http://agauchepress.com Fri, 18 May 2012 21:36:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 GET BURNING QUESTIONS FREE! http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/18/get-burning-questions-free/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/18/get-burning-questions-free/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:36:43 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1762 So you’ve been thinking, maybe I would like to check out the trilogy and see whether it’s any good or just more fodder for the enormous slush pile of fiction that’s out there. Now here’s your chance to fill up some of those vacant megabytes on your computer and find out. My publisher, Whiskey Creek has decided to put Burning Questions, part one of the trilogy, on Amazon’s KDP program and then to participate in the giveaway that is part of their program. You can download Burning Questions FREE on May 24, 25 and 26. Go to Amazon. Find Burning Questions and download. I hope you enjoy the read.

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With some exceptions, like anti-discrimination laws that are irrelevant here, employers are free to employ whomever they choose. Through collective bargaining agreements employers can agree to employ people upon the condition that they pay union dues. Workers are free to seek employment elsewhere if they don’t like such terms or conditions.That’s how freedom works under a capitalist system that is based upon labor contracts.

Historically job seekers have preferred employment at union shops because the terms and conditions of employment are superior to non-union workplaces. But achieving better terms and conditions of employment has a price. If an employee cheats on a time card we all recognize that as theft from the employer. Failing to pay dues in exchange for receiving the benefits of a collective bargaining agreement is not freedom. It too is theft, and it’s not okay because you’re only stealing from your co-workers.

 

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A SHOT IN THE ARM, Part Two of my 1970s Trilogy of mystery/suspense novels is on a virtual book tour this week and next. Pop in to the blogs below and find out more.

MAY 15 – Queen Tutt’s World of Escapism (Guest Post ) Queen Tutt

MAY 16 – Zee Monodee’s Author’s Corner (Book Feature) Zee Monodee

MAY 18 – Murders & Mysteries (Guest Post) Murders & Mysteries

MAY 23 – Elizabeth Morgan’s Blog (Guest Post) Elizabeth Morgan’s Blog

MAY 24 – Zee Monodee’s Author’s Corner (Interview) Zee Monodee

In conjunction with the tour, Part One, BURNING QUESTIONS is available at Amazon KDP, and free to Amazon Prime members. Check in to my blog 1970s Trilogy for information about giveaways to come.

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/15/catch-the-a-shot-in-the-arm-virtual-book-tour/feed/ 0 Billionaires who leave should never come back. http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/12/billionaires-who-leave-should-never-come-back/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/12/billionaires-who-leave-should-never-come-back/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 21:12:14 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1750 Facebook billionaire, Eduardo Saverin gave up his U. S. citizenship to avoid taxes, joining other billionaires who took spots in our universities and then went on to take advantage of our pro-business environment to enrich themselves, but don’t feel any obligation to give back. Avoiding taxes is a very smart idea from a tax standpoint, according a  professor at U. Mich law school.

I say, lets make it a very dumb idea from a social and geopolitical standpoint. Tax scofflaws such as Saverin should be barred from ever entering the U.S. again. No work visa, no green card, no humanitarian entry for medical treatment, no asylum. Let’s put a price on this tactic by crass rip off artists.

 

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is now ON SALE for ONE DOLLAR ($1.00)  at:

Smashwords:  https://smashwords.com/books/view/127457 and

Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/79142829/SEE-YOU-IN-COURT

 

Get the inside scoop on trials from a trial lawyer with over forty years of in-court experience, with both criminal and civil cases. Written in a language everyone can understand. It will be the best buck you ever spent.

 

Barry S. Willdorf

http://cunct.blogspot.com

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  • A brilliant creation!  I wasn’t able to put the book down. Mark Rudd, author of Underground: My life in SDS and the Weathermen

  • Fast-moving. Plenty of twists and turns. Day-Glo vivid.  Meredith Sue Willis, author of Out of the Mountains
  • A detective story with a sense of geography, a sense of morality, and a sense of humor. A Shot in the Arm is a blast to read. Frances Lefkowitz, author of To Have Not.

  • Gripping. Exciting. Add “A Shot in the Arm” to the classic tales of the City by the Bay. Hilton Obenzinger, author of Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco

Against Christina’s advice, Nate Lewis defends a black militant accused of homicide. But his fat cash retainer was stolen from government agents involved in a drugs-for-guns operation. Soon Nate is the last man standing as the agents attempt to recover the loot. Only Christina can save him. But she’s caught him philandering. Will she?

SPECIAL LAUNCH PROMOTION SALE: A Shot In The Arm, signed by the author,  $12.00, tax included plus S&H $3.75. Total price: $15.75 (An $8.00 discount from publisher’s retail price.) Sorry, no foreign sales at this price. Shipping within U.S. by Media Mail only.

Just click the button below and it will be in your mailbox in no time flat.


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WILD CHILD PUBLISHING has just announced that my award-winning historical novel, THE FLIGHT OF THE SORCERESS will be available as a free download on Amazon on April 2 and 3. 2012.

As the current candidates for President debate the issue of separation of church and state, THE FLIGHT OF THE SORCERESS has become increasingly relevant. This carefully researched historical novel accurately recounts the consequences of joining together church and state the last time a world power tried it.

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/28/get-flight-of-the-sorceress-free/feed/ 0 INVITATION TO A BOOK LAUNCH! http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/28/invitation-to-a-book-launch/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/28/invitation-to-a-book-launch/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:52:54 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1717 PLEASE JOIN ME AT CAFE ROYALE, 800 Post St. San Francisco, April 15, 2012 4-6 p.m to celebrate the launch of my new mystery/thriller

There will be giveaways, prizes and more! Drop by.

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/28/invitation-to-a-book-launch/feed/ 0 Read about sex, lies and videotape, the Ross Mirkarimi debacle http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/14/read-about-sex-lies-and-videotape-the-ross-mirkarimi-debacle/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/14/read-about-sex-lies-and-videotape-the-ross-mirkarimi-debacle/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:03:10 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1711 On March 12, 2012, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi copped a plea to avoid trial on a spousal abuse charge. To read a lawyer’s perspective on why that happened go to http://cunct.blogspot.com where I write about SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPES:  ROSS MIRKARIMI MEETS A PERFECT STORM.

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/14/read-about-sex-lies-and-videotape-the-ross-mirkarimi-debacle/feed/ 0 Here’s a video of my reading from Burning Questions http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/14/heres-a-video-of-my-reading-from-burning-questions/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/03/14/heres-a-video-of-my-reading-from-burning-questions/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:54:25 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1709 On March 8, 2012, I was among six impressive authors reading from their works in Sausalito, CA. Click below to hear and see it.

BARRY reading from BURNING QUESTIONS at Why There Are Words

 

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