Finding Positano

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Author - William James
Title - Finding Positano
Stars - 5

Jack Campbell is separated from his wife. His daughter, Maggie, writes a letter expressing her resentment and frustration. She ought to know not to take sides in such a private matter. Jack and his daughter have not spoken since.

Three years later, with the pressure of work and difficulties in her own relationship, Maggie goes in search of her father, a search that takes her to Positano on the romantic Italian Amalfi Coast. Positano is a picturesque town where anything can happen.

What she finds in Positano might just change her life if she doesn’t leave it to return to the comfortable safety of the life she already knows.

Finding Positano is an enchanting story of love, compromise and opportunity.

Finding Positano is a story you might find hard to put it down. The descriptions of the country are vivid - and it's a good love story. Finding Positano is about taking chances.

William James mixes a love story with travelogue in a very successful blend - I was hooked. I recommend this book and expect to hear more from this author


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PAST SINS
Contemporary romance

SHORT MOMENTS
Heartwarming Stories

Inheritance

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Author - Christopher Paolini
Inheritance

Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.


Months of training have produced triumphs and optimism, but they have also brought loss. The real battle lies ahead: they must deal with Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. If they cannot there will be no second chances.


The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared hope. Can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?

Sadly Inheritance lacks absolute impetus or significance. The opening chapters of Inheritance spend a lot of time on minor plots involving unimportant characters, although it does become better after the first 150 pages. However, at over 800 pages, Christopher Paolini could have drastically trimmed the story, removed some of the trivia, and made a better book of it.

All that said, Inheritance is quite an enjoyable story that you will probably find hard to put down

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Right as Rain

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Author - George Pelecanos
Right as Rain

Derek Strange is hired by Chris Wilson's mother to find out why her son, a black police officer, was killed by a white police officer, on a dark night in no man's land.

Derek guesses the answer is a case of mistaken identity, driven by the assumptions and preconceptions of innate racism. But what Derek finds is a hesitant affinity with the officer, who is desperate to proclaim himself "colour-blind." Dismissed from the force and convinced that there's more to his own story, the officer asks to join Derek in his investigation.



Right as Rain is a very masculine novel. It is chauvinist. It is ferocious and gritty in its depiction of drugs and drug use, and women take subservient roles to men. If you want great women characters go read someone like Penny Vincenzi. If you want a hard-hitting storyline then George Pelecanos might just be for you.

The conflict of Right as Rain is for truth, integrity and moral redemption, and the result is unquestionably a knockout.

That Immortal Jukebox Sensation

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Author - Gareth R. Roberts

That Immortal Jukebox Sensation

The novel centres on Richie Strafe, who in his mid-30s finds himself trapped in a career as a solicitor and is going nowhere, caught in a liaison that has lost meaning and deeply bitter about the pop star success of his one-time school band mate, Capaldi. Events combine to push Strafe back to his hometown, and he gets entangled up with a vicious killer - and plots a murder of his own.

The book is fast paced. The hapless Strafe is a curiously endearing character for all his insufferable tendencies. Cultural references abound, to 1970s and 80s music, like Joy Division and the Undertones.

It’s a quick read, but an enjoyable one – good for a surge of nostalgia. I enjoyed it.

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Winning a written argument

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Presenting and winning a written argument can be a struggle without coming over as overbearing. So what do you need to do to get there? The short answer is, be logical.

Techniques
Apply these ideas to your argument and you won't go far wrong:

• Incitement: Describe the problem that must be settled.
• Description: Clearly state your solution.
• Reiteration: Recap your premise.
• Influence: Establish your credibility with rational, responsible statements, facts,  figures, and consistency
• Verification: Cite or refer to experts to support your argument.
• Forecast: Describe an encouraging outcome to your solution.
• Expectation: Anticipate or counter disagreements or doubt, by disproving other options.
• Assessment: Encourage conformity by indicating examples of existing events that replicate your proposition.
• Enclosure: Invite readers to be party to your viewpoint. 

  Manner and Approach
You should always consider your readers when establishing your tenor. Keep the nitty-gritties in mind: You should always write:

• Clearly, 
• Logically
• Succinctly
• Use an active voice -passive voice has no place here.

 Also keep in mind such winning tactics as: stressing benefits; writing for the ambivalent; and focusing on communicating with, not impressing, the reader.