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John H. Manhold
COLT ARMY REVOLVER, The Life and Times of a Gunman by Richard W. Smelter.
ISBN: 0-595-42113-X, Paperback, 273 pages, iUniverse $17.95.
The author has put together an interesting look at the complicated, tumultuous life of a man who moves gradually from a boy, through adulthood, to an old man as he progresses from the […]
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John H. Manhold
Death by Any Means by Leonard Kreisler, M.D.
ISBN:1-930754-78-7, 285 pages, Durban House Publishing House, paperback, $14.95
Set in the time of the world’s interest in whether Saddam Hussein actually was involved in the production of products with which to wage Bacterial Warfare.
Lt. Colonel Mark Rawlins, a gifted researcher at the medical complex at […]
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Susan Haley
Bedlam South by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson
Wrapping one story around two distinct plots with two separate casts of characters while preserving integrity to genre and subject is no easy feat for a sole author. In Bedlam South, Grisham and Donaldson pull it off quite skillfully as a team. Surprisingly, two […]
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John H. Manhold
What Peace There May Be by Susanna Barlow
ISBN 978-0- 595-40777- 4, paperback, 233 pages, published by iUniverse, $19.95.
Susanna Barlow has produced a book that is not easy to describe. Most activity takes place in a sequestered home in a large city, with extension of the same activity, later in the book, […]
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John H. Manhold
Bedlam South by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson
ISBN: 978-0-681-49756-6, 325 pages, Paperback $24.95, State Street Press, novel.
The authors would seem to be an unusual team to attempt to co-author a novel. David’s interests lie in the realm of psychology and mental health. Mark’s are in the realm of the Civil War […]
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John H. Manhold
Pinch Hitter by Dean Whitney
ISBN:978-1-60145-502-4, Paperback, 308 pages, published by Booklocker,com, Inc, $16.95
This book is, first and foremost, a book that makes you feel good. It is the story of a 45-year-old former high school baseball player who gets the unlikely opportunity to play for a big league team as a […]
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Susan Haley
Tsunami – A Novel by: Gordon Gumpertz
If you’ve ever doubted that the oceans are nature’s ruler, that water is the most commanding force on the planet, Tsunami – A Novel will have you thinking again. The most crucial element in the sustainment of life is also its most powerful destroyer. In an […]
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Susan Haley
Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist Understanding and Responding to Christian Absolutism by: James C. Alexander
In a world fraught with mistrust and misunderstanding on the obsessive nature of some adherents to their various faiths and religions, Mr. Alexander’s Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist is a timely and even much needed work. Radicalism, as many […]
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Susan Haley
Dog Park Diary The Social Round of Goody Beagle
As told to: Kim Pearson - Photographs by Anne Lindsay
As a human attempting to review a book based on some startling revelations by an accommodating female canine named Goody Beagle, I’ve been educated on the seriously lacking social and instinctual skills of my species. I […]
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Susan Haley
A Place To Belong by Paul Miller
Often when searching for our heroes, we explore through history or the stand out performers in the fields to which we, ourselves, aspire. What is most compelling is when we aren’t seeking out a hero at all and one happens to appear on our path in […]