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LEGERDEMAIN (Noun, English) Skilled, dexterous use of the hands when performing magical tricks. Has also taken on a pejorative meaning of deceit or trickery. Note: Cited originally in English during the 16th century. From the French phrase 'léger de main' (light of hand).
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Trailers for Blind Tasting (audiobook edition) now on YouTube
Check out trailers for the audiobook version of Blind Tasting: Trailer 1: Immerse yourself in the tale of three geeks and a dog as they explore what is definitely not your ordinary wine trail. Set in Silicon Valley, Napa and … Continue reading
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Blind Tasting: the Audiobook Edition
Blind Tasting is now available as an audiobook. You can listen to sample chapters for free and you can also buy the entire, unabridged novel as a digital download. Producing this edition in a recording studio — working with a … Continue reading
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Impressions: Generosity (An Enhancement) by Richard Powers
Generosity is the latest novel (2009) from the award-winning American author Richard Powers, and the first work of his that I have read. I wanted to explore his writing because I had read that his novels address the attributes and … Continue reading
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VAMP: 6 The New Hire
Zaira just makes the 7:25 a.m. commuter train at the Salem station. She’d arrived home from New York only hours earlier to find Sandor at the computer in the library, engrossed in the details of Python. The lad needed a … Continue reading
VAMP: 5 Structuring the Deal
“Promise me you will drink some of Cousin Ambrus’ bottles while I’m away? Don’t worry that it’s the last case, he’s promised to send more.” Zaira looks across her living room at Sandor, who is scrunched into her elegant red … Continue reading
VAMP: 4 Sandor’s Arrival
Sam stands impatiently at the fax machine, waiting for the last page to come through. She’s already scanned the first page and it looks compelling, Dean is savvy and he’s probably going to accept it. But these investors want thirty … Continue reading
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VAMP: 3 Family Ties
Joska manages a bow and he and Zaira exchange a brief greeting in the ancient tongue. “Come in at once, cousin!” she tells him, switching back to English, her adopted language of the past century and a half. Joska staggers … Continue reading
VAMP: 2 Reconstituted Red Mimosas
Zaira Farago pushes open the French doors of her spacious bedroom and walks onto the expansive balcony perched high above the cold dark waters that pound the rocks of the New England coastline below. The November wind is blowing from … Continue reading
VAMP: 1 Roast Beef, Rare
“I think we’re ready for lunch now.” Sam glances up from her computer at the forty-something man she now calls her boss as of two weeks ago. He is an easy study: driven, self-absorbed, humorous only towards a purpose, but … Continue reading
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