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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Neil deGrasse Tyson
W. W. Norton, 2007
Gould for the Common Man?
+ Another good book by Dr. Tyson
+ Great Bedtime-Bathroom Book
+ Maybe THE Greatest Book Ever!!!
+ If it's Tuesday, it must be Betelgeuse
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Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (Sort Of)
Will Clarke
Simon & Schuster, 2005
An entertaining romp through infidelity, budhism, psychic cows, and CIA coverups
+ Very Entertaining
+ I love this book!
+ Unbelievable...
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Barlowe's Inferno
Wayne Barlowe, Tanith Lee
Morpheus International, 2006
Beautiful color work and imagination
+ Fantastic art that can get you thinking
+ A very strange and hellish book.
+ What a trip
+ The best!!
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Merely Mary Ann
Israel Zangwill
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006
Why I published this book
This is a Dybbuk Press book and I published it, so obviously this isn't an unbiased review. But what review ever is?
Anyhow, this is a Victorian novella by Israel Zangwill more known for his zionist activities than his literary output these days. His most famous books are Children of the Ghetto ...
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Wisconsin Death Trip (Wisconsin)
Michael Lesy
University of New Mexico Press, 2000
American Gothic Death Rattle
+ Moving, effective, original, singular
+ Wisconsin Death Trip
+ Accurate,but not singular
+ Wisconsin Death Trio
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Black Death: AIDS in Africa
Susan Hunter
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
A MUST-READ for anyone interested in the HIV / AIDS crisis
In the first few pages of her book, Susan Hunter explains that HIV / AIDS is the first new disease on our planet since the 1400s; it is the leading infectious disease threat in the world today, outpacing tuberculosis and malaria by 2:1. It is the first disease to be considered a global threat to ...
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Trial of Flowers
Jay Lake
Night Shade Books, 2006
Dark Urban Fantasy
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ Night in the City Imperishable
+ Dark tales of the City Imperishable
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Friends and Lovers
Eric Jerome Dickey
NAL Trade, 2000
AAMBC Reviews
+ One of his best!
+ Dickey hit a home run
+ LOVE this book!
+ Do yourself a favor... READ THIS BOOK!!!
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Elmo's Ducky Day (Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorites Board Books)
Sarah Albee
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2005
This book is great
+ Elmo sweet as ever!
+ Another great elmo book
+ Our Boy loves Elmo's Ducky Day
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Rashi
Maurice Liber
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006
Buy the Dybbuk Press Version
Ok I have published Rashi and Merely Mary Ann at the same time, because I'll be publishing Michael Boatman's horror anthology and The Big Bow Mystery later this year and I want to devote as much time as possible to promotion of those books.
In writing a review, I know that I have essentially ...
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Death Row: The Trilogy (Ellora's Cave Presents)
Jaid Black
Ellora's Cave, 2004
Death Row: The Trilogy
+ The best so far...
+ Pretty good story....occasional huge jumps in plot line
+ Erotic Futuristic Tale That Is Truly Out Of This World. Bravo, Ms. Black!
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The Flamenco Academy
Sarah Bird
Knopf, 2006
Great book for a white girl whose heart yearns for flamenco
+ Andale, Andale, Andale!!!
+ Colorful Read!!!
+ Authentic and riveting
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The Big Bow Mystery
Israel Zangwill
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007
Historically significant and a great read
The fact that the mystery disappears after the second chapter in no way detracts from the joy of this book. From widowed boarding house attendants to freeloading artists to a detective that might as well be the anti-Sherlock Holmes, this is one of the funniest and meanest books to come out of the ...
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Modern Austria: Empire and Republic, 1815-1986
Barbara Jelavich
Cambridge University Press, 1987
Beginning with the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and extending to the elections in November of 1986, this history of modern Austria has been written for the general reader and the student wishing an overview of the country's recent history. The first part of the book, covering the years from 1815 to 1918, includes a discussion of the events in Habsburg history that have a particular significance for ...
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Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes (Hodder Arnold Publication)
M. David Enoch, Hadrian N. Ball
A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2001
Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes presents an up-to-date, definitive account of eleven unusual but important clinical disorders. For each syndrome the historical background and present day understanding are given and the worldwide literature is reviewed. Each account gives the principal features of the condition, its causation and underlying psychopathology, illustrative cases and notes on diagnosis ...
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