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Book Review: If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend
2007-07-26 16:50:00 Harriet Klausner is Amazon’s #1 Review er After two years together as the perfect couple, Texan Jack Davis dumps Manhattanite Jane Laine. Before she can rebound from the shock, she makes a horrendous error at work. She ordered the wrong size Reese?s Peanut Butter Cups for her boss Dick Reese, owner of Reese?s Art Gallery. To punish her ... More About: Fiction , Girlfriend , Book Review , Book Reviews
Harry Potter Sales Set New Records
2007-07-25 17:57:00 According to the Cape Town newspaper, the sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) smashed all records worldwide. While sales in the U.K. topped 2.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of sales, they were obliterated by U.S. sales that topped 8.3 million copies during the first 24 hours the book was ... More About: Fiction , Sales
Love Story and the Taj Mahal
2007-07-25 17:39:00 Thank you to author Sandra Wilson for providing this excerpt from her new book Taj. Although Nur Jahan had always been determined to have her own way, Khurram was only now fully aware of his stepmother?s fierce intention to have everything as she wanted. Because she no longer needed to weave her web of charm around him, ... More About: History , Love , Story , Fiction , Taj Mahal
New Book Details the Humor of the South African Insult
2007-07-24 15:06:00 The anti-apartheid activist and Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs once said, ?Humour is one of the great solvents of democracy … It is an elixir of constitutional health?. The Art of the South African Insult is an exploration of South Africa through the prism of the insult. The chapters cover everything from our history to ethnic ... More About: Humor , Non-Fiction , Book , South African
New Novel of Paranormal Romance HELL?S BELLES
2007-07-23 13:30:00 Hell on Earth starts here! Jezebel?s not your average exotic dancer. For one thing, she?s a 4,000-year-old succubus. For another, she?s on the run from Hell (which isn?t easy to do in high heels). Hiding on the mortal coil as a human doesn?t protect her from muggers, lactose intolerance?or having feelings for Paul Hamilton, a man haunted ... More About: Fiction , Paranormal , Romance , Hell , Normal
Promote and Sell Your Book Blog Carnival
2007-07-22 20:34:00 Welcome to the July 22, 2007 edition of promote and sell your book Carnival . Ted Demopoulos presents 3 Reasons why Authors and Wannabe Authors Should Blog posted at Blogging for Business, saying, “Blogging has helped sell more books for me than just about anything else!” Alex Shalman presents Announcing The Personal Development Bootcamp posted at Self Help. Tracy ... More About: Promote , Book , Blog Carnival
Crash: Psychological and Spiritual Healing in a Fine Comedic Novel
2007-07-20 15:40:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer Jeff Cook pounces onto the literary scene with a fascinating first novel, Woe to the Hunted, that is one of the more interesting concepts in storytelling to grace the bookshelves in some time. Cook is a writer, a composer, an inventor, a painter, a mathematician fascinated with physics, and ... More About: Fiction , Book Reviews , Spiritual , Healing , Psychological
NASCAR Novel: Almost Famous
2007-07-18 17:22:00 Harriet Klausner is Amazon’s #1 Reviewer NASCAR driver Jake Henson takes refuge near the White River in Arkansas Ozarks National Forest; he is physically recovering from a boating accident that left him injured and his best friend dead. Next door to the cabin he borrowed is Stacy Carter, and her Yorkie Oscar; she borrowed her brother’s cabin ... More About: Fiction , Nascar , Famous
Book Review: Loss of Innocence, a Novel of the French Revolution
2007-07-17 14:40:00 Well-known psychologist, author and speaker Anne Newton Walther?s passion for history led to the writing of her first book A Time for Treason: An Novel of the American Revolution. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Anne grew up in Virginia and now lives in San Francisco with her husband. She has been on national talk shows, local ... More About: History , Fiction , French , Book Review , Book Reviews
Part 2 of an Interview with Gerrie Hugo, Africa Will Always Break Your Hear
2007-07-17 14:18:00 In part one of this interview, Gerrie Hugo explained a lot about his life in South Africa , and the reasons for writing Africa Will Always Break Your Hear t. In part 2 we talk about his life after South Africa, and the problems of bringing a book to fruition. This is quite the international group, you are in ... More About: Interview , Part
New Historical Novel Explores The French Revolution
2007-07-10 15:09:00 Anne Walther has another hit in Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution . In spite of her noble heritage, French countess Eugénie Devereux avidly embraces the stirrings of social change and revolution in France. A beautiful woman in her prime, with a sharp mind and an adventurous spirit, Eugénie adroitly manages her tranquil Bordeaux valley ... More About: History , Fiction , Historical
Book Review: Taj - The Woman And The Wonder
2007-07-10 08:18:00 Part love story, part history lesson, and part introduction to the culture of India in the 1600s during the Great Mughal Empire, Sandra Wilson has done a fine job of weaving all of these elements into Taj - The Woman and the Wonder. While the novel is rooted in historical fact, Sandra adds her own ... More About: Fiction , Book Review , Book Reviews , Review , Book
Book Review: Africa Will Always Break Your Heart
2007-07-09 15:15:00 This is a book that I really don?t know where to start with. Although by his own admission the first draft was slammed together in only 6 weeks, it is exceedingly well written, either Gerrie Hugo is a master of the art, or else he employed a superb editor. Africa Will Always Break Your Heart is not ... More About: Book Review , General , Book Reviews , Review
A Bracing, Bright, Unique Insight into Terrorism?s Possible Variations
2007-07-08 15:40:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer Joseph J. Neuschatz, author of terrO.R. has a decided edge in writing this highly intriguing and frightening novel about the insidious invasion of terrorist activity within the field of American Medicine. As a practicing anesthesiologist he witnesses those moments of life/death decisions and crises from the vantage of sitting ... More About: Terrorism , Fiction , Insight , Unique , Bright
Masterpiece of Storytelling
2007-07-08 01:16:00 Peter Davies, author of Scatterlings of Africa, writes with depth and clarity on the conflict which tore this once prosperous and gracious country apart. His knowledge and use of local language and traditions adds drama and reality to the fast paced story. His is obviously the voice of a seasoned veteran whose spell binding descriptions of ... More About: Fiction , Storytelling , Masterpiece , Piece , Tory
A Much Needed Survey of Alternative Views of Religious Ideas
2007-07-07 18:40:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviwer Kittredge Cherry is a not only a well-trained student of the arts, art history, and journalism, but she is also an equally well schooled in religious studies. With such fine credentials it will be difficult for anyone to not pay attention to this provocative, beautifully designed and illustrated ... More About: Ideas , Views , General , Book Reviews , Alternative
The Mystery Writer and the Martini
2007-07-06 15:49:00 Over a woe-is-me, three-martini lunch twenty years ago, a pal and fellow disgruntled stockbroker told me a tale that became the basis for my debut novel, Big Numbers. A half-eaten olive spat from my mouth even before I heard the punchline. ?Say that again?? ?Jim was a stock-jockey like the rest of us, living hand-to-mouth, until his ... More About: Fiction , Whodunnit , Mystery , Writer , Martin
Suspense Supreme: Wearing the Spider
2007-07-05 21:01:00 Thank you to Maricia D. C. Johns for this review. Reading the jacket of Wearing the Spider gives the book a ?too big? sense. It tells you this will happen, then that will happen, then this and on and on. I was prepared for the worst. I was pleasingly surprised. The author takes us on a journey ... More About: Fiction , Suspense , Supreme
Interview with Action Novelist
2007-07-05 13:43:00 I recently had the pleasure of reviewing an advance copy of Cobra Gold, Damien Lewis?s latest blockbuster novel. Cobra Gold takes a factual event, a huge bank robbery in the mid 70?s that occurred in war ravaged Beirut, Lebanon. A robbery that to this day has no suspects and the gold is still missing! This ... More About: Action , Interview
Happy 4th of July from Blogging Authors
2007-07-05 00:03:00 To all of our readers, friends, family, and colleagues: May your 4th of July be filled with: fantastic fireworks . . . . bbq burgers. . . . corn on the cob . . . . baked beans . . . apple pie. . . . baseball . . . friends . . . . family ... More About: Blogging , Happy , Authors , Thor
?Dreamers do not want advice.?
2007-07-03 15:41:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer Jim Crace takes more risks in his stories than most authors writing today. In The Pesthouse he manages to create a love story with seeds in disease, death, futuristic semi-annihilation of America, and a reversal of the concept of immigration. And the primary reason he is able to succeed ... More About: Advice , Fiction , Vice , Dreamer
Compelling Novel That Reads Like Non-fiction
2007-07-02 07:21:00 Kudos for Peter Davies Scatterlings of Africa Former Rhodesian citizen and part-time soldier turned author Peter Davies brings his knowledge of that terrible period of war and rebellion into focus with his novel “Scatterlings of Africa”. It is a gripping suspense filled story with everything from war, and carnage to love and romance. The writing is absolutely ... More About: Fiction , Non-Fiction , Like
New Novel Inspired by the Taj Mahal
2007-07-01 16:44:00 Taj reveals the human, cultural and political influences that surrounded the creation of India’s most famous icon. It’s all there–the love story, wicked stepmother, court intrigue, harems, battles and tragedy. This work of historical fiction describes the turbulent reality, true love story, and the high drama behind the serene Taj Mahal . Readers can *explore the forbidden Royal Zenana ... More About: History , Fiction , Inspire , Inspired
Book Review: Cobra Gold . . . Who Planned the Heist?
2007-07-01 08:35:00 It is a fact that in 1976 there was a daring bank robbery staged in Beirut, Lebanon. A huge amount of gold bullion was removed and neither the perpetrators nor the gold has ever been found. Damien Lewis uses this as the backdrop to his fictional account not only of how the heist was performed, ... More About: Fiction , Gold , Book Review , Cobra , Review
How Do an NBA Star and a Former Fashion Model Keep Their Marriage Alive and
2007-06-30 20:36:00 Doug and Jackie Christie are an unusual couple in the glittery world of NBA. Not only they are married and have three children together, they actually profess to love being married to each other and choose to be faithful to each other. For this they have been highly ridiculed in the media, both by some ... More About: Sports , Marriage , Fashion , Book Reviews , Model
Interview with Author Gerrie Hugo: Africa Will Always Break Your Heart
2007-06-29 17:30:00 Thank you to Gerrie Hugo, author of the autobiographical book Africa Will Always Break Your Heart for taking the time to sit down with Blogging Author s for this interview. (E-book version is also available here) 1. What prompted you to write this book? How did you come up with the idea? Africa Will Always Break Your Heart saw the ... More About: Interview
A Refreshingly Humanistic View of the Biblical Mary, Joseph and Jesus
2007-06-27 12:22:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer In his third novel, The Passion of Mary am, Loren Woodson takes a lot of chances, both conceptually and technically, in writing a novel about characters so well known to the public: not only are his story and characters part of the fabric of religious beliefs, they are also ... More About: Jesus , Fiction , Book Reviews , Joseph
Review: Into the Desperate Country
2007-06-25 21:57:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Review er Jeff Vande Zande writes beautifully. His style is one of concentrated poetic prose that seizes on fragmentary moments of observed nature in the wild and nature in the very rough state of human vulnerability and confusion and disrepair, forming from these puzzle pieces a tale that is at ... More About: Country , Fiction , Rate , The D
Big Numbers, a New Mystery Novel by Jack Getze
2007-06-25 14:04:00 What happens when a former financial writer turns mystery novelist? A page-turning whodunnit - that’s what! Read more about Big Numbers the new novel by Jack Getze. Read an excerpt Who is killing Austin Carr? About to be murdered–snatched off a private fishing yacht by a six-hundred-pound giant bluefin tuna–a down-on-his-luck stockbroker recalls the collection of events, miscalculations, ... More About: Fiction , Whodunnit , Mystery
It?s Been 131 Years Since the Battle of the Little Big Horn and Custer Stil
More articles from this author:2007-06-25 10:37:00 Today, June 25, marks the 131st anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and Custeriana is still going strong. At a recent auction, George Armstrong Custer’s frayed battle flag sold for more than $896,000. The flag was left at Custer’s headquarters at Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory, in 1876, when Custer and his men were ... More About: History , Stil , Years , Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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