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Non-Fiction: The Police Are Not Your Friends by Thomas B. Fitzgerald

January 31, 2022 admin 0

In his new book, The Police Are Not Your Friends Thomas B. Fitzgerald walks readers through the letter of the law and the cold reality of police power while offering crucial advice on how to negotiate police encounters safely and in a way that best positions them for whatever legal action might follow. Fitzgerald writes from experience. A successful software engineer by trade, he once spent months fighting an arrest stemming from an officer’s insistence […]

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Art & Culture: Romanians and Hungarians by C. Sassu

January 31, 2022 admin 0

Romanians and Hungarians: Historical Premises by C. Sassu is published by the Center for Romanian Studies, an independent academic research institute, based in the United States. Their mission is to promote knowledge and understanding of Romanian history and culture in the world. Titles from the Center for Romanian Studies are published exclusively by Histria Books. Romanians and Hungarians have been linked throughout history since the Middle Ages. Both peoples have bravely fought to defend Christianity […]

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World Happiness Week 2022

January 28, 2022 admin 0

There have probably been few times in history where a week dedicated to world happiness might be more welcome. Over six days in March, more than 160 speakers will talk to thousands of people in person, and potentially millions online, about how to get more happiness in their lives. World Happiness Fest 2022  runs from March 17th until the 22nd. It’s all about the exploration of solutions, tools, mindsets, best practices, insights, and experiences that […]

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SF/F: Earthlight by Bevan Knight

January 26, 2022 admin 0

The second book in Bevan Knight’s “Seeds of Time” trilogy, Earthlight, follows a family struggling with the difficulties of the 21st century. The difficulties are compounded when they encounter the extraterrestrial Croans. Knight depicts the harsh realities of what may await humanity in the near future, specifically near the end of the 21st century, including difficult conditions people must endure, the trials and tribulations unfolding in their lives, something that is compounded by the arrival […]

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Non-Fiction: The Great Resignation by Russ Hill and Jared Jones

January 26, 2022 admin 0

“You can’t send home 70 per cent of the workforce for an extended period of time and not expect that their priorities will shift significantly,” writes Russ Hill in The Great Resignation, a book that focuses on the workforce in post-pandemic style. “Companies and leaders who don’t understand how important flexibility is and how burned out their people are right now will be the big losers in the battle for talent.” Hill and co-author Jared […]

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The Just In: Strange Fire by Joel Burcat

January 25, 2022 Linda L. Richards 0

Fracking for natural gas has turned deadly in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Not only is the water contaminated, but people are dying. Round-the-clock operations conducted by Yukon Oil and Gas may have poisoned a residential well and threatened a town’s water supply. Who is contaminating water wells in Bradford County? Why are contractors disappearing? Mike Jacobs, an impassioned 29-year old environmental lawyer with Pennsylvania’s Dept. of Environmental Protection, is back in this romantically-charged environmental legal thriller […]

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Podcast Focuses on Reading Diversity for 2022

January 25, 2022 admin 0

Deirdre Pippins’ “The Bookaholic Podcast” launched in early 2021, offering a safe space for those who obsess over books and reading in general. “The pandemic got to me like it did many others,” says Pippins. “It gave me time to stop, slow down, and figure out what I wanted out of life. Books have long been some of the loves of my life, and I wanted to express that. I knew there were other people […]

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An Excerpt of Stephen King’s New Book Plus the Path to Happiness

January 24, 2022 Linda L. Richards 0

It’s far enough away that we don’t even want to think about it yet, but suddenly there’s an excerpt and we wanted a peek. Figured you might, too. In any case, a new novel by Stephen King is always something to get excited about, even if well in advance. It turns out that Fairy Tale, King’s new novel (due to drop September 22, so be patient!) starts with happiness, or the reaching for it. “What […]

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Biography: Bars for Days by Mic Nickels

January 20, 2022 admin 0

He was born Michael Ray Winick and had fate not stepped in, he would have had a comfortable, conventional and upper-middle class life as the son of a nice Jewish doctor and his wife. Then a nurse broke the rules and allowed 18-year-old Donna Lynn Winick to hold her baby before he was given up for adoption—and she never let him go. The journey from son of a single, teenaged mother to becoming a rapper, […]

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Art & Culture: Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? Elon Musk & Nick Bostrom Think It’s Likely by Stephen Hawley Martin

January 18, 2022 admin 0

As though we don’t have enough to think about in 2022. A growing number of ridiculously smart people think that every human being on Earth — including you, including me — is likely living in a computer simulation. But like Neo in The Matrix, we just don’t know it. When Nick Bostrom, a Swedish-born professor at the University of Oxford, published a paper in 2003 that set forth this hypothesis, he sent shock waves through […]