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Review: Surviving the Darkness by Robert Nicholls

Having recovered from a battle with “the black dog,” as depression is sometimes known, author Robert Nicholls shares the discoveries gained in that difficult process in Surviving the Darkness: Lessons Learned from a Battle with Depression and Anxiety.

Nicholls was a successful business owner, a specialist in business law, and former prosecutor, who had made significant headway in life as a husband, father, and professional. In pursuing his ambitions, he began to neglect all aspects of life except his work – he took less time for recreation, became chronically tired, gained weight, became fearful about social connections, and began […]

SPR2020-08-18T02:40:42+02:00August 16th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Health, Psychology, Robert Nicholls|

Review: Finding Fate (Tied by Fate Book 1) by Keelan Storm

Seemingly innocent teenage pursuits turn into some very serious adult issues in Finding Fate, an emotional tale of young adult angst by Keelan Storm.

Life has more or less returned to normal since the death of Isabel “Izzy” Dearly’s father. Izzy has her beloved dance and babysitting to keep her occupied, and her friends to hang out with. She’s also enjoying the attentions of the handsome new guy, Wesley, who’s a lifeguard in their coastal Texas tourist town along with her twin sister, Annie, and her good friend, Tucker Patterson.

Although Wesley and Tucker are both hot, Wesley’s kind […]

Marta Cheng2020-09-22T03:10:16+02:00August 13th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Young Adult|

Review: Stockboy Nation by Thomas Duffy

A long-awaited sequel from author Thomas Duffy, Stockboy Nation is a portrait that many readers will recognize with a shiver, set as it is in the early days of the pandemic. The struggles of a normal couple trying to hold it all together as their lives careen out of control is a story that echoes loudly these days, and Duffy’s stark, realistic writing brings present-day anxiety to the fore.

After the success of his first novel and the failure of his second, Philip Doherty is trying to keep his chin up as the world comes crashing down. Desperate to make […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2021-10-04T03:56:42+02:00August 13th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Contemporary Fiction, Thomas Duffy|

Review: The Survival of the Richest by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV

There are many survival guides on the market, some funny, some deadly serious, but there are certainly none like The Survival of the Richest: An Analysis of the Relationship between the Sciences of Biology, Economics, Finance, and Survivalism by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV.

This cross between textbook, philosophy journal and survivalist guide is undeniably educational, and stirring in its intersectionality. The author brings together ideas from biology, economics, finance, survivalism, anthropology, history, and philosophy to present potentially controversial, but thought-provoking concepts.

Founded on the idea that having a greater amount of wealth increases the likelihood of being able to […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-09-09T09:16:10+02:00August 13th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV, Finance, Social Science|

Review: The Art of Understanding Your Building’s Personality by Wayne P. Saya

Based on his career in the field of building engineering, author Wayne P. Saya leads us through the inner workings of the commercial real estate industry and the buildings that characterize that industry, introducing his personal philosophy of such structures as comparable to human bodies, in The Art of Understanding Your Building’s Personality: Discover How Buildings Are People Too!

Early in his facilities engineering career, Saya was called on to oversee work on an air-handling unit, and realized that the building in question “was having difficulty breathing.” He soon coined the term “Building Personality Profiling.” In 1992, the author had […]

SPR2020-08-11T09:16:21+02:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Architecture|

Review: The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV

An expert and educator in the realm of finance, Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV has created more than two hundred principles by which he believes a serious student of finance may move from theory to practice in The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance: A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management.

Criniti makes his intentions clear in Part I, an introductory section in which he defines his terms, which he has chosen carefully: principles, for example, are an attempt to “reflect natural laws” that will endure, as opposed to “rules” that can be changed arbitrarily. The […]

SPR2020-09-08T07:05:22+02:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV, Finance|

Review: The Necessity of Finance by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV

Financial expert Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV has constructed a highly useful manual for the academic and layman’s study of finance, something that nearly all of us have to deal with, in The Necessity of Finance: An Overview of the Science of Wealth for an Individual, a Group, or an Organization.

Criniti promotes finance not merely as an aspect of economics but as a science in its own right, a “search for a truly better way to perform an action or understand a condition, process, or thing.” Seen in that light, finance explores optimal ways “to manage wealth for […]

SPR2020-09-02T10:09:12+02:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV, Finance|

Review: Deleted Dreams by Ren Ellis

Author Ren Ellis releases a bold and visionary novella with Deleted Dreams, a YA speculative fiction novella that delicately pulls from multiple genres and demonstrates exceptional storytelling skill. With remarkable world-building and creativity, as well as a deep focus on character depth and vulnerability, this book is electric and memorable.

Derra is an exceptional young woman torn between two worlds – The Ring of Ruins and the Ring of Radiance. She may be an Incident-stained young woman, but she is well on her way to redemption and the future she has dreamed of: becoming a Fixer to mend the […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-08-31T06:21:21+02:00August 8th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Speculative Fiction, YA Fantasy, Young Adult|