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You’ll get one-on-one, personalized attention. Work “Face to Face” with YOUR Publisher! We’ll PUBLISH your book… Editing & interior page layout design Custom, cutting-edge cover design ISBN & Bar Coding & QR Code & MS Tag Distribution via Amazon, B&N, Ingram& more PLUS   We’ll MARKET your book with … Your own complete website with …

Welcome Home – Reader? Writer?

One of the things I am most proud of is the fact that ALIVE is home to some of the best, when it comes to local writers and authors. Every month, our readers are treated to interesting, entertaining and useful content provided by the likes of Dr. Lawrence Anderson, Buzz Bertolero, Mike Copeland, Damien Couture, …

Welcome – New Horizons

I am encouraged and excited as I look forward to the New Year ahead, as 2012 holds the promise of better times. For the most part, it’s the same promise every year holds of course, but this one feels different on account of several important points. First off, we begin the year with an historic, …

The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner

The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner is a stand-out film on several levels. The story line could be described as simplistic but the richness of its characters and clean cinematography, as directed by Stephan Komandarev, give this movie an attractive warmth—a simplicity that works. The film stars Carlo Ljubek as Alexander …

A Most Honorable Profession

With the holiday season upon us, my thoughts always return to the same thing every year. At the risk of sounding syrupy, I am grateful for my four “Fs”—my faith, family and friends, and for living in a country that provides the greatest measure of the fourth F to be found anywhere on the Earth—freedom. …

Rosso Come il Cielo – Red Like the Sky

Mirco (Luca Capriotti), is a young, Italian boy, growing up in the early 1970’s, in what is obviously a loving home. Both Mirco’s father (Simone Colombari) and mother (Rosanna Gentili) encourage and support Mirco’s enthusiasm for movies. They take him to the cinema, and when Mirco complains that “Everyone else has a television,” his father …

A Call for Revolution?

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Sometimes, I find myself shaking my head and chuckling at what appear to be mere antics of what surely must be just a few, confused, ignorant individuals. Then, I worry that these may really be well-meaning, otherwise intelligent people who sincerely believe in what they are doing. …

The Man Who Will Come – A Movie Review

The Man Who Will Come is a film of potent and disturbing contrasts—the breathtaking beauty of the Italian countryside and the innocence of childhood, set against unfathomable evil and the darkness of the human soul that is often brought to life in war. It is a tale created to depict an historical incident—a massacre of …

Never Means Never

It was appropriate that our nation collectively recognized the tenth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy. The official dedication of the Ground Zero Memorial and the many ceremonies that paid homage were befitting as well. It is important that the date of September 11 always be a date of remembrance. Yet, this is now October—so …

Autumn Spring

The Lamorinda Film & Entertainment Foundation Presents An Exclusive East Bay Premier Film Screening On the surface, the storyline of Autumn Spring seems simple enough—two older men, having some fun, being a bit naughty. A couple of pranksters with no intent to malign, they’re not quite careful enough as their high jinks sometime backfire, creating …

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