Norman Goldman
http://www.bookpleasures.com
I am a retired Civil Law Notaire and
Title Attorney.
I am the editor of:
BOOK
PLEASURES.COM
and
SKETCH AND TRAVEL.COM
For 35 years I practiced my
profession in Montréal, Canada where I
was born and where I still live.
As my wife Lily and I enjoy travel,
many of
my book reviews are based on books
concerning travel and travel adventure.
However, I also review several other
genre.
Over 200 of my reviews have been
published on such sites as:
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www.bootsnall.com
www.blether.com
www.triplit.com
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I am a regular contributor to this
comprehensive collection of
authoritative reviews of
English language trade, scholarly, and
reference books published in Canada.
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would be interested in, please click
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Book Reviews that I would consider:
- Travel Adventure
- Adventure
- Canadian History
- Judaica
- Internet for the layman
- Business
- Politics
- History
- Fiction
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Moon Handbooks Alberta
by Andrew Hempstead
"A comprehensive guide to Alberta"
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Posted May 7, 2004
Recently, as I was searching the Internet for travel
guidebooks that uniquely deal with Alberta, Canada, I was
surprised to discover that my choices were very limited.
However, I did notice a travel-guide book now in its
fifth edition, published by Avalon Travel, authored by
Andrew Hempstead, entitled Moon Handbooks Read more...
The Island at the Center of the World
by Russell Shorto
"The Unbelievable legacy of the Dutch on America"
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Posted May 2, 2004
Up to now the preponderant view held by many historians is
that Dutch contribution to American history and
particularly to that of New York has been one of
irrelevancy. As we no doubt realize, the winners write
history, and unfortunately, whatever the losers may have
contributed, it seems to be Read more...
Design To Kill
by Chester D. Campbell
"Was it Suicide or Murder?"
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Posted June 15, 2004
Have you ever wondered how safe it is when stepping out on
the balcony of a high- rise condo building? Did the
contractor strictly follow the architect/ engineer's plans
or did he try to cut corners in order to save a couple of
dollars?
You say that could not Read more...
Trusting Yourself
by M. J. Ryan
""To thine own self be true""
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Posted August 11, 2004
"To thine own self be true." How often have we heard this
famous Shakespearean quotation? Did we ever stop and think
about it for a moment- probably not.
In modern vernacular this advice would be rephrased as-
"trust yourself." This is particularly good advice when
many of us our overwhelmed with Read more...
Hadrian's Wall
by William Dietrich
"The story of the passions of women and the yearnings of men."
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Posted May 2, 2004
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, historian, and author,
William Dietrich's recent poignant novel is set in Northern
England in 367 A.D, where Hadrian's Wall, which
incidentally is the title of the book, once stood. Today,
it is a world heritage site in recognition of this
magnificent Roman civil engineering project. Built of Read more...
The Founders
by Norman Carmichael
"Many clues popping up all over the place!"
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Posted June 18, 2004
Every so often, when I am just about given up on self-
published books, one crosses my desk and pleasantly
surprises me, reconfirming my faith that there are still
some very good ones around.
Such was the case when in an afternoon I devoured first
time novelist Norman Carmichael's thriller, The Founders.
This Read more...
Gift Of The Bambino
by Jerry Amernic
"Sports' History Collides With Fiction"
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Posted November 28, 2004
Novelist Jerry Amernic's debut novel Gift Of The Bambino
illustrates how it is possible to effectively pen a novel
wherein sport's history collides with fiction.
At the core of the novel is Amernic's principal character,
Lazo, who had a dream of one day playing baseball in the
big leagues or Read more...
Civilization and Its Enemies
by Lee Harris
"The subject of this book is forgetfulness"
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Posted April 21, 2004
The over-whelming sentiment of Lee Harris's timely
Civilization And Its Enemies The Next Stage of History is
pretty much summed up in the Preface when he asserts: "The
subject of this book is forgetfulness."
Harris, who could be described as a "philosopher's
philosopher," convincingly places 9/11 into perspective
with carefully crafted Read more...
Why We Love: The Nature and Future of Romantic Love
by Helen Fisher
"The Science of Romantic Love"
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Posted May 9, 2004
From time immemorial philosophers, poets, writers, and
probably anyone else who could voice an opinion have
pondered over the question, what is romantic love?
In fact, if you ask someone to describe its attributes,
you would probably be informed that once you experience
romantic love it is difficult to control. For Read more...
The Last Juror
by John Grisham
"A Tantalizing Thriller"
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Posted April 25, 2004
You have to admit that the mere mention of the name John
Grisham seems to invoke a love or hate reaction among
bibliophiles. You either vigorously defend his writing
style or you dismiss it as "schlock" writing.
Candidly, I have to admit that I am always seduced when
Grisham publishes a Read more...
Berlitz Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships 2004
by Douglas Ward
"The Bible of Cruises"
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Posted May 1, 2004
If you have ever taken a cruise you know how frustrating
it can be just deciding which cruise to take? There are
probably hundreds of books on the topic, not to mention
the endless number of newspaper, magazine and Internet
articles.
Now along comes a guide that probably could be called Read more...
A Twig Grows In Springdale
by Al Michaud
"Why Do We Crave Nostalgia?"
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Posted June 13, 2004
Why is it that when we reach our 50s and beyond there is a
certain longing for the past? Perhaps, this nostalgic
craving is due to our desire to slow down time.
Eviatar Zerubavel, a cognitive sociologist at Rutgers
University, in his book Social Mindscape, made the
following observation: Read more...
Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century
by Alexander Sanger
"The Pro-choice and Pro-life debate continues"
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Posted August 11, 2004
If there is one thing that will surely stir up emotions is
a heated debate between pro-life and pro-choice advocates.
The debate invariably brings in political, legal,
religious, moral, medical and sociological factors that
often times only confuse those who are the spectators.
Alexander Sanger is the recently retired president of Read more...
With love from Spain, Melanie Martin
by Carol Weston
"Melanie Martin and her Trip to Spain"
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Posted December 1, 2003
The following review was contributed by:
LILY AZERAD-GOLDMAN with the assistance of NORM GOLDMAN
Spring break couldn't be more fun than with the Martin
family. Carol Weston's latest in a series of diaries With
love from Spain, Melanie Martin, once again creates
characters that have become our believable invisible
friends. Read more...
Dead Red
by Nelson Andreu
"What readers expect from Mystery Novels"
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Posted May 23, 2004
Former Miami homicide detective Nelson Andreu's debut
novel, DEAD RED, delivers many of the elements readers
come to expect of the traditional page-turner mystery-
ruthless killers, an aura of corruption, a love story,
diamond and drug traffickers, a murder made to look like a
suicide, and foreign intrigue.
What is unique Read more...
How To Be A Gardener
by Photographer Jonathan Buckley, Alan Titchmarsh
"Gardening must entail the use of all of your senses."
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Posted April 30, 2004
HOW TO BE A GARDENER
Peeking out of my widow on an early Montreal spring
morning I was depressed and horrified to notice snow on
the ground! Although, where I live, you never know when
winter ends and spring arrives; it still came as a shock!
In all probability, this would drive Read more...
Inside Monster Garage
by Ken Vose
"Unbelievable Car Transformations!"
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Posted December 22, 2003
"Mea Culpa"- I have to confess, I never watched the
Discovery Channel's television series, Monster Garage.
Then again, for that matter, I have refrained these days
from watching television altogether!
Monster Garage, as I have been informed by several
television mavens, is one of the hottest realty shows, and
after reading Read more...
Shakespeare's World
by Prof. Debra L. Johanyak
"Who was William Shakespeare?"
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Posted November 19, 2003
Who was William Shakespeare? Some people believe he never
existed as one person but rather many. Others claim that
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the true
Shakespeare, or that the earl of Essex, the earl of Derby,
or Sir Walter Raleigh, wrote his works.
Did he Read more...
Mordecai & Me An Appreciation of a Kind
by Joel Yanofsky
"Canada's Literary Bad Boy!"
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Posted November 23, 2003
If you didn't know what the fuss was all about concerning
Canada's infamous author, Mordecai Richler, (infamous
according to the Jewish and French-Canadian communities,
and even sometimes English Canada), fret no longer, help
is at hand.
Montreal author, literary journalist and book reviewer
Joel Yanofsky's recent book, Mordecai & Me Read more...
Ada Blackjack
by Jennifer Niven
"The First Eskimo Heroine"
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Posted January 5, 2004
Not many of us have ever heard of an island that is
generally barren, frozen and rocky through most of the
year located in the Arctic Ocean between the East Siberian
Sea and the Chukotsk Sea-Wrangel Island.
In 1921, a Canadian explorer, Vihjalmur Stefansson, sent
four young men, only one an Read more...
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