Book Review
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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 with hopes for a [...]
Book Review
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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 a telephone call that [...]
Book Review
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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), is the basis for [...]
Book Review
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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 that “It stretches the [...]
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 the Kings Rapids track. [...]
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.
JP O’Donnell has provided a romp through a modern-day combined world of international and underworld intrigue that the reader will find difficult to put down.
Running Away From Me, although not a pleasant book, is an interesting read as it graphically presents the roller coaster ride of a drug addict as he pursues a gradual progression in his habit, and describes the dire results to the individual and his family.
I believe Nan Becklean has set forth a most interesting look at a possible future scenario that our enlightened congress probably will wish to ponder.
