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The Kitchen Paraphernalia Handbook by Jean B. MacLeod

Jean 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 […]

Barbara Scott2018-03-01T12:52:36+02:00February 28th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Home & Garden Book Reviews|

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 […]

Barbara Scott2018-02-26T12:05:14+02:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Business Book Reviews|

Arklight: Operation Nightfall by J.M. Myrick

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 […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2018-09-04T06:36:58+02:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews, Time Travel Book Reviews|

Gift From Above by Frank Cardinale

A 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 […]

Marta Cheng2018-02-21T09:44:20+02:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Middle Grade Fiction Book Reviews, Science Fiction Book Reviews|

Leaderology by Jeff Rawlins

Author 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 […]

Barbara Scott2018-02-20T09:16:12+02:00February 17th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Business Book Reviews, Leadership Book Reviews|

Blowout by Xingu Fawcett

Looking at humanity’s most pressing issues head-on can be overwhelming, but in Blowout, author Xingu Fawcett stares down the barrel of global crises, and forces readers to watch.

Some of the most complex problems humans face as a globalized society, and a species, are addressed through the story of three star-crossed lovers in Brazil. The sexual appetites of Fabiola, the inner turmoil of Camilla and the rippling-muscled man mixed between them would make for a great novel alone, but this exploration of sex, greed, and survival has far more interesting overtones.

The decadence of the social elite is explored […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2018-10-08T06:01:40+02:00February 16th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews|

The Myth of Love by Randy Niederman

The Myth of Love by Randy Niederman is a raucous, tongue-in-cheek tale of mysticism, romance, and eternity, threading the lives of gods into the petty existence of humans. In this artfully penned novel, the true nature of gods are revealed, and the folly of humanity is put on brilliant display.

From the very start, readers are plunged into a deeply spiritual story that never takes itself too seriously, balancing on that fine line to the very last page. Packed with allusions to Eastern philosophy and flawed anti-heroes, the novel takes shape slowly, but it is worth the wait.

The […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2018-02-16T09:46:47+02:00February 15th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Visionary Fiction Book Reviews|

Love Crimes by Sayde Scarlett

Love Crimes is a raw and moving collection of poems about relationships by debut poet Sayde Scarlett.

Largely consisting of epitaphs to love lost, the collection begins with an invitation to “Engage Me.” In “The Play” the poet writes her lover and herself into a drama, asking wistfully, “How does it end, this play?” In a litany of complaints about lovers who have done her wrong, Scarlett’s bitterness seethes: “You were the vulture, I the carcass”; “You had me by the soul, or by the wrists.” “To Touch To Taste” and “Skin” show that love sometimes deepens, but more likely, […]

Barbara Scott2019-04-11T07:08:16+02:00February 9th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Poetry Book Reviews|