Russia: History of Russia: Kievan Rus to Vladimir Putin, Tsars and Revolutions – All Shaping Russian Culture and Russian History- Ian Maslow

Posted on October 6, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) I have been requested to review some short non-fiction books, and as promised, I am posting reviews of those that I recommend. History of Russia is such a book. Russia: History of Russia: Kievan Rus to Vladimir Putin, Tsars and Revolutions - All Shaping Russian Culture and Russian History is presented…

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A Short Border Handbook: A Journey Through the Immigrant’s Labyrinth – Gazmend Kapllani (Author), Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife (Translator)

Posted on October 3, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   "…I may have arrived without an invitation but I work just like the rest of you do, I pay the same taxes as the rest of you do, and most importantly my boss, or rather, my bosses, need me. Yes, I do realize that you are feeding me, but let…

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Marx, Freud, Einstein: Heroes of the Mind – Corinne Maier (Author), Anne Simon (Illustrator)

Posted on September 29, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I WANTED TO UNCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE, BUT THE SECRETS OF THE HUMAN SOUL WERE OUTSIDE OF MY REMIT. As for the secrets of women let’s not even go there!” Could that be what Albert Einstein would say in regards to his problems with interpersonal relationships if he were…

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Life of a Bastard – Damien Black

Posted on September 26, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Life of a Bastard is a book written about the life of Javier, an orphaned boy, and his will to cope with all the moves and suffering he encounters while being in American foster homes. The book remains truthful to the encounters of incidents that happen in foster homes and displays…

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Fall – Candice Fox

Posted on September 23, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “How to explain it all to him, a normal human man, someone with all his faculties, with a soul. How to explain that at the core of her being Eden killed people the way she breathed, the way she slept, that when she was hungry for blood it was as all-consuming…

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The Limpet Syndrome – Tony Moyle

Posted on September 22, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Limpet Syndrome is a science fiction novel about John Hewsen. John is pronounced dead; however, his soul is somehow still alive. He is in limbo and is in a form of a ball of electricity that still has sensory perception and can experience emotions, characteristics and possess memories. This condition…

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Mistletoe and Murder – S.L. Smith

Posted on September 18, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mistletoe and Murder is the fourth installment in the detective Pete Culnane series. The story starts out with a New Year’s Eve wedding reception in the historic Saint Paul Union Depot in Minneapolis where the matriarch, Collette Hammond, suddenly collapses and dies right before the stroke of midnight. As detective Martin…

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Plato Wyngard and the Valley of the Immortals – Marc and James Lindsay

Posted on September 15, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Plato Wyngard and the Valley of the Immortals is a thriller fiction story, written about Plato Wyngard. He is in search of answers to his father’s death; instead, he becomes stuck in the Vietnam War trying to locate four ancient relics in order to find the Jade Cup. The power of…

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Death of a Busybody (British Library Crime Classics) – George Bellairs

Posted on September 13, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Fifty year old Miss Ethel Tither has made a lot of enemies in her years in the English village of Hilary Magna. She is a major financial donor to the Home Gospel Alliance for Bringing Sinners to Repentance, and so you can tell where her concerns lie. It’s not enough that…

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Red-handed in Romanée-Conti – Jean-Pierre Alaux , Noël Balen (Translated from the French by Sally Pane)

Posted on September 11, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Benjamin knew that sometimes people were like wine. If they sat and breathed for a while, their full complexity could be revealed, even more so in the right environment and with the right people.” Benjamin Cooker, a well-renowned enologist from Bordeaux, and his young assistant, Virgile, can read people pretty well.…

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