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The Youth Corridor – Your Guide to Timeless Beauty  Author: Gerald Imber, M.D.   Written by a plastic surgeon, The Youth Corridor gives good advice on taking care of your skin and face long before you need plastic surgery.  Don’t Get Too Thin was one piece of advice I loved, and this is the type of information that Imber gives.  Did you know that facial exercises cause wrinkles?  Don’t be a runner – it causes sagging skin.  Don’t gain or lose weight repeatedly: it is a no no for your ... continue reading...

Old Man River Author: Paul Schneider Every once in a while, you come across a history novel that reads like fine fiction. Schneider’s epilogue of the history of the lands and peoples, artifacts and history of the communities bordering the mighty Mississippi borders on brilliant. I had never thought of the Mississippi River as such; except for Mark Twain’s Huck Finn, it really escaped my notice and place in American history. But Schneider relays so many facets of our great river and in such ... continue reading...

The Hero of Blind Pig Island and Other Island Stories  Author: Jimmy Olsen Here at The Review Broads, we are very lucky indeed.  As I receive pre-published and published books to review, I am able to foreshadow many of the best authors that are writing today.  And that is a joy and an honor.  When I discover a new author who thrills, I shout it out!   Newcomers Kate Atkinson, Megan Abbott - the list is too long to write.  Occasionally, I discover an audacious author whose writing simply ... continue reading...

The Outcasts  Kathleen Kent   The Outcasts presents a stark, dark 1800s Western themed novel with two main characters: Lucinda Deerling, a prostitute, and Nate, a new Texas lawman in the early days of any law at all.  Lucinda, elegant, has epilepsy, and her father placed her in an insane asylum as a child and abandoned her.  Her fits are not known as an illness, which creates an aura of evil about her.  Lucinda is now at Mrs. Landry’s brothel, where she escapes after stealing Mrs. ... continue reading...