with this purchase. This little book can really help those on the journey to publication. I enjoyed the practical approach and also the humorous anecdotes. I've highlighted the 10-point attack plan for my own book promotion.

Excellent source of information and humorous insights that independently published authors will find valuable.

This is the story of the notorious Sacramento Black Widow killer who preyed upon the aged and the invalid in the 80s. Dorothea Puente used the weakness of our social net to exploit the less fortunate while stealing their social security checks. Running an illegal boarding house for invalids, she was able to maintain the illusion of respectability because the Social Welfare bureaucracy was simply to overworked to root her out. Although some did try to bring her to the attention of authorities when her charges continued to cash their checks even after they disappeared. Dorothea, a petty con woman turned mass killer, simply killed them and planted them in her well groomed garden, all without even batting an eye. Her cold blooded grandmotherly persona even allowed her to escape the police and flee to LA as the cops were digging up her yard. She simply walked away, escorted though the gawking public by the very police who were investigating her. While it is true that she was not a serial killer per say (since her killings were not sexually motivated) she still gives lie to the myth that women are less willing to kill to men. Her selfishness dominated her so completely she was unable to feel remorse, indeed, when caught red handed; she still tried to play the injured party and attempted to bask in the limelight. She worried continually about who would own the rights to her story and complained about all sorts of imagined slights, never once acknowledging guilt for her crimes.

One thing that I come away with is that Dorthea Dix said the elderly people died of natural causes . She said she didn't kill anyone. It's a thought. She's guilty of hiding the deaths & cashing their checks.

This is a pivotal text for any clinician utilizing hypnotherapy. It contains critical clinical and technical information and case reviews of the highest quality. The authors are gifted in conveying the skills and texture of complex clinical work. I highly recommend this work.

This is a seminal text for those clinicians truly wishing to begin to use hypnosis in their practices. It contains all the basic theory, techniques, research, clinical cases and dilemmas of a hypnotherapy practice. His seminars are equally wonderful, with ample theory, practice and case review. Although his style can be initially experienced as intellectual, having trained with him, I find him a brilliant and compassionate clinician. I highly recommend this book to the serious clinician. (Oops! I apologize for having written two reviews of this text, although both are true. I simply forgot I had already written one, due to delay in posting time. However, this is a terrific work, not to be missed. RCK-Psy.D.)

Thelma Chang is a gifted writer that decided this story had to be told. And tell it, she does. I couldn't put this book down, I felt like I was there. This book should be required student reading for history. The men of the 442nd were valiant, brave men who withstood incredible odds!

I'd heard "I Can Never Forget" Men of the 100th/442nd by Thelma Chang was an award-winning book in Hawaii for non-fiction. I can see why.

The stories are poignant and ironic in this easy-to-read book, filled with dramatic and sometimes humorous photos. The old war photos especially are dramatic and touching. Unforgettable.

With the help of this book, you will give your babies tools they will use for the rest of their lives: positive self image, courage for independence, and a sense of being loved.

Part of the beginning of commuicating with baby. Getting to know you and hear you say baby's name. With tips for Mom and Dad.

Here is an exceptionally fine addition to the growing literature on retirement planning. I'n "I'll Retire Tomorrow," storyteller Dan Seagren treats a score of issues facing retirees, broken into manageable segments through the first-person narrative of ninety-year-old Jeremiah Kennedy. . . In a delightful autobiographical style, Kennedy deals with concerns raised at different life stages. The people-portraits of family members, residents, and staff are realistic characterizations which, for the reader, depict shortcomings in how many folks face retirement. . . The subject matter goes beyond the usual concerns of health, retirement location, housing options, and legal issues. . . Therefore, the author does much more than paint a picture of "life on the inside of a retirement center" . . . Because many people have difficulty in accepting their own aging, this little volume is a "must read." It will break through the myths and misconceptions we have about aging. But be forewarned: the insights of the venerable Jeremiah Kennedy, relayed with good humor, may pose retirement questions that haven't been raised before! If such is the case, the author's purpose has been realized: to help the reader embark upon a well-planned, meaningful journey--by facing retirement "today" and not "tomorrow."

Dan, your latest book, 'I'll Retire Tomorrow," is certainly a living experience of hundreds of folks in this world who awakened to their dream as perhaps Jeremiah Kennedy did and find that retirement can be greatly different than we had anticipated when we were in our teens. As we now look back on our lives when our retirement was but a far away thought, I am sure we would have not only made different plans for our future but made it a point in our lives to visit and speak words of our love and Christ's love and concern for all those Jeremiahs sitting alone as we passed them by. Dan, you have given us all who read the book a true story of life from the time when we recognized that our lives can be extremely stressful, our dreams for tomorrow can vanish and perhaps we must leave the peace and quiet of our own home and seek shelter and care for this aging and deteriorating body. The final chapter penned by Jeremiah's granddaughter brought tears to my eyes with memories of folks in my life who had a retirement from this beautiful planet earth which differed greatly from their dreams. Let us encourage our youth of today to not only dream great dreams for the unknown tomorrow but to live each day in words, actions and deeds toward our fellow man as if final retirement were tomorrow. I strongly suggest our youth read and ponder today upon Jeremiah Kennedy's retirement story and I am certain they too will cope better with their retirement when the day approaches. How great it would be if your book was read by every high school freshman to help them think about their plans and dreams for tomorrow and prepare wisely for the rough spots in the unknown road ahead. --Gil E.

Writing about the Holocaust, Schwarz argues, is not just a literary but a moral problem. Each of his fifteen well-crafted chapters is a miniature lesson in the ethics of representing the unrepresentable. He takes us through the politics and the pitfalls and the artistic achievements of the major Holocaust narratives, and he does so with the sure hand of a master critic and the self-awareness of a true humanist. This is a book to read and to re-read.

Surely there has never been a more gut-wrenching and yet revealing discussion of the nature of human evil than Daniel Schwarz's "Imagining the Holocaust." Mr. Schwarz examines the tragedy not only through the eyes and voices of survivors and the survivors' children, but in the words of novelists in about twenty-five narratives including Wiesel's Night, Levi's Survival in Auschwitz, The Dairy of Anne Frank, Appelfeld's Badenheim 1939, Schwarz-Bart's The Last of the Just, and Spiegelman's cartoon Maus. But when reading Maus, we cannot laugh! Except perhaps as a nervous reflex to the unmitigated horror which is echoed in the voices of the unspeakable tragedy. For even in an event as traumatic as the Holocaust, Schwarz argues that we need to distinguish between what happened and how we remember what happened. Moreover, how we remember and retell the event. For imagination plays a crucial role both in our acts of memory and the act of telling. Imagination is a gift which enables us to see ourselves as "other." And imaginative language, he shows, invades the gates of the unspeakable and creates historical reality. Likewise, Schwarz demonstrates how his authors use imagination and memory to discover courage and faith in the depths of the soul. Even in the Holocaust's "Heart of Darkness." And so it is with this in mind that I can do no better than wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Schwarz's "Imagining the Holocaust." --W. Pearce Brown Ithaca, New York

Ultimately, Daniel Cohen achieves his sense of balance in "The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton" by finding all the parties involved guilty of something. The Republican party was able to take advantage of competing standards in being critical of Clinton's behavior, applying a legal standard to his political behavior and a political standard to his legal actions. In a similar fashion Cohen uses various standards to find fault with one and all, which, I dare say, is a position most young readers can readily buy into.

In 1998 the U.S. House of Representatives voted for two articles of impeachment against President Clinton: committing perjury and obstructing justice. Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate after a brief trial, but Cohen is well aware that the story involves much more than the Constitutional issues. Cohen presents the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the context of the "Character" issue that had followed Clinton throughout his run for the White House. Detailing the string of events that brought Lewinsky to the attention of Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Even though he is writing for a younger audience, Cohen pays attention to details: he points out the employee photograph of Lewinski from the Department of Defense was used because it was the only one available until journalists finally tracked her down. A small detail, but important because in the world of news images matter. The chapters in which Cohen details how the White House counterattacked the building story and the testimony that became the focal point of the impeachment effort.

During the whole impeachment affair I always like to read news magazines rather than newspapers, because I appreciated the sense of perspective that you get from something that comes out weekly rather than daily. Cohen certainly takes advantage of the persepctive time affords him. I also like the fact that Cohen does not let his objectivity stand in the way of being critical: he notes that Betty Currie, the president's secretary, would have been an obvious witness to call but that the impeachment managers did not want to have a string of black witnesses being questioned by white males. Again, I think this sort of detail speaks to the quality of this book.

Ultimately, the information in this book may enlighten, but it probably will not persuade anybody, mainly because everybody's mind is made up on this one. I remember thinking it was a big mistake for the U.S. Supreme Court to let lawyers go after a sitting U.S. President in a civil trial and when Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with Lewinski I immediately knew that he was ruling out intercourse, but not other things. Along with what happened in Florida, it was an interesting couple of years educating children about the wonderful world of politics in this country. Of course, I am not sure too many students are interested in beating this particular dead horse, but this is an excellent treatment of the sordid chapter of recent American history.

Extremely well-written in an unbiased telling of the facts, Cohen presents this entire scandal in "the best light possible." Told chronologically, he incudes black/white photos and documents that keep this book moving at an acceptable pace. A much appreciated addition to any school or public library, this will be a popular reference for any school project concerning Presidents. Readers are left to draw their own conclusions about the "charmed" life and bad choices of this U. S. President. You can't do much better than that, Mr. Cohen.

In this simple, lovely paperback the life & times of two quiet, introspective pioneers come alive. They left the land of their birth for Seattle in America, arriving in the 1919. There they thrived within their community & their church. Until that fateful day when Iwao was snatched away shortly after Pearl Harbor. The World War II correspondence of this Issei couple throughout the dark years of their separate internments is the heart of this biography. Yet the memorabilia & superb black & white photographs of the NorthWest region give a greater insight into these quiet, devoted Americans. Truly an inspiring study in forgiveness & endurance. ........................

This is the true story of a married couple who were sent to separate internment camps during World War II. It is a heart-wrenching, but heart-warming story, told mainly in his letters to her, as she was too depressed or too ill to write much of the time. All Americans should know the full details of this shameful time in our history. This book shows how a man can love his wife under any circumstance. Highly recommended!