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http://www.indiapost.com/a-whodunit-and-the-tale-of-contemporary-afghanistan/ reviews
It’s one thing to spin off a fictional story set against a historical backdrop but quite another to fictionalize life in a contemporary war zone. You see, it...
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Lost Kingdom, forthcoming from Atlantic Monthly Press in January, 2012
Fortune magazine reviews
Fortune magazine’s Weekly Read column calls Lost Kingdom “…a riveting and intimate look at the rise and tragic fall of Hawaii’s royal family…”
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Lost Kingdom, forthcoming from Atlantic Monthly Press in January, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
The San Francisco Chronicle leads its Sunday review section with Lost Kingdom, praising it as a story told with “agitating freshness” and “a powerful act of...
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Silkki's Reviews reviews
There are so many great aspects in this book the thrills and suspense keep you on the edge of your seat...
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Self-Publishing Review reviews
SPOILER ALERT! It’s a high-concept tale that could easily form the basis of a Hollywood blockbuster or season-long television narrative, such as 24.
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Tikkun reviews
In The Warsaw Anagrams, his eighth published novel, Richard Zimler has reached the very heart of his essential theme: the Holocaust itself. It is as if, in his...
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Hystera
Carolyn Howard-Johnson Author Den reviews
Some might say all writers of fiction are a bit crazy. The statement may hold some truth if we note how much we like to follow the creative paths of fellow writers...
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CHINA: Portrait of a People
China.Org reviews
"CHINA: Portrait of a People is a snapshot of an entire country in a time of great change; a truthful and touching portrayal of the Chinese people in all their...
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This is From My Heart reviews
From page one the book really pulled me in and took me on an action roller coaster.
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Bibliobabes reviews
This book has got a really REALLY cool idea driving it; and while I was reading, I found myself thinking, "This would make and EPIC movie!"  So I definitely...
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HarperCollins reviews
  PRAISE FROM PUBLISHED AUTHORS:     & “Exquisitely told, with details so vivid you can almost taste the food and hear the voices, Jerusalem...
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Boston Globe reviews
Look at him now Boston Globe Sept 25 2007 At peace with Asperger's and his troubled youth, Augusten Burroughs's older brother tells his own story in a...
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Poetry Review / Volume 98:3 /Autumn 2008 reviews
"...It is this ability to perceive hope in despair, joy in grief - not in the abstract but in daily lives - which infuses these poems with a rare beauty. The...
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Rooted in Danger
Publishers Weekly reviews
The suspense is an ever-present force, with danger enhancing the sensual and very real romance between a most unlikely couple.
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Child of the Flame
Sent via Email reviews
I received the following emailed review from Zimbabwean author Virginia Phiri, Highway Queen: "Never in my life have I been challenged by a book such as this...
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Los Angeles Times reviews
Although his is not a household name, Charles R. Knight (1874-1953) created paintings of dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths and other prehistoric fauna...
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With Krishna's Eyes
Vignettes of Indian English Literature reviews
Sunny Singh’s new English-language novel, With Krishna’s Eyes, is a disturbing and eloquent exploration of the dark side of “Shining India”, in which the modern...
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http://www.theusreview.com/reviews/Diving-Jackson.html reviews
 DIVING FOR CARLOS, or, Heroes’ Welcome Blues by William J. Jackson   CreateSpace/Sliding Floor Publications reviewed by Michael Radon "...You could say...
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Geographies of Light
Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34 No. 2 reviews
   The theme of light and geography throughout the volume plots the layers of family and history through three continents and over several generations....
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Good News, etc. reviews
The Samson Option was not hard to put down; it was almost impossible to put down. This story quickly takes the reader through more twists and turns than a thrill...
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