New Releases

SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books

What Happened to Flynn by Pat Muir

What Happened to Flynn by Pat MuirWriter Pat Muir shows us that missing person cases are rarely what they seem in the compelling police procedural, What Happened to Flynn.

A divorced real estate agent and avid fisherman, Art had been reported missing by his broker ten days earlier. His missing person case lands on Detective Shanisa (Shane) Notfarg’s desk in October, 2008. A seasoned ten-year veteran with San Diego’s homicide division, Shane’s investigation is ordinary – until Art’s vehicle turns up trashed and she subsequently discovers that he was a whistleblower in a money laundering scheme. Shane becomes determined to get to the bottom of […]

2018-03-05T09:12:23+02:00March 5th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Hearts on Fire by T. Renee

Hearts on Fire by T. ReneeFour foster sisters, on different life trajectories, are the focus in Hearts on Fire, a powerful work of women’s fiction by T. Renee.

All four young women are alumni of a state-run group home close to their current residences in a housing project just outside of Philly. Unfit mothers, Sophia and Madison, break the monotony of their meaningless existence by occasional stints in jail. Pretty Tameka (Meka) lets herself be abused in her quest to be genuinely loved, and practical Letti, who doesn’t let personal tragedy get in the way of her goals. She’s on a fast-track to success […]

2018-03-02T11:55:47+02:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

A Frostbitten Memory of a Stillborn Spring by Lindy Kennedy

A Frostbitten Memory of a Stillborn Spring by Lindy KennedyIn her debut collection of poetry, A Frostbitten Memory of a Stillborn Spring, Lindy Kennedy shows an admirable talent for describing life’s vicissitudes with sensitivity.

Kennedy expresses in the introduction her intention to capture “eternal pairs” – highs and lows, beginnings and ends – reflected in the book’s three sections: People and Love, Things and Time, and Places and Ambition. Kennedy uses a clever turn of phrase when she’s at her best, as in “Where Are You?” which wryly asks, “If it’s over, where did ‘it’ go?” There is the quiet exhortation in the aptly titled “Life Lived Leaves […]

2018-03-02T09:48:42+02:00March 1st, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

The Kitchen Paraphernalia Handbook by Jean B. MacLeod

The Kitchen Paraphernalia Handbook by Jean B. MacLeodJean B. MacLeod believes in using simple supplies, tools and devices to solve a myriad of kitchen and cooking related dilemmas, as revealed in her well-organized manual, The Kitchen Paraphernalia Handbook: Hundreds of Substitutions for Common and Uncommon Utensils, Gadgets, Tools, and Techniques.

From A to Z, MacLeod has practical suggestions for substituting common, simple items as a replacement for kitchen implements, or when you run out. Suppose your recipe calls for aluminum foil and there’s none left: use a disposable pie plate, cookie sheet, plastic food lids or parchment paper. No funnel? Try anything from a paper cup […]

2018-03-01T12:52:36+02:00February 28th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Sales Is My Passion by Amaro Araujo

Sales Is My Passion by Amaro Araujo

Amara Araujo, an international sales executive of twenty years’ experience, has organized this sales methodology manual in highly readable fashion.

In Sales Is My Passion: Sales Management Best Practices on Preparation, Negotiation, and Closing Deals with Confidence, Araujo outlines the importance of sales in daily life – not just for the salesman, but all the ways that sales can impact people’s daily lives. Though achieving the sale is of course the goal, the purpose is also to improve people’s lives in some way, even for relatively small purchases, but especially for major purchases like buying a car. Sales shouldn’t […]

2018-02-26T12:05:14+02:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Arklight: Operation Nightfall by J.M. Myrick

Arklight: Operation Nightfall

Being able to step back in time to change the future is a common theme in science fiction, but author JM Myrick puts a new spin on this old idea with Arklight: Operation Nightfall. This ambitious novel, the first in a trilogy, tells the story of an elite team of soldiers who are mysteriously transported back to 1943 into the dark heart of Germany under Hitler’s control.

Supernatural forces bring them back to this crucial moment in time, and what they discover is something that the world has never known: Germany had a weapon that could have won the […]

Gift From Above by Frank Cardinale

Gift From Above by Frank CardinaleA compelling message and two well-drawn protagonists make Frank Cardinale’s Gift From Above a unique work of science fiction.

Andy Milton has managed to land himself a dream job working for Londra Aeronautical Engineering. At the helm of Londra is CEO Wally Smith, Andy’s idol. Andy’s relationship with Wally gets off to a rocky start and when Wally asks to see Andy in his office the next day, he believes he’s about to be fired. Andy fearfully heads to the meeting, little suspecting that his life is about to drastically change, as his boss reveals that he was whisked away […]

2018-02-21T09:44:20+02:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Leaderology by Jeff Rawlins

Leaderology by Jeff RawlinsAuthor and business consultant Jeff Rawlins explores how leadership and teamwork go together in Leaderology: How to Crush Mediocrity For Once and For All.

Rawlins stresses the inner development of the leader as more than purely pragmatic: instead of always trying to be better and faster, he believes, leaders should build self-awareness, making time for meditation and solitude. Teamwork requires genuine collaboration based on mutual goals and trust, shared resources and accountability. Teams are motivated by focused leaders. The language Rawlins uses emphasizes subtle, spiritual aspects of leadership, with terms like self-discovery and inner development.

Rawlins proposes five strong […]

2018-02-20T09:16:12+02:00February 17th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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