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Review: Basic Options Trading by Rocco Pendola

 

February 9, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by T. B. MarkinsonTags: ,
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Basic Options Trading: Options Strategies For Beginners by Rocco Pendola is not a get rich quick read.  If you are looking for a book to offer you outrageous guarantees about fast cash and then retiring along the Mediterranean this is not the book for you.  However, if you are looking for a sensible, down-to-earth guide [...]

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Review: Spiritual Alchemy by Anthony of the Desert

 

February 8, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by T. B. MarkinsonTags:
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Spiritual Alchemy: The Fall, The Cure, The Jesus Prayer is written by Anthony of the Desert.  In the 1950s, Anthony, whose birth name is Frank Jarvis Atwood, was born in Northern California.  His childhood neighborhood was in an upscale area and he attended an impressive Military Academy.  However, Atwood became involved in the drug scene [...]

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Indie Book Podcast – Sector C

 

February 7, 2012in Book Reviews, Features, Podcasts by Jane Kalmes No Comments »

In this episode of The Indie Book Podcast, we review Sector C, a science fiction eco-thriller
that gave us an intimate look at the [...]

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Review: God Hates Fags by Joe Wellman

 

February 7, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Lela Michael 1 Comment »

A minister, believing he was on a mission from God, identified a local teacher as a homosexual. The ‘outing’ led to the teacher’s murder. The states attorney decided the minister had put the teacher’s life in jeopardy by singling him out for only one reason; the teacher was a homosexual. The states attorney charged the [...]

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Review: There’s Always Another Case by William Thomas

 

February 1, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Boudica FosterTags: , ,
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This crime drama features two very unique characters: John “Smooth” McGovern, a detective on the police force, and his partner Rita “Cheeks” Goreman. They are the homicide squad and, as in real life, they are faced with budget cuts, piles of paperwork and the fact that they must move on when a case [...]

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Review: 21 Erased by Barbara Rayne

 

January 29, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Yagiz Erkan 6 Comments »

The code is your identity, your bank account, your credit card, the bus fare… your existence. When they take it away, you disappear like you never lived at all. All it takes is a moment and you’re no longer a human being…you’re nothing. Everything you thought you owned is shattering into pieces in front of [...]

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Review: Black Flies in the Backyard with Snowshoes by Kevin Brian Carroll

 

January 26, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Boudica FosterTags: ,
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I read through the opening pages, called “Before We Get Started” and I had the feeling I was going to be reading a book about a Blues Band from Albany. I wanted to research the material, but the link given to the band was wrong… http://WAlbanyStBlues.com should be https://WAlbanStBluesBand.com. And I am thinking, oh, [...]

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Review: One-Hit Willie: A Classic Rock Novel by William Westhoven

 

January 25, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Lela Michael No Comments »

As an art critic says to an artist in the 1850 Charles Reade novel Christie Johnstone, “Art is not imitation, but illusion.” In fiction, it’s challenging to tell a story using archetypal themes and characters without descending into cliché. When you tell a story involving rock and roll, this feat becomes even trickier.
William Westhoven, who [...]

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Review: Freedom and Circumstance by Oswald Sobrino

 

January 23, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Susan Russo AndersonTags: ,
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For me, poets and philosophers are like cake and ice cream: they go together. Both wed disparate elements of reality, sometimes explosively, always in startling ways. Both go beyond the words to a place bone deep. When I read or listen to them, my eyes pop. My mouth goes all WOWy. My spirit is cleansed, refreshed, [...]

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Review: Sleeper’s Run by Henry Mosquera

 

January 19, 2012in Book Reviews, Features by Steven Reynolds No Comments »

When Eric Caine is found wandering the streets of South Beach, dishevelled and mumbling Arabic, he’s taken for just another of Miami’s homeless. But when someone notices his military ID card they promptly take him to the local VA hospital. He’s crashed his car and has no memory of the last eight days, save that [...]

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