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So many good books, so many wonderful things....so few hours. For as long as I can remember I've loved readin', writin' and felt antipathy toward arithmetic. My experience includes a stint as a newspaper editor, writing a cooking column, penning over 400 pieces of light verse (which may be found among the yellowed pages of The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post,… Lire la suiteSo many good books, so many wonderful things....so few hours. For as long as I can remember I've loved readin', writin' and felt antipathy toward arithmetic.
My experience includes a stint as a newspaper editor, writing a cooking column, penning over 400 pieces of light verse (which may be found among the yellowed pages of The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post, etc). In addition I've written book reviews for major newspapers (Dallas Morning News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Detroit News).
Right now, it seems to me the action is on the web. Where else can your words be read by so many? Thanks to all who have expressed an interest in my reviews, and gracias to Amazon for providing this forum.
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Classement de l'évaluateur: 13 - Total des votes utiles : 817 sur 921
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Ever since Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant, burst on the scene well over 30 years ago with a startling thriller, The New Centurions, this author has been keeping readers engrossed and entertained, which is putting it mildly. With Wambaugh's background his stories have an unparalleled gritty realism fueled by shotgun dialogue - he knows cop-speak, which fires every page. His characters are sharply etched making us either shiver or laugh.
Apparently, there's a saying in Hollywood that a full moon brings out the beast not the best in those who make that city their home. It's surely true in HOLLYWOOD MOON as we're introduced to some of the most off-the-wall… Lire la suite
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The passing of an esteemed author is always sad but I felt a special loss earlier this year upon hearing of the death of Sir John Mortimer. His Rumpole stories have brought me so much pleasure, and when I learned he was gone I wished I'd just sat down and written a good old-fashioned fan letter to let him know what enjoyment his work had brought. This is surely belated but nonetheless sincere when I say that, for me, Mortimer's Rumpole is a legendary English detective, deserving a place by Sherlock Holmes and Jeeves.
What a surprise to find A RUMPOLE CHRISTMAS, a collection of five Rumpole holiday stories now published in book form. We find the ever amusing, always insightful… Lire la suite
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Tomie dePaola has won the hearts of countless youngsters with his endearing illustrations and pictures. Now, adults who enjoyed him as a child are enthusiastically sharing his books with their own children. That might well be the case with FOUR FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS, which was first published some 30 years ago as the chapter entitled "Winter" in Four Stories for Four Seasons." Rereading and enjoying this edition reminds one of the timelessness of dePaola's work. FOUR FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS is as fresh today as it was when first published because it is a story of friendship and love.
Our story opens as the Christmas holidays near and most animals are preparing for it, but not… Lire la suite
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