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Ten million people go missing in the US each year

Editor — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:43:08 +0000

Kathy-Diane Leveille is available as a media guest/expert

Missing persons, crime, are national obsession—and entertainment

CNN's Nancy Grace devotes most of her nightly one-hour show to cases of missing children like Caylee Anthony. Popular TV show Without a Trace, about an FBI missing persons unit, ran for the last seven seasons.Nothing entices the public interest like a disappearance, a theme strongly threaded through Kathy-Diane Leveille's shocking novel Let the Shadows Fall Behind You.

In real-life cases like the Caylee Anthony murder, the public are genuinely horrified by her death, but at the same time we undeniably tune-in by the millions.

Lyrical and Wonderful "The Nation's Highest Honor" Book Trailer

Editor — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:12:07 +0000

Please enjoy a book trailer for James Gaitis' stunning satirical novel, The Nation's Highest Honor. Click to play.

Book Trailer by Persona Corp, created by Kam Wai Yu

Paul Cook Talks about addiction on Channel 4

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:29:51 +0000

Paul Cook, on Cooked in LA, speaking about addiction.

Paul Cook Interviewed about Sean Penn and Jeff Goldblum on TV

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:16:42 +0000

Latest TV clip from Paul Cook, discussing Sean Penn and Jeff Goldblum.

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Paul Cook Interview on TV for "Cooked in LA"

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:12:00 +0000

Another clip of Paul Cook coverage in media.

Paul Cook Interview on KMOV TV on "Cooked in LA"

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:07:17 +0000

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"Lead Babies" Authors Featured on Peace Arch News

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:29:13 +0000

Pair of Surrey educators try to get the lead out

ByAlex Browne - Peace Arch News

School days – especially for elementary age children – are not the way many adults remember them.

Learning disabilities, declining IQ levels, attention deficit disorder, autism and behaviour problems – such as violence and delinquency – have become epidemic among children over the last few decades.

Joanna Cerazy and Sandra Cottingham are two Surrey school district special-education specialists – Cerazy as a hands-on worker with a caseload, Cottingham as a district level consultant – who have seen the increase in children with such problems. And it’s become clear it’s a problem not just affecting children in their own school district, but worldwide. Read More>>

Hot New Trailer for COOKED IN LA

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:08:45 +0000

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Lead Babies Book Trailer

Editor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:41:19 +0000

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Lead Babies

Joanna Cerazy, MEd (Author), Sandra Cottingham, PhD (Author)

Childrens: Parenting & Family Care, Health

256 pages, Cloth, 5.5 x 8.5
Distribution Rights: WOR
$24.95 (CAN $25.95)
9781601641922(1601641923)

Pub Date: May 2009

AMD “Congo” Decision Sparks Outrage

Editor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:18:25 +0000

Activist and author Dave Donelson Convinces Computer Giant to Change Name

Author/ Activist Dave Donelson, author of "Heart of Diamonds"(West Harrison, NY) A well-publicized letter from author Dave Donelson convinced computer chip giant AMD Corporation to change a product code name, according to an online report on technology site CNET News. Donelson had complained in an open letter published on his blog on Daily KOS about the company’s recent decision to name a new computer chip “Congo” because of the connection between conflict minerals used in electronic devices and the brutal war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“Nearly six million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998,” Donelson explained in the letter sent to AMD CEO Dirk Meyer, “and the death toll continues to mount as fighting over the country's mineral resources continues. Currently, more than a million Congolese have been driven from their

Book Trailer for THE UNBREAKABLE CHILD by Kim Michele Richardson

Editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:33:45 +0000

Don't miss the latest Kam Wai Yu trailer, from the inventor of the book trailer. The Unbreakable Child by Kim Michele Richardson. Click image to play.

Nino Ricci reviews Let the Shadows Fall Behind You: "nuance of poetry with all the suspense of a thriller."

Editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:45:35 +0000

"Let the Shadows Fall Behind You is a haunting story of disappearance and loss and, ultimately, of redemption. Weaving together a world of family loyalties and family lies, of broken bonds and of those that endure, it combines the nuance of poetry with all the suspense of a thriller." Nino Ricci, author The Origin of Species

Nino Ricci won the Governor General's Award and the Canadian Authors Award for his book The Origin of Species and for Lives of the Saints which was made into a TV mini series with Sophia Loren.

Philadelphia Inquirer Writes "Thirst-Quenchingly Smart" in Review of The Short Course in Beer

Editor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:32:45 +0000

If you need a beer primer to keep up with the crew at the latest gastropub (and who doesn't in brew-crazy Philly), turn to a new book from local writer Lynn Hoffman for a tasty draft of advice. The Short Course in Beer (Künati) may come as a surprise from Hoffman, a noted wine writer. But beer has been his longtime interest, too, and he approaches the subject with an academic thoroughness, from the technical to the cultural, without ever getting too dry. It may be a pint-sized primer, but it's also thirst-quenchingly smart.

- Craig LaBan

"The Short Course in Beer" (Künati), by Lynn Hoffman

Proposal to have mass murderer Stalin named a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church shows extent of Russian historical revisionism under Putin

Editor — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Book asks -- Is Russia experiencing its own form of state Holocaust denial?

A wave of historical revisionism in Russia could mean that millions murdered by Stalin will be forgotten. Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are seeking to bury Stalin's bloody legacy as history's greatest mass murderer. Putin's campaign to glorify Stalin and the Soviet Union appears to be resonating with ordinary Russians. In popular opinion polls, Stalin consistently comes out on top, or near it. And there is a movement to have the great dictator and murderer declared a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. Religious icons bearing his likeness are already available.

To Alexander Dolinin, Soviet-born author of Against Destiny, and advocate for the remembrance of those millions murdered by Stalin in his forced collectivization of farms and his sweeping purges of the military, this is

Landmark Lawsuit Against US Clergy Mirrors Inquiry’s Finding of “Endemic” Rape

Editor — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:34:28 +0000

In Europe a 9-Year Official Inquiry Found Widespread Abuse, While in America Victims Forced to Litigate Against Clergy

A 9-year inquiry in Europe found that Catholic priests and nuns terrorized thousands of children in the Irish Republic. Meanwhile, in America, victims are left to litigate privately or in groups to stop the abuse. The much-anticipated Ryan Report in Europe found “beatings and humiliation by nuns and priests were common at institutions that held up to 30,000 children” and that sexual molestation was "endemic" in church-run industrial schools and orphanages.