Archive for the ‘Non-Fiction’ Category

New Year’s Resolutions

The start of a new year means people are assessing where their life is and how to change it for the better.  The same resolutions seem to be mentioned every year, from weight loss to being more social, with most people failing to accomplish them. Specific goals that are attainable have the highest rate of [...]

The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers

I picked up this book from the library because I saw him on TV. His comments on the show were enough to make me want to read more.
“How Toxic is Your Home?” is the name of the quiz that begins each chapter. By taking the quiz, you get some idea of how healthy you and [...]

The Warren Buffetts Next Door

Can it be possible that average Joes, non-professional investors, could outperform the legendary investing genius of Warren Buffett for nearly a decade? While the implication of the title “The Warren Buffetts Next Door” is somewhat misleading, especially in conjunction with the white picket fence of the idealized American house depicted on the cover, its subtitle [...]

Now Eat This!: 150 of America’s Favorite Comfort Foods, All Under 350 Calories

After hearing a recommendation about this book, I decided to get it to see if someone that has no cooking experience could use it. I must say the book is easy to follow and the recipes are all healthy. I couldn’t believe there was a healthy way to make brownies, but there was and it [...]

I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas

If you know Lewis Black, you know that he is very funny and loves to criticize everything and even Christmas can’t be spared. He makes fun of everything related to the holidays; he keeps you smiling hours after you have read it with mixes of his own holiday memories from years past. I found it [...]

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment

This is another behind the scenes look at professional wrestling in the past fifty years. Vince McMahon is the god of wrestling for decades and this book mentions him more than anyone else and for good reason. If your not a wrestling fan you wont enjoy reading this book, but Vince is married to Linda [...]

Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual

His book is a standout among many of the current books that tell you what and how to eat. In just 112 pages he covers what you should eat, what kind of food you should eat and how you should eat. Some of the rules are short and simple, with just enough humor to make [...]

The 50th Law

Fifty Cent is one of the biggest celebrities in the world; sold millions of records over his decade long career and decided to team up with Robert Greene to show you how to succeed like him. The book can get repetitive at times, but it’s basically saying that fear keeps us from reaching are full [...]

Superman vs. Hollywood

Superman has faced many adventures since he was created by two Cleveland teenagers Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster in 1938, as author Jake Rossen illustrates, the character’s greatest challenge has not been fighting super-villains like Lex Luthor, but overcoming the machinations of his corporate overseers and a variety of Hollywood producers. Rossen offers a breezy [...]

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration, with a Complete Filmography of Their Films Together

Karloff and Lugosi or if you prefer Lugosi and Karloff, either way for much of the movie loving public these are the two major stars of the classic Hollywood horror film. Their names and definitive roles, Dracula and Frankenstein, are paramount and seemingly equal in stature from the time of their star making appearances in [...]