Joyce Jenkins is a noted Bay Area poet and the editor of “Poetry Flash,” the producer/sponsor of the Northern California Book Reviewers and the Northern California Book Awards. “Poetry Flash”…
Tess Uriza Holthe Publisher: Penguin Group(PB)/ Crow/Random House (HC) ISBN#: 0142002887 Price: $14.00 PB/HC: PB/HC Distribution: Penguin Group A short blurb: Once in a great while comes a storyteller who…
Firoozeh Dumas Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN#: 0812968379 Price: PB/HC: PB Distribution: A short blurb: In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran…
Author Name: Jane Strauss Cover Art: Yes Book Title(s): Enough is Enough! Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life Publisher: Jossey-Bass ISBN#: 0787979880 Price: $22.95 PB/HC: Distribution: amazon.com, Barnes…
by Robin Sparks There are the plans you have for your journey, and the plans your journey has for you. Things to do in San Rafael, Argentina: 1. Get an…
By Deborah Griffin Roadworks: Deborah I pressed the bumper sticker onto my dashboard. Good Girls Go to Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere. It was my mantra for the trip I…
By Marsha Black By December of 2001, a quiet blanket of winter white covered Yosemite Valley. The event was so unusual that it made the local news for a week,…
By Nancy E Rapp In the fall of 2003 I found myself intrigued by the lyrics of Loreena McKennitt’s song, Dante’s Prayer. Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your…
by Claire Savage When I first heard about the trip to the Arctic, visions of polar bears, reindeer, and jolly old Santa Claus danced in my head. Childhood fairy tale…