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Hard Head City

Title: Hard Head City Author: Calvin Kerr Jr. Publisher: GoldTouch Press LLC ISBN: 978-1951461614 Pages: 122 Genre: Biographies & Memoirs Reviewed by: Nicole Olson Hollywood Book Reviews Every person could stand to read this book. In Hard Head City, author Calvin Kerr Jr. tells eight short stories involving diverse group of people living in

The Apricot Outlook of Kathrine Koon Hung Wong

Title: The Apricot Outlook of Kathrine Koon Hung Wong Author: Dennis W.C. Wong Publisher: Writers Branding ISBN: 978-1950955312 Pages: 70 Genre: Biography Reviewed by:  CC Thomas   Hollywood Book Reviews The Apricot Outlook of Kathrine Koon Hung Wong by Dennis W.C. Wong is a biographical story about the author’s mother, told using actual historical

Surviving Drug Abuse

Title: Surviving Drug Abuse: Seek Help or Die Trying Author: Esther Morgan Publisher: LitFire Publishing ISBN: 978-1-64398-364-6 Genre: Memoir Pages: 166 Reviewed by: Ella Vincent Hollywood Book Reviews Surviving Drug Abuse: Seek Help or Die Trying is an informative and heartbreaking account of a mother’s attempt to deal with the drug addictions of her

If I Die Before I Wake

Title: If I Die Before I Wake: A Caregiver’s Journey Author: Eli Shaw Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1643616278 Pages: 368 Genre: Biographies/Health, Fitness & Dieting Reviewed By: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Reviews One of the most fulfilling and momentous milestones in a person’s journey has to be the helping of others, and the

All Over The World Boys Behaving Badly

Title: All Over The World Boys Behaving Badly Author: Brynn Sommerlynn Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC ISBN: 978-1643617770 Pages: 184 Genre: Autobiography/Non-fiction Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Reviews One of the biggest topics of discussion in the evolving world we live in has to be the discussion of what defines a man. As director

Fritz Von Erich: Master of the Iron Claw

Title: Fritz Von Erich: Master of the Iron Claw Author: Ron G. Mullinax Publisher: LitFire Publishing ISBN: 978-1-63524-983-5 Pages: 185 Genre: Biography Reviewed by: CC Thomas Hollywood Book Reviews Ron G. Mullinax’s Fritz Von Erich: Master of the Iron Claw tells the story of Jack Adkisson, known to wrestling fans as “The Master of the

The Life of the Leader

Title:The Life of the Leader: In Loving Memory of Deng Ter Thach Author: Gatlauk Ter Thach Publisher: LitFire Publishing ISBN: 978-1643983639 Pages: 154 Genre: Biography Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Reviews American UFC fighter Max Holloway once said, “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” In author Gatlauk Ter Thach’s book The Life of

The Most Unlikely Champion

Title: The Most Unlikely Champion: A Memoir Authors: Vera Koo and Justin Pahl Publisher: BalboaPress ISBN: 978-1504388481 Pages: 188 Genre: Memoirs/Sports & Outdoors Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Reviews The American entrepreneur Whitney Wolfe Herd once said, “Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.” In authors Vera Koo’s and Justin

Runnin’ With Frogs

Title: Runnin’ With Frogs: A Navy Memoir Author: George R. Worthington Publisher: Greenberry Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1643140261 Pages: 232 Genre: Biographies & Memoirs Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Reviews Douglas MacArthur once said, “Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who

Up From Incarceration

Title: Up From Incarceration: Volume 1: Dispelling Myths of the Thug Life Author: Dr. Anthony E. Dixon Publisher: XlibrisUS ISBN: 978-1479727728 Pages: 128 Genre: Memoir Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Review Known for her prison reform, Englishwoman Elizabeth Fry once said, “Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.”