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7 Easy Tips to Enjoy Writing a Book!

duffythewriterAugust 14, 2020No Comment2020-08-14T18:51:53+10:00
By: Michelle Pearce, PhD Most of us don’t think writing a book will be “easy” or “fun,” but that doesn’t have to be the case. I’ve written three books and…
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Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse

duffythewriter August 14, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T12:22:41+10:00
"Share if you agree!" Ever shared or reposted a meme like this? There's a good chance you're being manipulated with a fake image. If you have Facebook, read (more…)
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Crime Dot Com – A History of Hacking

duffythewriter August 12, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T10:27:02+10:00
"Brilliantly researched and written" – Jon Snow, Channel 4 News Crime Dot Com is a thrilling, insightful and entertaining account of hacking past and present – a subject that should…
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Learn How To Write, Publish, and Market Your First Book With #1 Best-Selling Author Jessi Beyer

duffythewriter August 10, 2020 No Comment2020-08-01T18:58:06+10:00
Hey Aspiring Author, I'm Jessi Beyer! First of all, HUGE congratulations! It’s not an easy decision to make to write a book, so I’m super proud of you for taking…
Book Blast!

Book Blast – Unchecked Capitalism!

duffythewriter August 9, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T10:58:37+10:00
By author Earl Rynerson Unchecked. Capitalism shows how major corporations and their army of lobbyists have gradually taken over our governmental institutions, to the point where our elected officials do the bidding of…
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The Why Behind the Story – Hole in the Woods by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

duffythewriter August 8, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T09:54:17+10:00
I came to know Shannon Siders when her body was first discovered in October 1989. We lived in neighboring towns and would have been the same age today if she…
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Book Blast! GENESIS: Book One of the Genesis Trilogy

duffythewriter August 5, 2020 No Comment2020-08-01T18:28:31+10:00
Written by bestselling author Layton Green, GENESIS: Book One of the Genesis Trilogy takes readers on a global treasure hunt as an endearing heroine uncovers and decodes clues that unlock one of…
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Halloween Monsters – A Guide of Spooky Facts and Faces!

duffythewriter August 3, 2020 No Comment2020-07-13T19:14:03+10:00
Spooky. Informative. Fun! Learn the facts and origins of famous Halloween Monsters. Each creature is formed with the objects that best represent them. Mummies, Vampires, Witches—discover several of the scariest and…
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The Satapur Moonstone – A vivid historical suspense

duffythewriter August 1, 2020 No Comment2020-08-01T11:33:54+10:00
Lawyer-sleuth Perveen Mistry returns in another fascinating Bombay mystery.' Vivid and her to bits.' Kerry Greenwood, bestselling author of the Miss Phryne Fisher series 'Simply put, The Satapur Moonstone is a flawless…
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Book Blast! Unhinged – How To F&ck Up Your Life

duffythewriter July 25, 2020 No Comment2020-07-24T18:03:50+10:00
About Unhinged Unhinged, A self-help guide on how to fuck up your life. Is a series of short stories that eventually led the author to his own sanity through the…

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Deep fakes and the infocalypse review by duffy the writer

Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse

duffythewriterAugust 14, 2020No Comment2020-08-08T12:22:41+10:00
"Share if you agree!" Ever shared or reposted a meme like this? There's a good chance you're being manipulated with a fake image. If you have Facebook, read (more…)
New Releases and Bookworm News

Crime Dot Com – A History of Hacking

duffythewriter August 12, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T10:27:02+10:00
"Brilliantly researched and written" – Jon Snow, Channel 4 News Crime Dot Com is a thrilling, insightful and entertaining account of hacking past and present – a subject that should…
Book Blast!

Book Blast – Unchecked Capitalism!

duffythewriter August 9, 2020 No Comment2020-08-08T10:58:37+10:00
By author Earl Rynerson Unchecked. Capitalism shows how major corporations and their army of lobbyists have gradually taken over our governmental institutions, to the point where our elected officials do the bidding of…
Australian Authors

The First Time He Hit Her by Heidi Lemon

duffythewriter July 8, 2020 1 Comment2020-07-08T21:44:57+10:00
For readers of true crime and books such as See What You Made Me Do, a shocking and movingly told portrait of the murder of suburban mum Tara Costigan and an…
Non-Fiction

RADICAL UNCERTAINTY – Decision-making for an unknowable future

duffythewriter June 5, 2020 No Comment2020-06-02T16:49:25+10:00
Another fabulous guest post on Radical Uncertainty by Mr B! The first four notes of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony are amongst the most famous in classical music. Ominous. Grim. Threatening. But…
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History Adventures – A new way to learn history for free!

duffythewriter May 17, 2020 No Comment2020-05-16T13:09:12+10:00
Watch out people, there is a new kid on the block and it’s revolutionising the way you learn history: introducing History Adventures! History Adventures is a series of next-generation digital…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Liberation Through Hearing – Required reading for any fan of British Music

duffythewriter April 12, 2020 Comments Off on Liberation Through Hearing – Required reading for any fan of British Music2020-05-06T20:19:33+10:00
A spiritual journey through music by the Mercury Prize-nominated musician and the man behind some of the world’s biggest recording artists including Adele, Dizzee Rascal and The Prodigy (more…)
Non-Fiction

Feasible Living – Dealing with ecological anxiety

duffythewriter February 27, 2020 1 Comment2020-02-22T17:37:56+11:00
No matter which way we turn today, we see, hear, or read about trends like pollution, climate change, and the 4th Industrial Revolution that are impacting the ecosystem that you and…
Non-Fiction

Dear Life – A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss

duffythewriter February 1, 2020 Comments Off on Dear Life – A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss2020-02-01T12:21:07+11:00
" We are, all of us, wandering about in a state of oblivion, borrowing our time, seizing our days, escaping our fates, slipping through loopholes, unaware of when the may…
Non-Fiction

Dishonesty Is the Second Best Policy – Just how bad is it?

duffythewriter January 7, 2020 Comments Off on Dishonesty Is the Second Best Policy – Just how bad is it?2020-01-07T20:02:14+11:00
David Mitchell gives his take on the dumfounding times we live in with his next book Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy (more…)

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The Soldier's Wife
4 of 5 stars
The Soldier's Wife
by Pamela Hart
The Soldiers Wife is about a young war bride called Ruby who loses her Jimmy when he is called up and sent to fight in World War One. He leaves her in Sydney with two choices; Go back to the family homestead in Bourke, or stay in Sydney...
Skin
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Skin
by Ilka Tampke
Skin is a complete U-turn to my last few reads. Those that know me, know that I’m an ancient history geek, so when I threw my name in the ring to win a copy of Skin from The Reading Room, I was pretty pleased when it landed in my postbox...
Season of Shadow and Light
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Season of Shadow and Light
by Jenn J. McLeod
This is a story of Paige who has had a bloody rough time of it. Her husband has been a complete jerk, she suffered the loss of a child, post-partem depression and is recovering from a stroke. She decides to get away with the two people ...
Where They Found Her
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Where They Found Her
by Kimberly McCreight
A body is found in the woods of a small town on the outskirts of the University grounds. Molly, a rookie reporter who is rebuilding her life after losing a child, is assigned the case for the local newspaper. Many secrets are kept behind...
Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms
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Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms
by Mike Iamele
I was looking forward to Enough Already by Mike Iamele. The book deets gave me the impression that this was something fresh, modern and interesting. I was pretty disappointed. The talk of Zuckerberg and Sean Parker lulled me in, but I q...

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