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Notes 2009  Archives

 

Sept. 1:

 

On Crime...The Tail...

"The S.O squad avoided detection because the lead car of the five-car surveillance caravan was always changing. Anytime Gotti's car turned in a different direction, the "point" car closest behind kept going straight ahead. The second car then moved to the point while the first eventually doubled back to become the fifth. In this way, the squad could follow someone all day without any single car arousing particular suspicion."

...Gotti: Rise And Fall by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain (Onyx/NAL True Crime)
 

 

Aug. 30:

 

Writers On Writing...

Truman Capote
In Cold Blood...

"It took me five years to write In Cold Blood and a year to recover--if recovery is the word."
 

 

 

Aug. 27:

 

Writers At Work...

Sefi Atta
wrote News From Home...

"I became a writer because I had stories to tell. I did an M.F.A. at Antioch University in 2001 and worked on radio plays, short stories, and also worked on my first novel. My experience has been very old-school, publishing story by story, some in Africa, though mostly here, in contests."
 

 

Aug. 25:

 

Writers At Work...

Brenda Jackson
wrote Sensual Confessions...

"Every morning I rose at 3 a.m. and wrote until it was time to go to work. Then I'd come home and write after work. I never missed a deadline."
 

 

Aug. 23:

 

My Favorite Writers...

Ayn Rand
wrote The Fountainhead...

ARISTOTLE
 

 

Aug. 20:

 

Writers At Work...

Raymond Chandler
wrote The Big Sleep.

"Philip Marlowe does not and could not exist."
 

 

 

 

Aug. 18:

 

"Those who despise him as a drunken bum, now despise him as a rich, drunken bum."

...The American Book Review on Charles Bukowski...
 

 

Aug. 16:

 

On Crime...

The power succession of the New York City mob passed from Lucky Luciano to Albert Anastasia to Carlo Gambino to Paul Castellano and then was taken by force by John Gotti.
 


 

Aug. 13:

 

Writers At Work...

Andre Dubus
wrote In The Bedroom...

"When I write in first person, I tend to be wordy. My first-person narrators tend to tell everything."
 

 

Aug. 11:

 

Writers On Writing...

Dr. Alice W. Flaherty
wrote The Midnight Disease...

"A surprising proportion of writers are manic-depressive."
 

 

 

 

Aug. 9:

 

Writers At Work...

Nora Roberts
wrote The Search...

"I don't plot. I don't sit down and plot a book. It sort of unreels as I write."
 

 

Aug. 6:

 

Writers On Writing...

William Maxwell
wrote They Came Like Swallows...

"Many people become writers because of their love of reading."


 

Aug. 4:

 

Writers At Work...

Norman Mailer
wrote The Armies Of The Night...

"In practice I prefer to draw a character from someone I hardly know."
 

 

Aug. 2:

 

Writers On Writing...

Truman Capote
wrote In Cold Blood...

"We must be on guard against that feverish state called inspiration, which is often a matter of nerves rather muscle. Everything should be done coldy, with poise."
 

 

July 30:

 

Writers At Work...

Tom Wolfe
wrote The Right Stuff...

"I find that what I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired."
 

 

 

July 28:

 

Writers At Work...

E.L. Doctorow
wrote Ragtime...

"I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts."
 

 

July 26:

 

Writers On Writing...

W. Someset Maugham
wrote Of Human Bondage...

"I have never met an author who admitted that people did not like his book because it was dull."
 

 

 

July 23:

 

Writers On Writing...

Dorothea Brande
wrote Becoming A Writer...

"Reports of author writing habits are so at variance with each other that it is no wonder the young writer sometimes feels that his elders are all engaged in a conspiracy to delude and mislead him as to the actual process of literature."
 

July 21:

 

Writers At Work...

Gustave Flaubert
wrote Madame Bovary...

"I have just spent a good week, alone like a hermit, and as calm as a god. I abandoned myself to a frenzy of literature; I got up at midday. I went to bed at four in the morning...I smoked fifteen pipes in a day; I have written eight pages."
 

July 19:

 

Writers On Writing...

Jonathan Franzen
wrote The Corrections...

"If writing could be reduced to a formula or algorithm, everyone would do it."
 

July 16:

 

WEASAL WORDS...unforced errors...

As a an executive, President Barack Obama has little tolerance for what he calls "unforced errors," mistakes that are entirely preventable."
 

 

July 14:

 

THE BIG INCH...

Oil pipeline could carry three hundred barrels thousand of oil per day from Texas to New York...greatly lessening the need to move oil by tanker from the Gulf to the Northeast. It was completed on July 19, 1943.
 

July 12:

 

Writers On Writing...

Ernst Hemingway
wrote A Moveable Feast...

"But the best writing is certainly when you are in love. If it is all the same to you, I would rather not expound on that."
 

 

July 9:

 

My Favorite Writers...

Ernest Hemingway
wrote The Old Man And The Sea...
 

Favorite Writer: Mark Twain

 

 

 

 

July 7:

 

THE GERMAN ENIGMA MACHINES...

The code was cracked by the famous Bletchley Park cryptographers initially in December 1942. Breaking the code was facilitated when the British captured U110 and recovered an Enigma machine in May 1941."
 

 

July 2:

 

Writers on Writing...

Ernest Hemingway
wrote Islands In The Stream...

"Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out."

 

 

June 30:

 

Leslie Howard had hoped to play Lawrence of Arabia in 1937 for Alexander Korda.

 

June 28:

 

Margaret Mitchell (Peggy Marsh) found the title "Gone With The Wind" from nineteenth-century British poet Ernest Dowson.
 

 

June 25:

 

Writer On Writing...

Paul Gallico
wrote Mrs. 'Arris Goes To Paris...

"I'm a rotten novelist. I'm not even literary."
 

 

June 23:

 

Writers On Writing...

Romaine Gary
wrote The Roots Of Heaven...

"Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality."
 

 

 

 

June 21:

 

Writers On Writing...

Rebecca Rosen
wrote Spirited...

"I wrote this book because while helping people is a sweet reward, helping people help themselves is the greater accomplishment."
 

 

June 18:

 

Ethics In Journalism...

"In this book, I have tried as much as possible to identify all of my sources. I thought it especially important to do so because in this story the sources--including their motivations, backgrounds and connections--are as much a part of the saga as almost any other detail. But at the end of the day, I am bound by the ethics of my craft. The caller who tipped me off to the Lewinsky-Tripp sting continues to insist on anonymity: "I don't exist," the caller has said. Therefore, I can report only this: I got the phone call. The person who made it doesn't exist."

.....Michael Isikoff
...Uncovering Clinton...A Reporter's Story...see Notes, Chapter 17.
 

 

June 16:

 

THE SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY LITERARY FESTIVAL...
 
Paris France  6/18-20...
 

 

 

June 14:

 

THE NATION MAGAZINE'S 13th annual seminar cruise to Bermuda...
 
9/26 to 10/3...loads of special guests!
 

 

 

June 11:

 

Writers On Writing...

Blaise Pascal
wrote Pensees...

"The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first."
 

 

 

June 9:

 

Writers On Writing...

James Joyce
wrote Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man...

"The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works."

 

 

June 7:

 

Writers At Work...

Charles Dickens
wrote A Tale Of Two Cities...

"All the time I was at work on the Two Cities, I read no books but such as had the air of time in them."
 

 

June 4:

 

Writers At Work...

Nicholas Baker
wrote Human Smoke...

"I was in the middle of writing another book that was partly about WWII, and I realized I didn't understand how it all began. So I started a very straightforward effort of self-education, and then it grew into something else, which I guess is an attempt to suffer through how something so horrible can happen."
 

 

June 2:

 

The National Security Group on Afghanistan and Pakistan..

"From the very first meeting, everyone started with set opinions. And no opinion was the same by the end of the process."

...Gen. James L. Jones,
the President's national security adviser...

 

 

May 30:

 

My Favorite Writers...

Joe R. Lansdale
wrote The Best Of Joe R. Lansdale...

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ray Burroughs
Robert Bloch
Mark Twain
Flannery O'Connor
Jack London
 

 

May 28:

 

Writers On Writing...

Randy Wayne White
wrote Dark Shadow...

"Be relentless."
 

 

May 26:

 

My Favorite Writer...

Alex Taylor
wrote The Name Of The Nearest River...

"Cormac McCarthy is the saint I pray to."
 

 

 

 

May 24:

 

Writers At Work...

Jesse Kellerman
wrote The Executor...

"Five people read my work before its ready for publication, and I solicit opinions from all of them: my wife, my agent, my editor, and my parents."
 

 

May 21:

 

"Clark Gable had the odd combination of a child's eyes and a man's body."

...Screenwriter John Lee Mahin on Gable's breakthrough film, Irving Thalberg's Red Dust. Casting changed from Greta Garbo & John Gilbert to Jean Harlow/Gable...
 

 

May 19:

 

Norman Mailer on William Burroughs...

"The only living American writer who may conceivably be possessed of genius."
 

May 17:

 

Writers At Work...

Anne Rice
wrote Interview With The Vampire...


"But concrete nouns and action verbs actually underpin all my writing."
 

 

 

 

April 30:

 

My Favorite Books...

Anne Rice
wrote Called Out Of Darkness...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
JANE EYRE
RED CAPS AND LILLIES
THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS
THE STRANGER
THE PLAGUE
JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
THE PRIORITY OF JOHN
WOMEN AND THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
 

 

April 28:

 

My Favorite Books...

Bruce Jay Friedman
wrote Reflections On A Decadent Past...

THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS
THE HARDY BOYS (series)
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
NINE STORIES
CANDIDE
THE SUN ALSO RISES
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
OF TIME AND THE RIVER
HANDFUL OF DUST
THE STRANGER
DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME
THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK
 

 

April 26:

 

My Favorite Books...

Penelope Fitzgerald
wrote The Knox Brothers...

THE NEW TESTAMENT (authorized version)
FATHERS AND SONS
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
 

 

April 23:

 

My Favorite Books...

Stanley Fish
wrote Political Correctness...

THE READER IS WARNED
A BLUNT INSTRUMENT
LEVIATHAN
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

 

April 21:

 

My Favorite Books...

Anne Fadiman
wrote Ex Libris: Confessions Of A Common Reader...

CRITICISM: THE MAJOR TEXTS
ASSORTED PROSE: JOHN UPDIKE
THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
 

April 19:

 

Journalistic credo practiced by Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow and Gordon Kent Shearer...

..."Get it first, but get it right."
 

 

April 16:

 

Writers On Writing...

Robert Crais
wrote the Elvis Cole series...

"As a writer, what I want to do is touch other human beings. Just because Joe moves through a black-and-white world doesn't mean he's a simplistic character."
 

 

April 14:

 

Writers On Writing...

Rory Freedman
wrote Skinny Bitch...

"I hate writing. There are a million other things I'd rather be doing. I write because I have to. Because if I feel so strongly about what is happening to animals, and I don't do anything to help them, who will."
 

 

April 12:

 

The Sixth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature...
 
April 26-May 2, 2010...
 

 

 

April 9:

 

Writers On Writing...

James M. Cain
wrote The Postman Always Rings Twice...

"They have some quality of the opening of a forbidden box, and it is this, rather than violence or sex...that gives them their drive."
 

 

April 7:

 

Norman Mailer on William Burroughs...

"The only living American writer who may conceivably be possessed of genius."
 

 

April 5:

 

On Charles Bukowski...

...Hank: "I'm a genius and nobody knows it but me!

...Jane: Shit! You're a fucking asshole."
 

 

April 2:

 

Elia Kazan's favorite Anatolian dish was minced lamb over puree of eggplant.
 

 

March 31:

 

I consider myself rigorously moral--moral enough, in fact, to admit this: There is one thing I've lied about consistently, and that is my relationships to women out of wedlock. I have again and again lied to my wives about this. I don't know how else to handle this problem, and I don't thing you or anyone slse does."

...Elia Kazan
...A Life
 

 

March 29:

 

My Favorite Books...

David Carradine
wrote The Kill Bill Diary...

IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
ACTING: THE FIRST SIX LESSONS
 

March 26:

 

Writers At Work...

Jerzy Kosinski
wrote Being There...

"I always start a novel by writing its first page and its last page, which seem to survive almost intact through all the following drafts and changes."
 

 

March 24:

 

Writers At Work...

Margaret Atwood
wrote A Visit...

"When I have finished a novel, I am usually exhausted. I have exhausted my fiction energy, and there comes a period during which I don't write much."
 

 

March 22:

 

My Favorite Books...

Joseph Epstein
wrote Life Sentences...

AND EVEN NOW

 

 

 

 

March 19:

 

Writers At Work...

Patricia Highsmith
wrote Strangers On A Train...

"When I am thickening my plots, I like to think 'What if...What if...'"
 

 

March 17:

 

Writers On Writing...

E.L. Doctorow
wrote Ragtime...

"There is no longer any such thing as fiction or non-fiction; there's only narrative."
 

 

 

March 15:

 

Writers At Work...

Primo Levi
wrote If Not Now, When?

"I cherished the ambition to be the first (perhaps the only) Italian writer to describe the Yiddish world."
 

March 12:

 

Writers On Writing...

Jess Walter
wrote The Zero...

Often the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it."
 

 

March 10:

 

My Favorite Books...

Roy Blount, Jr.
wrote Crackers...

AT SWIM-TWO BIRDS
THE DEAD FATHER
UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS
THE BENCHEY ROUNDUP
UNDERSTANDING POETRY
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
PORTNOY"S COMPLAINT
I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES
LAKE WOBEGON DAYS
 

 

March 8:

 

Writers At Work...

Elfriede Jelinek
wrote The Piano Teacher...

"I strike hard so nothing can grow where my characters have been."
 


 

March 5:

 

My favorite actor was Fresnay...

...Alec Guiness...
 

 

March 3:

 

 Writers At Work...

Marcia Muller
wrote Edwin Of The Iron Shoes...

"Everything I wrote from age 12 on had a criminal element to it."
 

 

March 1:

 

Writers On Writing...

Dennis Lehane
wrote Boston Noir...

""The Friends Of Eddie Coyle" by George V, Higgins. It's the game changer because of the authenic dialogue and the sense that this was how the criminal underworld really worked, stripped of all romantic or heroic cliches."

 

Feb. 26:

 

PULPS...Modern science fiction was created in the 1940's and 50's, when the short story, published in monthly magazines known as pulps, for the poor quality of their paper."

 

Feb. 24:

 

Writers On Writing...

Raymond Chandler
wrote The Thin Man...

"When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns..."
 

 

 

 

Feb. 22:

 

Writers At Work...

Carolyn Hart
wrote Dare To Die...

"Every time I write or read a mystery, I am buoyed by my belief that, indeed, truth will set me free, and that there is a special place readers and I can go, hand in hand, where goodness will be celebrated."
 

 

Feb. 19:

 

My Favorite Books...

Alec Guinness
wrote My Name Escapes Me...

THE GOSSIPS
COUSIN HENRY
FACING NATURE
UMBRELLA
Montaigne's ESSAYS
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL LORD COCHRANE
WOMEN IN THE BACKGROUND
REVELATIONS OF A DIVINE LOVE
IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILLIES
DAVID COPPERFIELD
NAPLES 44
 

 

Feb. 17:

 

Writers At Work...

Jon Katz
wrote Running To The Mountains...

"I write these books because I am open to the ways in which animals challenge and transform us. And I know that when I take up fiction and children's books, the change is about me, not the dogs."
 

 

Feb. 15:

 

Writers At Work...

Zane
wrote Addicted...

"I never choose to write erotica; erotica chose me. I wrote a few stories; posted them on the Internet and realzed their was a niche market that was not being met in the African-American community."
 

 

Feb. 12:

 

Writers At Work...

Frank Bruni
wrote The Secret History Of A Full-Time Eater...

"I've read a lot of gauzy and romantic food-related memoirs. You get this image of someone falling dreamily into a pile of fresh arugula. It occurred to me that, for the most part, people's relationships to food were much more difficult, were more like mine. I felt that I had'nt encountered my story anywhere."
 

Feb. 10:

 

My Favorite Books...

Dennis Lehane
wrote Boston Noir...

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

 

Feb. 8:

 

Writers At Work:

Donald Spoto
wrote High Society: The Life Of Grace Kelly...

"I have to be strongly attracted to someone's life and/or achievments before the notion of undertaking a biography ever occurs to me, Research is a painstaking part of the process: into the hopper go interviews; archival study of public, personal and professional and professional papers, documents and correspondence; and very wide reading about the subject and the subject's times."
 

 

Feb. 5:

 

Adolph Hitler's special train was code named "Amerika".
 

 

Feb. 3:


Writers On Writing...

Gary Giddins
wrote Bing Crosby: A Pocketful Of Dreams...

"I decided to be a writer when I was eight, after reading a children's biography of Louis Pasteur that triggered an epiphany about life and language."
 

Feb. 1:

 

The sportswriter, Grantland Rice, penned these monikers...

THE GALLOPING GHOST...Red Grange
THE FOUR HORSEMEN...Notre Dame backfield
THE BIG TRAIN...Walter Johnson
 

 

Jan. 29:

 

Jim Agnew On Film...

.
..Highly recommended...Al Pacino's personally produced DVD set...Chinese Coffee: Babbleonia: The Local Stigmatic: & Looking for Richard.
 

Jan. 27:

 

My Favorite Books...

Clarence Darrow
wrote Farmington...

THE RUBAIYAT
LAST POEMS
A SHROPSHIRE LAD
THE BOOK OF LOVE
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
THE WASTELAND
 

Jan. 25:

 

My Favorite Books...

John Bartlow Martin
wrote It Seems Like Only Yesterday...

42nd PARALLEL
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL
THE SUN ALSO RISES
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
TROUBLE SHOOTER
ONLY YESTERDAY
HOWARD"S END
THE SCARLETT LETTER
MOBY DICK
OF HUMAN BONDAGE
THE TRAGIC ERA
MADAME BOVARY
 

Jan. 22:

 

Writers On Writing...

Italo Calvino
wrote The Path To The Nest Of Spiders...

"Your first book already defines you..."
 

 

Jan. 20:

 

Writers At Work...

William Somerset Maugham
wrote The Razor's Edge...

"...If I call it novel it is only because I don't know what else to call it. I have little story to tell and I end neither with a death nor a marriage."

 

 

Jan. 18:

 

Writers At Work...

P.G. Wodehouse
wrote Thank You, Jeeves...

"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
 

 

Jan. 15:

 

Writers On Writing...

Katherine Mansfield
wrote The Garden Party...

"I'm a writer first and a woman after."
 

 

Jan. 13:

 

Writers On Writing...

Henry Miller
wrote Tropic Of Capricorn...

"I was a philosopher when still in swaddling clothes."
 

 

 

 

Jan. 11:

 

My Favorite Books...

Simone de Beauvoir
wrote The Second Sex...

THE DAYS OF OUR DEATH
THE OTHER KINGDOM
THE SPANISH TESTAMENT
DARKNESS AT NOON
NATION AND FAMILY
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA
BLACK BOY
PETER IBBETSON
THE KINSEY REPORT
THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA
THE RED AND THE BLACK
 

 

Jan. 8:

 

Writers On Writing...

Edna O'Brien
wrote Girl With Green Eyes...

"They used to ban my books, but now when I go there, (Irish) people are courteous to my face, though rather slanderous behind my back."
 

 

Jan. 6:

 

Writers On Writing...

Elfriede Jelinek
wrote The Piano Teacher...

"I strike hard so nothing can grow where my characters have been."
 

 

 

Jan. 4:

 

Writers At Work...

Primo Levi
wrote If Not Now, When?

"I cherished the ambition to be the first (perhaps the only) Italian writer to describe the Yiddish world."
 

 

 Jim's Pick...Best Book Of 2009...
 
  The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With The President by Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster)

Taylor Branch was given limited access to the President of the United States (POTUS) on a regular basis for years. Whenever POTUS had a doughnut hole in his schedule...on went the duel tape-recorders. Usually very late in the evening in POTUS's private residence in the White House.

Branch would have his agenda of topics ready and Clinton would start talking. Family interruptions, phone calls, are also noted for the record.

This went on for years!

Clinton wanted a living, historical record not subject to subpeona and he got his wish.

This treasure of a book just moves right along. History, scandal, family are all interposed with each other.

Clinton's terms in office got hit early with the special prosecutors on his tail from Whitewater to Monica Lewinsky. The POTUS got through all these major hits and is now a most honored man.

This book is a great read by a great historian. To be read by all!
 

More of Jims mail:

 

Thanks so much for the review….and for sending the e-mail. Need to keep track of this….and this e-mail really, really helps. More books/DVDs are coming your way.
Regards,  Barbara Langley, National Publicist YMAA Publication Center, Inc. N.H. Baguazhang  by Dr. Yang (YMAA) Baguazhang: Theory and Applications
 

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you very much for the good news. I really appreciate the positive feedback! All the best, Kurt Niece kurtniece.blogspot.com The Breath Of Rapture by Kurt Niece (Eloquent Books) The Breath of Rapture

 

Thanks for picking my book, When a Man You Love Was Abused for August 10. I greatly appreciate it. Cecil Murphey When A Man You Love Was Abused by Cecil Murphey (Kregel Publications) When a Man You Love Was Abused: A Woman's Guide to Helping Him Overcome Childhood Sexual Molestation

 

Dear Jim,
Thanks for posting Pawns of Deception as today’s pick! I enjoyed your website!
 W. Lee Griggs
 Pawns Of Deception by Beverly Pinske (Book Surge Publishing) Pawns of Deception

 

Hi, Jim –
Thanks again for today’s Daily Book Pick! How nice to have that happen on the book’s “official” release date!
Just a quick head’s up that I’m sending another new thriller to you for consideration: The Ovary Wars by Mike Hogan. Thanks in advance for considering this one! Maryglenn McCombs

 

Hi, Jim –
I sure appreciate the pick!
Maryglenn

Jack Bruce by Harry Shapiro (Jawbone Press) Jack Bruce Composing Himself: The Authorized Biography (Book)

 

Thank you for selecting New Dawn as one of your daily book picks on July 15. I appreciate your support.
Regards, Richard. New Dawn by Richard Lowry (Savas Beatie) New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah

 

Thanks so much for the heads up!  A Sudden Dawn is a terrific book.  AND I just want you to know you are on my “always send to” list.  So keep looking for our new DVDs and books! Barbara Langley, National Publicist
YMAA Publication Center, Inc.

A Sudden Dawn by Goran Powell (YMAA Publications) A Sudden Dawn

 

 

Thanks so much, Jim!  It was fun to check out your site.  Best Cherie Kimmons Potluck Queen www.potluckqueen.com

Potluck Survival Guide by Cherie Kimmons (Five Star Publications) Potluck Survival Guide: Care & Feeding of the Athletic Supporter

 

 

Jim,
Thank you for your kindness and continuing to support Five Star authors. Best, ~Linda Green Pieces by Drew Aquilina (Five Star Publicaions) Green Pieces: Green From the Pond Up - A Cartoon Collection

 

Thank you, Jim! Great coverage.
Camille March
Black Dog & Leventhal  The House At Royal Oak by Carol Eron Rizzoli (Black Dog & Leventhal) The House at Royal Oak: Starting Over & Rebuilding a Life One Room at a Time

 

Thanks, Jim!
Have a great 4th of July!
Maryglenn 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things .... Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die) by Jon Weisman  (Triumph Books) 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things .... Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die)

 

For those without a kindle, it would help to add the link for ordering the hard copy  http://susanrosenthal.com/sick-and-sicker Thank you Susan Rosenthal author  Sick and Sicker: Essays on Class, Health and Health Care

 

Thanks very much for this. Let me know if you’re able to do a full review or would like an author interview.
Sheryl Abbey The Toby Press The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner (Toby Press) The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you so much! The book looks great. We recently received a fax from you asking for our design backlist. Is there a particular field of design and or type of design book you have in mind? Thanks! Sara
Art Of Compromise by Wendy Richmond (Allworth Press) Art Without Compromise

 

Thanks, Jim -- we are thrilled that you liked Point, Click & Save enough to make it a daily pick!
(We do love this book ourselves.)
Many, many thanks! John B. Bryans
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Information Today, Inc. Point, Click, And Save by Rachel Singer Gordon (Information Today) Point, Click, and Save: Mashup Mom's Guide to Saving and Making Money Online

 

Thanks, Jim! Hope you have a great day!
Maryglenn Justice In June by Barbara Levenson (Oceanview Publishing) Justice in June
 

 

You’re wonderful!!!! Thanks, Jim, for picking our Architecture of Leadership book! The Architecture Of Leadership by Donald T. Phillips (Naval Institute Press Books) Architecture of Leadership~Judy
Judy Heise, Publicist
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS

 

Jim,
Thank you adding information about Purple Dragonfly Book Awards on your site. We greatly appreciate your support.
Best,~Linda

www.fivestarpublications.com

 

 

Thanks again Jim!  I love seeing our books on your daily picks lists!
Rania Haditirto Graetz
Managing Editor
The Permanent Press
4170 Noyac Road
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
phone: (631) 725-1101/ fax: (631) 725-8215 Small Kingdoms (The Permanent Press) Small Kingdoms

www.thepermanentpress.com
http://thecockeyedpessimist.com/

 

 

Many thanks for doing this Jim. I'm sorry to have lost touch with you, but it us nice to see that you have a great new literary gig going. Your site looks terrific and I will bookmark it.
I'm very busy - I have two new books coming out in the Spring - one of them about two 19th Century serial killers Belle Gunness and Johann Hoch. I'm still looking for an agent and trying to connect with a New York house. It ain't easy.
Thanks again and cheers! Lindberg

 

 

Hello Jim,
Your selection of my book on your 3/31 daily picks made my week (at least!). Thank you so much, you can't imagine how honored I am. And how happily surprised I was! Not to mention that I'll bet we all wish we could have such an adorable Avatar as yours at the top of every page to represent us! With gratitude and warm regards,
Christine Ranck (Ignite the Genius Within) Ignite The Genius Within by Dr. Christine Ranck (Plume/Penguin) Ignite the Genius Within: Discover Your Full Potential

 

Hi Jim-
It is always a pleasure working with you. Thank you for your contribution to the Literary World.
Warmest regards,
Sara Sgarlat
SGARLAT PUBLICITY  P.O. Box 4204, Charlottesville, VA 22905
Telephone: 434-245-2272
Email: SgarlatPublicity@comcast.net

 

Jim: Really like your Web site. Easy to get around. Hey! I've got some really hot, interesting authors that you might want to interview. Lawrence Kane-Little Black Book of Violence; Rory Miller, Meditations
on Violence, AND brand new A Sudden Dawn by Goran Powell--martial arts fiction--comprable to James Clavell's Shogun.Get back to me and Enjoy your much needed vacation!Regards, Barbara Langley, YMAA Publication Center

 

Jim,
Thanks so much for your interest in our books. It is nice to have people like you supporting book publishing for we love what we are doing. Carole Kitchel Bellew Managing Director Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc http://www.bunkerhillpublishing.com

 

 

Thanks! I guess you liked it. I sent it for your reading enjoyment on a bad day. The average age of the writer's group must be 70. Opal is 92, Di Bonafide is over 80, Queen Jane is 80, Princess Francine must be close to 80 and Nondice is 76. You should have seen them reading their parts with gusto. We had a ball with this.
I'm 46,000 words into Hammer Spade and the Four Horsemen. I'm 3/5ths finished. It will be the longest Hammer Spade book so far. The Meister King by E.B. Alstom (Righter Books) The Meister King of Burnt Orange

 

Hi Jim
Review copy of our new release Wisdom of Stability Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove on the way. Thanks for your listing of End of Suffering. Blessings , S. Madeleine (paracletepress)  The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
 

 

Dear Jim,
I can't tell you how honored I feel to have "A Year of Cats and Dogs" included in a pick list along with Bonnie Jo Campbell and the Elvis photos of Alfred Wertheimer. Esteemed company indeed! Thank you. Best, Margaret Hawkins  A Year Of Cats And Dogs by Margaret Hawkins (Permanent Press) A Year of Cats and Dogs

 

Thanks Jim! The book looks great.
Sara Hendricksen
Publicity & Marketing Associate
Allworth Press The Business Of Being An Artist:4th Ed. by Daniel Grant (Allworth Press) The Business of Being an Artist

 

Hello Jim,
Thanks for posting this. I will definitely continue to send you books. But just out of curiosity. How did you hear about our book?
Thanks, Rania Haditirto Graetz
Managing Editor The Permanent Press  A Year Of Cats And Dogs by Margaret Hawkins (Permanent Press) A Year of Cats and Dogs

 

Thanks Jim, you always brighten my day (and today is rather rainy and dreary here in NYC!) best, Meryl 

Tatoo by Manuel Vazquez Montalban (Serpent's Tail) Tattoo: A Pepe Carvalho Mystery (Pepe Carvalho Mysteries)

 

Hi Jim --
Thanks very much. Very glad you like the Conspiracy series.
All best, Susan

Conspiracy 365 (Kane Miller Publishers) Conspiracy 365 February

 

Hi Jim --
Thanks for the recommendation of Jane Yolen's book, Foiled. Here's a current
list of what you should have. Was hoping you might have a particular look at the
the Virginia Hamilton book, the Conspiracy 365 books, Gold Dragon Codex and Runaway Storm, which are all out now. Coming next month are Girl in the Know,
Watch this Space and Noodle Pie.
Will look forward to seeing what's a fit. Susan Foiled

 

 

Thanks Jim. I tweeted it. J
Shelly Rosen  

The Miracle Of Trust (Sounds True) The Miracle of Trust: Overcoming the One Obstacle to Love's Infinite Presence

 

Jim,
Thanks for posting The Kingdom of America What's so scary is what I predicted to occur by 2020 in the book is already happening. We're ahead of my projections. It's a bad time to be right. Incidentally, The Rachel in the beginning of this book is the main character in my romantic comedy, The Deal of a Lifetime, and one of the characters in Hammer Spade and the Ring of Fire where the Delphic Oracle predicts her future as depicted in The Kingdom of America. Gene Alston  The Kingdom Of America by E.B. Alston (www.righterbooks.com) The Kingdom of America

 

Thank you, Jim, a ton!!!
Really, really appreciate it.
Best to you always,
Lauron Sonnier
Author, Think Like a Marketer

Think Like A Marketer by Lauron Sonnier

(www.sonniermarketing.com) Think Like a Marketer: What It Really Takes to Stand Out from the Crowd, the Clutter, and the Competition

 

 

Great!! Thanks again Jim!
All best,
Abby

 

 

 

 

Jim,
Thank you for posting my client’s book, Vault of Secrets (Hawk MacKinney).
I will be sending you my own new release, Just Like Family, this week.  As more of my clients’ books are published, I will be sure to let you know. My best, Barbara Casey
Barbara Casey Literary Agency

 

 

Thanks for posting our book announcement!
Mary/Paul/Aileen/Tiffany – See http://www.jimagnew.net/events.htm
Mindy

 

Thanks Jim, I appreciate the plug!
Wishing you the best. Andy

 

 

 

Great! Thank you so much for your support--we appreciate it!
Hope to see you at some of the readings. -Annie

Paula Cooper Gallery

 

 

 

Jim,
Gus Russo sent me your way. Wanted to tell you that I have new book out (first
book is titled THE JEWS OF SING SING). New book, weighing in at 388-pages and 2lbs. is my new reference book: WANTED! U.S. Criminal Records. The book lists,
state by state, where one can find historical prison records, criminal court
documents, parole records, pardon record, execution information and, if you can believe it, even more...I invite you to learn more about me and my books at my website: www.ronarons.com
Ron

 

 

Thanks Jim!
I appreciate the pick!
Bill Anderson
The Anderson Method by William Anderson, MA, LMHC (Two Harbors Press) The Anderson Method - The Secret to Permanent Weight Loss
 

Dear Jim:
Awesome, thank you!
Have a great week!
Dallas

 

 

Jim,
Thank you. We will continue to forward new releases and our 2010 catalog as they become available.
Best wishes for the New Year,
Carol Urbanc Marketing Assistant
Kaleidoscope,,,edited by Carol S. Lawson (Swedenborg Foundation) Kaleidoscope: Lenses on Reality (The Chrysalis Reader)

 

Wow what a beautiful site.
thank you and much success to you

 

Jim,
You recently agreed to consider reviewing one of our books (Sea Fare from NorlightsPress.com) and I had the opportunity to discover your impressive web site. I'm hoping to interest you in reviewing the following book, and possibly booking the author for a radio program.  Here's the blurb:
 
Room to Grow is a collection of thoughtful, entertaining stories by psychologist Priscilla Dann-Courtney Ph.D.  Like a conversation over tea, Priscilla’s chapters are exactly the right length. Busy mothers will enjoy the bite-sized stories they can read on the go, raising issues to think about while driving, fixing meals, or jogging.  In Room to Grow, family life itself becomes a vast ocean of teaching; full of wonder, beauty and mystery that allow the author and her readers to find a deeper sense of self.
 
According to Barbara Ellis of The Denver Post:  "Eloquent, elegant and insightful, Priscilla Dann-Courtney blends the heart of a mother, wife and daughter with the training of a psychologist
to get under our skin and tell us how we really feel."
 
May I send you a review copy of Room to Grow?
Sammie Justesen
NorlightsPress.com
 

 

Hi Jim.  What a sweetheart you are! Thanks for posting my latest newsletter, Your Thoughts Affect How You Age on your Events page because the information is important for everyone, no matter what age.  Wish it had had my name or website on it though.

Joy! Ellen Wood

 

 

You are awesome, awesome awesome!
I got the last posting too.
Happy New Year, Jim!
Joanne McCall
National Media Publicist  With Hitler To The End by Heinz Linge (Skyhorse Publishing) With Hitler to the End: The Memoir of Hitler's Valet
 

 

Hello Jim,
Thank you for posting my book, Reporting for Duty on your site!! I appreciate your request and time~
Sincerely, H.K. Gilbert
Reporting For Duty by H.K. Gilbert (iUniverse) Reporting for Duty: A Day at the White House

 

Hi Jim,
 Thank You so very much for posting my book “On The Street Where You Live” as one of your daily picks.  I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate your support in my quest.  My book has such an important message for everyone in this country.  We like so many others had no idea   how at risk my dad was upon entering the hospital for his surgery.  I firmly believe if we had been more aware of “What goes on behind hospital walls” my dad would be alive today.  
 
Infections are one of the 10 leading causes of deaths in this country today and one of 20 healthcare patients are infected - yet it still remains
 “This Countries Best Kept Secret”. 
 
While my book has an important message it also holds a beautiful story about a man who, “Lived for his family, adored life, and didn’t deserve to die as he did”!
 
Thank you  again Jim – it is because of wonderful people like you that could help me make a difference and save lives.
 
Have a Very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!!
 
Warmest Regards
Julia Nora Pilas, Author

 

 

Thanks for "picking" our title, From the Four Winds, in your religion section.
Would you like to be on our mailing list to receive review copies of our books?
Sheryl Abbey Koren Publishers & The Toby Press
From The Four Winds by Haim Sabato (Toby Press) From the Four Winds
 

Jim -
Thank you very much. You have a great website. A Southern Florida magazine, BOOMER TIMES AND SENIOR LIVING just
gave it a very good review in their current, December issue. I've attached it to this e-mail in case you'd
like to see it.

Best Regards, Richard Wanderer
 

 

Hi Jim,
 
Many thanks for your request.  I will be putting a copy of my book "On The Street Where You Live" in the mail in the morning.  Just a few points:  To date I have had several Live Talk Radio Interviews and  am networking with a gentlemen and organization in the UK.  The gentlemen's name is Derek Butler and Derek uses my book for each of his slide show presentations using a quote from my book at the end of the presentation which I am told reduces the professionals in the audience to tears.
 
I also write a column for the several police organizations in Morris, Passaic, and Bergen County trying to help in their fight against MRSA in the workplace. 
 
While my book is meant to save lives you will find "On The Street Where You Live"  is a touching true story about a man who lived for his family, adored life, and didn't deserve to die as he did. 
 
 
Once you have read my book I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Many Thanks
Julia Nora Pilas

 

 

Sincere thanks, Jim! happy holidays!
 

You're amazing, Jim! You just keep 'em coming....
Many thanks!
 
ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River Within:
A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance
and Meaning in Everyday Life

 

 

Thank you very much, Jim. This is wonderful.

Nicole Smith Murphy
Associate Director
Product and Sales Manager
Baylor University Press
 

Jim - I am honored that you chose my book, "Haiku: The Sacred Art" as a pick of
the day. Thank you! And thanks for this enlightening site.
blessings,
Margaret D. McGee
 

Hi Jim --
Thanks very much for this and for the previous event posting for Scholastic. We
really appreciate it!
Susan

 

Jim,
Many thanks.
I will also forward the copy of Kaleidoscope which you recently requested.
Best,
Carol Urbanc
Marketing
 

Excellent, Jim, thank you for the posting! (Where Grace Abides by BJ Hoff).
David P. Bartlett
Print & Internet Publicist
Harvest House Publishers Where Grace Abides by B.J. Hoff (Harvest House Publishers) Where Grace Abides (The Riverhaven Years)

 

Dear Jim,
Thank you so much for posting the Healing Stones and Gardens Book/DVD Gift Set as one of your daily picks. It is truly an honor to be recognized by you. We feel that Healing Stones and Garden can serve as a breath of fresh air in the busy hustle bustle of life these days. You prove in your daily picks and memorable line sections that Books are a great way to escape! Thanks for showing readers the way- Keep up the great positings!
Alex Munter
Marketing Director
Healing Stones and Gardens

Hi Jim,
Many thanks for posting "ISSA. The Greatest Story Never Told" as a Daily
Pick. As an exploration of Jesus' early years as a possible teen role model offers hope and a moral compass that can open minds and hearts. Thank you for
creating another opportunity for this message to become available.
Thom Schumacher, Summit University Press ISSA by Lois Drake ISummit University Press) ISSA: The Greatest Story Never Told

 

Hi Jim!
For your information, we now have a new cover for The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing by Linda Radke. The new cover is attached for you replace on your website.Thank you so much for all you do! Lisa Goldman
Office Coordinator
Five Star Publications, Inc. The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing

 

I send along my appreciation. Btw .. The book was just earned finalist honors in The National "Best Books 2009" Awards in the Business Leadership Category. My best, Gayle
WorldShift 2012 by Ervin Laszlo (Inner Traditions) WorldShift 2012: Making Green Business, New Politics, and Higher Consciousness Work Together

 

Jim,
Thanks for posting this. He’s a terrific interview. Would one of your talk show hosts like to speak to him? We could do it in advance of the Chicago events if that works for you.

Scott Lorenz
President
Westwind Communications
 

 

Dear Jim,
Thank you so much for reviewing our books and posting them on your website.  We are preparing our Elizabeth Squire mystery series to send you soon.  I was wondering if you would also be interested in children's books?  We have several new children's books that have been released, but didn't want to send them until I knew if you accommodated this genre.
We look forward to working with you.  Thanks so much.
 
Sincerely,
Lisa Goldman
Office Coordinator
Five Star Publications, Inc.

 

Hi Jim, Thanks for including my book, Campingly Yours. I am doing my project to help under served children have a chance to attend a summer camp program. Just
curious, are you related to Val Agnew - Deerfield? Ok, thanks again. Tom

Campingly Yours by Thomas C. Adler (Five Star Publications) Campingly Yours: A Heartwarming Journey of a Lifetime at Summer Camp

 

 

Good Morning, Jim!
My publisher, Linda Radke of Five Star, suggested I send you a copy of my book, "Potluck Survival Guide: Care and Feeding of the Athletic Supporter" for your review. Rather than use the space now with background information, I direct you to my website, www.potluckqueen.com where you will find media materials that
will answer most questions you might have. If not, I am glad to provide any
information you need with another e-mail of phone call. Please look for my
book's arrival in your mailbox. And please let me know if I can be of further
assistance. What a neat website you have! Best regards,Cherie Kimmons Potluck Queen

 

Wow, Jim!
 Thanks! This is great.
 All the best,
Alx Block
Online Sales & Marketing Manager
Jewish Publication Society
2100 Arch St., 2nd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
800.234.3151 x50622 or 215.832.0622
www.jewishpub.org
 

 

Thanks for including Maggie's book in your website.
Regards, Javier
 

 

Great site you have! Thanks very much!
Wendy
 

 

That’s great news, Jim!   From my time at Macmillan I know the popularity of your site!—Can you remind me so I can update my notes?--Radio producers check out your Daily Picks for interview ideas, right?
 
I’d love if you would consider also including the link to the ISIS game that over 1.7 million people have played in less than a month since it’s been out—it’s addictive!
 
I think the popularity of the game is really fueling interest in the novel because of the gorgeous pen and inks by Glenn Chadbourne, who illustrated Stephen King’s Secretary of Dreams.
 
Thanks again, Jim. Cheers! Elena

 

 

Jim:
Thank you so very much for your generous review. It means a lot.

All the best. Nat
Dr. Nathaniel J. Williams
Nathaniel. J. Williams, Ed.D, MHS, MPA, MBA
President/CEO
HumanWorks Training and Educational Services, Inc. (HWTES)

 

Thanks for posting.  I think this webinar will be the biggest one I've had.  It's nearly topped out all the registrations for the past year combined.  It s just a little short of the one with the highest registrations. . .

 

Thank you, Jim, for the plug on the Michael Jackson book. We appreciate it very much. Best wishes to you. xx Danforth Prince, President
Blood Moon Productions 

Jacko by Darwin Porter (Blood Moon Productions) Jacko, His Rise and Fall, Second Edition: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson

 

Dear Jim,
What a wonderful surprise to find my new book on your website. I want to express my gratitude to you for this opportunity to expose Beading - The Creative Spirit to a wider audience. Many thanks, Wendy Ellsworth  Beading--The Creative Spirit by Rev. Wendy Ellsworth (Skylight Paths) Beading the Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center Through the Art of Beadwork

 

Hi Jim,
That's awesome to see my event listed on your site!!  Thanks so much!!
Not sure how you found Stephen Redding, or he found you, but I'm thrilled!
Blessings,
Susan

 

Hi Jim,
Thanks so much for posting my book Power's Garden on your daily picks! Much appreciated.
Best, Dianne Beeaff Power's Garden by Dianne Ebertt Beeaff (Five Star Publications)  Power's Garden

 

Thanks for the confirmation. La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories looks great in your Daily Picks. Michael Hice -Hice & Associates La Ranfla And Other New Mexico Stories by Martha Egan (Papalote Press) La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories
 

 

Hi Jim-
Thanks for getting Richard Bach’s new book up on Jim Agnew’s Daily picks! Best regards, Sara Sgarlet   

Hypnotizing Maria by Richard Bach (Hampton Roads) Hypnotizing Maria

 

 

Thank you. Your site is great. Stimulating. Best wishes,
Ben Leichtling, Ph.D.
Speaker, Coach, Consultant, Author. Parenting Bully-Proof Kids: How to Stop School Bullies in Their Tracks

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you for choosing my book, The Keys to Joy-Filled Living, for you daily picks. It's an honor to be on web site. You do a great service for many. Much appreciation! Robert C. Jameson The Keys To Joy-Filled Living by Robert C. Jameson, Ph.D. (www.thekeystojoyfilledliving.com)

 

Dear Mr. Agnew,
I'd like to thank you for posting my book title, "The Attitude Girl," on your
website and featuring it as a Daily Book Pick on August 21. I'm truly honored. Please accept my heartfelt thanks. Regards and best wishes,
Mila Bernadkin. The Attitude Girl by Mila Bernadkin (Five Star Publications) The Attitude Girl

 

Dear Mr. Agnew,
What a thrill to see my book, Choosing Beauty, as a religion pick for Aug. 20th...Thanks for having broad enough vision to recognize the value of this book for women! Gina Loehr
Choosing Beauty by Gina Loehr (Servant Books) Choosing Beauty: A 30-Day Spiritual Makeover for Women

 

Thanks, Jim--
This is great!
Can I add you to my catalog and/or checklist mailing? All best,
Kathleen Morandini Publicist -Holiday House The Longest Night by Marion Dane Bauer (Holiday House) The Longest Night

 

Thank you Jim for choosing," Gift of the White Light," as a daily pick. My
publisher found it today and we are delighted. I will be on the Biography Channel, Aug 1st, Psychic Investigators, in a new segment on a 30 year old murder case that I helped the police solve. 10:30 ET.  Annette Martin Gift Of The White Light by James Frey (Quill Driver Books) Gift of the White Light: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Annette Martin, Psychic
 

 

Dear Jim,
I hope that this finds you well.
Many thanks for the CD features.
Unfortunately, we are a bit delayed at the moment in getting out US press copies, so please expect these probably in a couple of weeks Kind regards, Rebecca The Last Place On Earth by Roland Huntford (CSA Word) The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen: Their Race to the South Pole

 

Thanks so much Jim, I see you made it one of your picks!  www.immersiontraveler.com too! I love your website -- really great!  Many thanks for including VOLUNTEER VACATIONS ACROSS AMERICA!  Hope you totally enjoy having the book in your collection! Best, Sheryl Volunteer Vacations Across America by Sheryl Kayne (Countryman Press) Volunteer Vacations Across America: Immersion Travel USA

 

  Many thanks, Jim, for the exposure for our books!
Judy A. Heise | Publicist
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road | Annapolis MD 21402

 

Hi Jim
Hope all is well. Thank you for the Religion Link on Divinely Inspired and Messiah Interviews. Hope all is well. Best , Jerry Divinely Inspired by Jerry Pollack (Shechinah Third Temple) Divinely Inspired: Spiritual Awakening of a Soul.
 

Wow!  Thanks, Jim! This is a great honor, and I really appreciate your choosing Toxin as a daily pick.
Maryglenn. Toxin by Paul Martin Midden (Millennial Mind) Toxin

 

Thank you for Lady Jasmine/Victoria Christopher Murray listing. Its much appreciated. Shida Lady Jasmine by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone Books/S&S) Lady Jasmine: A Novel

 

Thanks Jim,
I posted this notice on Twitter:
Jim Agnew selects THE ART OF GIVING BIRTH by Frédérick Leboyer, M.D. as a Religion Daily Book Pick:
Cheers, Cynthia  The Art Of Giving Birth by Frederick Leboyer, M.D. (Inner Traditions/Bear) The Art of Giving Birth: With Chanting, Breathing, and Movement (Book & CD)

 

Dear Jim,
Thanks for the featured titles.
I will do my best to get our Jun/Jul titles out this week Kind regards ,Rebecca Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse (CSA Word) Summer Lightning (The Blandings Castle Saga)

 

Thank you so much,Jim!!!!!!!!! Caitlin Hamilton Summie
The Last Prince Of The Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo (Unbridled Books) The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire

 

Dear Jim,
Thanks for this coverage!
All best,
Amanda Williams Publicist
Ave Maria Press.

This Flowing Toward Me by Marilyn Lacey (Ave Maria Press) This Flowing Toward Me: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers

 

Jim Agnew...
I want to thank you for placing my book "Home After Dark" on your daily pick list.
I feel honored to be associated with your service. Thank you again. Regard's Darryl Robidoux Home After Dark by Darryl Robidoux (www.homeafterdark.com) Home After Dark: One Man's Memories

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you for picking The Gnostic Mystery as one of your Religion Daily Picks!
As always we are so appreciative of you helping us get the word out!
Warm regards, Sara. The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila (Hampton Roads) The Gnostic Mystery

 

  You rock!!! Thanks a bunch for the info Jim!!! Raquel Razon
Booth Media Group

Parenting Is A Contact Sport by Dr. Joanne Stern (Greenleaf Book Group Press) Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life

 

Jim,
I love your web site, and am very grateful that you have included "Grant Me a Higher Love," as one of your picks of the day.
You are a Godsend to writers!
Cindi Sansone-Braff  Grant Me a Higher Love by  Cindi Sansone-Braff (BookSurge, LLC) Grant Me a Higher Love: How to Go from the Relationship from Hell to One that's Heaven Sent by Scaling The Ladder of Love

 

Wow Jim - I'm below Oprah! How impressive :) Thanks so much for supporting this important show - btw - got my first months numbers and have discovered Wake UP America is 175% ABOVE (in popularity and listeners) the other 'pilot' shows. This show is to go into production after my last pilot show of April 4th - but first I have to find sponsors - I'm working on that now :)

Thanks again for everything! Tina

 

Dear Jim, I really am flattered and extremely proud to have been one of your daily picks. It's much appreciated, as is the irony, or maybe it's just plain old karma, of seeing the photo of you with Mr. Bugliosi. With all the serious and horrific parts of the "family" events back in the day that Vincent had to deal with, I wonder if he'd appreciate the different take my book has on "Chuck?"
Do you think he'd appreciate a copy of my book, and do you know how I can get a copy to him?

Thanks again, Jim. It's a special treat indeed and continued good luck and success with your wonderful website.

Regards,Mike Seid, author of Chuckin' Chuck

 

Good morning Jim,
Thanks, it is a pleasure working with you. This is an older book about the movie Conversations with God. We have new releases coming from Neale Donald Walsch in April The Conversations with God Companion The Essential Tool For Individual and Group Study.   Warm regards Sara Sgarlat
Conversations with God: The Making of the Movie by Monty Joynes (Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc.) Conversations with God: The Making of the Movie

 

Hi Jim --
Thanks for the Genie Scheme daily pick . We always appreciate your coverage. All best, Susan The Genie Scheme by Kimberly K. Jones (McElderry Books/S&S) The Genie Scheme

 

Hi Jim,
Thanks - always a lift to see our titles featured on your Web site.
Best  wishes,
Cynthia

The Therapeutic Yoga Kit by Cheri Clampett (Inner Traditions/Bear Company) The Therapeutic Yoga Kit: Sixteen Postures for Self-Healing through Quiet Yin Awareness
 

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your wonderful Literary World, it is a pleasure to see my author’s books as your “Daily Pick” and it is a way to learn about the other wonderful books being published. Warm regards, Sara Sgarlat Publicity Director Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. The Ghost Who Would Not Die by Linda Alice Dewey (Hampton Roads) The Ghost Who Would Not Die: A Runaway Slave, A Brutal Murder, A Mysterious Haunting
 

Hi Jim,
Thanks for promoting our products on your Web site. Blessings, Carol Hunger Publicist
Saint Mary's Press Primary Source Readings In World Religions by Jeffrey Brodd (Saint Mary's Press) Primary Source Readings in World Religions

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you. It is such a pleasure working with you.
You are a bright spot in all this bad news! Sara. Buddha For Beginners by Stephen T. Asma (Hampton Roads) Buddha for Beginners

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you! I really appreciate seeing our logo on a site I truly admire. Warm regards, Sara Hampton Roads Publishing Company
 

Jim - WOW! Thanks so much for helping me get the word out. What a great ad. Please, if you have any guest suggestions, or questions for any guests scheduled, don't hesitate to ask! The Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and Our Animals
 

Thanks, Jim! You’re on a roll!!!
Judy A. Heise | Publicist
Naval Institute Press
Shield Of Dreams by Stephen J. Cimbala (Naval Institute Press) Shield of Dreams: Missile Defense and U.S.-Russian Nuclear Strategy

 

Thanks Jim! My warmest wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year!
Regards, Sara
  The Back In Time Tarot Book by Janet Boyer (Hampton Roads) The Back in Time Tarot Book: Picture the Past, Experience the Cards, Understand the Present

 

Hi Jim:
Hope you had a great New Year. I've sent you out some promotional copies of recent books for giveaways. All the best
Vincent W Rospond
North American Sales Manager - BL Publishing Titanicus by Dan Abnett (Black Library) Titanicus (Warhammer 40,000 Novel)

 

Thanks so much for including Baby Steps in your daily picks! My Google Alerts
just found it and I was thrilled. I really appreciate it. K. L. Mc Loughlin

Baby Steps by K.L. McLoughlin (PR by the Book) Baby Steps

 

Thanks much Jim!
Happy holidays to you,

ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance
 and Meaning in Everyday Life

 

Thanks, Jim! Robert Waggoner and I appreciate it.
Susan Ray
Moment Point Press

Lucid Dreaming by Robert Waggoner (Moment Point Press) Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self

 

Thanks, Jim! By the way, the new site looks great. Best, Valerie McClanahan
PublicistIndiana University Press

Bogolan by Victoria L. Rovine (Indaina University Press) Bogolan: Shaping Culture Through Cloth in Contemporary Mali (African Expressive Cultures)

 

Thanks, Jim. It's good to see Monica's book listed on your site.
Nickole Brown

Beasts For The Chase by Monica Ferrell (Sarabande Books) Beasts for the Chase: Poems (Kathryn a. Morton Prize in Poetry)
 

 

Thanks so much for featuring Black Glasses Like Clark Kent April 19!

Terese Svoboda
Black Glasses like Clark Kent by Terese Svoboda (www.graywolf.org) Black Glasses Like Clark Kent: A GI's Secret from Postwar Japan

 

Dear Jim,
Good morning! Judy Heise, my publicist at the Naval Institute Press, sent me a link to your website, where I was very pleased to see my book listed as one of your "daily picks." Thank you very much for the endorsement! I was also quite taken by your quote: "Reading is your constant silent companion, and loyal friend!" What a wonderful thought that is! If we could somehow imbed that into the mind of every child the world would instantly be a much better place!
Again, thanks for the endorsement,
Gannon McHale Stealth Boat by Gannon McHale (Naval Institute Press) Stealth Boat: Fighting the Cold War in a Fast Attack Submarine

 

Thanks so much for including me on your Daily Picks. It's an honor to have my work placed in front of your book-loving readership. Caregiver isolation and support are huge issues these days, and including my work on a general book site is validation that solutions to these issues are needed by a broad audience.
Carol Bradley Bursack
Minding Our Elders by Carol Bradley Bursack (www.mindingourelders.com) Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories

 

Hi Jim, Thank you so much for including Erica Abeel's Conscience Point in your Daily Picks!
I know she'll be thrilled, too. Much appreciation, Libby Conscience Point by Erica Abeel (Unbridled Books) Conscience Point

 

Thank you, Jim! thanks so much!
Caitlin Hamilton Summie
The Islands Of Divine Music by John Addiego (Unbridled Books) The Islands of Divine Music by

 

 

 

Hey, Jim!
Many, many thanks for choosing Defending Angels as an October 24th Book Pick.
And the site is very exciting!
Warmest Regards,
Mary Stanton Defending Angels by Mary Stanton (Berkley Prime Crime) Defending Angels (A Beaufort & Company Mystery)

 

Thank you, Jim, for adding my title to your daily picks.
All the best
Michael Largo
Genius And Heroin by Michael Largo (www.finalexits.com) Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages

 

Thanks so much Jim,
www.deepriverwithin.com
ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River Within:
A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balanceand Meaning in Everyday Life
ABBY SEIXAS, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Author, Finding the Deep River Within:
A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life
http://www.deepriverwithin.com
 

Thank you Jim, we really appreciate you including Where Our Food Comes From in your Daily Picks--yippee!
Take care, Kathlene Where Our Food Comes From Gary Paul Nabhan (Island Press) Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine

 

Jim,
At your request, we are sending you a copy today of Dr. Ruthann Russo’s book. The Raw Food Diet Myth. Please see our website www.rawfoodmyth.com for reviews, interviews etc. Also, you can see Dr. Russo on YouTube. Thanks very much for your interest in the book. Please let me know if you would like to interview Dr. Russo!
Best wishes,Ginger McQueen, MBA
DJ Iber Publishing, Inc.

 

Dear Jim,
You don't know me, but my name is Michael Agovino. You included my book (called the Bookmaker) on your website as one of your picks of the month. I thank you very, very much for that. You have very good taste in books, so I was delighted you included me. All the best to you, Jim.
Warm Regards, Michael J. Agovino
The Bookmaker: A Memoir of Money, Luck, and Family from the Utopian Outskirts of New York City

 

Dear Jim: Thanks so much for including Edward Feser's The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism.
Best, Bruce Fingerhut
St. Augustine's Press The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism

 

Jim; Sir, just a quick e-mail to thank you for the opportunity to have MY little BLACK BOOK TO SUCCESS listed on your site.
If I can be of any assistance or you feel as if we could work together on any project, please do not hesitate to contact me. Dedicated to the Mission!
Tom Marquardt, The Profit Repairman® The Profit Repairman by Tom Marquardt (Tate Publishing) My Little Black Book to Success

 

Jim, Thanks so much for this review and posting. We certainly appreciate it. If Jim puts anything about our book in one of his newsletters or articles, we would love to hear about it. If you need anything further, please don't hesitate to let us know. Thanks again.Liz Golden Anniversaries by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz & Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz (www.goldenanniversaries.comGolden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage

 

Thank you Jim! You are on our list for finished books, so I hope you've been getting them!
Rachel Hayward
Beyond Words Publishing
Assistant to Richard Cohn, Publisher
Publicity Assistant
Nurturing Spirituality In Children by Peggy Jenkins (Atria Books) Nurturing Spirituality in Children: Simple Hands-On Activities

 

THANKS!!!! All the best,
Molly Brandenburg. Meow!
Everyday Cat Excuses by Molly Brandenburg (Sterling) Everyday Cat Excuses: Why I Can't Do What You Want

 

Looks great, thanks so much for providing a link!
Jennifer
The First Vice Lord by Arthur J. Bilek (Cumberland House) The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee

 

Hi Jim,
Thanks for including our titles on your Web site. New titles are on the way!
best wishes,
Cynthia
Last Pagan by Adrian Murdoch (Inner Traditions) The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World

 

Dear Jim,
Thanks for the post on Catholics in New York by Terry Golway.
Sincerely,
Katie Sweeney
Publishing Assistant
Fordham University Press Catholics In New York edited by Terry Golway (Fordham University Press) Catholics in New York: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946

 

Hello Mr. Agnew,
I was delighted to find a book that I co-authored in your "daily picks" section...."1-2-3 Magic for Kids". I was wondering how you go about choosing these. Thank you so much! Tracy Lewis
1-2-3 Magic for Kids: Helping Your Children Understand the New Rules(Parentmagic, Inc.)

 

Dear Jim Agnew;
Choosing Honor is a daily pick! I'm honored. Thank you so very much. I thought the work of getting the book was the biggest job ahead of me. Then I thought the self-publishing was the big job. NOW I know, getting the word out is the most important work. Your support is thoroughly appreciated and highly valued. Most Sincerely, Mary T
Choosing Honor by Mary T. Ficalora (www.availpress.com) Choosing Honor

 

Dear Jim,
Hi there! Hope this email finds you well, and that you are enjoying
what's left of the summer. All's well here.
Just wanted to share this with you -but only if you have a moment...
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1732351772
All my ongoing admiration, appreciation and gratitude, Sally :-) The Daughter-In-Law Rules by Sally Shields (The DILRules.com) The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-

 

Thanks, Jim, for all the recent posts!
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
Made In Mexico by W. Warner Wood (Indiana University Press) Made in Mexico: Zapotec Weavers and the Global Ethnic Art Market (Tracking Globalization)

 

Thanks, Jim!
Eric Reynolds
Fantagraphics Books
More Old Jewish Comedians by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) More Old Jewish Comedians (A BLAB! Storybook)

 

Wonderful!
Thanks Jim,
Cynthia
Western Herbs According To Traditional Chinese Medicine by Thomas Avery Garran (Inner Traditions) Western Herbs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Practitioner's Guide

 

Hi Jim -
Hope you're well! Just a quick note to say that I'm getting the DIL Rules
out to you tomorrow.
Really looking forward to our continuing correspondence!
With much gratitude and appreciation,
Sally :-) TheDILRules.com The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-In-Law!

 

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the good news! We have a number of new books on the way to you.
best wishes, Cynthia
The Mystery Of The Crystal Skulls by Chris Morton (Inner Traditions) The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls: Unlocking the Secrets of the Past, Present, and Future

 

Great, Thanks Jim.
Megan Walsh
Marketing Executive
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay (Bolinda Publishing) http://www.bolindalibrary.com Four Fires

 

Thank you!
Kenya Henderson
Senior Publicist
McGraw-Hill Professional
The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company by Joseph A. Michelli (McGraw-Hill Companies, The) The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

 

Thank you for choosing both Long Journey Home and Always A People. In so doing you bring much needed attention to the long-neglected Lenape/Delaware and Woodland People as a whole. Rita Kohn
Always A People by Rita Kohn (Indiana University Press) Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland

 

Jim,
I saw that the book I sent you last month, Legends of the Jews, is listed on your “Religion” page. Legends Of The Jews by Louis Ginzberg (The Jewish Publication Society) www.jewishpub.org

Thank you!
Anita Bihovsky
Publicity Manager
The Jewish Publication Society

 

Thanks, Jim!
All the best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press
Always A People by Rita Kohn (Indiana University Press) Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians

 

Thanks, Jim!

Kafka Comes To America by Steven T. Wax (Other Press) Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account


 

Many thanks for your continued interest and support of our books.
Most appreciated, Jim.
~Judy Through Wheat: The U.S. Marines in WWI
by Edwin Simmons, Joseph Alexander (With) (Naval Institute Press)
 

Thanks so much, Jim!
Best,
Valerie McClanahan
Publicist
Indiana University Press Santa Claus In Baghdad by Elsa Marston (Indiana University Press) Santa Claus in Baghdad: Stories About Teens in the Arab World

 

Dear Jim,
Thanks for including my book, "Red, White or Yellow? the media and the military at war in Iraq" on your Web site. If anyone in radio or TV wants to find me, please forward this email. My phone is 804-200-6928. I have spoken at Pritzger Military Library in Chicago, and hope to return (if Ed Tracy invites me again!)... if I head out your way and you know anyone who wants to chat, please let me know. And thanks again! Chip Jones (Stackpole Books)

 

Thanks, Jim!
Best,
Kristen
Kristen Pisanelli
Raab Associates Inc.
Off To War by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books) Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children

 

Thank you very much for including my book Last Call in your July 5th edition. I owe you one.
 J D Seamus
Last Call
by Jd Seamus (Blu Sky Media) Last Call

 

Thank you, Jim!
Hope you had a wonderful 4th!
Maryglenn
Charles Fort by Jim Steinmeyer (Tarcher/Penguin) Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural

 

 

Hi Jim,
I would like to apply to be interviewed as a Vegan and Vegan Chef and the author of one of your daily picks; Vegan Inspiration, Whole food recipes for Life. I think you would find my story very interesting Much Thanks Vegan Chef Todd Vegan Inspiration by Todd Dacey (www.bluedolphinpublishing.com) Vegan Inspiration: Whole Food Recipes for Life

 

You’re wonderful!!!! Thanks, Jim, for picking our Architecture of Leadership book! The Architecture Of Leadership by Donald T. Phillips (Naval Institute Press Books) Architecture of Leadership
~Judy
Judy Heise, Publicist
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS

 

Thanks, Jim. We'll get a fall catalogue to you soon.

Emily K. Grandstaff
Publicist
HarperOne, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
353 Sacramento St. Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94111
A Civilization Of Love by Carl Anderson (Harper One) A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World

 

Thank you for featuring my book, "Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads" on your Religion picks! I am just thrilled. I wish I could be as up on books as you are. I am going to blog about your inclusion of my book and will send you a link. Thanks again. Bead One, Pray Too by Kimberly Winston (Church Publishing) Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
Kimberly Winston ReligionLink Publishers Weekly

 

Hi Jim,
Thank you for "helping me help the kids" by including my book Drama Is Optional: A Guide For Teens as a Daily Pick on your website. It is my passion to help make a difference in the lives of teens by giving them the "tools" they need to create the life they want to live and become the person they want to be. Thanks again for your help, I am grateful! (iUniverse, Incorporated) Drama is Optional: A Guide For Teens


Have a great day,
Judee Ausnow
Wildwood West Real Estate

 

Jim,
I really appreciate your making my book, "Every Man Sees You Naked: An Insider's Guide to How Men Think," one of your Daily Picks for today, May 2nd.
Thanks for giving my work exposure and for providing a thoughful and informative destination for all those that are interested in the written word.
Keep up the great work! Every Man Sees You Naked by David M. Matthews (Wheatmark) Every Man Sees You Naked: An Insider's Guide to How Men Think

 

Thanks for including my book Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-Downs in your Daily Picks for April 22nd.
Sandra McLeod Humphrey Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-Downs
by Sandra McLeod Humphrey, Brian Strassburg (Illustrator) (Prometheus Books) Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-downs

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