By Shannon Yarbrough on April 27, 2012
I fully admit I probably never would have read this book had it not been free. I also quickly realized I could only handle it in small doses, so I read 2 or 3 of the essays each night and then gave it a rest until I completed it.
Posted in Anthology, Educational, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged advice for writers, agent advice, free writing advice, j.a. konrath, novel advice, publishing advice, scott nicholson, write good or die, writer advice |
By Nick Vasey on April 2, 2012
What becomes obvious almost immediately with The Path (Book 1 – Spirit and Mind), is that the author, Eric A. Smith, has embarked on a monster project of generalist education … who are we, what came before us, how did we get here, what are we doing, what are we like, what does it all mean, and where are we going, etc?
Posted in Educational, Nick Vasey | Tagged anthropology, communications theory, cosmology, eric a. smith, exploring cutting-edge psychology, neurochemistry, physiology, self-development, spirit and mind, the path book 1 |
By Shannon Yarbrough on February 13, 2012
I won a copy of this book from a GoodReads give away. Had I explored it a bit more before signing up for the raffle, I probably would have had second thoughts. Upon receiving it, I thumbed through it quickly to browse the photographs and was surprisingly shocked at the instructional pages on how to slaughter chickens and pigs. That extremity aside, the rest of the book is a plethora of good information when it comes to urban gardening.
Posted in Educational, Home/Family/Food, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged annette cottrell, growing your own, joshua mcnichols, sustainable living, urban farm, urban farm animals, urban farm handbook, urban garden, urban handbook |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 13, 2011
For the last decade, if you’ve worked in a bookstore then you probably have a Harry Potter story. You probably worked a late night HP Party when a new book came out, or you probably had interesting discussions with customers who berated Potter for teaching kids about wizardry. My own story begins in the year 2000 when I first started working in a bookstore.
Posted in Educational, History, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged derek murphy, harry christ, harry potter, jesus christ, jesus potter, jesus potter harry christ |
By Shannon Yarbrough on April 28, 2011
Jana Pryor witnessed it all. Her grandmother, Jane, suffered for 5 years from Alzheimers and Jana was her caretaker for every day of it. The book is Jane’s eye witness account. Told in 9 chapters, a quick 90 pages, Jana takes you through each slow stage from beginning to end.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Educational, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged alzheimer's killing me unknowingly, alzheimers, alzheimers book, alzheimers help, jana pryor, jane's story |
By Shannon Yarbrough on February 27, 2011
These days, I keep my lawn green using a Miracle Grow spray, but being interested in alternative and “greener” methods of caring for my habitat, I found Marc Remillard’s book, Compost Tea Making, to be quite appealing.
Posted in Educational, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged compost tea, compost tea making, how to make compost, how to make compost tea, mark remillard |
By Peter Hassebroek on September 15, 2010
It’s hard to imagine people out there still unfamiliar with The Internet. Even harder to imagine teaching one, a grandparent say, who suddenly gets a Netbook or other computer and wants to go surfin’. As daunting as sharing a skill one takes for granted, like a parent teaching a child to drive perhaps. This is where Untangling The Internet aims to help.
Posted in Educational, Peter Hassebroek | Tagged how-to internet, internet help book, ohad kravchick, take it easy series, untangling the internet |
By Shannon Yarbrough on September 11, 2010
I’ve said it before in other historical or nonfiction books I’ve reviewed here: I was not a fan of history class back in school, and I blame the bland teachers who doubled as coaches and only taught history because they had to teach something besides kick ball. History was boring to me thanks to those boring teachers. But I have authors like Michael E. Newton to thank for bringing me back to the fold. If you are not a fan of historical nonfiction, I absolutely beg you to pick up his book and at least give it a try. I have only one word to describe it: Brilliant!
Posted in Educational, History, Non-Fiction, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged ancient greece, ancient israel, ancient rome, communist russia, fascist italy, michael e. newton, nazi germany, the path to tyranny |
By Shannon Yarbrough on July 10, 2010
I’d been following the journey of Judith Schwartz’s book for several months now, mainly because she used the Espresso Book Machine to publish it. The first Espresso Book Machine in the U.S. belongs to the Northshire Bookstore in Vermont where copies of Judith’s book can be born in a matter of minutes. The word therapist in the title pretty much kept me away from reading it, but after Mrs. Schwartz’s approached me with her book, I decided to give it a try. And I’m glad I did.
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Educational, Self-help/Motivational, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged espresso book machine, judith schwartz, the therapist's new clothes |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 24, 2010
In March 2009, I began writing an article for LLBR about how to market your book on Amazon. The result of that article turned into a longer project that I decided to publish as a small book. Taking advantage of Lulu’s free ISBN at the time, I released it as a 93 page guide that included my POD Diary which I wrote throughout the first year of marketing my book, Stealing Wishes.
Posted in Announcements, Educational, Kindle, Lulu, Marketing, POD Diary, Promotions, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged book marketing, lulu pocket guide, marketing and selling, marketing on amazon, POD book, pod guide, pod pocket guide, print on demand amazon, print on demand book, print on demand guide, selling on amazon |
