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mario — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:10:59 +0000

Book Romancing

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Chick Lit Romances - Sweet and Sassy!

"Sugar, spice, and everything nice" – Chick lit romances are about all this and much more! While "Chick" is American slang for a young woman, "Lit" is an abbreviation for "literature". Chick lit emerged as a distinct romance genre after two novels titled Clueless and Bridget Jones's Diary inspired from Jane Austen's Emma, became a huge success. So to say, chick lit romance is the romance of the new age woman. The writing style in these romance books is playful, light, and often humorous. Storylines revolve around a primary female character and focus is on the umpteen issues in her love life, family life, or career.

Did you know that some chick lit novels gain so much popularity that they are made into movies? The Devil Wears Prada is one such chick lit story. Strictly speaking, it cannot be called a romance, but it makes up for that shortcoming with its breathtakingly hilarious plot!

Shopgirl by Steve Martin is a witty love story between Mirabelle, an artist, and Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman. One of the most popular chick lit novels is Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. This amusing tale is about a normal New York City girl, Mia Thermopolis, and how she gets the surprise (or shock!) of her life when she realizes she's a princess who's required to ascend the throne shortly! One cannot speak of chick lit novels without making a mention of Confessions of a Shopaholic. This story is about Becky Bloomwood, a girl stuck in the sludge of social life, a life she can't actually afford!

Chick lit romance novels are more than just teenage fiction. Some romance books such as Here Comes Trouble, Heat Wave, and She's No Angel have "smokin' hot" plotlines to capture avid romance readers.

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Book Front

mario — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:03:53 +0000

Book Front

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Books In Sync Congratulates J. A. Hunsinger - March 2010 Author Of The Month

Historical Literary Fiction Author Writes Axe of Iron Series by J. A. Hunsinger

Just Released: Confrontation – Second Book In The Axe of Iron Series

In Confrontation, two calamitous events occur that pave the way for the hostile beginnings of an assimilation process between the Greenland Norse settlers and the natives of Vinland. The first mixing of cultures occurs when a woman of the Northmen, Thora, and Deskaheh the Haudenosaunee, marry. This union, accepted enthusiastically by the Northmen, opens a window into the native mind.

For all the people of this land the way is rocky and fraught with danger at every turn, but the acceptance and friendship that develops between the Northmen and the Naskapi, another native tribe, over an affair of honor, the eventual acceptance of a young boy of the Northmen by his Haudenosaunee captors, and a scenario that seems ordained by the will of the gods, makes it all begin to fall into place, as it must for the Northmen to survive.

Will this developing relationship allow the Northmen to remain in the homeland of the Naskapi, or are they doomed to failure?

The settlers must deal with that question on a daily basis. Standing in their way are uncounted numbers of indigenous peoples, the pre-historical ancestors of the contemporary Cree (Naskapi), Ojibwa (Anishinabeg), and Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Indians. From the outset, the warriors of these various tribes violently resisted the incursion of the tall, pale-skinned invaders. The overwhelming numbers of the native peoples in Vinland hold the fate of the Northmen in their hands. The success or failure of the settlement at Halfdansfjord hangs in the balance.

Axe of Iron: The Settlers – First Book In The Axe Of Iron Series

About The Author:

J. A. Hunsinger lives in Colorado, USA, with his wife Phyllis. He writes and promotes fulltime. Vinland Publishing published the first novel of his character-driven, historical fiction Axe of Iron series, Axe of Iron: The Settlers, on August 1, 2008. The second book of the series, Axe of Iron: Confrontation, will be released to the general public in the spring of 2010. The other four books of the series will follow annually.

Much of his adult life has been associated with commercial aviation, both in and out of the cockpit. As an Engineering Technical Writer for Honeywell Commercial Flight Systems Group, Phoenix, AZ, he authored two comprehensive pilots' manuals on aircraft computer guidance systems and several supplemental aircraft radar manuals that were published and distributed worldwide to airline operators by Honeywell Engineering, Phoenix, AZ. His first published work for the general public, Flight Into Danger, appeared in Flying Magazine, (August 2002).

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Publisher: Vinland Publishing

ISBN: 978-0-9801601-5-4

328 Pages

Print Price: $16.95

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Book Super

mario — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:04:25 +0000

Book Super

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Understating the Super Bowl Point Spread

Over the weekend I was cruising around Buckhead having a few drinks with an old friend when the topic of the Super Bowl came up. He mentioned that he had asked “a guy” that he places wagers through to throw down $2,000 on Chicago for him next Sunday. But when I asked my friend what number he got the line at he looked at me like I just asked him to recite the state capitols in reverse alphabetical order.

It would seem simple enough that the No. 1 fundamental of betting the Super Bowl involves understanding the spread. However, there are still so many square bettors out there that toss out their hard-earned loot without a full appreciation or knowledge about the line that they’re playing.

Now, it’s possible that my friend was just trying to impress me. But if he really wanted to accomplish that feat he could have done so by knowing that in Super Bowl history teams favored by exactly a touchdown are just 1-4-1 ATS or that the underdog has covered in four of the last five years. That type of analysis could justify two dimes on the Bears. Nostalgia from the time you stole a hand job from a toothless tranny in the parking garage of O’Hare Airport couldn’t.

If you are going to bet on Super Bowl XLI, which will kickoff at approximately 6:20 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 4 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, you should at least have a working knowledge of what the spread is, and what it is trying to tell you.

The Indianapolis-Chicago line opened with the Colts instilled as a 7.5-point favorite. That number was quickly bet down to an even touchdown. That tells me that the sharp bettors and Windy City wise guys saw the obvious value in getting the team with the better defense above a key number and the early action was on the Bears.

(When I say “key number” I mean that seven is a statistically significant difference in the outcome of NFL games. In fact, the final score is decided by exactly seven points in approximately 7.1 percent of all games. Further, if you have Chicago at +7.5 you would have them through three “key numbers” – 3, 4, and 7 – and across differences that combine to make up approximately 43 percent of all NFL outcomes. That’s value.)

Now, it’s not surprising that the Colts are the favorite and I believe that the number is fair, though beatable from either side. The touchdown represents the fact that the AFC has clearly been the superior conference both in this season and in recent years. The AFC has won seven of the past nine Super Bowls straight up (5-3-1 against the spread) and has won 61.5 percent (118-74) of all interconference games since the start of the 2004 season.

Besides the recent conference totalitarianism, the Colts get the nod because they fit the profile of the team that the public is most likely to back. They have the more potent, fan-friendly offense. They have a recent history of success with five consecutive trips to the postseason. Additionally, the last impression that fans and gamblers have of Indianapolis was its dramatic comeback victory over New England in the AFC Title Game.

Finally, the Colts are the favorite because they hold the key to the most hyped storyline of the week: Peyton Manning. Indy becomes the sentimental favorite for the general betting public because the question of whether or not Manning will get a Super Bowl ring has been overblown to the point that its more important than our failing education system or the hypocrisy of our current Republican administration. People want to believe that this is Peyton’s time, and they’ll line up to throw their money on him in the hopes that he can vanquish over a decade’s worth of choke jobs.

Now, I’m not here to say that the Colts are the favorite in this game simply as a result of some public relations machinations. No, no. They are a veteran crew with some devastating skill players. They can score points in bunches and have some momentum, so if they do win there’s a fair chance that it will be by a double-digit margin. But what you have to keep in mind is that the Super Bowl line isn’t set according to who the books think will win the game, it’s based on who the books believe the public will play.

Which brings us to our next point. Since its initial settling, the line has held firm at -7 at most online sportsbooks. However, at two of the more prominent books (Pinnacle and BetCris) that spread has at least flirted with a stay at -6.5 due to heavy Bears action. In fact, Pinnacle and 5Dimes currently have the Colts available at -6.5. I’m not surprised to see this type of manipulation by the books and suspect it will increase as we get nearer to kickoff in order to balance the action.

Again, that’s the goal: balance the action. Traditionally, the public overwhelmingly backs the favorites in the Super Bowl. This puts the books in a kamikaze position of needing the dog to cover to avoid a massive loss. But this year may be a bit different. Because Chicago is from a major market, with a marquee defense and a strong tradition, the books may have a chance to avoid such an all-or-nothing scenario.

However, there’s also another underlying plot that should influence the line.

“It will take a lot of action for us to (move off 7), considering we’d be doing more than just moving off a key number,” a bookmaker at Bodog said in published reports. “We would also be opening ourselves to be sided by the players if we were to move off -7. If the sharps keep playing the Bears and the recreational players play them as opposed to the Colts, we may move.”

We’ve already established that seven is an important number. If the books were to lower the line to -6.5 then they would be opening themselves up to get middled. Bettors would get the Bears +7.5 and the Colts -6.5, and if Indianapolis won by exactly a touchdown the books would get hammered by having to pay out on both tickets. Therefore, if a majority of books were to move to 6.5 you would instantly be tipped off that a LOT of money was heading on the dog.

That scenario isn’t likely, but it certainly is possible. According to Wagerline.com’s calculations nearly 58 percent of all Super Bowl bets up to this point have been placed on the underdog Bears.

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