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Alexandria (The Sword of Agrippa Book 2) by Gregory Ness

Alexandria by Greg Ness Roy and Renee are on the run. Two scientists whose revolutionary research threatened to change science forever became too much for the financial oligarchy of the United States. Continuing their work with sleep-viewing and dark energy research, the two attempt to piece together a puzzle they are woefully under-equipped to understand. Then an unexpected piece of a larger picture is found in the mind of a certain subject that will take the scientists to a whole new view of reality.

Alexandria, the second book of The Sword of Agrippa series by Gregory Ness, is a near-future sci-fi novella centered […]

James Grimsby2017-03-23T10:11:20+02:00March 22nd, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Science Fiction Book Reviews|

Doppelgänger: The Legend Of Lee Harvey Oswald by George Schwimmer PhD

Doppelgänger: The Legend Of Lee Harvey Oswald by George Schwimmer PhD Doppelgänger: The Legend Of Lee Harvey Oswald by George Schwimmer PhD makes the startling claim that Lee Harvey Oswald was actually two people: Lee Harvey Oswald, who did the shooting, and Harvey Oswald, who took the blame. As the cover suggests, they’re similar-looking people – and they had similar lives as well. Both were agents of the CIA, and both were embroiled in a conspiracy to assassinate the president, thereby negating the “lone nut” theory.

Told compellingly in the first person from Harvey Oswald’s point of view, the book doesn’t merely rely on photographic evidence, which can be somewhat dubious, […]

Henry Baum2017-03-21T12:27:00+02:00March 21st, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Politics Book Reviews|

Sometimes Fatal Events Have Occurred by John L. Sheppard

Sometimes Fatal Events Have Occurred by John L. Sheppard Sometimes Fatal Events Have Occurred by John L. Sheppard is an inventive literary science fiction novel – a prequel to his also-inventive Explosive Decompression. This novel takes place centuries earlier, and even earlier than the present – the 90s. Buzz, an artist, is dying from brain cancer, and he’s visited by a woman from the future who says she can cure his cancer; she doesn’t want him to die because she loves his art. She has the ability to project her mind into the past, and soon Buzz needs to time travel himself in order to save the art […]

Henry Baum2017-03-20T08:57:35+02:00March 20th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews|

I’ll Be Looking at the Moon by Lucia Barrett

I'll Be Looking at the Moon by Lucia Barrett I’ll Be Looking at the Moon: A novel about finding Home by Lucia Barrett is a delicately poignant novel about finding yourself, and love, even if it takes decades to achieve.

Escaping her destructive family to Europe, Elizabeth Parker Morgan has a passionate romance with an Italian man who has a troubled life of his own. Their relationship is shattered and Elizabeth is forced to move back to the States, and finds out that she is pregnant. The reason for the separation from her true love has always remained a mystery, and she’s never lost her deep connection to him, […]

Lysa Grant2017-03-14T09:22:26+02:00March 14th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Success Through PICKSS by Muthuswamy N

Success through PICKSS by Muthuswamy N PICKSS is a system developed by Muthuswamy N, the founder of Quest Systems, a business consulting firm. His acronym stands for Prevention of Ineffectiveness through Concentration in Key Specifics Strategy. In Success Through PICKSS, Muthuswamy lists many reasons people often give for not being able to do their work, then shows how they can be productive by resetting attitudes and utilizing both sides of the brain—left (logic) and right (creativity).

Muthuswamy’s manual lists several different steps businesses can take, no matter the budget. For example, one must identify a “Super System,” or “Receiver”: to whom is your product targeted? […]

Barbara Scott2017-03-14T09:54:17+02:00March 14th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Business Book Reviews|

Not Fit For Human Consumption by A.P. Filosa, Psy.D.

Not Fit For Human Consumption by A.P. Filosa, PSY.D. Not Fit For Human Consumption: Triggered Traumatic Memories and the Violence Profile by licensed Clinical Psychologist A.P. Filosa focuses on the myriad problems that trigger our worst impulses, and how we can ultimately overcome them. Beginning with the claim that the book is the “CURE TO HUMANITY’S ILLS,” it’s a wide-reaching treatise that can help those suffering from traumatic experiences, and especially those prone to violent impulses.

Though the book can certainly be used as a self-help book, it takes the macro approach to personal issues – there are societal issues at play in personal psychology that are ingrained and […]

Henry Baum2017-03-13T09:35:06+02:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Psychology Book Reviews|

The Covens of Elmeeria by Miguel Lopez de Leon

The Covens of Elmeeria by Miguel Lopez de Leon Elmeeria is a place of magic and wonder, and for now it’s in a delicate balance. The garden kingdom enjoys a prosperous existence, yet must guard itself against threats from beyond the great wall and from those that may infiltrate them at any moment: witches.

At least, that’s what the royal family have always said. In truth, both the Queen and Princess Nia are what they so publicly despise. When the walls are breached and a terrible army threatens to take over the fair kingdom, it falls to Princess Nia to seek help in even the darkest corners of the […]

James Grimsby2017-03-13T07:18:20+02:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Return to Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins

Return to Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins In Mateguas Island, the first novel in this series, Bill Anderson mysteriously drowns (or did he?) after moving his family to the idyllic locale, but Mateguas Island turns out to be rife with magic and the specter of ancient rituals. His body was never recovered, so ten years later, his twin daughters, Terri and Sophie, are determined to find out what happened to their father. Karen, their mother, is unsurprisingly reluctant, given she’s moved on and remarried, but she accompanies them back to the island, where the mystery deepens, as does the danger.