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………..of Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler

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JUNE 14th to JUNE28th, 2012

THE SECOND WORLD WAR
by ANTONY BEEVOR

SYNOPSIS (from publisher):

Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world’s premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have includedStalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the Second World War.
In this searing narrative that takes us from Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1^st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14^th, 1945 and the war’s aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach–one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience.
Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor’s grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history, and confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank.

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GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE “SUMMERLAND” by Elin Hilderbrand ENDED

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JUNE 30th to JUNE 27th, 2012

SUMMERLAND
by ELIN HILDERBRAND

SYNOPSIS:

A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers, Penny’s boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt – but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.

As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents – secrets kept, promises broken, hearts betrayed. Elin Hilderbrand explores the power of community, family, and honesty, and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow, new love can still take flight.

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…….of Section 132 by Helga Zeiner

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CMash June 12, 2012 22 Comments

JUNE 12th to JUNE 26th, 2012

GOODBYE FOR NOW
by LAURIE FRANKEL

SYNOPSIS:

In the spirit of ONE DAY, comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century. Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . .
Sam Elling works for an internet dating company, but he still can’t get a date. So he creates an algorithm that will match you with your soul mate. Sam meets the love of his life, a coworker named Meredith, but he also gets fired when the company starts losing all their customers to Mr. and Ms. Right.
When Meredith’s grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam uses his ample free time to create a computer program that will allow Meredith to have one last conversation with her grandmother. Mining from all her correspondence—email, Facebook, Skype, texts—Sam constructs a computer simulation of Livvie who can respond to email or video chat just as if she were still alive. It’s not supernatural, it’s computer science.
Meredith loves it, and the couple begins to wonder if this is something that could help more people through their grief. And thus, the company RePose is born. The business takes off, but for every person who just wants to say good-bye, there is someone who can’t let go.
In the meantime, Sam and Meredith’s affection for one another deepens into the kind of love that once tasted, you can’t live without. But what if one of them suddenly had to? This entertaining novel, delivers a charming and bittersweet romance as well as a lump in the throat exploration of the nature of love, loss, and life (both real and computer simulated). Maybe nothing was meant to last forever, but then again, sometimes love takes on a life of its own.

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GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE “BUYING AMERICA BACK” by Alan Uke ENDED

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JUNE 9th to JUNE 23rd, 2012

BUYING AMERICA BACK
by ALAN UKE

SYNOPSIS:

San Diego entrepreneur Uke presents a straightforward thesis in this engaging policy proposal: consumer thirst for cheap imports has strangled U.S. manufacturing employment and stifled our economy. The manufacturing sector, which lost 5.2 million jobs from 2000 to 2010, accounts for only 10% of the economy compared with its dominant role in 1965. Uke explodes the myth of a shift to high-tech output and notes that Germany and other countries with higher labor costs than ours compete successfully with Asia. He argues convincingly that the offshore exodus of production facilities entails the loss of high-paying spinoff jobs, the departure of R&D facilities and other centers of innovation, and the erosion of service-sector jobs. The proper response, Uke plausibly argues, is not across-the-board protectionism or isolationism, but empowering the consumer by toughening disclosure of country-of-origin product data. Accurate disclosure would enable consumers to reward local producers or those with high local-product content. Uke perceptively points out that this approach is increasingly popular with food, and prevalent in many other countries. Determined consumer leadership on this issue, he maintains, could goad Congress into action and prompt corporations to revive domestic production. Uke’s refreshingly invective-free writing and hands-on manufacturing experience compel our consideration; his proposal is simple and his goals are lofty. Attention should be paid. Agent: Bill Gladstone. (Apr.)

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GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE “RAGDOLL REDEEMED: GROWING UP IN THE SHADOW OF MARILYN MONROE by Dawn Novotny ENDED

CMash June 7, 2012 18 Comments

JUNE 7th to JUNE 21st, 2012

RAGDOLL REDEEMED: GROWING UP IN THE SHADOW OF MARILYN MONROE

by DAWN NOVOTNY

SYNOPSIS:

For 50 years, whether consciously or unconsciously, women have all been caught in the cultural clash between the almost immortal sexual mystique symbolized by Marilyn Monroe (in 1999 she was still voted sexiest woman of the century byPeople Magazine) and the retooling of the female soul by the womens liberation movement. Each of us has been left to ask ourselves, Who am I? Where do I fit? What does it mean to be a woman? And most important of all: What does it mean to me to be a woman?

Dawn Novotny writes about her struggle with those questions, but for Dawn it was more difficult to answer those questions. After all, she was married to Joe DiMaggio Jr. a man who was fascinated with his stepmother, Marilyn Monroe, and wanted to transform Dawn into his own version of Marilyn. RagDoll Redeemed is the story of one womans balancing act between embracing her sexuality and creating a person that utilized all her abilities: mental, emotional and physical.

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