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Simon Barrett is an adult educator in Calgary, Alberta. With the 11 months a year of winter, he reads a lot of books! He is also a contributing editor for Blogger News and maintains a personal blog at Simon B. Sort By: Date | Popularity
Book Review: Alive! By Eileen P. DeClementeThis is a powerful book, and also a very sad one.
I run a Computer Lab, we offer free classes, and we offer free internet access. It is based in a large homeless shelter, probably the largest shelter in North America, we offer beds to over 1,100 people every night. Who... An Interview With Dan Ronco About Unholy DomainI really enjoyed Dan Ronco's latest book, Unholy Domain, it is set in the near future, and paints a bleak picture of what might happen in the aftermath of a computer virus that spreads through the Internet. More and more the net is becoming part of the worlds infrastructure. Email... Book Review: Some Kind of Angel - a Sneetz and Muldoon Thriller by Melvin M. HarterIt is that time of year where you want to stock up on some books to read while on your summer vacation. Some Kind Of Angel might be one to put on your list.
Melvin Harter is a retired doctor and Some Kind Of Angel is his debut into the wild... Book Review: Unholy Domain by Dan RoncoThere are a plethora of sci-fi books that have explored what the Earth would be like after the apocalypse, and generally the apocalypse in question is a nuclear war, or some sort of plague.
Unholy Domain takes this genre in a new and very thought provoking direction. One only has to... Book Review: El Tigre by John H. ManholdThere are two very different schools of thought about historical fiction. One school rationalizes that it is an easy genre to write, the plot already exists, all you have to do is put it in your own words. The second school says that this genre is very hard to work... Book Review: Differentiating Reading Instruction by Laura RobbOK, so maybe this book does not have mass appeal. It is written by a teacher and aimed at other teachers, the plot, how to entice school kids to read. Reading is the very cornerstone of learning. Without the skill life is pretty darn hard for a school kid, and... Book Review: Succession by Herbert LobsenzI have my finger in many different pies, and one of those pies is an adult literacy program. Although I am only peripherally involved. I am always on the lookout for suitable material. Every book I read gets pigeonholed into one of three categories, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. There is... Book Review: Lifetime Loser By James RossThis is James Ross' first exploration into the literary world, and he should pat himself on the back for producing a very well designed and executed story. I like my heroes heroic and my villains villainous, and Ross delivers.
Being a book reviewer, I maybe treat reading a little different from... Book Review: Dancing Above The Waves By Susan WalersteinJack 'Scooter' McAlister gives the world the impression that he has it all, this Bostonian businessman exudes wealth and success. But is it real? His magazine business is not doing as well as it could, and the problems of jiggling a wife and a mistress, are wearing thin on him.... An Interview With Author Debra Poneman And Idol Gina Glocksen About Chicken Soup For The American Idol SoulI had the opportunity to spend some time talking with Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul author Debra Poneman. In a complete surprise she also brought along one of the genuine articles, an actual American Idol, Gina Glocksen.
Debra, can you tell us a little about yourself?
In 1981 I founded...
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