Qualitative Review of How Dare We! Write

HowDareWeWrite

This book is a collection of stories that writers of color and LGBTQAI+ writers have experienced and are still experiencing as writers in a literary world where their voices are silenced,and their experiences are not represented. The 24 stories written in the book are interconnected, and each story shows challenges…

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MyShelf review of Frugal Book Promoter

Cover of The Frugal Book Promoter, 3r Ed

From the author’s popular “How to Do It Frugally Series,” comes this third edition of The Frugal Book Promoter, a nonfiction guide to getting no-and-low-cost publicity. As the publishing industry has changed over the years—primarily because of the internet—each new edition provides updates accordingly. This latest version of the first…

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The Compulsive Reader reviews Frugal Book Promoter 3rd Ed

portrait of Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Reviewed by Magdalena Ball The Frugal Book Promoter: How to get nearly free publicity on your own or partnering with your publisher 3rd Edition By Carolyn Howard-Johnson Modern History Press 2019, ISBN: 9781615994700, I first read, and reviewed Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Book Promoter in 2011, when the first edition…

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Jim Cox reviews The Great First Impression Book Proposal

The Great First Impression Book Proposal Carolyn Howard-Johnson Modern History Press https://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/index.htm 9781615994816, $8.95, PB, 54pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, has been a UCLA Extension Writers’ Program instructor for nearly a decade. In “The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know About Selling Your Book to an…

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Yvonne Wu / WomenConnect reviews “The Frugal Book Promoter”

Cover of The Frugal Book Promoter, 3r Ed

“The Frugal Book Promoter, 3rd Ed” named Women Connect Online’s Book of the Month for September Yvonne Wu writes: “Wow, The Frugal Book Promoter is a treasure chest of knowledge and ideas. The book provides you with up to date solid advice and direction as you navigate through the different…

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Amanda Barlow reviews “Breaking the Gas Ceiling”

Cover of the book Breaking the Gas Ceiling

Breaking the Gas Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry by Rebecca Ponton Modern History Press 9781615994441, $37.95 HC, $6.95 Kindle 9781615994434, $15.95, PB, 292pp, www.amazon.com In Breaking the GAS Ceiling Rebecca talks to a number of women, some of whom were among the first to explore this…

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Able Greenspan reviews A Geometric Analysis of the Platonic Solids

A Geometric Analysis of the Platonic Solids and Other Semi-Regular Polyhedra: With an Introduction to the Phi Ratio, 2nd Edition

BR Bookwatch: June 2019 James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review 278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575 Greenspan’s Bookshelf A Geometric Analysis of the Platonic Solids and Other Semi-Regular Polyhedra Kenneth J. M. Maclean Marvelous Spirit Press 9781615994304, $62.95, HC, 252pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: For those who can appreciate the beauty…

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MBR Reviews “Attorney-At-Paw”

Attorney-At-Paw Diane Wing Modern History Press c/o Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 9781615993970, $27.95, HC, 186pp  Synopsis: Autumn Clarke survived the car crash that killed her parents. To help her cope with PTSD, she adopts Chrissy, a Shih Tzu with a remarkable secret. Chrissy is…

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Mary Cowper reviews “Sanchita Karma”

Cowper’s Bookshelf Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India K. V. Dominic Modern History Press 9781615993949, $25.95, HC, 146pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: K.V. Dominic is one of India’s leading contemporary English poets. In “Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India” he takes his…

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