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The Shadow of Wealth by Alex Brent (Book Review #2247)
In “In The Shadow of Wealth,” Alex Brent takes readers on a personal and honest journey to discover the most hidden yet powerful aspects of our relationship with money and wealth – our hidden relationship with wealth and its transformational power. This is NOT your average book about developing a money mindset: It contains no recycled affirmations or superficial suggestions. Rather, Alex employs a skilled, deeply searching, and psychologically sharp scalpel that digs into the emotional wounds, survival stories, and unconscious patterns of the mind that keep abundance from us.
Read MoreThe Luckiest Fool on Earth: The Twisted Yarn of America’s Greatest Flagpole Sitter, Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly by Phillip S. Roberts (Book Review #2246)
Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly, an American daredevil who had worked in many professions, including sailor, boxer, stuntman, and pole-sitter, is a unique character from the 1920s and early 30s. The author, Phillip Roberts, brings Kelly to life in The Luckiest Fool on Earth, a beautifully written historical fiction novel that incorporates numerous real-life events of Shipwreck’s life, as well as the unique challenges and triumphs he faced during an extreme life filled with both thrill-seeking stunts and an immense amount of public success.
Read MoreThe Great West Wood by Philip Palmer (Book Review #2245)
Philip Palmer’s The Great West Wood is a daring journey into the evolution of urban life. The novel deftly intertwines modern urban living with ancient mythology; family drama meets folklore; an .com-crime story meets the contemporary fantasy. This faith-filled collection of images, thoughts, and associations creates an imaginative, sensual, colourful, and deep expression of life in a surreal part of South London.
Read MoreThe Fractional Leader’s Playbook by Kellie Hinkle (Book Review #2244)
Kellie Hinkle’s The Fractional Leader’s Playbook is essential reading for the modern worker who has reached the end of the full-time working world and is ready to move on to an alternate way to lead. In this guide, you will find a complete plan for developing and running an effective, high-impact career as a fractional executive—an executive who adds executive expertise through part-time or contract service to multiple organizations without being limited to working for only one employer.
Read MoreThe Silver Crystal by Ryan Lanz (Book Review #2243)
Ryan Lanz’s The Silver Crystal is a beautifully designed high fantasy epic that will captivate your imagination until the end! Set in an intriguing, medieval-like world with a fantastic magic system and incredible adventures, it features a compelling storyline about a bounty hunter named Rhael who pursues the Corrupted – people who possess extraordinary powers that could bring about ruin for mankind. Unfortunately for Rhael, fate cast him down when he had a mysterious crystal thrust into his palm and turned Rhael’s life upside down, forcing him to come to terms with unimaginable power, betrayal, and loss.
Read MoreThe Monocle by Mark Cavanagh (Book Review #2242)
The Monocle has a thrilling Story Similar to many other YA Sci-Fi Adventures. It combines Science Fiction elements like Teleportation, Time Travel, and Alien Technology in an entertaining way that hooks you. It takes place in a small Town in the 60s with lots of Nostalgia for years gone by. Viv and Mick, who are the two main characters in The Monocle, are two best friends who discover a Monocle, which is an ancient alien machine, along with a notebook full of secret codes. Once they have found it, they are thrown into a universe where time bends, Space folds, and they have incredible abilities beyond comprehension.
Read MoreThe Lucky Penny by Stephanie Vaccaro & Louise Allen (Book Review #2241)
In The Lucky Penny, co-authors Stephanie Vaccaro and Louise Allen craft a gritty and deeply human story of survival, friendship, and quiet revolution in a devastated world. This dystopian debut weaves together intimate character drama with larger socio-political undercurrents, presenting a future where the world has turned to dust, but hope persists—in flickers, sparks, and sometimes, in the quiet hum of a child-powered robot.
Read MoreThe Shadow of Wealth: Mastering the Millionaire Mindset through Shadow Work by Alex Brent (Book Review #2240)
In The Shadow of Wealth, Alex Brent offers a refreshing and deeply introspective approach to the psychology of abundance. Rather than another formulaic “get-rich” guide filled with productivity hacks or investment strategies, Brent leads readers on an inner expedition — one that merges the language of personal development with the depth of Jungian shadow work. His central thesis is striking: our financial limitations are often reflections of unexamined beliefs and emotional wounds hidden in the subconscious mind.
Read MoreThe Phage by George Bachman (Book Review #2239)
George Bachman’s The Phage is a sprawling, high-stakes fantasy horror novel that thrusts readers into a nightmarish version of our world where reality itself is collapsing. The story follows Alicia Ramble and her friend Chelsea as they navigate a world emptied of humanity, overrun by mythical creatures, ancient fauna, and a creeping, all-consuming force known as the Phage. From eerie small towns to the deserted streets of New York City, the girls’ journey is a pulse-pounding fight for survival against both supernatural monsters and the unraveling of time itself.
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