by Norman West | Feb 28, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
Dr. Colabella has had a long, distinguished career in the Fields of accounting and taxation. However, that in no way makes him mainstream. He encourages us to think ‘outside the box’, and has given us, in this book, several unboxed proposals to think about. [alert...
by Norman West | Feb 9, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
When I selected this book to review, I was prepared to be critical of its chest thumping, manifest destiny promoting, and self-congratulatory tone. I was surprised to discover that this was not what the America First idea is about. It’s seldom that a book actually...
by Philip Rafferty | Jan 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Khaled Khalifa’s No Knives in the Kitchens of This City is a beautiful and gut wrenching multi-generational novel centered on the time of the rise of the Ba’athist party regime in Aleppo. The destruction that the party inflicts on Syria is seen through the lives...
by Whitney Smyth | Dec 22, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Current Events & Politics
Francesca Sanna’s The Journey is a children’s book about refugees. After the war takes their father and makes staying where they are impossible, two children and their mother brave the unknown in an effort to find somewhere safe they can live. They cross borders,...
by Norman West | Nov 8, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Prometheus Books Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | iBooks[/alert] Everyone knows about liberal media bias. But is media biased? Larry Atkins says yes, but in ways that are not always partisan or...
by Paul Vicary | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Xlibris Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] “Conspiracy theory” is a term that at once strikes fear and anxiety in the hearts of most every public figure,...