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Michael Amram

Michael Amram

About

I've retired from the corporate world America loves so much.  In 2012, after 14 years of releasing medical records, I am focused on releasing things I create. I am the Indie author of the novel The Orthodoxy of Arrogance and poetry book Scenes the Writer Shows {forty-one places a poem can go}. I have been published by various online magazines and anthologies.  My second novel, Agent of Orange, came out in February of 2014.  A collection of  60 poems relating to chosen veins of human existence (marriage, politics, religion, technology, ect.), When Monkeys feel Rhythms, was published in June of 2014.

Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

Story Behind The Book

collection of poems from travel and living close and far from home. These poems can trace their origins to airplanes, Europe's trains, street corners, city buses or the stools that sit erect in bars.

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early press release

🔗 http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1361734

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Reviews

<p>~~By  SandraAB   on August 17, 2013</p> <p>Format: Paperback<br /> In reading MB Moshe's collection of poems, I find myself reading a memoir. I'm reminded of Philip Bryant's Stompin' at the Grand Terrace: A Jazz Memoir in Verse. Moshe's memoir isn't jazz, yet he captures music nonetheless. Pop, rock and occasional modern classical sounds surround us, especially if we read these poems aloud.<br /> Scenes the Writer Shows reminds us of the common advice that an author should &quot;show rather than tell.&quot; Moshe lets us experience his highs and lows, his successes and foibles. Moshe takes us to a beach where he impresses young women with his words but is afraid to stand up for fear of displaying his legs, his disability. What makes this poetry universal is that, like all of us, Moshe strives for &quot;normal&quot; by showing his strengths and hiding his shortcomings. Occasionally he flaunts his disability as if to say, &quot;See what I've accomplished.&quot;<br /> He shuffles gimpy feet<br /> To whisper who he is;<br /> Shoes that know his limps<br /> Will wait beneath his bed . . .</p> <p>He crawls to bed mourning<br /> The trains he couldn't catch,<br /> Humming his praises and<br /> Dreaming where they might go.</p> <p>We join the poet on his visits to the Smoky Mountains, Stonehenge, Tel Aviv, and patio parties. We even join him on a Saint Patrick's Day pub crawl. Every good poet gives us a sense of place. In this collection we learn how the author feels in that place. We meet his wife, his friends and a few individuals who Moshe disdains.<br /> Read slowly. Capture the clever metaphors and enjoy the puns. This bittersweet stroll through life is worth a read</p>