One of my favorite “reads” are almanacs. From the formerly named Information Please almanac to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, these handy paperback books contain a wealth of information on virtually any subject, particularly the more generalized tomes such as Information Please. In November 2005, I visited my locally owned drugstore and found that they had free copies of Grier’s Almanac…
Category: Book Reviews
Druxel Manor Book Review
Druxel Manor is a stimulating thriller-mystery-romance novel that keeps the reader guessing. Who do you trust? Everyone seems to know a little something but no one is willing to explain – or rather, what is revealed only creates more confusion. There are three main characters here. Trevor and Angel are adopted siblings who were raised in a life of the…
Learning To Succeed On Your Own Terms
What three things do the world’s most successful people share in common? They have their own definition of success, they know the personality qualities that drive them, and they’ve seized their defining moments. That’s the idea in a new book that examines the personality traits of successful people across the globe. The book’s authors say the lessons learned can help…
Book Review For Collapse How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed
Coming on strong after the success of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond’s new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is a tome of intriguing insight to the other side of the coin. While Guns, Germs and Steel examined how some societies thrived, due to their respective geographic and environmental endowments, this book examines…
Your Flight Questions Answered
Whether you are an experienced air traveler or a novice, John Cronin’s book, “Your Flight Questions Answered,” has a little bit of something for everyone. Written more as a reference guide, Cronin’s book covers the many questions the flying public can have before, during, and after flight. Cronin divides his book into seven sections each containing several questions with detailed…
Book Offers Tips For Survival In Hospitals
If you’ve watched a TV show with a hospital setting, you might have a notion – albeit exaggerated – of how the interactions between patients and doctors can create dramatic scenarios. A new book written by a doctor-nurse couple says similar dramas are playing out in real life. It warns of how we should be concerned about the lack of…
Love Spells Review
Author: Ashra Enchantments Love spells, magic spells and witch craft spells are real easy to shy away from on your spiritual journey, but modern medicine has yet to account for the direct relationship between positive thoughts, spirituality and kindred spirits! Our thoughts have a direct chemical reaction within our spiritual health. Alternative medicine has proven spiritual healing. As a spell…
Fact Or Fiction Terrorist Attack Our Nation Using Smallpox As A Weapon Against Us
It very well could be real, but for now it’s the latest heart-pounding fiction book, Sledgehammer, about a terrorist who arrives in the ER with smallpox symptoms. An ER physician suspects it but has just six days to convince hospital executives and the U.S. Government before an epidemic breaks out. The story is brought vividly to life by Dr. Paulo…
Book Review Net Entrepreneurs Only
Everyone loves to read other peoples success stories. It provides us with evidence that amazing things do happen to normal people. By learning what they did to succeed we come one step closer to success ourselves. Such is the case with the ten stories told in Net Entrepreneurs Only – 10 Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of their Success by Gregory…
Looking Glass By James R Strickland A Book Review
Synopsis Looking Glass is set in the not too distant future, in a gritty, unrefined, shattered North America. Hackers and IT security technicians fight a different kind of war in cyberspace. A serial killer has found a way to use the network to reach inside his victims brains, and use these brains as his weapon. Shroud is a security network…