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3.21.12: Self-Published Author Scores Big

by Site Owner | Mar 21, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective

Self-Published Author Scores Big By David Broughton Ever heard of Caroline Bonham, the author? No? You will. Ms. Bonham is a fast rising star on the Amazon book sales charts. One of her books may soon be a movie, with a possibility of many more to follow. Not bad for...
Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan

Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan

by Site Owner | Dec 27, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History

David Sears Da Capo Press, $27.50, 372 pages Pacific Air is no airline; it’s the story of the Pacific air war during World War II told through the experiences of the naval aviators involved. The author David Sears uses other accounts, oral histories, memoirs,...

Whispered Wonders

by Site Owner | Nov 29, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Portland Publishers

by Kari Pius Baker Bree Noa Publishing, $15.00, 32 pages Whispered Wonders is different than most children’s picture books. Among these differences is the exceptional quality. The paper is heavyweight, both the dust jacket and cover are embossed, the binding is sewn,...

A Rocket in My Pocket: The Hipster’s Guide to Rockabilly Music

by Site Owner | Nov 29, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Film, TV & Theater, History

by Max Decharne Serpent’s Tail, $18.95, 326 pages A Rocket in My Pocket, The Hipster’s Guide to Rockabilly Music by Max DéCharné chronicles the rise of what was originally called Rockabilly music, later known as rock-n-roll. Most guides are dull reading,...

Everything but the Horse

by Site Owner | Mar 21, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

by Holly Hobbie Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 32 pages Everything but the Horse is a high quality children’s picture book, the art is phenomenal, the quality of the book itself is exceptional, and the story is cute and funny. The story is about...

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