A new offering by Bill Greenwood. Check it out.
The New York Times Best-Kept-Secrets List
One big misconception is that you have to write a mega-seller to make the list. The majority of titles on The New York Times best-seller list only sell between 10,000 and 100,000 copies in their first year. “The Slippery Year,” a 2009 memoir by Melanie Gideon, made the list with a yearly sale of fewer than 5,000 copies.
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“Mike Pence has a policy. He never is left alone with another woman unless his wife is in attendance. And he doesn’t attend parties where alcohol is being served without his wife.” |
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Sinners Dance, by Darrell Epp “In a desperate bid to slow down time, an unreliable narrator picks fights with washed-up child stars, scheming super-villains and polyester-clad draculas. Lost in a maze of hastily-erected condo towers, lugging his trick bag bursting with obsolete gadgets and wrong numbers, he hunts for salvation or at least a few clues…” Sinners Dance is Darrell Epp’s third collection of poems following hot on the heels of After Hours (Mosaic Press, 2016), a book the Winnipeg Free Press called “A fun, sly jumble of poems that often tackle weighty issues.” |
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In Darrell Epp’s latest collection After Hours…
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Lefties Project, Part 384
Humans Against Hate, a group of anonymous Portland activists, rails against the “oppression” of ideas being discussed – specifically, during a scheduled visit by Jordan Peterson. Naturally, they invoke neighbourliness, while also threatening to shut down other, unrelated events, thereby spoiling the evenings of thousands of random people.
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For those who recall Steve Vosso’s delightful Christmas Carol offering last year, he has a new work out in time for the gift giving season — an adaptation of the Pilgrim’s Progress…a classic Christian allegory.
Click the link here to view both.
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Two new short books by Canadian zoologist Susan Crockford correct the relentless messaging that polar bears are doomed because of human fossil fuel. “Polar Bear Facts & Myths” is a science book for ages 7 and up that educates without fear-mongering and is now available through various Amazon outlets in English, French and German. A more detailed, fully referenced volume for teens and adults is also available, called “Polar Bears: Outstanding Survivors of Climate Change.”.
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RIP Jerry Pournelle.
I’m not sure which was best. Mote in Gods Eye or Lucifer’s Hammer, but I loved his work.
A sad day.
SFWA Memoriam.
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“Some truth can be told only in the form of fiction. That is why I chose to write these stories.” – Theodore Dalrymple The Proper Procedure and Other Stories by Theodore Dalrymple In time for Christmas! |
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
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| A new book by long time SDA friend and blogger, Don Surber. Trump the Establishment: The Elitists Never Learned in 2016 | 
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I’m a few chapters into this, and it’s bigly entertaining.
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| From SDA sponsor Susan Crockford*: “A versatile, full-color polar bear science summary appropriate for ages 7 and up: Polar Bear Facts and Myths. It’s laid out in a question and answerformat with language that’s straightforward but not condescending, making it a great polar bear book for adults and kids to read together.” | |
*Sorry for the misspelling, Susan!
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“The war in Iraq has followed her to Colorado.” A new book by SDA supporter Bill Greenwood. Check it out here. |
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Update from Bill — “It won’t be on sale until some time in January. If it gets enough nominations, it will get a slot in Amazon’s promoted publications. If it doesn’t get a promo slot, it’ll still go on Amazon at the end of the nomination period.”
Christmas Carol
Via long time SDA reader John, a Christmas book plug;
The illustration of the Dickens’ Christmas Carol, was a labor of love for Steve … Dickens being his favorite author.
Each day for five years Steve came home from work and spent his evenings and week-ends doing the frames that would become a wonderful Christmas gift and an annual coffee table presentation.
The art work was entirely done using ink and a quill pen to keep it authentic to the period. In addition, the book is bound in a way that was common in Dickens time.
The books contain approximately 80 pages of beautiful detailed art work and dialog. A nice read to the kids during the holidays …. Kids will like the pictures as they are cartoon-like as kids would see them.
The books are going this year for $50 plus shipping. No tax. They come in a gift box for your convenience. They do make great gifts for the ‘hard to buy for’ folks.The books are on currently for sale at the Pentiction Art Gallery and a couple of places in Kelowna.
Steve will take orders through his Boo-Ink FB site.
Steve’s childhood nickname was Boo Boo … thus ‘Boo Ink’. Steve is about to turn 60 in Feb and is now retired in the Okanagan Valley … from the chilly Edmonton.
Update — if you want to avoid Facebook, Steve’s email is stevievossos@gmail.com
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A pair of books by author and SDA sponsor Clayton Cramer – check them out by clicking the images.
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“Trump has a better chance of cameoing in another Home Alone movie with Macaulay Culkin–or playing in the NBA Finals–than winning the Republican nomination.” –Harry Enten, Five Thirty Eight Politics , June 16, 2015 |
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Support a fellow blogger — because it looks like a fun read! Trump the Press: Don Surber’s take on how the pundits blew the 2016 Republican race.
More — a review by Stephen Hayward.
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Economics For The Disinterested“After many years of frustration about the absence of realistic information |
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Trophies (The Ellandun Wars Book 1)— by J. Gunnar Grey Captain Charles Ellandun lives in two worlds. With NATO’s Rapid Response team, he rescues embassies in trouble and takes drinking water to villages shattered by earthquakes. Between assignments, he stays with his Aunt Edith in Boston, where she sponsors art shows at the local gallery. It’s all very civilized and satisfying… |
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Afghanistan — A novel by Bill Greenwood (Kindle Edition) A new Cold War has dawned. In London, a government bureaucrat has discovered what might be a Russian plot to destroy the West with a diabolical surprise attack that no one will see coming. Before anyone can act, they must first determine if the plot is real, and who is behind it. It falls upon a British spy, struggling with tragedy, and his old friend from the SAS, himself worn down by his years of service to Queen and Country, to learn what they can of the plot and stop it if they can. |
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Bill’s a long time SDA reader – check it out!