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Review: Programming the Brain by Chandana Watagodakumbura

Professor and scientist Chandana Watagodakumbura examines the complex relationship between brain structure, neurological functioning, and how people behave based on their learning in Programming the Brain: Educational Neuroscience Perspective: Pedagogical Practices and Study Skills for Enhanced Learning and Metacognition.

As Watagodakumbura describes, educators are constantly exploring and quantifying the ways that students learn, in order to teach them most effectively. Neuroscience, a relatively new discipline, can offer insight into these processes, since human evolution parallels the evolution of the brain and neural system.

A salient example of the author’s thesis is presented in the introduction, looking at the difference […]

SPR2020-10-02T01:20:04+02:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Education, Science Book Reviews|

Review: Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow by Robert Judge Woerheide

Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow by Robert Judge Woerheide

In this inspired collection, composed over seven crucial years in the life of poet Robert Judge Woerheide, we learn what it is like to be a prisoner and what it is like to be free, from within and without.

The first selection in Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow: A Journey of Poems, “Neanderthal Love,” pictures a prehistoric tribe carefully watching over a wounded comrade, his broken legs necessitating his cradling and foretelling his death, after which they will dig a grave a meter deep: “perhaps the first to ever be loved in this way.”

“Elegy for the […]

SPR2020-08-26T05:40:57+02:00August 25th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Poetry Book Reviews|

An Interview with Robert Nicholls: Author of Surviving the Darkness

Robert Nicholls Robert Nicholls is an Australian indie author and freelance writer. Surviving the Darkness is his first published book. Previously, Robert had a long and successful career in various roles as a specialist business lawyer, commercial mediator, chartered corporate secretary, company director, senior corporate executive, and business owner. Today, Robert’s writing focus extends to subjects including mental health, self-help and improvement, motivation, human endeavour, communication, life, and leadership, and to other writing genres, which are featured on his blog. Robert lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Tell us about your book.

Surviving the Darkness: Lessons learned from a […]

SPR2020-08-20T03:11:45+02:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Tom Roberts: Author of Lost Scrolls of Archimedes

Tom Roberts Tom Roberts is the author of an historical novel and a short story collection. In 2019, at the Florida Writers Association’s Royal Palm Literary Awards, his historical novel, Lost Scrolls of Archimedes, was awarded Gold for best unpublished historical novel (published in March 2020).

A software engineer in a previous life, Mr. Roberts began writing in 2017. He is avid reader of ancient history and technology and a member of the Florida Writers Association, the Atlanta Writers Club, and the West Florida Literary Federation. His favorite authors are Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O’Brian, Steven Saylor, and Arthur C. Clarke. An […]

SPR2020-08-20T03:08:35+02:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Interviews|

Review: Stocks, Bonds & Taxes by Phillip B. Chute, EA

Stocks, Bonds & Taxes by Phillip B. Chute, EA

With information and recommendations garnered over more than thirty years of practice, author/business advisor Phillip B. Chute has compiled an exhaustive manual for financial investment and planning in Stocks, Bonds & Taxes: A Comprehensive Handbook and Investment Guide for Everybody.

Each chapter of this informative guide contains information about a particular aspect of investing: Equities, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and Other Investments. Each gives a general explanation of the terminology, followed by sections exploring individual investment items, offering Planning Tips, advice on Tax implications, and a look at Compliance matters. For seasoned investors, some of this will be old hat, […]

SPR2020-12-23T05:27:35+02:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Finance Book Reviews|

Review: Surviving the Darkness by Robert Nicholls

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 Book Reviews, Psychology Book Reviews|

An Interview with J.W. Webb: Author of Blood Feud

J.W. Webb J. W. Webb is an English writer living here in Georgia. Mostly he writes fantasy, though sometimes diverts in even stranger directions. His epic saga titled the Legends of Ansu blends the mystic grandeur of JRR Tolkien with the gritty realism of GRR Martin. Webb’s characters are three dimensional and flawed, their world a tapestry of vivid color and constant motion. All the books feature beautiful bespoke sketches by the late Tolkien Illustrator Roger Garland.

Tell us about your book.

Blood Feud is the ninth novel in my ongoing epic fantasy series, Legends of Ansu. This story is set […]

SPR2020-08-12T03:30:20+02:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with C.T. Au-Yang: Author of Entanglement

C.T. Au-Yang C.T. Au-Yang is an entrepreneur, a coder as well as an analyst. He never imagined to be an author of novels, but films crafted by him, along with 2 novellas and 1 novel based upon, represent the fourth of his eight projects.

Tell us about your book.

Entanglement is the novella that one can finish reading in 2 hours and may find loveful for a lifetime, the first of three of the series Understanding & Endeavour. So many quotations, songs, novels, movies and tears after, there is still no definitive answer to the almost perpetual mystery, what is love? […]

SPR2020-08-12T03:29:57+02:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: Interviews|