The Authors Guild speaks for me

We have reached a moment of crisis. Most Americans, whatever their party, have lost confidence in the national government. Few can disagree any longer with Charles Blow, who writes in The New York Times this morning: “We are leaderless. America doesn’t have a president. America has a man in the White House holding the spot,…

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READY, FIRE, AIM book launch

We had a successful launch of my latest book, READY, FIRE, AIM! AN IMMIGRANT’S TALES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL TERROR, on Saturday, July 10, at the Annapolis Bookstore. The book is now available in soft cover or as an e-book from www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, as well as directly from my publisher, www.writelife.com. [The pretty girl in the photo…

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Book review: RED NOTICE

I just finished reading an amazing book, RED NOTICE, by Bill Browder. It should be required reading for every American, particularly at a time when high-level members of our government seem to be cozying up to the murderous regime of Vladimir Putin. Browder, had the foresight to move to Moscow at a time when the country was…

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Early release of autobiography, READY, FIRE, AIM!

Amazon jumped the gun and released Ready, Fire, Aim! An Immigrant’s Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror early to several hundred readers who pre-ordered it. It is now available from Amazon, as well as Barnes & Noble online, and my publisher, the WriteLife imprint of BQB Publishing (https://writelife.com). I hope readers in the Annapolis-Washington-Baltimore area will join me…

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Launch party for READY, FIRE, AIM! book

I would like to invite my readers to the launch party for my new book, Ready, Fire, Aim! An Immigrant’s Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror. I will discuss the book and sign books attendees will bring with them as well as those sold by the bookstore. Please come. The launch will take place on: Saturday, June 10, at…

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How sweet it is!

No matter how many books he/she has published, seeing the newest one fresh from the publisher always provides its author with a thrill. Although READY, FIRE, AIM! AN IMMIGRANT’S TALES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL TERROR won’t launch until June 1, I received my personal copies today. And I am thrilled!

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In Memoriam: J. Geils

   That soap-box derby race driver is a young boy named Jay Geils, as he looked in the 1950s, when we became neighbors and friends. A few years later, Jay became a famous musician, leader of the J. Geils Band. Yesterday, my old friend passed away at the age of 71. In his memory (and his father’s),…

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READY, FIRE, AIM now available for pre-order

My new book, Ready, Fire, Aim! An Immigrant’s Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror, is now available for pre-order on Amazon in both soft-cover and e-book formats (will be shipped to readers on June 1). Ordering it is simple: (1)Control + click: https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Fire-Aim-Immigrants-Entrepreneurial/dp/1608081818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486484639&sr=8-1&keywords=9781608081813 (2)Click on either “Paperback” or “Kindle” (3)Click on “Pre-order: Add to cart.” Alternatively, you can…

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A most disturbing book

I just finished reading a most disturbing book. As a boy hiding from the Nazis throughout World War II, I dreamed of a country where people were decent and free, and whose sons were fighting to defeat our oppressors. To me, the United States was “the shining city on the hill.” Of course, as an adult, I learned that my…

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Book review: CONTAINMENT by Hank Parker

A virus carried by ticks breaks out in Pennsylvania. When it is traced to a terrorist group, a page-turning race to save the world from a potential bioterrorism disaster begins. The good guys in this thriller are a male CIA agent and a female epidemiologist, who travel to far corners of the earth in an…

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