I have been tempted, in the last few weeks, to send copies of Garner’s Modern American Usage to a number of television news anchors and reporters both here in Canada and in the US. I have taken to yelling at the television set (and yes, I know they can’t hear me) every time some reporter [...]
Released November 2008 (John Wiley & Sons) * 272 pages * ISBN 13: 9780470376546
Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes by Kelsey Timmerman grew from one of those random ideas that people have everyday, but few people actually follow through on. Standing around in his [...]
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Released September 2008 (Delacorte Press) * 352 pages * ISBN 13: 9780385341639
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning is the third of five in Moning’s Fever series. I read the first two books earlier this year (both of them over a single weekend, so yes I like the series) and then had to wait for Faefever, the [...]
Released January 2003 (Writers Digest Books) * 240 pages * ISBN 13: 9781582972398
There are a couple books on writing that I make a point of rereading at least once every year. It’s not that I don’t retain the information, but I like to bring it out of whichever neurons it’s been hiding in when I [...]
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Release October 2008 (The Story Plant) * 380 pages * ISBN 13: 9780981608716
Capitol Reflections: A Thriller by Jonathan Javitt is a story of friendship as well as investigation. Gwen Maulder is an FDA scientist whose best friend Marci, a young lawyer, dies suddenly and spectacularly of a seizure while in court. Everyone else dismisses it [...]
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