- Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
- Publisher: Star Publish
- Classification: Marketing, Writing
- Reviewed by: Marilyn Peake
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I read The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do what your publisher won’t by Carolyn Howard-Johnson like one reads a mystery novel. The Frugal Book Promoter came into my life at a very good time. Experiencing growing success with my first published novel, The Fisherman’s Son, I was about to embark on the promotion of [...]
- Author: Niema Ash
- Publisher: Eye-Books
- Classification: China, Tibet
- Reviewed by: J.F.Derry
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Niema Ash’s “Touching Tibet” was one of the most beguiling and thought provoking pieces of literature published last year. Her skills lie in the way she personalizes her experiences and allows the reader to relate to her story. Her journeying in Tibet will be particularly at home amongst fellow travellers where there will be plenty [...]
- Author: Stan Lee and John Buscema
- Publisher: Titan Books
- Classification: Art, Comics, Drawing
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How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way introduces some of the ideas and concepts involved in drawing and more specifically in creating comic books. The type of topics covered include: Tools of the trade Drawing basics Drawing the human figure and more importantly, the super hero! Drawing the human face – male and female Drawing [...]
- Author: Lee Feigon
- Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
- Classification: China, Culture & Politics
- Reviewed by: J. F. Derry
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There is no doubting Lee Feigon’s mindset. He holds a chair in East Asian Studies and is Professor of History at Colby College. No surprise then the academic zeal with which he approaches the latest work to add to his erudite canon on Chinese history and politics. But, strange then the unstructured and rambling discourse [...]
- Author: Erwin Schrödinger
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Reviewed by: J.F.Derry
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The structure of DNA and the genetic code may have alluded us for some time more if Crick had not read Erwin Schrödinger’s “What Is Life?” [1]. The research lead that Crick got by doing so was how a small set of repeating elements could give rise to a large number of combinatorial products, a [...]
- Author: Tony Parsons
- Publisher: Harper Collins
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One for my baby is written from the point of view of Alfie, an ex-pat out in Hong Kong before the hand-over back to China. Unfortunately Alfie’s wife, Rose, dies there in a diving accident. The rest of the book is set in England with Alfie plodding through his life, unable to move on from [...]
- Author: Harry McLaughlin, Illustrated by Mike Milo
- Publisher: Infinity Publishing
- Classification: Illustrated
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Ribeye is a Bullbarian warrior living in a time of swords and science, not sorcery. He and his little brother, eight-year-old Cubesteak, leave their home and dearest mother to seek their long lost father. They don’t have much to go on, but a Bullbarian will never (as a rule) give up, so on they must [...]
Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is evil, scheming, haemorrhoid ridden and a most despicable example of the human race. He’s going for promotion and he’s fuelled by drugs and booze and his various plots against fellow colleagues all appear to be going to plan. Everything, at least on the surface, is going OK for Mr Robertson. [...]
- Author: Maggie Stevenson, Photography by Chris Everard
- Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
- Reviewed by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, an award-winning author
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In case you haven’t noticed, everyone is remodeling. Or building. In many locales homeowners save lots of money by moving up or out rather than changing residence. Homeowners’ sensibilities have changed from the days of cottage cheesy ceilings and heavy drapes. The same is true of details like hardware and Maggie Stevenson has created this [...]
- Author: Boris Starling
- Publisher: Harper Collins
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Red is a detective. And a very good one at that. He has an ability to get inside the minds of criminals which helps him anticipate, solve the riddles and put the murderers in jail. However, a new serial killer is stalking the streets of London. He commits the most violent crimes and leaves nothing, [...]
