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Kanspira Publishing Announces New Book Review Rewards Program - PR.com
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Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:21 AM PST

GREEN GUIDE

Sustainability Stamp of disapprovalThe California Department of Fish and Game is misusing fishing fees, sportsmen claim.

Homegrown The handmade's taleCentral Valley cheese makers do it with cows.

An Inconvenient Ruth Turning tricksAuntie Ruth debunks ClimateGate.

Plug'd In Trailing offDig in and help preserve the American River Trail.

LOCAL STORIES

Feature Story Trippin' with GangliansOur writer goes on tour with the most popular Sacramento band you've never heard of.

News Bee cheaperThe Sacramento Bee staff prepare for more cost cutting.

News How not to grow marijuanaThe top 10 ways to keep your medical-marijuana garden safe.

ARTS&CULTURE

Arts & Culture Crusin for urban legendsRumors of a little-person prostitute sends this writer on a Watt-Auburn corridor adventure.

Arts & Culture No presentsTrickle-down bah-humbug is this holiday season's policy.

Stage Elf, humbug!And now for something totally different in the Christmas show category: one bad elf.

Scene & Heard Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan reduxIf all else fails, ice skate with a belly full of IPA.

Stage Reviews December SongsSN&R reviews a new production at the California Stage.

Stage Reviews The 1940's Radio HourSN&R reviews a new production at Artistic Differences.

Poet's Corner Taxi Sunrise, NYCA poem by Heidi Kriz of Sacramento.

Night & Day Pick Christmas loopholesA Christmas Story on the big screen.

Night & Day Pick Land of sweet balletSacramento Ballet presents holiday classic The Nutcracker.

Stage Pick of the Week She's always a princess to usSacramento Theatre Company's Cinderella keeps up with the times.

Book Reviews SleepwalkingM.K. Perker's graphic novel is literate, suspenseful and a bibliophile's dreamscape turned nightmare.

Book Reviews Bea-lieveThere's more than one way to fight a war.

Book Reviews Better with bitternessDonald Revell moves from strange lyricism to full-blown ecstatic prophecy in The Bitter Withy.

Ogg's World Ogg's World

Curtain Call It's a wonderful traditionOnstage, on-screen, any way you want it: It's a Wonderful Life.

DINING

Eating This is the futureGreg Lucas reviews New Canton's megalithic new dim sum and Cantonese food house with nary a mention of is dim-sum slut past.

Smorgasbord Drinking and writingThis is not your crazy Aunt Edna's eggnog.

Corner Table Group rateTips for dining in droves this holiday season.

Food Stuff Champagne Magnum, FYIChampagne tasting eerily resembles a celebrity sighting of Tom Selleck.

MUSIC

Music Feature Kittens releasedAnton Barbeau steps in to help produce, and write, a bit of Allyson Second's debut album, Bag of Kittens.

Sound Advice Do snowmen get Christmas sex?"Birthday Sex," Jeremih, Azukar Lounge, Shady Lady Saloon, Shaun Slaughter, holiday cocktails, ass shakers, gangster snowmen, Kepi Ghoulie, Kevin Seconds, Allyson Seconds, Anton Barbeau, Greg Attonito, Shanti Wintergate, T-Rex, Brian Hanover, Ellie Fortune, Jesse Phillips, Luigi's Fun Garden, Teddy Briggs, Appetite, Cozy Cullers, Sea of Bees, Thommy Minnick.

Music Pick of the Week Make you pop and jerkWiz Khalifa is for the young folks, not you.

Music Pick of the Week Fri, Dec 18, Brian HanoverLess angry than Hanover Saints.

Music Pick of the Week Fri, Dec 18, Lonely KingsBe a hater or buy a freaking toy and rock your ass off. The choice is yours.

Music Pick of the Week Fri, Dec 18, Prophetz of Time and SpaceIt ain't smooth jazz and it's gonna be stupid—in a good way.

Music Pick of the Week Sat, Dec 19, Baby GrandJust drink.

FILM

Film Reviews Up in the AirHe puts you out of a job, then finds his soul.

Cinema scoped Virgins on filmDaniel Barnes looks at his favorite first-time directors during the past 10 years.

Short Reviews La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opera de ParisThis film is not for every attention span, but for balletomanes, Francophiles and documentary purists, it's a must.

Short Reviews InvictusClint Eastwood gets nudgy and redundant.

Short Reviews Me and Orson WellesThe de facto slacker spokesperson Richard Linklater has educed a universally compelling psychology of megalomania.

In The Mix - DVD/Video Julie & JuliaOr is Bret Favre the Meryl Streep of football?

In The Mix - DVD/Video Lost: Season 5Letting down the leftover fans from season four.

OPINIONS

Race to the Bottom I want to believeCan Jesse Ventura save the world from conspiracy theories?

Bites The meat of the matterGreen-building guru forced out at county; taking a bite out of Meatless Monday.

Popsmart So over the big four-ohRachel turns 40—and is over it.

Ask Joey Ex in shining armorSome guys are addicted to rescuing damsels in distress, even when it's ex-lovers.

Letters Letters for December 17, 2009Love, hate, indifferencereaders express their opinions, sometimes about each other.

Editorial No. 91Forbes calls Sacramento out for bad bang-for-buck.

Editorial Sugar shockIt's time to disincentivise the sale of soda.

15 Minutes Room for CreamMiss Velvet Cream will reconstruct your jeans and have you looking like an urban nomad. Watch out.

Editorial Cartoon Editorial Cartoon

Essay My cancer storyA local patient spreads the gospel of naturopathic healing methods.

Greenlight Shaping behaviorDon't ask what you can do for your building, ask what your building can do for you.

Ask a Mexican Chinita bonitaThe Mexican on Asian women and fat babies.

Cut&Paste Space beam aimed at Fresno ClimateGate! ClimateGate!From the SN&R blogs.

fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Kanspira Publishing Announces New Book Review Rewards Program - PR.com

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Overland Park, KS, December 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- With its new Book Review Rewards Program, Kanspira Publishing has begun to harness the power of social networking media to give direct feedback to publishers and authors about new book releases.

Registration is free and book reviewers are eligible for up to $15 in cash incentives for posting their reviews online on such websites as You Tube, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and others. Details of the program can be found here: bennybuggles.com/review.htm

With the power of social media, consumers who read information from the program or watch viral videos about new book releases are empowered with trusted information from professionals in the field of book reviews and publishing, enabling them to make smarter purchase decisions.

Kanspira's first book in the just announced program is a new fiction release titled "Benny Buggles and the Termite Elimination."

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fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Book Reviews - News Slashdot

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 05:14 AM PST

Jake Green: "There is something about yourself that you don't know. Something that you will deny even exists, until it's too late to do anything about it. It's the only reason you get up in the morning. The only reason you suffer the shitty job, the blood, the sweat and the tears. This is because you want people to know how good, attractive, generous, funny, wild and clever you really are. Fear or revere me, but please, think I'm special. We share an addiction. We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The hip-hip-hoo-fuckin' rah. Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on you crazy diamond, because we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others."
— Revolver (2005, Guy Richie)

fivefilters.org featured article: Normalising the crime of the century by John Pilger. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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