Reviews

A Journalist’s Tale of the Nicaraguan Revolution

Author Patricia Sitkin's love affair with Nicaragua, the land and its people, began with an Oxfam America tour of the country and of neighboring Honduras a few months after the overthrow of the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza. Each year in the 1980's, Sitkin returned for a few weeks as a freelance reporter. Decades later, Sitkin, in Indio, masterfully orchestrates a harrowing and heartrending tale set in Sandinista Nicaragua.

Hysteria, The Film That Features The First Ever Vibrator

The UK release of British comedy film 'Hysteria' is finally here with cinemas showing the film across the UK from Friday 21st September 2012. Directed by Tanya Wexler and produced by Tracey Becker, Judy Cairo and Sarah Curtis in 2011 the film depicts the historical moment in which the very first motorised sex toys were accidentally discovered by the use of invented appliances by a Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville in 1880's England.

New Sci-Fi Thriller Explores the Dark Side of Private Space Exploration

In his new science fiction thriller “Shattered Legacy”, Shane R. Daley tells the story of conspiracy and espionage in the private space industry.

New film searches for the 'worst people in the world'

Ikland, the compelling new documentary from directors Cevin Soling and David Hilbert, follows their journey to Northern Uganda to learn whether anthropologist Colin Turnbull's 1972 assertion that the Ik were the 'worst people in the world' was indeed true. The result is a powerful account of Soling and his team of cinematographers, audio technicians, guides, educators, interpreters, handlers, and helpers, struggling through war-torn regions of deepest Africa.

A Childhood in China in new Graphic Novel Memoir

Little White Duck: A Childhood in China, a graphic novel written by Na Liu and Andrés Vera Martínez, is a collection of eight short stories based on Na Liu’s childhood memories of growing up in China during the years of rapid social and economic change after the death of Chairman Mao.

Fantasy Author Vin Jackson’s ‘Reborn’ Explores an Alternate and Barbaric Vision of Life After Death

Vin Jackson’s compelling and gritty novel ‘Reborn’ begins when two accident victims die. Hospital staff manage to bring them back, but the patients soon realise that something is amiss. Part of them is still trapped on ‘the other side' in a heartless, brutal land which defies belief. As their reborn alter-egos, Mireille and LaRoche, struggle to understand how they can be so different from the people they once were, they must also battle for survival in a world ruled by violence and depravity. This is Lonfay, the terrifying future everyone who dies will have to face.

Man decodes Fifty Shades of Grey

A newly released ebook, Fifty Shades of Grey Decoded is rapidly climbing the Amazon sales charts. Unlike numerous parodies of the No.1 best seller, author M. Alan has created a "cheat sheet" for men out of his own desire to understand what made the book so appealing to millions of women. Apparently the author is striking a chord with men and women.

New Game Allows Players to Create Their Own Jurassic Park

Dinosaurs once again roam the Earth the ‘Jurassic Park Builder’ game app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Based on Jurassic Park, users will experience their own interactive journey on the mysterious Isla Nublar.

Elizabeth Mitchell tells the true story of the horse nobody wanted, and his journey to the 2012 Olympic Games

On the eve of the London Games, Elizabeth Mitchell's new Byliner Original The Fire Horse tells the highly unlikely—and incredibly life-affirming—story of Neville Bardos, a horse that barely survived a terrible barn fire last year, his relationship with his devoted rider, Boyd Martin, and their journey together to the 2012 Olympics.

Ancient Enemy Returns to Enact Revenge in New Sci-Fi Novel

Andrew Iddon gives the classic good versus evil story a futuristic twist in his new science fiction novel, “The Regime: Resurrection” Set far into the future in a fictional galaxy, “The Regime” introduces readers to Greg Simons, a sergeant of the mighty Imperium. A good man and brave soldier, Sergeant Simons struggles with low-self esteem and feels as though he’s always living in the shadow of his father, a decorated war hero who has never respected him.

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