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Eve of Destruction
Barry Broad
Eve of
Destruction is a fully
realized and impressive debut. Barry Broad mixes a savvy
political hand's eye for detail with a born
storyteller's knack for pacing. Taking a scenario of
terrifying credibility, Broad keeps building suspense on
every page, weaving the strands of a dizzying plot into
a compelling thriller of the first order. All smart
books should be this entertaining, and all entertaining
books this smart.
--David Corbett,
Edgar Award nominated author of Blood of Paradise,
Done for a Dime, and The Devil’s Readhead
Eve of
Destruction is a
well-researched, authentic and timely thriller that
grips the reader from the first page. It is Barry
Broad’s first entry in the field and I look forward to
an encore.
--Joseph Badal,
author of The Pythagorean Solution and
Terror Cell
Eve of
Destruction is a fast-paced,
all-too-real thriller set against the roiling backdrop
of Middle East politics. Vivid, relevant, exciting.
--Dennis
Palumbo, author of From Crime to Crime:
Mind- Boggling Tales of Mystery and Murder
A riveting tale that grabs you on the
very first page.
--Lew
Paper,
author of Deadly Risks
Listen To Your Mother: Stand Up Straight!
Robert Creamer
If Progressives are ready to move beyond the “Age of W” into a winning era, they can start with Stand Up Straight. This is more than a call to arms. This is a battle plan from one of the best campaign minds in America. Bob Creamer takes his readers from values to votes with practical tactics and insight gathered over decades of experience. This book is for players…spectators need not apply.
—Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois), Senate Democratic Whip
If every activist in America read Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight, we could change our country. This book will help bring on the New Progressive Era. It’s that good.
—Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Bob Creamer has been at the center of every major progressive political movement in America for four decades. If anyone in America knows how to run and win issue campaigns it is Bob. Stand Up Straight is nothing less than the bible for progressive political activists.
—Brad Woodhouse, President, Americans United for Change
Creamer’s book is a one-stop shop for political junkies, from a novice to a know-it-all…While Creamer writes from the progressive Democratic perspective, his chapters on organizing, messaging, demographics and constituency groups comprise a how-to political manual.
—Lynn Sweet,
Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun Times, October 15, 2007
Stand up Straight is a one-stop, nuts-and-bolts manual on how to run a winning campaign – and, in the process, return America to its progressive roots. Filled with learned-in-the-trenches lessons, Creamer’s book is a master’s class in electoral politics.
—Arianna Huffington,
The Huffington Post
This former Congresswoman from Colorado feels a little silly recommending a book by the husband of one of Congress's greatest progressive current representatives, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from Chicago ! The real political experience of Robert Creamer makes Listen to Your Mother, Stand Up Straight! one of the best "how to do it" books around. Progressives are always accused of being policy wonks with no real political experience on how to deliver. Not the case here, you get the policy and but also how to make that policy a reality!
-Pat Schroeder,
President, The Association of American Publishers
Well worth the read because it focuses the mind on an unusual subject for progressives – winning.
-Tom Hayden,
California state senate [ret.], Author, Ending the War in Iraq
Invigorating, insightful, inspiring and battle-tested. Creamer provides a 'how-to' manual for progressive victory in 2008 as well as a thoughtful guide for turing around America and meeting the challenges of
our global future. A must-read for serious progressives, whether they are grassroots activists or candidates for elected office.
-John D. Cameron,
Director of Political & Community Relations, AFSCME Council 31
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Archibald's Swiss Cheese Mountain
Sylvia Lieberman
Let's feed everyone with this great children's book that nourishes the soul, mind and body, directly and indirectly. I love it!
-Mark Victor Hansen
Co-founder, Chicken Soup for the Soul
Wonderful lessons for young and old alike. Archibald's discovery of – the easiest path isn't always the best – can help children, parents and educators. I loved reading this book to my granddaughter.
-Pat Burns
Co-founder, Orange County Children's Book Festival
author of Grandparents Rock: The Grandparents Guide for the Rock-n-Roll Generation
Children everywhere will enjoy and relate to the impulsivity and curious nature of Archibald! The important lessons he learns will not be lost on the young readers who follow him in his adventures.
-Reveta Bower
Head of School, The Center for Early Education
A delightful story of a mouse with a big appetite for food, sights, smells and new adventures… wiser after venturing out on Swiss Cheese Mountain. A very well written cautionary tale the whole family will enjoy reading aloud.
-Stevanne
Auerbach
Ph.D./'Dr. Toy', psychologist and author of
Smart Play Smart Toys
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The Devil's Stone
Marie Reindorp
The Devil's Stone is a smart and stylish thriller set against the diamond trade in Sierra Leone , Africa . Reindorp knows the country and this dark business from the inside out. Fast-paced and cleverly plotted, The Devil's Stone is a wonderful debut.
-T Jefferson Parker
Author, California Girl and
Storm Runners
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Who Killed Andrei Warhol
Alexander J. Motyl
A tongue-in-cheek account of East meets West during the tumultuous 1960's, this delightful and sometimes hilarious story pits the absurdity of doctrinaire Soviet Communism against the vacuousness of the avante garde social-artistic movement epitomized by Andy Warhol and his New York Factory. The hero, Oleksandr "Sasha" Ivanov, a Soviet journalist, visiting America to obtain a first-hand look at the impending socialist revolution, meets Warhol and proceeds to interpret the artist's depiction of the icons of American commercialism as a deep philosophical critique of the capitalist way of life. Each of the artist's half-formed mumblings is imbued by the admiring Ukranian as a profound commentary on the futility of the American way of life. Meanwhile Sasha's own existence is being threatened by the slavishly brutal machinery of the Soviet state apparatus of which he is a part. The reader watches Warhol move toward an increasingly disastrous outcome, which is the product of his nearly complete self-absorption, at the same time that Sasha begins to question his belief in the Communist teachings that had, for him taken precedence over personal loyalty, marriage, truth, and even logic.
Filled with such characters as Gus Hall, head of the American Communist party, Andy Warhol's artistic partner, Gerard Malanga,and the artist's "superstars" Viva and Valerie Solanas, plus student protesters and Black Panthers, Who Killed Andrei Warhol will delight readers with its humor, its ability to capture the zeitgeist
of America in the late 1960's, and its highly
entertaining examination of the contradictions and
absurdities of Eastern and Western outlooks on the
world.
-Casey Dorman
Author,
I, Carlos
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Sins & Sorrow
Jerry Rawicki
This well-written novel is moving and intriguing, and it raises several ethical
and moral questions.
-Prof. Ada Aharoni
President, IFLAC
International Forum For The Culture of Peace
Sins and Sorrow is a serious thought provoking, intellectual suspense/crime story touching upon matters of contemporary social, cultural and political significance. In a tradition of such literary luminaries like Clancys, Ludlums, Critchtons and Archers, it is set against panoramic view of the real world. In the tangled web of events the depth to which human depravity can sink will shock you, yet, you'll rejoice at the height to which the human nobility can also soar . . . brilliant . . .
-David A. Smith
Author,
The Game of Life
Compelling. . . Sins & Sorrow is a finely written page turner with twists and unexpected turns. . .
-Judge Issac Shimoni
Vice President Central Court
Jerusalem , Israel
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Deadly Risks
Lew Paper
The JFK assassination has attracted some big-name thriller authors over the years (McCarry, Littell, Ellroy).
Now veteran nonfiction writer Paper throws his hat into
the ring with a new interpretation of one of the most
written-about incidents in American history...Paper
tells an engaging, well-structured, and briskly paced
tale, and he makes us believe, at least in the context
of the novel, that his particular conspiracy theory is
plausible.
-Booklist
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Spice Chronicles
Harry Rolnick
Even if it is still moving, Harry Rolnick will taste it. Fearless, he is Supermouth to Anthony Bourdain's modest appetites. This punny memoir of exotic eating in unlikely places is full of Pepto-Bismal
antics.
- Gael Greene
Contributing Editor , New York Magazine
Author,
Insatiable: Tales From A Life of Delicious Excess
Each tale in this book is a feast of whimsy rounded by a soupçon of wisdom, told with Rolnick's
signature sparkle, humor and humanity. This is the
literature of gusto, and of the first order.
- Richard Sterling
Editor-writer, Lonely Planet guides
Author, How To Eat Around The World
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Rich By Choice
Erlend Peterson
An important but easy-to-read book. The most important part is to take the advice to heart and get started.
—Curtis S. Reis
Chairman, Alliance Bank, Culver City, California
A must read, easy-to-understand, simple-to-implement, practical formula on building financial independence and keeping it! Priceless! I give it a 10!
—Philip N. Gainsborough
Founder of Associated Financial Group
President of Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc.
The information presented at the beginning of this book will motivate all of us to change our financial habits. It gives a very clear picture of how to set your long-term financial goals. Better yet, it also gives a clear picture of how to achieve them.
—Steven B. Darling, CPA,MBA,CFP
Partner, Johnson, Harband, Foster & Darling, CPAs
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Son of Scarface
Christopher Knight
“The search for self is unending. But when the search is impeded by questions of truth and the veracity of assumed lineage, the seeker is thrown into an almost unimaginable quandary. Son Of Scarface is an extraordinary, well-written account of just such personal journey. Its venture into the life of one of America 's most notorious gangland figures is particularly scintillating.”
—Kerry Zukus
Author, The Fourth House
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