Published Reviews

Shelf-Awareness reviews The Love We All Wait For by Lee W Doyle Lee Doyle has written an engaging, and sometimes dark, coming-of-age story set in the Salinas Valley in 1975. Sheila O'Connor is 17, still mourning the death of... Read More »	Talent Development Resources reviews Archetypes for Writers: Using the Power of Your Subconscious by Jennifer Van Bergen Her book provides concrete information and exercises for, as she puts it, “doing archetypes” - not the “usual writing skills, but rather distinct, separate non-... Read More »
Amazon.com reviews Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall SISTERS OF MISERY Megan Kelley Hall Kensington, Aug 2008, $9.95 9780758226792 Hawthorne is right next door to Salem; and at the times of the witch hunts three... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall Sisters of Misery Megan Kelley Hall. Kensington, $9.95 paper (308p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2679-2 Maddie Crane has always lived in Hawthorne, where a family name means... Read More »
New York Times reviews The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness by Paul Schneider But ''The Adirondacks'' is not primarily about politics, or philosophy. Mr. Schneider, who has written for such publications as Audubon and Esquire, is first and... Read More »	Library Journal reviews Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California by Frances L Dinkelspiel Journalist Dinkelspiel has filled a notable gap in California's history by writing a much-needed biography of her remarkable great-great grandfather Isaias Wolf... Read More »
New York Times reviews The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket by Paul Schneider Much of Schneider's history refutes the oral tradition. We think of the class consciousness and snobberies as having been imported by people from ''off-Cape'' or... Read More »	San Francisco Magazine reviews Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California by Frances L Dinkelspiel BOOK FRANCES DINKELSPIEL: TOWERS OF GOLD (St. Martin’s Press) Visionary financier Isaias Hellman was the Warren Buffett and Alan Greenspan of early California... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider Schneider unfurls this horribly ill-fated expedition against the social sensibilities and political designs prevailing in Spain at the start of the 16th century.... Read More »	Boston Globe reviews Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider "on the whole, ''Brutal Journey" is first-rate. Weaving anthropology, archeology, climatology, geography, and a half-dozen other disciplines into a riveting tale... Read More »

Story Circle Book Reviews reviews A Special Mother: Getting Through the Early Days of a Child's Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders by Anne Ford Read More »	Amazon.com reviews Love At Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks FIVE STARS The idea of using scientific method to find romance seems a challenging premise for a novel. Christopher Meeks accomplishes that, and then some. We... Read More »
ForeWord Reviews reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Mosquera pulls readers in with intoxicating descriptions of his country, capturing Venezuela’s allure even as he portrays its violence and poverty. He also... Read More »	Kapachino reviews My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by Kate Marshall I’m someone who thrives when I have goals and a plan in place to get there. Not just for the big stuff like my family, education, and career, but for little things... Read More »
Other Voices reviews The Way Home by Allison Johnson For anyone who has ever driven the desert and been captivated by the sight of wind farms, the miles of perfectly spaced white mills, turning in what we can only... Read More »	About.com - Women's Issues reviews Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles by Gloria Feldt You can just tell from the roles she's chosen throughout her career that actress Kathleen Turner isn't in it for the glamour. For her, it's about the work. Yet as... Read More »
SELVEDGE Magazine (September 2008) reviews RUSSIAN TEXTILES: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central Asia by Susan F Meller "The stunning dustcover, binding and endpapers of this book immediately lure one into a world of pattern, fantasy and intrigue dominated by the color red." Read More »	The Asian Review of Books reviews Utamaro Revealed by Gina Collia-Suzuki Of the three most prolific and celebrated Japanese woodblock print artists -- Hokusai (1760-1849), Hiroshige (1797-1858), and Utamaro (1753-1806) -- the least well... Read More »
Rainbow Reviews reviews Night's Kiss: Lesbian Erotica by Catherine Lundoff "Night's Kiss" gets 4.5 stars and reviewer Frost's Fancy says "Accomplished author and editor Catherine Lundoff delivers sixteen stories of lesbian erotic... Read More »	BookGeeks (U.K.) reviews The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks In The Brightest Moon of the Century, Christopher Meeks captures the embarrassments, flashes of joy, and moments of panic that make up everyday life. His central... Read More »