Archive for November, 2009
Interview for Short, Shorter and Shorter Stories For People Who Have to Wait author Chuck McCann
Reader Views is very happy to be talking with ChuckMcCann, author of Short, Shorter and Shorter Stories:For People Who Have to Wait. It is a collection ofstories of varying lengths and topics that will keep thereader interested as they go through the experienceof waiting.
Juanita: What a great idea for a book! What [...]
Urgent Task of Preserving and Restoring Old & Rare Books
Don’t listen to the paperless office rhetoric. If it’s that paperless how come printer sales are going through the roof and an ever increasing number of books are published every year?
Just like TV did not replace radio, digital media and computers will never replace books. These two media, paper and digital, will continue to exist [...]
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Critical Reading
Authors: Amy Wall and Regina Wall
ISBN: 1592573401
How often have we heard the statement that someone is a prolific reader or that he or she is well-read? At first this may impress us, however, when you think about it, you have to ask how much these individuals retain and what are they getting out of their [...]
Book Review
What if
?Gunnar Jensen
Books on Demand Gmbh (2006)
ISBN 3833443553
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (4/06)
What if
? This is the big question that we all ask at some point in our lives. Gunnar Jensen, in this small but powerful book, has the reader ask themselves questions such as:
What if everybody is at a certain level of [...]
Interview for What If? Author Gunnar Jensen
Today we are talking with Gunnar Jensen, author of the new thought-provoking inspirational book, What If
? that is published in four languages. Welcome to Reader Views Gunnar.
Juanita: Gunnar, we are grateful to be speaking with you all the way from Denmark. Please tell us the idea behind your book, What If
?
Gunnar: I have always been [...]
Critique of The Return of Martin Guerre
Introduction
In this critique of The Return of Martin Guerre, I will identify Natalie Zemon Davis’ purpose in writing this book and how well she fulfilled her purpose. Also I will evaluate the merits and shortcomings of this book in relation to the themes, sources used, and the authors writing style.
Author’s Theme
Davis’ theme was the story [...]
Book Review
Kiplings Error III: They Were Good AmericansBrooks Mitchell
21st Century Publishers (2006)
ISBN 0960729860
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/06)
Brooks Mitchell, PhD, wrote this biography about his father, a B-17 navigator of Kiplings Error III, and his crews 25 combat missions that took place over Europe during World War II. Mitchell gathered his information from diaries [...]
Interview for Kipling’s Error III Author Brooks Mitchell
Reader Views would like to welcome Dr. Brooks Mitchell, author of Kiplings Error III: They Were Good Americans, a touching and unforgettable account of his fathers B-17 Crew during the early days of WWII. Brooks is being interviewed by Juanita Watson for Reader Views.
Juanita: Thank you for joining us today Dr. Mitchell. Your book, Kiplings [...]
Book Club Questions
Different kinds of people with very diverse opinions meet to discuss books in a book club, and if there are no guided questions to funnel these discussions, the results can be chaotic. The participants may feel shortchanged, some may grow uninterested, and some may even end up fighting!
If you are a book club moderator or [...]
Book of the Month Clubs
Do you want to join a book of the month club but cant find one thats near you? Maybe its time you started one! Thats right organizing a book of the month club is not hard if you know where to start and how.
STEP 1: Be heard. Your first concern should be telling [...]
