Published Reviews

Allbooks Review reviews The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy by Gina Collia-Suzuki Do you like your neighbours? Are they good, wholesome people who like to get on with you? If they are, then you are lucky. Your neighbours could be Ben and Pat... Read More »	Chicago Sun-Times reviews Addiction: What's Really Going On? Inside a Heroin Treatment Program by Dr. Barbara Sinor In "Addiction: What's Really Going On? substance abuse counselor Deborah mcCloskey takes us inside a southern California treatment program for heroin addicts. We... Read More »
Library Journal reviews THE CRYING TREE by Naseem Rakha A more common name for the "crying tree" is the willow, and one grows near Steven (Shep) Stanley's grave in Blaine, OR. This 15-year-old was killed in his home,... Read More »	www.knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu reviews After The Fall: Opportunities & Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade (Winter 2009) by Steve Bergsman Author Steve Bergsman is a real estate investment junkie much as others are political or sports junkies. His 2009 book, "After the Fall," subtitled "Opportunities... Read More »
www.monitorbankrates.com reviews After The Fall: Opportunities & Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade (Winter 2009) by Steve Bergsman Some of the best opportunities come when bubbles bust. That being said, if you’re a real estate investor, when and where should you start looking to make... Read More »	San Diego Union-Tribune reviews A Robe of Feathers and Other Stories by Thersa A Matsuura A Robe of Feathers and Other Stories Thersa Matsuura Counterpoint, 192 pages, $14.95 The best fairy tales are equal parts beautiful and strange. Take... Read More »
Pagan Book Reviews reviews The Fires of Shalsha by John Michael Greer This is a quick read, and yet a very rich tale, too. The twist at the end is a nice touch, though I wasn’t too surprised by the resolution that occurred after.... Read More »	Rending the Veil reviews Academy of the Sword by John Michael Greer First published in 1630 in French, Gerard Thibault’s Academy of the Sword stands as one of the most lavish treatises ever written on the art of civilian swordplay... Read More »
Spiral Nature reviews The Art and Practice of Geomancy by John Michael Greer Greer has a way of leading the reader along, through technical aspects, to practical experiences in a very enjoyable flow. Personally this feels like one of the... Read More »	Living & Loving reviews An Elephant's Tail by Elle Matthews “Author Elle Matthews has managed to capture the essence of a truly African tale in a brilliant book based in a game reserve !” Read More »

Booklist reviews Footsteps on the Shore by Pauline Rowson [Rowson] has clearly stepped up several notches with this outstanding entry. It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American... Read More »	Booklist Magazine reviews Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King ★ Fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman doesn’t feel lucky. After creating an ill-conceived school survey on suicide, he is besieged by well-meaning but... Read More »
Feathered Quill Book Review reviews Crestmont by Holly Weiss With extensive attention to detail, the author creates a beautifully realistic world of the hustle and bustle at a busy summer inn in the 1920s. Read More »	The Japan Times Online reviews Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flash Fiction from Contemporary China by Shouhua Qi Some of the accounts, like Wang Renshu's "Blowfish," a failed attempt to relieve his family's suffering and hunger by feeding them the deadly fish, are heart-... Read More »
Midwest Book Review reviews The First Mother's Fire - Book One of The Soulstealer War by W.L. Hoffman Kenneth McNary just wanted a hike on an Appalachian Trail. Nice, peaceful hike, maybe find some inspiration as he did so. "The Soulstealer War: The First Mother's... Read More »	BFK Books reviews Dasha's Journal: A Cat Reflects on Life, Catness and Autism by T.O. Daria This is a very unusual way to look at Autism through the life and the eyes of a cat. The Cat Dasha is a very intellegent cat, and sees things and is able to put... Read More »
Toronto Star reviews Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson This Canadian classic, new in board book, gets to the heart of a preschooler’s joyous self-assertion. Succinct, poetic and convincing. Read More »	Bookgasm reviews Paying the Piper by Simon Wood A great thriller should be like sleight-of-hand: You know it’s a trick done with misdirection, but you’re still be fooled every time. Simon Wood’s second novel... Read More »
The Rumpus reviews Vienna Triangle by Brenda Webster The creation of an historical work of fiction is problematic at best; populating a balanced narrative with well-known personages requires a writer who takes... Read More »	The Globe and Mail reviews The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors by Hal Niedzviecki I hate Facebook. I've grown to dread the banal, relentless churn of it: the minutiae of people's status updates, the way it turns otherwise decent people into... Read More »