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Category: Photography
Dickey Chapelle Under Fire: Photographs by the First American War Correspondent Killed in Action
Wisconsin Historical Society Press http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress ISBN-978-0-87020-718-1 Hardcover $25; 166 pagesWhile reverently holding the weighty collection of photographs in John Garofolo’s book, Dickey more…
Category: Young Adult / Sci-Fi
The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair
McSweeney's McMullens http://sstaylorbooks.com/ Hardcover: $22.00 ISBN: 978-1940450209 320 pagesIn her exhilarating sequel to The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man’s Canyon, S.S.Taylor dares readers to discover The Secret of King more…
Category: Young Adult / Sci-Fi
The Doomsday Kids Book 4: Amy’s Gift
K Squared Books http://thedoomsdaykids.com/wp/ Kindle Edition: $3.99 ISBN: B00SQ5353K 285 pagesAmy used to have it all. She was pretty, popular, and had the perfect boyfriend, until a nuclear bomb struck Washington D.C. and her world went up in flames. Amy’s more…
Category: Young Adult / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Behind the Fun Zone
Lambert Hill http://www.ageofamy.com/book4.html Paperback: $9.95 ISBN: 978-0983760467 216 pagesNearly everyone in Amy Dawson's world has upgraded to the next level of technology: hands-free implants called Jimmies in Bruce Edwards' Behind the Fun Zone. A more…
Category: Young Adult / Fantasy
Spelled
Black Hill Press http://katestclair.com/ Paperback: $12.00 ISBN: 978-0615962023 168 pagesIn Spelled, the first novella of her series featuring the Sayers siblings, Kate St. Clair introduces Georgia, a girl with a dark secret and forgotten past. History has more…
Category: Young Adult Non-Fiction / Historical
Juliette Kinzie: Frontier Storyteller
Wisconsin Historical Society Press http://www.wisconsinhistory.org Paperback: $12.95 ISBN: 978-0-87020-701-3 123 pages, 65 b&w images, 2 maps, 7 x 9Reviewer: Karen J. McWilliams Juliette Kinzie: Frontier Storyteller is an interesting, more…
Category: Short Story Fiction
A Room of Rain
Vandalia Press, Morgantown, WV http://wvupressonline.com/node/554Review by Genevieve Shifke Ali Comprised of twelve standalone short stories, Gary Fincke’s A Room of Rain examines individuals at more…
Category: Creative Non-Fiction
Inside New England
Bauhan Publishing, Peterborough, NH 03458 http://www.bauhanpublishing.com/inside-new-england/Review by Mary Claire Mahaney Never having lived in New England—although I’ve vacationed there, supported a son in more…
Category: Essay/Creative Non-Fiction
World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down
Bauhan Publishing, Peterborough, NH 03458 http://www.bauhanpublishing.com/world-enough-and-time/Review by Mary Claire Mahaney Every day the orange tabbies that we adopted as kittens three years ago show me the meaning of time. more…
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The Psalms of Israel Jones
Vandalia Press, a division of West Virginia University Press www.wvupress.comReviewed by Jim Barnes, Editor, IndependentPublisher.com"I confess my pride. I scream inside: You'd better love this man who's given you not just his more…
Category: Short Story Fiction / Artists
Happy Again at Last: Life in the Art World
Shanti Arts Publishing; Brunswick, ME; www.shantiarts.com; 234 page paperback; $23.95 (January 2013) ISBN: 978-0-9885897-0-4Review by Mary Claire Mahaney -It turned out to be a gift from the grave, Happy Again at Last: Life in the Art World, by Robert McGowan. I more…
Category: Biography / Environment
Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet
Lyons Press/Globe Pequot Press; Guilford, CT; www.globepequot.com; 372 page hardcover; $29.95 (April 2013) ISBN: 978-0-7627-8443-1Reviewed by Jim Barnes, Editor, IndependentPublisher.com "As a septuagenarian, I believe that responsible grandparents care about what kind of world more…
Category: Memoir / Cookbook
Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen
She Writes Press, Berkeley, CA; www.Tasting-Home.com; 311 page paperback; $16.95 (March 2013) ISBN: 9781938314032This is a baby-boomer's dream: a book full of anecdotes about coming of age in during the sexual revolution of the sixties -- with recipes! So many of us old hippies have more…
Category: Autobiography / Memoir
Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA; www.washington.edu/uwpress; 270 page Hardcover; $26.95 (Sept 2012) ISBN 978-0295991979Review by Jennifer Huffman A teenage boy’s transformation to a young man is challenging enough, but just imagine doing it in only seven weeks. In his more…
Category: Fiction
Cycle
Amika Press, Northfield, IL; www.amikapress.com; 176 page paperback; $14.95 (2012) ISBN 978-1937484002.Reviewed by Jennifer Huffman Finally, a book about nature written by nature. In a collection of four short stories, author Jay Amberg chronicles the lives more…