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Book review: Color is Everything: Beginners to Advanced Painters Can Learn What All Great Artists Know by Dan Bartges (9781892538369)
This books claims that you can “master the use of color in oils, acrylics or watercolors”. As an occasional watercolor painter myself with an informal background in art, I found Mr. Bartges’ suggested use of a color wheel to be … Continue reading
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Book review: Whose Cartouche is That? by Artie Rae DeNoyer (9780615356389)
One of the best ways to learn hieroglyphs is to study the names of the kings. Ms. DeNoyer’s study aide is a “compilation of ancient Egyptian king names from Dynasty 0 to the Ptolemaic Dynasty with hieroglyphs, transliteration, and translation”. … Continue reading
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Book review: 50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America by Daniel Seddiqui (9781605098258)
In 2008, Daniel Seddiqui was a down and out college graduate looking for a job and living with his parents in California. The job rejections came in one after another and he didn’t know where to turn. His parents weren’t … Continue reading
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Book review: How to Get a Married Woman to Have Sex With You…If You’re Her Husband by Stephan Labossiere (9780984642809)
This is a quick reference guide for men (although women can learn a lot as well) written from a man’s point of view. Mr. Labossiere believes “[the book] will, at the least, point you in the right direction and there … Continue reading
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Book review: Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches by Anna Politkovskaya (9781935554400)
Anna Politkovskaya was a correspondent for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper and was an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and its policies in Chechnya. The definition of a hero in many people’s eyes is a person who is admired for courage … Continue reading
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Book review: SUVs SUCK in Combat: Chaos & Valor–The Rebuilding of Iraq during a Raging Insurgency by Karry Kachejian (9780977788453)
First of all, I want to thank all of our troops for serving over in Iraq and Afghanistan in all aspects of the job. Your courage under fire was and is honorable. When I watched the news about Iraq I … Continue reading
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Book review: Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates?: My Family’s Journey to Freedom by Melitta Strandberg (9781456717933)
“I guess sometimes the search for freedom is enough to keep one alive.” Melitta and her family’s experience in Nazi Germany in WWII was something that no one wants to contemplate, but it happened and she has written a short, … Continue reading
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Book review: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (9780143038412)
Liz Gilbert’s life was a mess. She wanted a divorce, she fought off and on with her lover and she just wanted to go away. And go away she did to the three I’s. Italy, India and Indonesia. She found … Continue reading
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Book review: Ageing Well by Dr. George Cromack (9781432733650)
This is a self-help book that is “presented in an interactive format so that people can practice applying some of the tools of the manual while getting coaching.” It basically says that your body is your temple and you should … Continue reading
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Book review: There Are Worse Things I Could Do by Adrienne Barbeau (9780786716371)
Adrienne Barbeau is not only a gifted actress and singer, but a gifted writer as well. There is early proof in the excerpts from her journals starting in fifth grade and her ninth grade term paper., “To Be Or Not … Continue reading
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