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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 Book Reviews|

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: Finance Book Reviews, Social Science Book Reviews|

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|

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: Finance Book Reviews|

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: Finance Book Reviews|

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 Book Reviews, YA Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: The Chronicles of the Virago Book II: The Apprentus by Michael Bialys

Makenna Grace Gold comes into her own as a legendary heroine in Chronicles of the Virago: The Apprentus by author Michael Bialys. With a tongue-in-cheek vein of humor running throughout, this is a powerful and endearing story of an extraordinary young woman with the fate of the world hanging in her hands.

Following his embarrassing defeat against Makenna’s awakened abilities, Malvado Seaton may be licking his wounds, but he is far from surrendering. Ms. Creante, a violent Demonesse and Seaton’s trusted killer, is desperate to regain Seaton’s trust, and is determined to exact her revenge on the young protagonist.

The […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-08-28T06:22:58+02:00August 8th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, YA Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: Gray Wolf (Legends of Ansu Book 1) by J.W. Webb

Author J.W. Webb introduces his sprawling fantasy universe with Gray Wolf, the first book in the expansive Legends of Ansu trilogy. Set before and unrelated to the events of the Crystal King trilogy, this sweeping story is a foundation stone for other pieces of this author’s swelling saga.

After losing his entire family to raiders and the fickle Sea God, Corin al Fol becomes an orphan overnight and is saved by a mysterious sorceress who hints at a path for revenge, and then disappears. Years pass and Corin finds ways to survive, falling in love with an innkeeper’s daughter and […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-08-26T02:51:34+02:00August 7th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|