Review: A Convenient Solution by Howard Johnson

Book Title: A Convenient Solution
Author: Howard Johnson
Niche: Science / Energy
Price: $4.95
Size: 95,000 words (365 pages paperback equivalent)

Discussion of the energy crisis and some practical solutions.

The world is facing an energy crisis. Well, a large part of it. The causes of the crisis are part economics, part supply/demand, and part political. Many myths abound along with quite a bit of greed and chicanery.

Mr. Johnson dives into this morass with a hard-headed attitude that cuts through the “BS” and gets to the basics. In doing so, he debunks some of the myths while realizing that as long as some of the myths are adopted, for whatever reason, into public policy, any solution is going to have to work around them.

The book is basically aimed at the problems as they impact the United States, but I can see where a lot of the content would apply to a number of “developed” nations. The book covers present energy systems, proposed solutions, distribution problems, and tradeoffs. Mr. Johnson finally proposes a number of solutions that are economically and politically possible and would, he claims, make this country energy independent within 10 years.

President Obama must have read this book, because one of several solutions Johnson proposes is a nuclear option — the same thing the President is currently touting.

If you want to be current and knowledgeable about energy for homes, autos, portable toys, etc. this is a book you should have around to educate yourself and as a handy reference for later.

Formats: Adobe Reader (pdf), ePub, Kindle (prc), Microsoft Reader (lit), Mobi (prc)

No DRM
Reviewed by Allan Kalar, Washington state
By it now at AKW Books

Review: The Fighter King

Book Title: The Fighter King
Author: John Bowers
Niche: Fiction – Science Fiction / Adventure
Price: $5.95
Size: 139,000 words (424 pages paperback equivalent)

The beginning of the Fighter Queen saga.

Oliver Lincoln III has it good. Born into a rich family (his father manufactures combat fighters), he can pretty much coast through life. In fact, the easy life has made him soft and overweight.
He leads a playboy life with friends on other worlds and enough money to visit whenever he feels like it. In fact, in the opening of the story, we see him “showing off” his marksmanship to a college friend on Sirius, a planet settled by aggressive southern rednecks from Earth who trade in slaves.
So, how was Oliver sucked into the middle of a war on another world, one he’s never previously visited and where he has no friends to bail him out?
The answers and Oliver’s struggles to stay alive, do the right thing, and get back home make an intriguing story of triumph, tragedy, and “growing up”.
This is a “page-turner” from the start. I only get about an hour to myself at night before I turn in, and I’ve “crashed” late several times because I had to read “just a little more”.
The 3rd book released in the series, it’s probably the one that should be read first.
Other books in the series: A Vow to Sophia, and The Fighter Queen. A fourth, Star Marine, is due out in mid to late March.
Rated “R” for sex, language, and violence
Reviewed by Allan Kalar, Washington state
John Bower’s website is http://bornnovelist.wordpress.com/

Buy it now at: AKW Books

Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and Legends of the Movies!

Book Title: Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and Legends of the Movies!
Author: Stephen Schochet
Niche: Film/Entertainment
Price: $9.95
Size: 324 Pages

Fun EBook Tells Short, Entertaining Hollywood Stories.
“At high noon on a cold November day in 1974, sixty-seven-year-old John Wayne faced off with the staff of the Harvard Lampoon on the famous campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The students had issued their challenge by calling the beloved American icon a fraud. Wayne, who had his new movie McQ to promote, responded by saying he would be happy to show his flm in the pseudo-
intellectual swamps of Harvard Square. After the screening, without writers, the former USC footballer delivered a classic performance. When one smart young man asked where he got his phony toupee, Wayne insisted the hair was real. It wasn’t his, but it was real. The appreciative underclassmen loved him and after the Q and A session, they all sat down to dinner. Later Wayne, who was suffering greatly from both gout and the after effects of lung cancer (sadly the Duke only had fve years to live), said  that day at Harvard was the best time he ever had.”

Hollywood, CA - Just when you thought you’ve heard everything about Hollywood comes a totally
original new ebook. Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and
Legends of the Movies! by Stephen Schochet contains a timeless treasure trove of colorful vignettes
featuring an amazing all-star cast of  icons including John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney,
Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn and
many others both past and contemporary.

A special blend of biography, history and lore Hollywood Stories is full of humorous tales often
with unexpected endings.  What makes the ebook unique is that the reader can go to any page
and fnd a completely engaging and illuminating yarn.  Sometimes people won’t realize that they
are reading about The Three Stooges or Popeye the Sailor until they come to the end of the story.

A professional tour guide in Hollywood, Stephen Schochet has researched and told thousands of
entertaining anecdotes for over twenty years.  He is also the author and narrator of two
audiobooks Tales of Hollywood and Fascinating Walt Disney. Tim Sika, host of the radio show
Celluloid Dreams on KSJS in San Jose has called Stephen,” The best storyteller about Hollywood
we have ever heard.” For more information about Hollywood Stories, or to schedule an interview,
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Available at: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/10038