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Playing For Keeps

Title: Playing For Keeps: How A 21st Century Businesswoman Beat The Boys Author: Therese Allison Publisher: TA Books ISBN: 978-1735088600 Pages: 314 Genre: Biographies & Memoirs Reviewed by: Aly Avina Hollywood Book Reviews   As a young, eager, goal-oriented, aspiring businesswoman myself, a book like Playing For Keeps: How A 21st Century Businesswoman Beat

The Illusion is Not the Conclusion

Title: The Illusion is Not the Conclusion Author:  Paulette Ravenel -Woodside Publisher:  Urlink Print & Media, LLC ISBN: 978-1647536558 Pages: 112 Genre:  Memoir Reviewed by:  Ella Vincent Hollywood Book Reviews The Illusion is Not the Conclusion is an inspiring story about Paulette Ravenel-Woodside’s fight against breast cancer. This text will help many readers. The

Around the World in 12 Years and 12 Square Meters

Title:  Around the World in 12 Years and 12 Square Meters: Memories and Insights Author:  Steffen P. Russak Publisher:  Dorrance Publishing Co. ISBN:  978-1648044007 Genre:  Adventure/Travel/Memoir Pages:  156 Review by: Barbara Bamberger Scott     Hollywood Book Reviews   In the early 2000s, author Russak and his wife Marianne set out to fulfill a shared

Destiny

Title:  Destiny Author:  Mahlon Palmer Publisher:  Author Reputation Press, LLC ISBN:  978-1-95012-098-9 Genre:  Autobiography Pages:  258 Reviewed by:  Suzanne Gattis Hollywood Book Reviews Destiny is the story of a life; full of dreams, adventures, chance happenings, and hard work.  This autobiography follows the life of a man, who followed and made his own destiny. 

Peter & Jane’s Eternal Love

Title:  Peter & Jane’s Eternal Love Author:  Jane McIntosh Holland Publisher:  URLink Print & Media ISBN:  978-1-64753-513-1 Genre:  Memoirs Pages:  46 Reviewed by:  Beth Adams Hollywood Book Reviews Mental illness is a health condition which is a dimension of reality unto itself, causing sequences and conditions of thoughts unimaginable to those of us who

The Conspiracy

Title: The Conspiracy:  New Revelations Author: Liam McCarthy Publisher: Liam McCarthy ISBN: 978-1-64753-497-4 Genre: Memoir / Christianity Pages: 454 Reviewed By: Susan Brown Hollywood Book Reviews In 2003, this author was accused of a reprehensible offense, the sexual molestation of two young sisters. At the time, he was on the verge of retirement after

Tales From The Kingdom of Tonga

Title: Tales From The Kingdom of Tonga Author: Ilisapesi Lina Weir Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC; 1st edition ISBN: 978-1647534493 Genre: Historical Biographies/Biographies & Memoirs Pages: 252 Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza Hollywood Book Reviews For many people with loving families whom they cherish wholly and completely, finding a means of honoring them becomes

Personal Achievements

Title: Personal Achievements Author: Francisco Javier Morales E. Publisher: Palibrio ISBN: 978-1-4633-9462-2 Pages: 86 Genre: Memoir Reviewed by: Susan Brown Hollywood Book Reviews Where to begin? That is the first question memoir writers must ask themselves. This author took a bold, giant leap and jumped right into his life story, beginning with the details

Illuminations

Title: Illuminations: Earning a Living with Dynamic PhotographyAuthor: Raymond J. KleinPublisher: Pageturner, Press and MediaISBN: 978-1649082459Pages: 92Genre: BiographyReviewed By: Dan MacIntoshHollywood Book ReviewsRaymond J. Klein’s book is part biography, part resume and partially a history of the photography business. In less than one hundred pages, the reader learns plenty about Klein’s life, the most notable

A Touch of Life

Title: A Touch of Life: Real-life story of the author during the darkest times of WWII in the Philippines Author: Frank A. De La Rosa Publisher: Shunduay LLC ISBN: 978-1-7349645-1-6 Pages: 156 Genre: Memoir Reviewed by:  C.C. Thomas Hollywood Book Reviews Author Frank A. De La Rosa’s work, A Touch of Life: Real-life story