http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/studies-clash-over-causes-of-cancer/
A recent study reported in Nature Magazine and in Scientific American suggests that up to 90% of all types of cancers are due to personal choices and environmental factors. These include diet, exercise, smoking and exposure to radiation and other carcinogens rather than just "bad luck" as some other studies have suggested. If interested in this study, just click on the above link.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Is Cancer Avoidable?
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Monday, November 9, 2015
New Book: A Reservation for Murder
A Reservation for Murder
A
Lieutenant Morales Mystery
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
Sun-Tzu, Chinese general and military
strategist, (400 BC)
“You can check out any time you like, but you can
never leave.”
Hotel
California
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Chapter 1
Nothing much ever happens
on Pine Island. So it was all the more surprising when a man who was fishing
from the Matlacha drawbridge saw a body floating in the water in Pine Island
Sound just a few feet away from the bridge. It was even more surprising when
that body turned out to belong to Mike Sullivan.
The
body of Mike Sullivan was the first body discovered in Pine Island Sound that
January. But it was not the last.
Mike
Sullivan was anything but an ordinary kind of guy. He was a part- time fisherman
and a full-time jerk. Although he had
been on the island only a few months, he had managed to alienate half the
island. Night after night, as he sat drinking Coors Light after Coors Light at
the bar of the Sunset Bar and Grill, he boasted about his many conquests to his
few friends and anyone else who would listen.
He claimed that there wasn’t a woman on the island that he couldn’t bed
if he really wanted to. And with his
wavy dark hair and brooding brown eyes, many a woman on the island had already fallen
to his charms.
Recently,
Sullivan seemed to have come into some money, no one knew for sure from where
or how much. But he was clearly spending it freely. He had bought himself a brand new, candy
apple red, Ford F-150 pickup truck with a trailer hitch. The trailer hitch was
for a new 32 foot fishing boat which he now kept moored near the Bonita
Lodge. A couple of people from the
island had been surprised to see him in downtown Fort Myers on several
occasions recently wearing a blue pin-striped
suit and fancy black loafers, rather than the scruffy jeans and rubber waders
he usually wore. That new suit would come in handy now that he was dead and the
undertaker laid him out for his funeral, The island’s undertaker, Jeffrey
Bonnett, always prided himself on how well the deceased looked in his funeral
parlor after he had worked on them. “Hell,”
Bonnett often bragged, “some of these poor bastards look better dead
than they ever did when they were alive.”
He was particularly proud of the work he did
on Sullivan. “He looks like a movie star.” he said, “A goddam movie star.”
When
word got around the island that Sullivan had been found dead in the waters of
Pine Island Sound, there were not a few men on the island who were relieved.
And quite a number of women who were moved to tears.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Free Book
If you haven't already read my legal mystery, Dead in the Water, you are in luck. For the next three days, from September 18 through September 20, it will be available for free for Kindle on Amazon. Now, you have no excuse for not reading this book, which has been called by one reviewer,
"An exciting thriller with plenty of surprises" and "A good entertaining read." If you do decide to read Dead in the Water, I would be extremely grateful if you would post a review on Amazon. Reviews are the lifeblood of indie authors like me. So, thanks, and please enjoy.
P.S. Today the book is on sale at its regular price of $1.99 if you just can't wait to read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Lieutenant-Morales-Legal-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00U35Z7CS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442489447&sr=8-1&keywords=dead+in+the+water+basinski
"An exciting thriller with plenty of surprises" and "A good entertaining read." If you do decide to read Dead in the Water, I would be extremely grateful if you would post a review on Amazon. Reviews are the lifeblood of indie authors like me. So, thanks, and please enjoy.
P.S. Today the book is on sale at its regular price of $1.99 if you just can't wait to read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Lieutenant-Morales-Legal-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00U35Z7CS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442489447&sr=8-1&keywords=dead+in+the+water+basinski
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
A View of Life
Some people say you should live every day like it is your last. I say live life every day like it is your first.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Praise for "Dead in the Water"
My mystery novel, Dead in the Water, has received some excellent reviews and for those, I could not be more grateful. One of those very recent reviews was particularly kind. In the review, the reviewer described as an avid reader opined "Mr Basinski may now join the ranks of Gresham, Donnelley, and Turow."
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Dead in the Water hits the Amazon Best Seller Lists!
Mystery Financial
As of today, my book, Dead in the Water is ranked No. 5 in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Financial category for Kindle books. Please see the above link. Many thanks to all of you who have purchased the book. I would be extremely grateful if you would please write a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Reviews are the independent writer's best friend. Thanks to all.
As of today, my book, Dead in the Water is ranked No. 5 in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Financial category for Kindle books. Please see the above link. Many thanks to all of you who have purchased the book. I would be extremely grateful if you would please write a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Reviews are the independent writer's best friend. Thanks to all.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Whirl Magazine
I just wanted to let everyone know that an article about my book, Dead in the Water, appears in the August 2015 issue of Whirl Magazine. Take a look at page 29 which features and article entitled "Write On" that discusses my book and my career.
Thanks to all at Whirl for the great job, especially, Rachel, Matthew and, of course, Christine.
Please take a look at the article and I hope you will also buy the book, which is available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
Thanks to all at Whirl for the great job, especially, Rachel, Matthew and, of course, Christine.
Please take a look at the article and I hope you will also buy the book, which is available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
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Monday, July 27, 2015
Beach Essential: Dead in the Water
Please see the attached photograph courtesy of my friend, Dave Wentley, the son of my mentor, Dick Wentley. What a great idea!
News Release: Lieutenant Morales is a Success
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Reviewers
Demand More of Lieutenant Morales, the new Hero of the Mystery Thriller, Dead in the Water
PITTSBURGH, PA (July 27, 2015)---Readers of A.J. Basinski’s debut mystery thriller, Dead in the Water, find the hero of the novel.
Lieutenant Mario Morales, to be almost irresistible.
Since its
release last February, Dead in the Water,
has garnered extremely positive reviews from casual readers as well as
editorial reviewers. Most of those
reviewers have focused on the appeal of Lieutenant Morales. One recent Amazon
reviewer has called Lieutenant Morales, the “next James Bond.”
The esteemed Kirkus
Reviews has referred to Lieutenant Morales as a “steely man who won’t stop
until he finds a solution.”
Reviewers on the Onlinebookclub.org website have
compared Morales to Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famed detective.
One thing all of the reviewers have consistently
requested is more of Lieutenant Morales. Author Basinski has commented that “I
am extremely pleased with the way readers have embraced Morales. I am truly
humbled by the comparisons with James Bond and Hercule Poirot. Of course, I will not disappoint the readers
who have asked for more books featuring Lieutenant Morales. I am currently writing
a second Morales novel, tentatively titled, A
Reservation for Murder. Readers should look for the new book this fall. In
the meanwhile, I hope they will enjoy Dead
in the Water.”
Dead
in the Water is available for download as an e-book at
Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble.com,
http://www.barnesandnoble.com. It is
also available in paperback on both of those websites.
CONTACT
For more information, contact the author, A.J.
Basinski, at ajbasins@hotmail.com
or by phone at 412-780-6659.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Free book: Dead in the Water
My mystery thriller, Dead in the Water, will be free on Amazon for the next three days. If you decide to download the book, I would be extremely grateful if you would please write a review.http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Water-Lieutenant-Morales-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00U35Z7CS/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1434756382&sr=8-5
I am sure you will enjoy the many twists and turns that you will find in my book. It is the perfect beach book.
I am sure you will enjoy the many twists and turns that you will find in my book. It is the perfect beach book.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Goodreads Giveaway Ends Today
Today is the last day to enter to win a free copy of my mystery thriller, Dead in the Water, on Goodreads. Only 5 copies are available.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Lieutenant Morales Series
A number of you have inquired about the next Lieutenant Morales novel in the series following "Dead in the Water.". I just wanted to alert everyone that I am working on it right now and hope to have it available for sale in the Fall. Before then, I will publish an excerpt as soon as I feel it is ready. Thanks for your patience.
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The Chinese and the drug called "spice"
Here is an interesting article from today's New York Times that discusses the connection between the Chinese and a very powerful and dangerous new drug that is available in the United States and which has caused hundreds of deaths.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/us/arrest-opens-window-on-chinas-role-in-designer-drug-market.html?_r=0
The reason I am referencing the article is because the new story has many parallels in my new mystery/thriller, "Dead in the Water." Take a look at my book (available on Amazon for Kindle for only $2.99) and you will see why my book looks like it was taken directly from today's headlineshttp://www.amazon.com/Dead-Water-J-Basinski/dp/1503270726/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1432925033&sr=8-6&keywords=dead+in+the+water.
The reason I am referencing the article is because the new story has many parallels in my new mystery/thriller, "Dead in the Water." Take a look at my book (available on Amazon for Kindle for only $2.99) and you will see why my book looks like it was taken directly from today's headlineshttp://www.amazon.com/Dead-Water-J-Basinski/dp/1503270726/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1432925033&sr=8-6&keywords=dead+in+the+water.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Goodreads Giveaway
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Dead in the Water
by AJ Basinski
Giveaway ends June 14, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Dead in the Water and Cuba
My new mystery novel, Dead in the Water, is set in part in Miami's Little Havana, particularly in Domino Park. The news today on television featured Domino Park in connection with the announcement of Senator Marco Rubio for president.
Also, President Obama's decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba was something that my book also foreshadowed.
Also, President Obama's decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba was something that my book also foreshadowed.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Dead in the Water-Still Free
Thanks to all who have downloaded my suspense thriller, Dead in the Water, from Amazon. It will be available for free only through tomorrow, March 15. If you like it, please take a moment to submit a review on Amazon. It's easy: just go to the page on Amazon where it is up for sale or just click below, click on the Customer Review box and enter your review and submit. Thanks for your consideration!
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Dead In The Water--Free on Amazon
For a limited time, beginning tomorrow, March 13, 2015, my suspense/thriller, Dead in the Water, will be free on Amazon. I hope you will enjoy it and review it on Amazon. Thanks.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Dead in the Water
My new suspense thriller, Dead in the Water, is now available on Amazon. I hope you will enjoy reading it. I would appreciate any comments you may have on the the story.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Dragon 13
I hate to write anything negative on this blog but I encountered the worst experience trying to install and use Nuance's Dragon 13 Naturally Speaking software. It simply does not work and everyone who bought the software should be refunded the purchase price. I saw on Amazon many other buyers had the same experience. If you are one of those let me know. There is power in numbers.
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