Category Archives: Non-fiction

Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses- Joe Pulizzi

Posted on September 8, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Do you have an idea for a great product or service but have limited funds, and don’t know how to attract customers? Joe Pulizzi , founder of Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and author of Content Inc. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Reviewers' Top Picks | Tagged Business | 1 Comment

Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept – Daniel Rodriguez

Posted on July 24, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) I have read numerous accounts of the horrors of war, but none so riveting as those depicted in Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept. However, this autobiography by Purple Heart and Bronze Star … Continue reading →

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Madame Alexandra’s Rules of Business: The Enduring Principles of Business Success – Claude Roessiger

Posted on May 29, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…money brings the only worthwhile thing it can bring: freedom…it being only the medium of exchange between a man’s labor and his freedom. Labor is not dishonorable, nor is the money which is only the comestible … Continue reading →

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Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life – Carrie White

Posted on May 18, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “George Masters had done another one of his disappearing acts from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills more than a month ago. George had a reputation for being unreliable and outspoken. My favorite George story was … Continue reading →

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Sailor Man: The Troubled Life and Times of J.P. Nunnally, U.S. Navy – Del Staecker

Posted on April 16, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) Tremendously touching and skillfully written, Del Staecker’s Sailor Man is succinct yet powerful. And it stunned me. This is a true story of a sixteen-year-old so anxious to join the Navy in WWII and so patriotic to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Reviewers' Top Picks | Tagged biography, book reviews, WWII | 5 Comments

You Can’t Win – Jack Black

Posted on March 20, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among crooked people. I had not spent one hour in the company of an honest person. I had lived … Continue reading →

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Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies – Tara Ison

Posted on February 5, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Nine months before my fiftieth birthday, I am sexually propositioned by a thirty-three-year-old young man (…he seems so Benjamin-boyish)…The next thing I think, delighted, is “Well, here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson.” I think of martini assignations in … Continue reading →

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Men Explain Things to Me – Rebecca Solnit

Posted on November 1, 2014 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The shell of home is a prison of sorts, as much as protection, a casing of familiarity and continuity that can vanish outside. Walking the streets can be a form of social engagement, even of political … Continue reading →

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Eddie: The Life and Times of America’s Preeminent Bad Boy – Ken Osmond and Christopher J. Lynch

Posted on October 10, 2014 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…unlike the warriors’ Valkyrie, the Hollywood version didn’t let you know that you were going to die immediately; you were baited, strung along, and then let down to die a slow, lingering death. And like every … Continue reading →

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The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life’s Greatest Mystery – Sara Davidson

Posted on September 1, 2014 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) A few months ago I attended a Writers Bloc event to see author Sara Davidson promote her new book, The December Project. The evening began with a live video chat with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi from his … Continue reading →

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