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Amid Convictions and Contradictions : Rubén Yudelevich
Rubén Yudelevich is, in his own words, “Chilean by birth, Israeli by adoption, innocent citizen, and dreamer of unattainable utopias.” Amid Convictions and Contradictions will shed some light on those utopias, in an age where many are concerned at the shift in world order and the polarization of our societies.
This book is a collection of the author’s reflections that deal with: human passions, knowledge, time, language, faith, hope, fear, uncertainty, freedom, justice, curiosity, fanaticism, and divinity.
By weaving his reflections together with quotations from thinkers and philosophers, as well as classic and modern poets and writers, the author creates a live and polemic dialogue that will resonate with the reader.
Using varied and evocative forms of expression, the book flows naturally from one theme to the next, and as such, it is easy to pick up and read a few pages at random.
From the futility of war, to the dangers of greed, to when to remain silent, to how to find common ground in these divisive times, this is a book to turn to when we need a dose of wisdom in our ever-complex world.
Amid Convictions and Contradictions was first published in Spanish in 2017 under the title: Reflexiones.
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A Cross of Crocuses : Ken Ross
Nora and Basil are in their eighties and their health is in decline. They need assistance from their five children, but they are surprised which of the children come to their rescue.
Among the family, there are arguments, dirty dealings and suspicious behaviours. The couple receive care, but it isn’t the care they had expected. Slowly, dejection set in, health worries increase, and tragedy looms.
Within the pages of this book, the reader will envisage what is it like to be old, or realise perhaps that this story awaits them when their parents reach old age. It is not a beach read, but a serious look at how a family is capable of disintegrating when all its members have different motivations for their actions.
Just as Nora and Basil find no solution to their suffering, maybe readers too will accept that to some of us, old age can be a tragedy, unless we are caring and willing to offer a helping hand. A compelling tale that grips the reader from the first page.
Jesse & The Thinkers, ANN: Irresistible Spirit, Wasted Pain, Protection and An Old Affair by Ken Ross are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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How I Learned I’m Old : Romney Humphrey
Baby Boomers are famous for denying they are old. “I don’t look at all like my mother did when she was my age,” they boast on their way for a six-hour hike. “My children have no idea how cool I am,” they pronounce. “Seventy is the new thirty-five,” they chant.
How I Learned I’m Old tells them otherwise, but they’re laughing so hard, it doesn’t hurt to face the truth.
From Linda W in San Diego: “What I got was a ton of laughs from a woman who apparently leads the same life I do. Humphrey is a wonderful addition to the firmament of fresh women humorists that lighten our lives, a talent sorely needed at this moment.”
Melly in Denver couldn’t contain her enthusiasm, “You will laugh so hard people will think you have lost your mind. Great wisdom and insights too. What a gem!”
From Laren in LA: “With good cheer she describes her journey into the awareness that she just isn’t as young as she once was. And, somehow, as a result, it’s just easier to grasp that it’s okay — actually kind of cool — to move on in years. This is a fun read with valuable perspectives anyone “of a certain age” is sure to enjoy.”
Cori in Seattle says, “The author’s tongue is planted firmly in her cheeky cheek, but anyone can relate to her no-holds-barred description of the physical changes that all women experience as they age. Her childhood recollections will inspire the reader’s own teen memories, and the gems of wisdom she sprinkles throughout are inspiring — and might have you dancing in the aisles with a grin on your face the next time your local grocery store plays ’60s favorites on its Musak machine!”
How I Learned I’m Old is a collection of humorous essays embedded with a smattering of serious insights. Together, they tell the tale of what happens when middle age mysteriously departs and old age claims its territory.
Topics like ‘The New Party Game’ (counting wrinkles on other women’s faces), the insulting arrival of chin hairs and the sudden inability to monitor personal opinions in the presence of strangers have universal appeal. So do chapters about ‘Mean Girls’ in their seventies and the emotional legacy of mothers.
The book is divided into sections; “Mind” “Body” and “Spirit”. Always with a comical overtone, it also delves into the more important benefits and realizations of the aging process; what friends teach us by example, who we miss most when they’re gone and which values really matter.
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BIG LETTER little letter : Donnie Cox
A book for learning the alphabet that also teaches synonyms for “big” and “little.”
This book contains many words that young children are used to hearing but also some that are less common to help increase vocabulary.
Your young child can learn so many things all at once in a fun way that will have them asking for more.
BIG LETTER little letter is a fun learning experience!
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From Murder Incorporated to the PGA Tour : Peter Cimno
The Remarkable Untold Story of Charlie “The Bug” Workman & His Son PGA Pro Chuck Workman
Charlie “The Bug” Workman was America’s most notorious, yet unknown, Jewish hitman. Member of Murder Incorporated and key player in both the Mafia Commission and Combination Mob. His mob legacy was that he killed the infamous Jewish Mob Boss, Dutch Schultz in 1935.
However, his true legacy was much different than the “killer/thug/hoodlum” reputation that the general-public was fed.
Arrested 5 years after he took out Schultz, Workman was finally sent away after pleading non-vault to first-degree murder, which carried a mandatory 12 ½ year prison sentence, during a devious prosecution set-up led by Thomas Dewey. He wound up serving 24 years.
From behind prison walls, his top priority was keeping his beloved son Chuck out of the mob. As he told his mob contingent, “Anyone who tries to bring my son into this life, will answer to me when I get out.”
Due to his street reputation as a man of respect and honor in and outside the mob world, he accomplished just that. He kept his promise to the only child he had.
How he managed to do that is something legends are made of. This story has NEVER been told.
In his riveting memoir, “From Murder Incorporated to the PGA Tour” Chuck Workman tells the undisputed, unvarnished truth, putting an end to many questions about his father’s life – as everything written about him was fabricated, because he never ever talked to anyone in the media – and all about his own.
He pulls back the veil on the man beyond the myth (known both as Charlie “the Bug” and “Handsome” Charlie, exposes some hidden inner-workings of the Combination Mob and Sicilian Mafia.
He also dives into grave detail on how the most feared gangsters this country has ever known, led him to a straight, legitimate life as a PGA Golfer and Entrepreneur. A legendary career, that included the rebirth of Bethpage and the fulfillment of his teenage dream of becoming a PGA Touring Pro.
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Battle Cry : JL Snyder
Fate shows no mercy or compassion. In its heart, there is only cold and emptiness. And at times it unleashes great pain. One that can only be quenched by vengeance.
Sixteen-year-old Kaí-Ling was raised in the ways of the sword. She is the child of a former samurai warrior and an American mother. When revenge seems like her only hope, Kaí-Ling embarks on a journey to right the wrongs life has dealt her.
The lifelong lessons and skills she acquires, as well as the friends she makes along the way, aid her in her quest to fulfill her destiny. Robbed of her father’s love before she was born, Kaí-Ling now seeks vengeance upon those who took him from her.
“Battle Cry . . . When revenge seems like her only hope!”
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UNJU – The Jump : Gleneley Stander
Emma feels her body sinking into the unknown before she wakes in confusion. Her daughter is asleep next to her. Struggling with severe nyctophobia, the young child clings to her mother at night, ever fearful of the monsters living in her vivid imagination. Emma shrugs her own persisting lucid dreams as nothing more while feeling constrained by the mundane life she shares with her husband Dean. Peculiar visions and unsettling dreams lead her to a mysterious man inside her dream world.
Waking up again after another lucid dream, she is not back in her room with her daughter but finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings which set her off on a discovery of things that she has forgotten.
The story follows the life of Kathrine Slater, ripped away from her loving parents at a young age and forced to work for the United Nations where she is taken in by Lila, a loving member of the mysterious First Family. The story follows her development into adulthood where she falls in love and has to deal with a difficult decision.
I Will Tell You a Scary Story: Beyond the Nightmare : Luka Thrill
Volume 2: Beyond the Nightmare
Imagine you walk into an old, abandoned building. Darkness seems to swallow you up, you feel shiver down your spine every step. If you’re already inside and there’s no exit in sight, what would you do? Of course, check the doors.
U-NIGHT is a famous South Korean vocal-dance group. They are ordinary guys with only one disadvantage: bad luck on extreme level. Supernatural phenomena, murderers and shocking mystery cases accompany their celebrity life.
U-NIGHT started their celebrity journey as trainees and once their agency had to move to an old building. Everything would be okay, if they wouldn’t be too curious and didn’t open that damn door…
WARNING: (Don’t) read after nightfall.
‘There was a handprint. And it wasn’t from the inside but outside. Not weird enough? I remind you that we were on the second floor. Suddenly I heard a thump behind me and turned around with fast beating heart. I sighed through the clenched teeth. It was only the broom, that fell down because of irregular wall’s structure.
When I turned back to the window I saw a pale face, looking straight at me.’
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ANN: Irresistible Spirit : Ken Ross
A romantic story of enduring love which begins on the back streets of Leeds in 1968.
Despite parental disapproval, they meet each other in secret. The teenagers soon discover sex and they are determined to practice their newfound pleasure anywhere and at any time of day or night.
Through adversity and temporary fall-outs, their bond strengthens and leads them to an early marriage. They are together and happy and don’t care what happens now they can possess each other without restrictions.
Soon children come along, then more and more children, but their relationship doesn’t falter through times of struggle and the curse of poverty. But fifteen years later, with her best friend on her death bed, the woman makes a costly error and the marriage fails.
The couple divorce, but time does not diminish their bond. They remain close friends for fifty years until tragedy intervenes.
This story, narrated from the man’s viewpoint is both romantic and so very sad. A compelling read from the author of A Cross of Crocuses and many other books.
Jesse & The Thinkers, A Cross of Crocuses, Wasted Pain, Protection and An Old Affair by Ken Ross are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Pandemonium : Sean Farley
Jackson Armstrong is blessed with an extraordinary memory and a young son who loves him. He is also cursed with a compulsion to gamble that has cost him nearly everything. While chasing another big win, Jackson is killed in a car theft gone wrong and finds himself trapped in Pandemonium, a hellish, urban netherworld where demons rule over man.
Before long, Jackson begins having visions of a mysterious portal. Convinced his visions are the key to escaping Pandemonium and returning home to his son, Jackson forms an unlikely alliance with Lilith, an enigmatic demon who has an agenda all her own. As the two are relentlessly pursued by an evil older than time itself, they must navigate their way across a brutal, fantastical landscape and find the portal before it closes forever.
“Pandemonium” is a dark fantasy adventure that will take readers to the depths of a richly imagined hell unlike any they have experienced before.
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