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LOCAL AUTHOR: Rebecca Booth

The stock market plunges, soars and plunges again. Retail sales are down, unemployment is up. The Fed makes an unprecedented cut in interest rates.

Time to consult a higher power.

Rebecca Booth, aka “The Marketing Goddess,” has spent her adult life in marketing and what she has to say can help you in your small business. .Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Bob Morrissey

The tough off-duty cops sat at one end of the bar, the ex-cons at the other.

The cons let the cops drink in peace. The cops didn’t bother the cons. Neutral turf for both.

Bob Morrissey, Toledo detective, walked in and sat with the cops. He ordered a beer, put his hand in his pocket, was surprised by what he found and smiled to himself. .Full Review...

  • Available at : You can purchase Bob’s book at Barnes & Noble, Borders or Amazon. Com

LOCAL AUTHOR: Gregory Miller

Toledo competes against its past as much as it competes against other cities.

That challenge is more daunting when you consider that in the 1840s Jesup W. Scott, editor and publisher of The Toledo Blade, called Toledo “The future great city of the world.” He was not alone in that assessment. Toledo was seen by many experts as a regional trade center that could surpass Chicago in size and importance.Full Review...

  • Available at : You can purchase the book at Borders, Barnes & Noble, Leo’s Bookstore and the gift shop at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library in downtown. To view the Images in Time Project go to www.toledolibrary.org

LOCAL AUTHOR: Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter remembers when it seemed the only living things in Lake Erie were waves crashing over the pier at Metzger Marsh as he raced to the light pole and back dodging and daring the waves to sweep him into the water.

That was the mid-70s. Full Review...
  • Location: Oregon, OH
  • List Price: $14.95

  • Available at : To purchase Lake Erie Walleye, send $14.95, plus $3 shipping, to Big River Press, P.O. Box 130, Millfield, OH 45761. (Ohio residents add $0.94 sales tax.) For credit card orders, call 1800-447-8238.

LOCAL AUTHOR: Doug Grosjeanr

Father, son share adventures on a motorcycle

The father put his grumpy, irritable son in the corner of the restaurant, set the timer on his watch for five minutes and returned to his booth.

A woman, appalled by the time-out, confronts Doug Grosjean and lectures him. She tells him this public humiliation will emotionally scar his son for life. Full Review...

  • Location: Pemberville, OH
  • List Price: $23
    Available at : Beekers in Pemberville or can purchased by mail by sending $23, which includes shipping and handling to Doug Grosjean, P.O. Box 68, Pemberville Oh 43450

LOCAL AUTHOR: Larry Michaels and Ron Mauter

We all have a book inside us waiting to be written.

Ron Mauter’s book emerged three years ago after reviewing a family history that dates back to the 1870’s when his Grandmother Trudeau’s family of 15 settled in East Toledo.

“They had a lot of old pictures in shoe boxes and I was thinking there’s a story behind these photos,” he said

One photo was of the Manhattan Iron Company, which in 1863 built a large furnace on the Maumee River. Full Review...

  • Location: Toledo, OH
  • List Price: $15
    Available at : The Andersons, Borders Books, A J’s Carryout, Island Variety or Collins & Parker, or by mail by calling Larry at 419-697-5550 or Ron at 419-698-0964. Add $5, for shipping and handling

LOCAL AUTHOR: Larry Michaels and Jeff Eversman

Early in the Civil War, when the South had an advantage and the Union lacked decisive leadership, a group of Northwest Ohio soldiers volunteered to infiltrate enemy lines, steal a Confederate train, destroy a railroad and cut vital supply lines. Full Review...

  • Location: Toledo, OH
  • List Price: $10
    Website: River East Flowers in the Weber Block and The Andersons at W oodville Mall

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AUTHOR: Neil Thomas

The UFOs you see are Venusians patrolling our skies for our own good, or visitors studying sin in Satan’s backyard.

Now you know.

Let me clear up a few other mysteries.

There are 103 Victor Class spaceships hovering over Earth, the closest located Northeast of Detroit. The ship is docked at 12,400 foot-elevation. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: George Brymer

The fallout from the corporate scandals involving World Com, Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing and Adelphia has affected more than the thousands of employees who lost their jobs and the thousands of investors who lost retirement funds. These scandals have also affected all business owners and managers.
That’s George Brymer’s contention. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Jeff Savage

Jeff Savage, a member of Generation X, earned his first million by age 34. Now, eight years later, he shares his secrets with the next generation in his book, Millionaire by 40: 100 Secrets to Creating Wealth Not Taught in School.

Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: David Ben-Ariel

Is David Ben-Ariel sounding the trumpet for God or is he merely a confused Christian?

Either way, he’s a dangerous man in dangerous times, a man who Israel deported in 1996.

Ben-Ariel believes Israel should forcefully take back The Temple Mount from Muslim control.

Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Paul E. King

A broken furnace almost always means a busted wallet once homeowners shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a new unit and professional installation.

A Cygnet, Ohio man has written a new book to help homeowners install their own furnaces and central air systems. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Larry Donald Weseman

"The terrorists are coming after us. They hate our guts. We're infidels," says Larry Donald Weseman, alarmist and author.

Weseman foresees a day in 2006 when the terrorists come to America again. This time, they will openly warn us with cries of "Here we come." In fear, we will self-destruct and lose the war. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Thomas L. Eckert

The hair goes first, then the ears, the teeth and the memory, he says, lamenting his advancing age. He puts out the cigarette, exhales, grooms his white mustache with his thumb and finger and puts on his freshly-pressed veteran’s blazer and Garrison cap. Impeccably dressed, this junior vice-commander and chaplain grabs his cane and limps out the door and across the street. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Bryan Golden

Put a flea in a jar with a glass lid and it will quickly learn its limits by jumping up against the glass ceiling. Remove the lid and the flea will not jump out of the jar although it has the ability to do so.

The flea has been conditioned to learn its limits, states Bryan Golden, in his new book, Dare To Live Without Limits. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Mitch Garwolinski and Bob Hoffman

A first-hand account of the devastating impact the Nazi war machine had on Poland. As one yong boy learned, hope and freedom are more compelling than even depravity or suffering. A book by East Toledoan Mitch Garwolinski and Bob Hoffman. You can order by calling authors at 419-475-1843 or going to their website Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Susan R. Lowe

Would the jump be fatal, Susan Lowe wondered.

She was mesmerized by the rushing water crashing on the shards of rock 100-feet below. No one else was at the nature preserve. No one to interrupt her debate with herself. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Christopher Ricci

While millions flock to the Left Behind series of books and movies Christopher Ricci warns Christians that if they believe in such false doctrines they will be left behind.Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Mary Nassar Breymaier

George Pearson was banished to the East Side for following the gospel of Jesus Christ. But, that punishment proved to be a blessing for an emerging neighborhood. Full Review...

  • Location: Toledo, OH
  • List Price: $10.00
  • Publisher: Bihl House Publishing

LOCAL AUTHOR: Officer Bob Morrissey

The man dubbed The Nude Dude perpetrated one of the most confounding cases in the history of crime in East Toledo.

When finally caught, the former All-State track star ran up 97 cases of indecent exposure, said Bob Morrissey, a retired Toledo Police Detective. Full Review...

LOCAL AUTHOR: Larry Michaels and Robyn Hage

"Rumpsey, dumpsey. Who killed Tecumseh?"

That question of who killed one of the most famous chiefs in America puzzled a nation shortly after the War of 1812.

Was it Peter Navarre, as he claimed?

Or, was it Colonel Richard Johnson, who later became vice-president of the United States, as some witnesses said. Full Review...

  • Location: Toledo, OH
  • List Price: $10.00
    Web Site: Bihl House Publishing

 


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