PORT TOWN SIGNING

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July 29, 2015

We finished writing Port Town on Halloween of last year, but there is a huge difference between completing a manuscript and holding the finished product in your hand. The editing and design folks at the Port of Long Beach did an incredible job of putting together the commemorative copy of the book with leatherette cover and copper-gilded pages. We spent a recent afternoon signing the books for special presentations. The book – Port Town, How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended, and Profited from Their Harbor – is available in both printed soft-cover on Amazon.com for $10.70 and in digital format for $1.99. It is free for download on iTunes. A limited number of the commemorative copies will be available for sale at the Long Beach Historic Society in August.

News

October 18, 2019

MEN VS WOMEN

I love it when we all finally discover what we knew all along. Here is a John Stossel video looking at how men’s and women’s brains are different and that girls and boys have different interests and motivations. Everybody who has ever seen kids play, know this is true, and yet… Read more HERE

October 12, 2019

ADULTS SCARING KIDS

If you’re a kid, who is being scared about climate change by teachers and other nutty adults, Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has some good news for you. There are many real things we can do to stop climate change, so don’t worry. The world is not going to end. Read More HERE

BOOK READER STATS

Who reads books in America, and who does not? Pew Research breaks down the stats. See Report HERE

ZORA NEALE HURSTON

One of the most important figures in black literature died penniless and was buried in unmarked grave. Fascinating story about raise and fall of bigger-than-life literary giant. See More HERE

GHETTOSIDE TRAGEDY

Ghettoside is a non-fiction book that examines in great detail the high rate of black-on-black homicides in the ghettos of Los Angeles. Author Jill Leovy did a remarkable job of covering both the human and the sociological implications of the problem using LAPD homicide detectives as the vehicle for her story of heartbreak, tragedy, and justice denied. See my REVIEW

‘COLD SKIN’ REVIEW

Yuck! This is not a review, this is a warning. Don’t waste your time with this book. It’s stupid and boring. Don’t believe me? Just don’t say I didn’t warn you. See My REVIEW

September 11, 2019

BLAST FROM THE PAST

HardScape is a mystery novel by Justin Scott, whose protagonist Ben Abbott is a disgraced Wall-Streeter who has returned home to run the same real estate office his father owned. Since HardScape came out in 1994, there are many references to the days of yore, which appeal to me, since I was around during the days of yore. Phone booths, camcorders, Wall Street raiders, takeover artists, and the end of one political era and the start of another. Abbott doesn’t understand women. Neither do I. He’s cynical about the world. So am I. So, what’s not to like? READ MORE

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