Synopsis: Divorce is an emotional rollercoaster. And if you’re a woman going through a divorce, you may not be thinking about financial matters, such as how your assets might get divided, tax liabilities, and what your living expenses might be ten years from now. But, here’s the problem: the decisions you make both before and […]
Category: nonfiction
Today I bring you a different type of guest post, or a different type of book than I normally post about! For those that know me personally, I am NOT in the midst of a divorce or even thinking about it! However, I do believe in women being prepared should the “D” word ever happen […]
Synopsis: Armed with camera and notebook, war was an assignment Croswell Bowen could finally sink his teeth into — until the bombs dropped and the story began. Croswell Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen’s father, began writing and taking photographs for Back from Tobruk in 1941 while en route with his unit of American Field Service volunteer […]
Blog Tour & Excerpt: A Hard Act to Follow
January 5, 2013
“Henry and Johnny” CARSON STORY The New Yorker article by Kenneth Tynan from 1978, included the following question and answer: Tynan: When you’re at home, whom do you entertain? Carson: My lawyer, Henry Bushkin, who’s probably my best friend. But to Henry, the relationship was much more complicated… People speak to Henry about Johnny Carson, because […]
Daisy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Presidential diarist and author Janis F. Kearney transforms civil rights legend Daisy Gatson Bates’ life from black and white, to living color. The author, who interviewed Bates many times; recreates her conversations and interviews to “fill in” places left un-filled, and colors incidents and experiences, to […]
Blog Tour: A Hard Act to Follow by Henry Bushkin
December 14, 2012
Blog Tour Schedule A Hard Act to Follow by Henry Bushkin “A Hard Act to Follow,” is a non-fiction literary account of Henry Bushkin’s tenure as Johnny Carson’s lawyer, business partner, and friend. The book gives genuine insight into the ‘Carson behind Johnny’ with candid personal vignettes about the two, during the rollicking years when […]
Women Count – Susan Bulkeley Butler (Giveaway)
September 29, 2010
Susan Bulkeley Butler is an accomplished business woman who shaped her own future at a time when women were not taken seriously as business profesionals. She joined Arthur Andersen & Co. as its first professional female employee in 1965, and 14 years later, was named the first female partner of its consulting organization, Andersen Consulting, […]
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage – Mark Gungor
November 10, 2008
Publisher – Atria Books (a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc)Dare to believe that marriage is good4 out of 5 stars The author, Mark Gungor, is a pastor at Celebration Church in Wisconsin, a motivational speaker, musician and CEO of Laugh Your Way America. This book is about the differences between men and women and […]