by Howard Leighton | Dec 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
There are some of us who read to learn, understand, and broaden our knowledge about events, history, science, people, etc. Some seek pleasure in escaping our world and wish to enter into that of others, whether good, pleasant, sad, or troubling. If you seek any of the...
by Howard Leighton | Nov 22, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mathematics
If you are not a mathematician, or someone with significant experience, training, or use of mathematics, it is likely you will feel little joy advancing through the pages of this book. Although there are presentations of interesting aspects of mathematics not usually...
by Howard Leighton | Nov 8, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Religion
In the early hours of the morning, Cardinal Lomeli, Dean of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, will begin to fulfill the most important duties of this position – overseeing the papal conclave – as he learns the Pope has died. As the...
by Howard Leighton | Oct 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Humor
Onto a small nightclub stage steps a fifty-seven-year-old “stand-up” comic (Doveleh Greenstein), who spends the next several hours telling a few straight forward jokes, audience insults, self-flagellation, and fills the rest of the evening with his life story. He has...
by Howard Leighton | Oct 10, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
A law firm takes on the case of a whistle-blower whose employer’s company manufactures electronic sights for small arms. This results in the firing of the employee and denial of defective equipment on the part of the company. During the exploratory efforts by the law...