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Author Archives: J D Jung
Despair to Deliverance: A True Story of Triumph Over Severe Mental Illness Kindle Edition by Sharon DeVinney Ph.D., Robin Personette
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Psychotherapist Sharon DeVinney Ph.D. has been working with Robin since 1993. Robin suffers from anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. She also has suicidal thoughts that she initially does not reveal to Sharon. Despair to Deliverance, … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs
Tagged bipolar disorder, depression, memoirs, mental illness
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In-Laws and Outlaws – Kate Fulford
(Reviewed by JD Jung) We’ve all heard stories about the “mother in-law from hell”. Maybe you even have one. Rest assured though, that she can’t be as evil as this fiancé’s mother. Eve has found the love of her life, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire
Tagged family dysfunction, fiction, humor
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Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment -Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The militias referred to in the Second Amendment were intended as a means for white people to eliminate Indigenous communities in order take their land, and for slave patrols to control Black people.” American historian Roxanne … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History
Tagged gun control, mass murders, violence
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Freshwater – Akwaeke Emezi
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…when we said she went mad, we lied. She has always been sane. It’s just that she was contaminated with us, a godly parasite with many heads, roaring inside the marble room of her mind.” Ada, … Continue reading
Posted in African Literature, World Literature
Tagged folklore, mental illness, Nigeria, split personality disorder
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The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships – Joshua Shea
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Life can be so wonderfully posed, yet you can be struggling with the scariest demons behind closed doors and not know who to go to or how to deal with it. The Addiction Nobody Will Talk … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Your Best Self
Tagged addiction, pornography, self-help
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Full Service Blonde (A Copper Black Mystery)- Megan Edwards
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Twenty-four year old aspiring journalist, Copper Black, left the comfort of the East Coast to accept an offer at a newspaper, the Las Vegas Light, as an Assistant Editor. This was in spite of warnings from … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews. fiction, journalism, Las Vegas
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The Wealth Attraction Factor: Your Path To Infinite Abundance – Darren Burton
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) This short book, The Wealth Attraction Factor: Your Path To Infinite Abundance, explains ways to increase your income. The author demonstrates that by using the correct mind-set one can achieve a very wealthy life. The book … Continue reading
Posted in More non-fiction
Tagged self-help, short books, wealth accumulation
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Food Pharmacy: A Guide to Gut Bacteria, Anti-Inflammatory Foods, and Eating for Health – Lina Aurell and Mia Clase
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Stig Bengmark, Md, Phd maintains that about 80% of our body’s immune system is located in the gastrointestinal tract. So accordingly we can influence our intestinal flora and the way we feel in the short and … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Fitness, Your Best Self
Tagged anti-inflammatory, fasting, super foods
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Life After America: A memoir about the wild and crazy 1960s -Joseph Mark Glazner
(Reviewed by Don Jung) How does a young twenty-two year old learn to live in an unfamiliar land with no friends or family and make it his home? Joseph anticipated being drafted into the Viet Nam War and, like so … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs
Tagged book reviews, Canada, Non-fiction, Vietnam War
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Siphon – A. A. Medina
Reviewed by JD Jung) Hematopathologist Gary Phillips continually pulls all-nighters at the hospital and hates his job. He has no girlfriend or social life, though he has an infatuation with a female co-worker who is at least ten years … Continue reading