Book Review by John H. Manhold Anjan ISBN 9780984187072, FireFly, an imprint of RoseHeart Publishing, 213 pages, Paperback, $12.95, U.S./9.95 U.K./14.95 Canada, authored by Larus Einarsson. Larus Einarsson is a talented grandfather who lives in Iceland with his wife and three grandchildren and has produced this, the first of what is projected to be a [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold Her Mother’s Diary, ISBN 9781604943597, Wheatmark, Paperback, 232 pages, $18.95 by David Curry Kahn. The protagonist is a teen-age girl left homeless upon death of both parents and the passing of her grandmother. The homeless state is the result of a quirky ownership clause in which the ranch, in [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold Personali Trees, ISBN 9781844091911, Findhorn Press, Hardcover, 112 pages, $14.95 by Joan Klostermann-Ketels is an allegorical tale that really belongs to another, more gentle, time. In fact, the book was not published in America, but by a Press in Scotland, where even today, people occasionally “take time to smell [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold Love Tag ISBN 9781935517504, Fireside Publications, Paperback, 272 pages + a biography, an address and a request for comments, by Peter Shianna. Peter Shianna has produced a scenario that too often seems to occur today. The protagonist is a boy from a blue collar family who enters the university [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold Web of Secrets ISBN 9781603181242, L&L Dreamspell, Paperback, 195 pages, $15.95, by Ernesto Patino. Web of Secrets is an interesting tale involving the racial problem still existent at the turn of the century. The story begins with a short flashback, and then proceeds to a happily married woman receiving [...]
Book Review By John H. Manhold Bend the Healthcare Trend, ISBN9780982545928, Strategic Vision Publishing, by Mark S. Gaunya and Jennifer A. Borislow, Paperback, 125 pages, $24.95. (An Advanced Reader Copy) The obvious faults in today’s health care management, and more especially cost management (witness the ad nauseum discussion by Congress of the health care bill), [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold They Never Die Quietly ISBN 9780982555033, by D. M. Annechino. Paperback, 279 pages, $14.95. An AMAZON Encore advanced reader’s copy from uncorrected proofs. The reader is warned by an opening statement from Amazon Encore’s Senior Content Acquisition Editor that the book is “not for the faint of heart” in [...]
Book Review by John H. Manhold Kings Rapids ISBN 9781440139833, iUniverse, paperback 302 pages $14.95 by Jim Overturf This volume is one of “The Kurt Maxxon Series’ where the main protagonist is a retired Marine Air Force Colonel who races cars in a small track series and is well known as director of races at [...]
This quite specifically religious monograph is directed to a specific question for a specific audience, and I believe Susi Pittman has quite successfully accomplished her goal in answering the question.
Mr. Casey has put together a story that brings to mind a little of the feeling for the towns and the inhabitants of the area that John Grisham provides in his stories. I found Bruin’s Wake to be an enjoyable read.
