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FINN, a dark chapter of racism in America Anthony S Policastro talks about Finn by Jon Clinch By Anthony S. Policastro When you read FINN by Jon Clinch, you are immediately taken back to the 19th century where the story begins about the detestable life of Pap Finn, the father of Huckleberry... Read more »	Fantasy and Philosophy...A Potent Mix Donald Richards talks about The First Mother's Fire - Book One of The Soulstealer War by W.L. Hoffman "The First Mother's Fire", Book One of the new fantasy series "The Soulstealer War" by W.L. Hoffman, is a novel that was difficult to put down and is now proving impossible to... Read more »
James Patterson - The Quickie Samantha Hall talks about The Quickie (co-written with Michael Ledwidge) by James Patterson By far the most unputdownable book I have read in a long time. I have passed it onto two friends who were not grateful at all - apparently no housework got done or children feed etc. LOL The... Read more »	Amazing yet Incredible Gary G Gach talks about Another Day at the Front by Ishmael Reed I dont which I prefer: Ishmael Reed the musician, dramatist, poet, novelist, or essayist but here he's in top form, going the distance, and taking us across some turf we might not have expected to... Read more »
Science Meets the Paranormal Michael L Schmicker talks about Best Evidence by Michael L Schmicker I was extremely nervous when "Best Evidence" was finally published. You write seriously about the paranormal at some risk to your journalistic reputation. I was especially worried about... Read more »	Quickie Linda Thomas talks about The Quickie (co-written with Michael Ledwidge) by James Patterson Great.....kept you guessing until almost the end. Thought the hubby was up to something other than the initial "hotel" sighting in early chapter. Read more »
Brilliant and even better than Kite Runner Omar Khan talks about A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini This is a very nearly perfect story in its encapsulation of a country's history through the lives of two very believable women. The clear writing and hard-to-put-down story makes it a very worthy... Read more »	Do yourself a favor and taste humanity with this one Ranjan Patel talks about You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett The writing drips with compassion. This book changed my life and spoiled me for every other piece of literature to come my way . . . while reading it, my heart literally stopped for beats and left me... Read more »
A Beat in Review Kim Hoffman talks about Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems by Michael McClure Many of these poems I have not seen before, or, perhaps, having seen years before have forgotten. In the past I had found many of his poems to be inaccessible, but that probably had more to do with... Read more »	Writing With Heart former member talks about A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini I heard you read from A Thousand Splendid Suns in the Presidio in San Francisco just before I started reading this wonderful second novel. I remember hearing you read and respond to peoples’... Read more »

It's now available Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda talks about Freedom of press the sitting duck by Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda Freedom of press the sitting duck is now available at www.i-proclaim.com Read more »	Very impressed! Mel Menzies talks about A Painful Post Mortem by Mel Menzies Skilfully handled, interlinking present tense narrative with third/past point of view – and oh boy, how it adds texture and dimension! Characterisation is strong and well balanced. I am, as you’ll... Read more »
The story of a mother trying to save her children in a dangerous, frozen world Terena Scott talks about Ice Song by Kirsten Imani Kasai Ice Song is a completely original fantasy written by a talented new writer, two things which make me excited. Kirsten Imani Kasai has created a beautiful, dangerous, multi-layered, world and a... Read more »	pow wow Phibby Venable talks about In Concern: for Angels by Bill Vartnaw very beautiful work,,love the tone and insight! I created the Angels to center myself. Like Earth, on one level. An event growing out of other events not necessarily occurring in time. Or being... Read more »
Paper Tigers Jenya Krein talks about Eliot Weinberger, Paper Tigers by Jenya Krein Essays from «Works on Paper» (1986), «Outside Stories» (1992), «Karmic Traces» (2000). Read more »	From the Back Cover David Pitts talks about Korn Shell Programming By Example by David Pitts Korn Shell Programming by Example is a straight-forward, nuts and bolts book that will become a standard in the libraries of Unix administrators everywhere because of its real-life examples,... Read more »
On its way Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda talks about Freedom of press the sitting duck by Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda This book is on it way and I apologize to you for the problem, I have with my publisher. It will be available again next week. Read more »	Boston Edge review Leigh Lundin talks about The Prosecution Rests : Quality of Mercy by Leigh Lundin "Best of all is newcomer Leigh Lundin’s "Quality of Mercy." It’s a simple story that begins and ends with a prosecutor asking for a murder charge for an elderly man who helped end the life of his... Read more »
Fascinating and informative! Sandra M. Cottingham talks about LEAD BABIES, How Heavy metals are causing our children's autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, low IQ and behavior problems by Sandra M. Cottingham I thought I knew everything I needed to know about lead but truly, the information I had was out-of-date, and minimal at best. Lead Babies opened my eyes about how little it takes to do so much harm... Read more »	From: Booklist Online Eliabeth Scott talks about Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life by John Scott History professor Scott presents a comprehensive biography of his extraordinary aunt, Natalie Scott, a writer, nurse, and philanthropist. Born in 1890 to a practical father and an idealistic mother,... Read more »