Marian Ritichie, author of The Long Way Home: A Journey into Alzheimer’s, will be at Chapters, New Fairview Mall, 285 Geneva, St. Catharines, ON L2N 2G1, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 15. Marian has received wide acclaim for her book and insight into the devastating disease, from individuals living with Alzheimer’s to medical staff and experts in nursing homes to the Mayo Clinic. She has lectured across North America and recently in Scotland….
We’ve just reached a second book agreement with Nate Hendley for his book China: the New Superpower. This is a new book for Hendley, one that delves into China’s complex, mercurial history, politics and emerging power in the global community. China: the New Superpower is slated for release early in 2011.
Five Rivers is pleased to welcome Nate Hendley to our community of authors with the 2010 re-release of his horrifically insightful book: Crystal Death: Methamphetamine #1 Killer (formerly published by Altitude Publishing under Crystal Meth.) Crystal Death chronicles the nightmare lives of several North American addicts and producers, backing those biographies with scientific, well-researched documentation about the physical, societal, and medical impact of this most deadly and devastating of drugs. Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based…
Sometime last year I signed on with Goodreads (www.goodreads.com), a virtual book club where people fill shelves with virtual books and more often than not rate and write reviews. These are not critically acclaimed reviews, and are often disparaged by legacy publishers and authors. To my view, however, the forum Goodreads provides, and the reader reviews posted there, are a grassroots, honest response from the people who count the most in the literary world, besides…
By way of introduction of my new cultural fantasy novel, From Mountains of Ice, and to celebrate my 54th birthday, I’m offering here the prologue for your pleasure. He tried very hard to remain still, to be strong, project the image of the Royal Prince he was. That scream in his throat had a life of its own. He wanted to set it free, let it encompass the room. How could she? He allowed himself…