
The Fiction Shelf
Involuntary Separation
Rick
Lacey
Publish America
PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151
1591295823
$29.95 www.PublishAmerica.com
Involuntary Separation: Corporate
Downsizing Gone Fatally Wrong by Rick Lacey is a compelx and deftly written
novel about murder in the upper management of an international oil company.
Revenge, suicide, and one man's single-minded obsession to halt corporate
downsizing make for an exciting and savage unfolding drama that will compell the
reader's total attention from first page to last. Also highly recommended is
Rick Lacey's early novel Cat Fever (Karson Publishers, 0964246600,
$24.95).
Wave Me Goodbye
Jura MacLean Sherwood
Publish America,
Inc.
PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705
1591293243 $19.95
www.PublishAmerica.com
Set in 1940 when Britain was in the throes of war,
Wave Me Goodbye by Jura MacLean Sherwood is a ably written novel about the
British government's herculean effort to protect British children from German
bombers by evacuating them to Canada, South Africa, New Zeland, and other
nations. Priscilla Thornton is a young woman defies her childhood sweetheart's
advice and serves her country on board one such ship, and thus becomes entrapped
in a harrowing ordeal when the ship is torpedoed and she must struggle to
survive, first on a life raft, and later as a prisoner of the enemy. Wave Me
Goodbye is recommended as a solidly crafted novel of human strength and the
determination to survive against all odds.
A Year in the Belly of the
Tiger
Bruce R. Waldron
AmErica House Publishing
c/o
PublishAmerica
PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151
1588519902 $19.95
www.publishamerica.com
Capably written by Bruce R. Waldron (a US Army
veteran who served from 1970 to 1973, including a tour of duty in South
Vietnam), A Year in the Belly of the Tiger is a gripping novel of service during
the deadly and unpredictable Vietnam war, written in a compelling day-by-day
journal format. Though the characters and events are fictional, they are drawn
from the author's personal life experiences in that confused and dangerous
theater of war. The raw vividness and reality clearly come through in Waldron's
narration of a powerful drafted and highly recommended story of men at
war.
A Blood Red Rose for Sophia
Lois Scott
iUniverse
5220 South
16th Street, #200, Lincoln, NE 68512-1274
0595222412 $11.95
www.iuniverse.com
A Blood Red Rose for Sophia by Lois Scott is the story
of a prom night gone horribly wrong. A psychopathic murderer leaves roses on the
grave of his victim, and Sheriff Brian Taylor is hard-pressed to corral the
watchful nemesis in this engrossing tale of high suspense and twisted minds. A
Blood Red Rose For Sophia introduces a writer with a definitive talent for
authoring a first class, reader-riveting thriller.
Ghosts of
Fire
Maureen Morah Smith
Writers Club Press
c/o iUniverse.com,
Inc.
5220 South 16th Street, #200, Lincoln, NE 68512-1274
059522976X
$18.95 www.iuniverse.com
Ghosts of Fire by Maureen Morah Smith is the
suspenseful story of arson, and a man accused of a horrific crime. Zealously
persecuted by a mad dog prosecutor, Robert Calloway is trapped on all sides and
only his daughter Rachel can struggle to save him, even as she risks losing her
heart to a new love, the cynical, justice-driven Nick Hunter. Meanwhile, a
malefic stranger in the darkness has further evil plans in store. A haunting,
suspenseful story, Ghosts Of Fire is confidently recommended reading and
documents Mauren Morah Smith as a writer of considerable promise and
ability.
A Simple Choice
Lynn M. Roberts
iUniverse.com,
Inc.
5220 South 16th Street, #200, Lincoln, NE 68512-1274
0595228208
$17.95 www.iuniverse.com
A Simple Choice by Lynn M. Roberts is a deftly
written novel about Kate Baxter, a wife who must take her son and flee from
David Baxter, her increasingly abusive husband. As David searches for Kate, he
is accosted and questioned by a police detective who is stymied by a perplexing
homicide investigation. A Simple Choice is a highly recommended tale of tangled,
interwoven, human failings requiring courage, hope, and the strength of
self-honesty to overcome.
Panacea
William Alan
Rieser
iUniverse.com, Inc.
5220 South 16th Street, #200, Lincoln, NE
68512-1274
0595243649 $19.95 www.iuniverse.com
Panacea by William Alan
Rieser is a unique and intriguing novel about Roger Keough, a retired engineer
who, while suffering from a deadly aortic aneurism, cares for his
wheelchair-bound best friend Lionel. Roger's research into ancient engineering
marvels unearths an unbelievable cure-all with incredible healing properties.
Yet such a precious substance is the immediate target of ruthless governmental
interests both in America, and throughout the world at large, prompting a deadly
secret war for the stuff of miracles. Panacea is highly recommended as a
particularly well written, gripping and imaginative tale of intrigue and
suspense.
The Adventures of Rose Flocken
Sylvia Snyder
Writers Club
Press
c/o iUniverse.com, Inc.
5220 South 16th Street, #200, Lincoln, NE
68512-1274
0595223427 $14.95 www.iuniverse.com
The Adventures of Rose
Flocken is a wildly comedic novel by Sylvia Snyder about a courageous (albeit
somewhat impulsive) housewife and her friends from divergent backgrounds, as
they meet a series of unexpected obstacles with improvised tactics and sheer
nerve. The Adventures of Rose Flocken is recommended as an unusually energetic,
vital, exciting, fun and funny literary romp.
The 37th Amendment
Susan
Shelley
Writers Club Press
c/o iUniverse
5220 South 16th Street, #200,
Lincoln, NE 68512-1274
0595230830 $18.95 www.iuniverse.com
Set in the
year 2056, forty years after a 37th amendment has removed "due process of law"
from the United States Constitution, The 37th Amendment by Susan Shelley is an
original and compelling novel about murder, crime, corruption, and hotly argued
criminal trials. A fascinating "what-if" look into the near future, written with
a solid understanding of law and legal history, The 37th Amendment also features
an intriguing appendix "How the First Amendment Came to Protect Topless
Dancing"; offers a passionate, insightful look at the constitutional and court
system vs. states' rights; and closes with a singularly memorable quote:
"Really, a Supreme Court justice should be able to retire without the whole
country coming unglued about it".
Great Adventure
Mary M.
Mayhew
Xlibris Corporation
436 Walnut Street, 11th floor, Philadelphia, PA
19106
1401015239 $24.99 www.xlibris.com
In Great Adventure: A Coming
Of Age At Going ON Fifty by Mary M. Mayhew, we meet Muriel "Boo-Boo" Knowlton, a
50-something woman confronted with the a series of life changes both physical,
social, familial, psychological, and personal. Set in small-town America Muriel
tests the sanctity of life-long beliefs, marital assumptions, altering
parenthood relationships; and the need to discover whether her life can be a
"great adventure" or if she will simply slip off into an asexual, gray hair
counting, time-killing, increasingly restricted lifestyle of non-adventurous
aging. Great Adventure is recommended reading for any woman (or man!) who has
crossed over into their 50s and wondering what, if anything, life can be made to
offer them.
Faustus in Pasquack
B. B. Rotmil
Trafford
Publishing
2333 Government Street, Suite E, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T
4P4
1553693523 $21.61 www.trafford.com
Faustus in Pasquack:
On-the-Hudson by B. B. Rotmil is an interesting novel exploring the questionable
level of contemporary morals in America. While the plot bears an eerie
resemblance to a certain publicized scandal between an American president and a
White House intern, the author's story outline was in fact established in detail
well before that infamous and highly publicized scandal became common news
fodder. Faustus In Pasquack is recommended for its wry look at the fallacies and
foibles of human nature.
Shadow Warriors
John
Thompson
Booklocker.com, Inc.
PO Box 2399, Bangor, ME 04402
1591131316
$11.95 www.shadowwarriors.biz
Set in 12th century Japan, Shadow Warriors
by John Tompson is a superbly written, reading engaging, martial arts
action-adventure about five warriors' struggle to become true ninja, masters of
stealth and inner strength. Shadow Warriors is highly recommended as being an
exciting, pulse-pounding saga about a consummate drive to refining and enhancing
martial arts skills, dedication, and honor.
The Counter
Kevin
Blackwood
Wooden Pagoda Press
1056 Green Acres Rd., Suite 102-132, Eugene,
OR 97408
0971727309 $14.09 www.kevinblackwood.com
Kevin Blackwood's
The Counter is a gripping novel of the life of a professional card counter - one
who, through extraordinary mental gifts and discipline, is capable of beating
the casino house. Danger, skill, and the ins and outs of gambling permeate this
thrilling adventure. This is the kind of riveting fiction from which Hollywood
blockbusters are made!
Los Santos
Kevin J. Gordon
Llumina
Press
PO Box 772246, Coral Springs, FL 33077-2246
1932047050 $15.95
www.llumina.com
Set in the 1980s and based on actual events, Los Santos
by Kevin J. Gordon (who has a distinctive flair for compelling dialogue) is the
story of one man's obsessed determination to uncover the buried golden treasures
of the Cocos Island. The journey takes Peter Bergman deep into mazes of the
human heart as surely as hidden territory, in this intriguing and
reader-involving tale.
Puppet Child
Talia Carner
Mecox Hudson
PO
Box 1405, 408 Dune Road, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
1930252986 $13.95
1-516-627-2626
The debut novel of Talia Carner, Puppet Child is a social
issues narrative revealing the weaknesses and blind ineptitude of the American
family court system. Rachel Belmore is a 34-year-old advertising executive and
mother who must struggle to defend her young daughter against the sexual
depredations of her husband, and subsequently finds herself losing a legal
battle in this emotionally compelling drama that could be found in any
contemporary family court, anywhere in this country.
Poisoned
Medicine
Jay Vick
PageFree Publishing, Inc.
3560 Pinaoula Place,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
193025279X $16.95
www.PoisonedMedicine.com
Poisoned Medicine: Love, Chaos, And The Death Of
Health Care is a novel by Jay Vick about the slow but serious internal
disintegration of America's health care system, and with it, the impending death
knell of the world's economy. Vick draws upon his own real world experiences a
practitioner of Internal Medicine in Honolulu for 23 years as well as his
involvement on a board of directions for a large clinic and hospital to craft
his dark, gripping account of a downward spiral of catastrophe and fear.
Poisoned Medicine is one of those exceptional novels which are so easy to pick
up and so difficult to put down.
Zarathustra
Walter
Stewart
Metropolis Ink
5629 Windstone, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
0958054304
$15.95 metropolisink.com
Set in 1882, Zarathustra is a novel by Walter
Stewart based on the life Friedreich Nietzsche, a philosopher who was on the
brink of ultimate insight into the human spirit when he fell in love with the
provocative and enthusiastic young woman Lou von Salome. Zarathustra is a deeply
romantic novel of love at cross-purposes, sudden betrayal, and the lasting
impressions of the human heart on one man whose philosophy would influence and
affect the 20th Century.
Delano
John Orozco
Parnassus
PO Box
1330, Julian, CA 92036
0966481615 $11.95 www.amazon.com
Delano by John
Orozco is the story of an underachiever in search of a treasure. Beset by
bizarre antagonists ranging from psychologically rabid vegetarians to inept
detectives and a wicked yet seductive woman, Delano evades one peril after
another to achieve his goal - yet claiming a treasure of any kind is not
necessarily as simple a task as it sounds. Delano is a reader engaging,
deliriously satirical, and enthusiastically recommended tale.
Dice
Angel
Brian Rouff
Hardway Press
c/o Huntington Press
3687 South
Procyon Avnue, Las Vegas, NV 89103
0971714819 $14.95
http://www.greatstuff4gamblers.com
Brian Rouff's novel Dice Angel is the
story of Jimmy Delaney, a divorced, nearly broke Las Vegas loser who is about to
lose everything he owns to the vindictive IRS. Then the mysterious Dice Angel
enters his life - seemingly a health nut floozy, yet with the mysterious touch
to guide his hand to hot success at the crap tables. But for how long, and at
what price? Unafraid to show the seamy side of life and the ups and downs of
blind chance, Dice Angel is an involving and reader-engaging novel which is as
unpredictable as any roll of the dice!
The Hod Carrier: Leadership
Lessons Learned on a Ladder
Mark Kimbell
Kimbell Associates LLC
140
East Maple Court, Clarksville, IN 47129
0972262903 $21.95
http://www.kimbellassociates.com/hodcarrier.htm
Written by business
consultant and trainer Mark Kimbell, The Hod Carrier: Leadership Lessons Learned
on a Ladder is the deftly written, attention riveting story of Allen Hollings, a
19-year-old college student who decides to get himself a summer job on a
construction site -- and finds that this decision will change his life forever.
Allen is pushed and driven to the limits of his physical ability and emotional
stamina as he struggles to meet the demands of the construction foreman. While
learning and practicing the skills of carrying brick and mortar, Allen finds
himself learning lessons about discipline, motivation, and time management that
will serve him long after his summer job is over and the rest of his life
begins. Indeed, Allen applies those hard learned summer job lesson to inspire a
powerful work ethic in the lives and attitudes of the men and women he comes to
manage in the competitive and hard working world of business. The Hod Carrier
draws upon real world conditions laid out in a narrative storytelling which
illustrates basic leadership principles that readers will find themselves
absorbing interwoven with the genuinely interesting story so adroitly written by
gifted communicator Mark Kimbell. The Hod Carrier is not just an another
entertaining story, but does what the finest literary fiction has always sought
to accomplish -- affecting and influencing the reader long after the novel is
read and placed back upon the shelf.
Tree House Tales
D. H.
Henry
Horizon Micro Distributors
8303 SW Cirrus Dr., Beaverton, OR
97008
0971486808 $14.95 1-503-469-0147 www.amazon.com
D. H. Henry's
Tree House Tales: A Collection of Short Stories is an anthology of his brief yet
poignant tales of boys and men who must make defining choices at the roadmarks
of their lives. The short stories comprising Tree House Tales include The Moat
Maker, The Tree House, Sand Rhymes, The Smile, Auditing the Class, Why Can't We
Live in the Country?, Wall of Windows, Heaven from the Top of a Cherry Tree,
Revival, Treasure on Hope Mountain, Selah, The Woman in 3A, The Ice Woman, Uncle
Louie's House, The Cruelest Game, The Island, The Lonely Factory, Letters From a
World War I Nurse, The Strange Case of Walter, Solicitors! Tree House Tales is
recommended as being a highly readable and evocative collection of original and
engaging stories, each with believable character voices and emotional
impacts.
Bite the Stars
Eliza Clark
MacAdam/Cage Publishing
155
Sansome Street, Suite 550, San Francisco, CA 94104
1931561117 $13.00
www.macadamcage.com
Canadian author Eliza Clark's Bite the Stars is a
gripping and emotional novel about Grace Larson, the mother of a brutal and
violent criminal. Forced into premature labor by the violence of a tornado,
Grace finds herself unable to cope with or understand her son Cole, a child who
grows up to be as destructive as nature at its worst. As Grace watches her son's
trail of destruction, she looks for answers in nature itself. Bite The Stars is
recommended to a serious readership as being a poignant, gut-wrenching,
compellingly thoughtful and thought-provoking narrative that will not soon be
forgotten.
The King & The Apostle
Myrtle Nord
Iceni
Books
610 East Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson, AZ 85705
1587361043
$14.95 www.icenibooks.com
The King & the Apostle by Myrtle Nord is
the fictionalized story of two men named Saul. Both take their core story from
the Bible, yet each brings its title character to vibrant and unforgettable life
- Saul the first king of Israel, who degenerated from hero to tyrant; and
another Saul, who transformed into the apostle Paul and spread Christianity
across the world. A work reflecting a deep faith in the omnipotence of God, The
King & The Apostle is confidently recommended as a vibrantly written,
fictional chronicle of the good and bad in human nature.
Where No Man
Shall Be A Slave
Daniel E. Cripe
American University & Colleges
Press
c/o Gray Wolf Productions
PO Box 1570, Columbia, CA
95310
193058637X $22.00 www.pdbookstore.com
www.wherenomanshallbeaslave.com
Set in the era of the American Civil War,
Where No Man Shall Be A Slave is a novel by Daniel E. Cripe and told through the
eyes of Catherine Morgan Hill, a strong-willed, aristocratic Southern woman, and
the perspective of the slaves themselves -- all of whom become involved in a
whirlwind saga of romance, betrayal, and courage. Where No Man Shall Be A Slave
is recommended as a startling and sweeping narrative with a climactically
dramatic twist.
Midnight Sunshine
Kelvin L. Reed
Peralta Publishing
Company
PO Box 694, Bellingham, MA 02019-0689
0966763157 $13.95
www.peraltapub.com
Midnight Sunshine is an original novel by Kelvin L.
Reed about an interracial relationship. Nathan, a lonely African-American man,
and Marife, a beautiful Asian woman, have 90 days to learn whether they truly
can be content with one another before they must either marry or separate
forever. Midnight Sunshine is deftly written and highly recommended as a sensual
story about discovering what makes us human and the eternal struggle to find
love.
Matheses Lane
Wanda Logan
Christopher Publishing
House
Commerce Green, 24 Rockland Street, Hanover, MA 02339
0815805454
$22.50 www.atigroupinc.com
Matheses Lane is a superbly written novel
Matheses Lane about reflection, family life in the modern age, how to keep one's
marriage happy after spending years together, and more. Metaphysical ponderings
and observations by the main and principle character, Rebecca, deftly combine
with recognizable and practical realities to make Matheses Lane an engaging and
insightful allegory for the human condition.
James A.
Cox
Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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