"Follow the Other Hand" by Andy Cohen: Book Review
Book Reviews: Self Help • Published: April 11, 2007
Andy Cohen brings a magician's perspective to his new business book, "Follow the Other Hand." Receiving critical acclaim within the industry, The New York Times reviewed Cohen's book in December '06, praising it for "simple, solid points" and noted the book as a possible best seller for 2007. It unfolds as a novel, telling the story of a struggling businessman who seeks out the help of a magician to turn around his fortunes. Cohen connects the principles of magic and business through the concepts of assumption and misdirection. All too often, businesses blindly follow their assumptions, he argues, and they end up misdirecting themselves. His book breaks down into five useful lessons and gives away the secrets to several well-known magic tricks along the way.
"Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria" by Kyra E. Hicks - Book Review
Book Reviews: Biographies Memoirs • Published: March 27, 2007
Martha Ann Ricks did not give up easily. The ex-slave from Tennessee spent fifty years chasing her dream of meeting Queen Victoria in the late 1800s. Her true tale of strength and faith can now serve as a lesson to all children through Kyra Hicks' nonfiction book, "Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria." After Ricks' father bought his family's freedom, they moved to Liberia, where the British Navy patrolled the coastline to prevent slave catchers. As a young girl, Ricks decided to thank Queen Victoria personally, but money for the 3,500-mile journey, a gift fit for royalty and laughter from friends and neighbors all stood in the way of her dream. Ricks was an expert seamstress and as a thank you gift for the Queen, chose to make a quilt depicting the coffee trees that grew on her family's Liberian farm. In 1892, nine years before her own death, Ricks finally fulfilled her dream of meeting the Queen. "I hope that children reading this book will be inspired to dream big and feel confident that they can achieve their dreams with diligence and faith," says Hicks.
"The Innkeeper Tales - Modern-Day Canterbury Tales..." by John L Herman, Jr. - Book Review
Book Reviews: Biographies Memoirs • Published: March 27, 2007
The legendary Abacrombie Bed & Breakfast, located in heart of Baltimore, Maryland's Cultural District, attracts a wide diversity of guests from all walks of life. Modeled loosely on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, innkeeper and owner of the Abacrombie, John L. Herman Jr., imparts the emotional stories of fourteen people who became stranded at the Inn during a spring blizzard, in his inspiring book "The Innkeeper Tales: Modern-Day Canterbury Tales to Entertain, Enlighten & Empower." True accounts from a construction worker to a probation officer, a millionaire business man who lost it all to a baseball fanatic, and several more grace the pages of Herman's book. Herman guarantees that every story in "The Innkeeper Tales" is true, and when brought together in this context, builds a strong testimonial about the commonality of people through the struggles and accomplishments we all face in life. "The lessons of redemption from each story inspire as well as entertain, and I think this is why the book so compelling" explains Herman
Under a Cloud by Eliot Sefrin - Book Review
Book Reviews: Mysteries Thrillers • Published: March 16, 2007
Matt Holland and Rachel Cook, two of the most highly regarded of New York's Finest are involved in a fateful shooting that ravages a city, becomes the focus of a landmark civil rights case, and powerfully reshapes the lives of those most closely touched by the incident. The white officers' accidental and tragic shooting of an innocent black teen in a poverty-stricken Brooklyn neighborhood triggers a bitter racial confrontation, along with lengthy investigations and political maneuverings that threaten to destroy a community shatter lives and overwhelm the truth.
Power, Passion And Purpose By Ann Roulac - Book Review
Book Reviews: Self Help • Published: March 15, 2007
Power, Passion & Purpose is a practical guide on how to manage your energy to reach the highest levels of personal power. While we all have the capacity to make choices that will lead us to greater happiness, health and harmony, most people don't understand how to manage personal energy in a way that makes these choices possible. The book features 7 steps and user-friendly energy practices that will produce immediate positive benefits in your life.
"Torn Between Two Lovers" by Carol Ann Culbert Johnson: Book Review
Book Reviews: Romance • Published: January 25, 2007
Will it be Mace or Jordan? Candy Thomas is in love with Mace, but when she meets Jordan everything changes for her. Candy finds herself torn between two men.
Ten Commitments for Women by Susanne Blake: Book Review
Book Reviews: Womens • Published: January 8, 2007
REALIZE YOUR POWER AND CREATIVITY THROUGH EXPLORATION OF THE FEMININE It is vitally important that every woman makes the effort to bring forth their feminine side and the feminine qualities of God. We must learn to honor ourselves. Only then will we draw honor and respect to us. This does not mean that we will lose respect for men or our masculine traits, but rather that we bring balance to our lives and understand more fully the gifts of our creativity.
"Inoculation Eternity: An Epic Trilogy on Life . . ." by Michelle D. Starr: Book Review
Book Reviews: Spirituality Religion • Published: December 19, 2006
Before humankind ever existed there was Eternity, a place with no time, no sickness and no war. Then suddenly life as all it's inhabitants knew it began to change. Archangel Lucifer's unleashed emotions assimilated negative potential. Amidst the dysphonic eruptions, Archangel Gabriel's compassion for Lucifer's plight and scientific interests beckoned him to search for a cure. With an infinite space ahead, no definitive cure would be effected in the near future.
"Spiritual Shackles" by Okeyo A. Jumal: Book Review
Book Reviews: Spirituality Religion • Published: December 19, 2006
Exploding out of dramatic images of unexplained church fires, Shackles is etched deep in the faces of its players; from maids, chauffeurs and preachers, to Panthers, Muslims and Black Nationalist. The story is riveted with real events from Juneteenth and Black pride rallies to city riots and spiritual conversions. Spiritual Shackles also blends music, dance and foods with suspenseful storytelling as it stalks urban churches, beauty parlors, barbershops, and nightclubs; but can just as suddenly isappear into rugged mountains, steep canyons, and tropical rain forests.
"Broken Greek: A Language to Belong" by Adrianne Kalfopoulou: Book Review
Book Reviews • Published: November 27, 2006
This memoir/testimonial is divided into 5 chapters and an epilogue that braid recurring and overlapping themes of cultural identity, multiple belongings and exclusions. Built around a particular experience (applying for a University position, buying an island house, negotiating Athens traffic), each chapter addresses the speaker's changing relationship to Greece, beginning with an introduction to the culture through the lives of the speaker's paternal grandparents. The narratives become cumulative stories of initiation into modern Greek culture as the speaker's 'broken Greek'is the language by which she negotiates clashing orientations to her bi-cultural world and tries to understand how and where she belongs.
"Arthur, the Christmas Elf" by Valerie Connelly: Book Review
Book Reviews: Childrens Books • Published: November 27, 2006
As the blizzard of the century buries the countryside in wind-blown snow and brings life to a standstill on Christmas Eve, Arthur finds the last two Endangered Children (kids who don't know how give to others) and offers them a chance to learn what Christmas is really all about. Snowflake, Arthur's reindeer, flies through the night, delivering Arthur and his magic to two these especially troubled kids. Timothy Anderson and Angie Smith live on opposite sides of town, but their lives are drawn together by accident when the blizzard puts everyone they love in danger. Can Arthur show them what to do to save Christmas? Will they rise to the challenge? Will this Christmas be one to remember, or one everyone will want to forget?
"The Everlasting" by Jamie S. Rich: Book Review
Book Reviews: Fiction • Published: November 13, 2006
Love is supposed to get easier the older you get, right? It s 1999 in Portland, Oregon. Lance Scott has just turned twenty-five and has a pretty good life going for himself. Paul Weller is his sartorial god; music his constant companion. He has a great apartment, a spoiled cat, and an easygoing roommate. Only one thing is missing the girl of his dreams.
"The Butterfly's Dance" by Christyna Hunter: Book Review
Book Reviews: Fiction • Published: November 13, 2006
After giving up the dream of her youth, Kayla Jennings is now given an opportunity to embrace it again. The only obstacle is the man who has healed her heart and soul. Kayla lost the use of her legs, as well as her belief in dreams, when she was in a tragic automobile accident at the age of 12. Jordan Michaels had plans to explore the world until family duties required him to stay home. Eighteen years later, Jordan and Kayla meet when he brings his ill nephew to her for help. And together they help to heal the pain from each other's pasts
"Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives" by Albert A. Bell, Jr.: Book Review
Book Reviews: Sports Literature • Published: November 3, 2006
On October 8, 1956, a journeyman pitcher named Don Larsen pitched the first (and still only) perfect game in World Series history as the Yankees beat the Dodgers 2-0. The lives of Larsen and his teammates reflect the 1950s - perfect on the surface but imperfect upon closer examination. This book examines the game and the world of the 1950s through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy who witnessed it all.
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