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Authors: Sarah Parsons Zackheim, with Adrian Zackheim Publisher: Dummies, A Brand Imprint of Wiley Publishing – 355 pages Book Review by Sonu Chandiram I believe only insiders in the publishing industry can be qualified to advise someone who wants to be an author. This is true for almost all people unless the intending author is a celebrity of some sort or a recognized authority in a new field that has sparked a lot of interest among the public, such as social media, for example. The authors have many years of experience in the publishing world. They are also published authors themselves, so they have been on both sides of the book editor’s desk. This gives them unique insight in helping you become an author. Sarah Zackheim is a freelance writer who has authored or coauthored three books. But what qualifies her more to write about how to get your book published is that she has about a decade of experience in the publishing field, having worked at Doubleday, New York Times Books and William Morrow. Adrian Zackheim currently works as associate publisher at HarperCollins and is editor-in-chief at HarperInformation. He has extensive experience in the publishing world, having started at G.P. Putnam Sons in 1975. He has also worked at Doubeday, William Morrow and St. Martin’s Press. In this must-read book for anyone intending to become a published writer,...

Author: Liz Dimarco Weinmann, MBA Publisher: DARE-Force Corporation. 286 pages Book Review by Nano Khilnani The full subtitle of this book is: 12 Principles and Practices for Women over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action, and Take Charge for the Rest of Their Lives. DARE is an acronym developed by Liz Weinmann that stands for Drive, Advance, Rule and Express. She writes that the book seeks to provide four Es: enlightenment, encouragement, engagement and empowerment. This book is directed to women over 40 who feel unfulfilled. It is for those who want to make the “second part of their lives” better than the first one. For those who are for example, thinking about going back to college to get their degree, this is the book for them to challenge and motivate them. This book is also for those women who are homemakers who did not go out and get a job or start a career. It is for people who simply want a change in their lives, which may be to enter into a certain industry, engage their passion and develop it into a full-time livelihood or occupation, or a profitable business. It could be anything inside them that has become a hankering, like moving into a new city or country, for example. For women who nurse ambitions and hold dreams seeking realization, this is truly and inspiring book....

Editors: Tony C.K. Tham, John S.A. Collins and Roy M. Soetikno: Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell -221 pages Book Review by:  Nano Khilnani This book is not just on gastroenterology or a discussion of the many topics in this medical specialty that deals with various parts of the gastrointestinal  (GI) tract. It is specifically aimed at emergencies and complications that such specialists in this field run into during procedures such as a colonoscopy (examination of the insides of the large intestine) or at any point when diagnosing and treating patients. Drs. Tham, Collins and Soetikno, the editors of this book and all gastroenterologists, have done an excellent job of compiling materials for this informative book from over 40 specialists, most of them doctors and experts in various medical specialties. Most are physicians and surgeons, and some of them are professors and-or researchers. There are 33 chapters in this book spread over its three sections. The contributors’ names are mentioned as authors of each particular chapter. Some of them have contributed to writing multiple chapters or parts thereof. What really makes the book important is the collective expertise of these specialists in a single document. There is a detailed seven-page index that helps the reader get quickly, easily to any keyword such as a complication or a disease to study on it in detail. This compact book of a little over 200 pages...

Author: Franco Arda Publisher: Smarter Comics. 49 pages Book Review by Ramu Nakliba This book, written by the founder of Smarter Comics Franco Arda, is highly inspiring to say the least. But more than arousing our emotions and appealing to our hearts, it really makes us think back about our successes and failures, and appeals to our minds. Think of your past successes and what led you to make the decisions that brought you those successes. In some cases, someone believed in you and told you, in spite of your fears that “you can do it.” Whereas others stopped you from doing what you wanted. They told you “don’t do it….do be a fool…think of how embarrassed you would be if you failed.” Many times, we have to make our own decisions, especially during our youth and thereafter in adulthood. When you are an orphan for example, oftentimes you have no one close enough that can help you make that major life-changing decision. Fortune Favors the Bold means that if you are not bold enough to make a decision to take the first important steps to turn your dreams into reality because you fear negative outcomes, you will then you will simply remain unfulfilled. “Dreams are the fuel that drives the engine of our life,” says Franco Arda. How do we find meaning in our lives? Arda answers this...