Nonfiction/Memoir, Biography 2006

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Decemberback to top

Tentacles of Time: A Spiritual Odyssey
Marjorie E. de Cuba, PhD
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 9780595396481
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (12/06)
Out of the Cocoon: A Young Woman's Courageous Flight from the Grip of a Religious Cult
Brenda Lee
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2006)
ISBN 9781931741651
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (12/06)
Made in America, Sold in the Nam: A Continuing Legacy of Pain, 2nd edition Ed.
Rick Ritter and Paul Richards
Loving Healing Press (2007)
ISBN 9781932690248
Reviewed by Mary Simmons for Reader View (12/06)
The Fiddletown Journal: Stories of the Mother Lode
Edward L. Allum
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2005)
ISBN 9781885003720
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (12/06)
Pearls of Wisdom: Surviving against All Odds, Book Three
Marie Davis
Better Be Write (2006)
ISBN 9780977197125
Reviewed by Catherine Phelps for Reader Views (12/06)
My Lover the Rabbi, My Husband the Doctor: What more could a Jewish girl want?
Cheryl Grady Mercier and Ethel J. David
Booklocker.com (2006)
ISBN 9781601450357
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)
Conversations at the Nursing Home: A Mother, a Daughter, and Alzheimer’s
Deanna Shapiro
PRA Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0972770356
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)
Awakening with Mother Earth: Hearing Gaia Sing
Fran Moeller Gatins
Satolah Singularities LLC (2006)
ISBN 0978630807
Reviewed by Louise Bickley for Reader Views (12/06)
A Healing Heart: A Spiritual Renewal
Alberta Sequeira
Publish America, LLLP (2006)
ISBN 1424144582
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (12/06)
A Star is Found: Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies
Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins with Rachel Kranz
Harcourt (2006)
ISBN 0151012342
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (12/06)
Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story from His Family’s Perspective
Erik Greene
ISBN 1412064988
Trafford Publishing (2005)
Reviewed by Juanita Watson for Reader Views (12/06)
The Jew with an Iron Cross The Quander Quality: The True Story of a Black Trailblazing Diabetic
James W. Quander & Rohulamin Quander
Robert D. Reed (2006)
ISBN 1931741162X
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)
The Jew with an Iron Cross My Swim with the Sharks
Richard Taylor
PublishAmerica (2005)
ISBN 1413782698
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (12/06)
The Jew with an Iron Cross The Jew with the Iron Cross: A Record of Survival in WWII Russia
Georg Rauch
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 0595379877
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (12/06)
Victorious Life Victorious Life
Elizabeth Jamsa Gearheart with Victor Alzarez and Mary Cloud
Knowing Press (2006)
ISBN 093627593
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)
The Innkeeper Tales The Innkeeper Tales: Modern-Day Canterbury Tales to Entertain, Enlighten & Empower
John L Herman, Jr.
HSB Press (2007)
ISBN 9780979020407
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader View (12/06)

Novemberback to top

The Innkeeper Tales Saving Babylon: The Heart of an Army Interrogator in Iraq
Paul Holton
Perihelion Press (2005)
ISBN 1933434007
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (11/06)
Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor
Michael Kostroff
Allworth Press (2005)
ISBN 1581154410
Reviewed by Kelley Anderson for Reader Views (11/06)
Angels with Stethoscopes: A Surprising, Compelling Journey into the Heart and Work of an RN
Susi Franco
AuthorHouse (2006)
ISBN 1425949118
Reviewed by Marcy Burns for Reader Views (11/06)
Angels with Stethoscopes Portrait of Peninsula Woman
Trecia R Greene
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 9780595395705
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)
Portrait of a Peninsula Woman Remember To Laugh: Writing My Way around the World
Maggie Kilgore
Palari Publishing (2006)
ISBN 1928662374
Reviewed by Mary Greenwood for Reader Views (11/06)
Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means For All of Us
David Gibbs
Bethany House Publishers (2006)
ISBN 076420243X
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)
A Speck in God’s Eye
Lola (Bollom) Schroeder, William J. Bollom
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 0595379508
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (11/06)
Remind Me Why I’m Here: Sifting through Sudden Loss of Memory and Judgment
Diana Lund
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 0595383513
Reviewed by Cathy Yanda for Reader Views (11/06)
Aging Artfully: Profiles of 12 Visual and Performing Women Artists 85-105
Amy Gorman
PAL Publishing (2006)
ISBN 9780978519209
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)
Making a Priest in the ‘Fifties: Memoir of a Nervous Seminarian
James M. O’Brien, PhD
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 9780595408535
Reviewed by William E. Cooper for Reader Views (11/06)
A Magnificent Exchange: (Subara Shii Kokusai Koryu)
Stephanie Allen-Adams
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 0595376983
Reviewed by Kornelia Longoria for Reader Views (11/06)
Beyond These Walls: The True Story of a Lost Child's Journey to a Whole Life
Rachel Gunner & Hanna Gabriele
Argun Books (2006)
ISBN 0977769100
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (11/06)
Dark Journey, Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer’s Story of Faith
Roy Ratcliff with Lindy Adams
Leafwood Publishers (2006)
ISBN 0976779021
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (11/06)
Coyote Jack: Drawing Meaning from Life and Vietnam
Jack Lyndon Thomas
lyndonjacks publications (2006)
ISBN 0965984311
Reviewed by Marcelline ‘Marcy’ Burns for Reader Views (11/06)
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
Slavomir Rawicz
The Lyons Press (1997)
ISBN 1592289444
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (11/06)
Men Bleed Too
Thomas Brown
iUniverse, December 2005
ISBN 0595361870
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (11/06)

Octoberback to top

B.O.O.B.S.: A Bunch of Outrageous Breast-Cancer Survivors Tell their Stories of Courage and Hope
Ann Kempner Fisher
Cumberland House Publishing, Inc (2006)
ISBN 1581825234
Reviewed by Abbie G. Yandle for Reader Views (10/06)
Between Heaven and Ground Zero
Leslie Haskin
Bethany House Publications (2006)
ISBN 0764202863
Reviewed by William E. Cooper for Reader Views (10/06)
Dig Up My Gold
Arthur Birkby
Tate Publishing, LLC (2006)
ISBN 1598862480
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (10/06)
New-Age Renaissance Man
E. W. Bonadio
I Universe (2006)
ISBN 059539552X
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (10/06)
Johanna’s Journey
Rick McGrath
Matilija Press (2006)
ISBN 0977357619
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (10/06)
Muslim to Minister: My Journey to God
Reverend Patrice Turner
Write The Vision Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0972900861
Reviewed by Tammy Petty Conrad for Reader Views (10/06)
The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman’s Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend
Phoolan Devi with Marie-Therese Cuny and Paul Rambali
The Lyons Press (2003)
ISBN 101592286410
Reviewed by Mary Greenwood for Reader Views (8/06)
Show and Tell
Karen Vanderlaan
Publish American (2004)
ISBN 1413746373
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/06)
Reeling through Hollywood: How I Spent 40 Fabulous Years in Film and Never Made a Nickel
Dan Bessie
Blue Lupin Press (2006)
ISBN B000IEW4C0
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/06)
After Capone
Mars Eghigian, Jr.
Morgan James Publishing LLC (2006)
ISBN 1581824548
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (10/06)
Life. Be There at 10 ‘Til: A Collection of Homegrown Wisdoms
R. Dean Johnson
iUniverse Star (2005)
ISBN 0595271146
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/06)
The Color of Love
Gene Cheek
The Lyons Press (2006)
ISBN 9781592288984
Reviewed by Marcelline ‘Marcy’ Burns for Reader Views (10/06)

Septemberback to top

A Caribbean Tale
Rudy Gurley
Palimpsest Book Production Limited (2006)
ISBN 1427605351
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/06)
WMD Machete
Mark Plimsoll
Mark Plimsoll, LLC (2006)
ISBN 0976779544
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (9/06)
Scars of Silence: An Amazing Journey of Survival
Mary Ann Worsham
Bridgeway Books (2006)
ISBN 1933538627
Reviewed by RVreviewer for Reader Views (9/06)
Rainbow Over Hell
Tsuneyuki Mohri, translated by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Pacific Press (2006)
ISBN 0816321345
Reviewed by Vicki Landes for Reader Views (9/06)
This Voice in My Heart
Gilbert Tuhabonye with Gary Brozek
Amistad (2006)
ISBN 0060817518
Reviewed by Mary Simmons for Reader Views (9/06)
Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanist’s Exile from Eden
Gregory M. Levin
Floreant Press (2006)
ISBN 0964949768
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (9/06)
Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road: Humorous Views on Love, Lust, & Lawn Care
Diana Estill
Brown Books Publishing Group (2006)
ISBN 1933285419
Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (9/06)
Unclaimed Destiny: The Heart of a Champion
Rusty Rosenberger
Zumaya Publications (2003)
ISBN 1894942132
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/06)
Shar’s Story: A Mother and Daughter Reunited
Sharon Shaw Elrod
Word Wright International (2005)
ISBN 1932196722
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (9/06)

Augustback to top

Jack’s Life: The Life Story of C.S. Lewis
Douglas Gresham
Broadman & Holman Publishers (2005)
ISBN 0805432469
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06)
Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives: A Memoir Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don Larsen’s Perfect Game
Albert A. Bell, Jr.
Ingalls Publishing Group, Inc. (2006)
ISBN 1932158413
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06)
Got to Make It!
Jack Eadon
Eloquence Press (2004)
ISBN 0975330063
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (8/06)
Broken Greek
Adrianne Kalfopoulou
Plain View Press (2006)
ISBN 1891386565
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06)
Everybody Into The Pool
Beth Lisick
Regan Media (2006)
ISBN 0060834269
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (8/06)
Enjoying the Ride
Win Straube
SCI Corporation (2005)
ISBN 097770310X
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (8/06)
Miss New York Has Everything
Lori Jakiela
Warner Books (2006)
ISBN 044669553X
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (8/06)
From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
Jay Kopelman & Melinda Roth
The Lyons Press (2006)
ISBN 1592289800
Reviewed by RVreviewer for Reader Views (8/06)
Not Enough Tears
Dave Wright
Authorhouse (2004)
ISBN 1418436828
Reviewed by David Peters for Reader Views (8/06)
Northern Lights & Shadows: Sixteen Years in the Alaska Bush
Lee Basnar
Booklocker (2005)
ISBN 9781591137788
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views  (08/06)
The Rise and Fall of the Dillinger Gang
Jeffery S. King
Cumberland House Publishing (2005)
ISBN 1581824505
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (8/06)
The Last Boat Out: Memoirs of a Triumphant Vietnamese-American Family
Truong-Nhu Dinh and Tran Thi Truong Nga
GASLight Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0975479660
Reviewed by Kelley Anderson for Reader Views (8/06)
The King of the Sunset Strip: Hangin' With Mickey Cohen and the Hollywood Mob
Steve Stevens and Craig Lockwood
Cumberland House Publishing (2006)
ISBN 1581825072
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (8/06)
One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life In Pictures
Steve Cox and Jim Terry
Cumberland House Publishing (2006)
ISBN 9781581823639
Reviewed by Richard R Blake for Reader Views (8/06)

Julyback to top

The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told
Edited by Darren Brown
The Lyons Press (2002)
ISBN 1592284809
Reviewed by Rebecka Vigus for Reader Views (7/06)
Straight Up and Dirty
Stephanie Klein
HarperCollins Publishers (2006)
ISBN 0060843276
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (7/06)
Dating Amy
Amy DeZellar
Warner Books (2006)
ISBN 0446696544
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (07/06)
Success Envy Crash Reborn
Wong, JoySun
JoySun Productions International (2006)                 
ISBN 0615132006
Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (7/06)
I Can’t Hear God Anymore: Life in a Dallas Cult
Wendy J. Duncan
VM Life Resources LLC (2006)
ISBN 097766600X
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (7/06)

Juneback to top

A Wealth of Family
Thomas Brooks
Alpha Multimedia, Inc. (2006)
ISBN 0977462935
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (6/06)
Life’s a Joke: Tales of a College Basketball Vagabond
Jack Fertig
Back of the Room 
ISBN
Reviewed by Lisa and Chris Kisner for Reader Views (6/06)
Found Dogs
Elise Lufkin
The Lyons Press
ISBN  0592286151 
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (6/06)
Garlic Kisses: Human Struggles With Garlic Connections
Chester Aaron
Zumaya Publications (2003)
ISBN 1554100240
Reviewed by Sandra MacLean for Reader Views (6/06)
The Play of Light: Observations and Epiphanies in the Everyday World
Louis J. Mason
Cowley Publications (2006)
ISBN-10 1561012408
ISBN-13 9781561012404
Reviewed by Nina Larson for Reader Views (6/06)
Pearls of Wisdom: Surviving Against All Odds,Book One
Marie Davis and “Survivors”
A Better Be Write Publisher
ISBN 097677321X
Reviewed by Kornelia Longoria for Reader Views (6/06)
Reinventing Myself, Memoirs of a Retired Professor
Marlys Marshall Styne
Infinity Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0741432080
Reviewed by Marcelline Burns for Reader Views (6/06)
Black Chameleon Memoirs
Montez DeCarlo
Aventine Press (2006)
ISBN 1593303424
Reviewed by Danielle Feliciano for Reader Views (6/06)
Tears and Tales
Russell A. Vassallo
Krazy Duck Publications (2006)
ISBN  0977673901
Reviewed by  Joanne Benham for Reader Views (6/06)
Pearls of Wisdom: Surviving Against All Odds, Book Two
Doris Smeltzer
Gurze Books (2006)
ISBN 0936077017
Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (6/06)
Andrea’s Voice
Doris Smeltzer
Gurze Books (2006)
ISBN 0936077017
Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (6/06)
Saving Samantha
Samantha C. Weaver
Hay House (2006)
ISBN 1401910300
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (6/06)
A This Is My Damn Adventure
Patti Jo Ruskin
Nightengale Press (2005)
ISBN 1933449004
Reviewed by Kornelia Longoria for Reader Views (6/06)
A Boy From Lawrence: The collected Writings of Eugene. F. Connolly
Sally A. Connolly, editor
Sally A. Connolly; 2nd edition (2006)
ISBN 0977265315
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (6/06)
The Bridge Is Love
Cheron Joy Mayhall
Trafford Publishing (2006)
ISBN 1412063280
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (6/06)

Mayback to top

English Girl, German Boy: World War II From Both Sides
Tessa and Martin Borner
Hilary Borner (2005)
ISBN 0973892609
Reviewed by Lisa Kisner for Reader Views (5/06)
Revolutionary Heart: The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women’s Rights
Diane Eickhoff
Quindaro Press (2006)
ISBN 0976443449
Reviewed by Mary Nyland for Reader Views (5/06)
Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust - A Mother/Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
Fern Schumer Chapman
Penguin Books (2001)
ISBN 0140286233
Reviewed by Kim Peterson for Reader Views (5/06)
Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga
Richard J. Maturi
21st Century Publishers (2004)
ISBN 0960729852
Reviewed by Kim Peterson for Reader Views (5/06)
Spilled Gravy: Advice on Love, Life and Acceptance from a Man Uniquely Unqualified to Give It
Ed Driscoll
Hazelden (2006)
ISBN 1592853536
Reviewed by Lorraine Robins for Reader Views (5/06)
Giving Up Stealing . . . for Lent!
Charles Madden
Requiem Press (2006)
ISBN 0975854291
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (5/06)
Growing Up Pentecostal
J. Stephen Conn
Xulon Press (2006)
ISBN 1600340857
Reviewed by Tammy Petty Conrad for Reader Views (5/06)
Merry on Little Things
Amit Banerjea
Author House (2004)
ISBN 1410798216
Reviewed by Linda Benninghoff for Reader Views (5/06)

Aprilback to top

Live Well: The Letters of Sigrid Gjeldaker Lillehaugen
Kristie Nelson-Neuhaus, Theresse Lundby, Ann Nordland Wallace, Sigrid Gjeldaker Lillenhaugen
Syren Book Company (2004)
ISBN 0929636309
Reviewed by Lynn Downs for Reader Views (4/06)
Not About Money: The Decline of Morality
Ellen Marie Blend
Image Ink Publications (2005)
ISBN 1929219059
Reviewed by Ana Rubio for Reader Views (4/06)
The Japan Journals: 1947-2004
Donald Richie, Edited by Leza Lowitz
Stone Bridge Press (2005)
ISBN 1880656973
Reviewed by Rhiannon Kelly Fionn for Reader Views (4/06)

Marchback to top

For Sarah
Annie Harmon
PublishAmerica (2005)
ISBN 141377010X
Reviewed by Ana Rubio for Reader Views (3/06)
Kipling's Error III: They Were Good Americans
Brooks Mitchell
21st Century Publishers (2006)
ISBN 0960729860
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/06)
The Revelation of a Star's Endless Shine: A Young Woman's Autobiography of a 20-Year Tale of Trials & Tribulations
Shirley Cheng
Lulu Press (2005)
ISBN 1411618602
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (3/06)
Secret Girl
Molly Bruce Jacobs
St. Martin's Press (2006)
ISBN 0312320949
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (3/06)
Storm Tossed: How a U.S. Serviceman Won the Battle of Sex Addiction
Jake Porter
Cladach Publishing (2006)
ISBN 097596190X
Reviewed by Erich Birch for Reader Views (3/06)
House by the Side of the Road: Stories of 20th Century Farm Life Beside Illinois' Lincoln Highway
Mrs. L. A. Abbott
Pines Publishing (2005)
ISBN 0976682001
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (3/06)
31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park
Larry K. & Lorna Collins
iUniverse Inc. (2005)
ISBN 0595345840
Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (3/06)

Februaryback to top

The Immigrant's Daughter
Mary Terzian
Booklocker (2005)
ISBN 159113773X
Reviewed by Danielle Feliciano for Reader Views (2/06)
The Journey of the Lost Boys
Joan Hecht
Allswell Press (2005)
ISBN 0976387506
Reviewed by Geri Edens for Reader Views (2/06)
My Tour In Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma
David W. Powell
Modern History Press, an imprint of Loving Healing Press (2006)
ISBN 1932690220
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (5/06)
Eddie Elias: PBA Founder, Merchandised Sports, Corporate, TV Worlds
Jane Richardson
Thistle Publishing (2006)
ISBN 187940317X
Reviewed by Cherie Burbach for Reader Views (2/06)

Januaryback to top

Glory Days and Tragedy
Therold Prudent
American Book Publishing (2005)
ISBN 158982203X
Reviewed by Danielle Feliciano for Reader Views (1/06)
Lost Year of My Life
Barbara S. Cleaton
AuthorHouse 2004
ISBN 1418481025
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (1/06)