Typical English Romance Novel

A Lady's Guide to Kiss a Rake by Tanya Wilde
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A typical English romance novel with its set dose of fun, excitement, thrill, and of course some steamy love making. The story revolves around Lady Josephine (Jo) and St. Adlwyn (Damien), their competition, love, quarrels, etc. Both of them start off saying they don't believe in marriage, Damien being too much a man about town, and Jo not trusting any man and being involved in her projects. Her belief that marriage would mean hindrance to her social work of rescuing the weak, helpless and abused. But Damien has other feelings and thoughts, he wants to be her only protector and lover.
The friendly and at times heated banter between them makes this book worth reading. The narration and descriptions of elaborate festivities, dresses of the ladies, and character building is very interesting. The wordplay is very entertaining and makes this book almost unputdownable. The side characters including lady Belle and the Middleton girls add the much needed relief and comedy to the work.
The book has its share of steamy descriptions of interludes between the main characters which makes it all the more interesting. Overall I'd give this book a 4/5 rating and definitely worth spending a few hours to complete the story.

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Leading Teens towards Wealth with Smart Techniques!

Investing and Money Skills for Teenagers: Master Your Independence, Budget Successfully, and Grow Wealthy with Easy Investing, Real Estate Strategies, ... Debt! by Chad K. Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Most teenagers are focused on school, friends, sports, and pop culture for the most part. Until teens hit adulthood and start working to make money and pay their own bills the importance of developing sound financial strategies to become wealthy is not taught. Moreover, most teenagers and even some adults are not quite interested in learning about finance, investing, real estate planning, etc. This can present several challenges as the world becomes more complex and getting wealthy becomes difficult.
Learning about financial strategies, real estate investing, managing debt, etc. from the correct sources is crucial. The internet is full of questionable advice, which makes it very difficult to navigate to the correct information that leads to success. Coupled with this is the lack of financial literacy classes in our education system. This leads to teenagers transitioning into adult lives with abject lack of knowledge about economic systems, wealth building, investing, real estate acquisitions, debt management, etc.
Chad K Smith MBA has written a book aimed at teenagers to teach this very subject. The information packed book guides teens through the world of personal finance and provides valuable lessons on budgeting, investment strategies, and building long term lasting wealth. “The magic of compound interest and time leverage are your secret weapons in achieving financial success,” writes Smith introducing the concept of wealth building from an early age. Organized into eight easy to read chapters, each with nuggets of financial and wealth building wisdom, Investing and Money Skills for Teenagers starts off with the chapter that explains the quest for financial independence beyond the basics. He breaks down the emotional biases and psychological biases that can lead to irrational financial behavior, and how to prevent falling into this trap. A section on tools for mindful investing is valuable for those beginning their foray into investing.
A complete chapter is dedicated to decrypting cryptocurrencies and how to build wealth through these modern and revolutionary financial instruments. This chapter can be useful to teens with little knowledge about cryptocurrencies as well as adults in the same boat. The chapter on international markets teaches readers about how to navigate the global economy and come out with profits. The book even touches upon sustainability and green investments, advanced real estate leverage strategies; wealth building through diversification; and the final chapter deals with advanced debt management and credit building.
The three page conclusion to the volume summarizes the major concepts and lessons in the book and reinforces the fact that wealth building is long term and one can achieve this with smart discipline, and work ethic. The reference section provides valuable links to further reading for those interested in learning more on this topic.

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Guiding Teens towards Spirituality and Faith

Systematic Theology for Teens in 90 Days: Understand What You Believe, Why It Matters, and What the Bible Teaches About God, Jesus, and the Christian Faith by Radiant Faith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Teenagers are under a lot of pressure from all sides – parents, peers, friends, teachers, pop culture, among others. We are living in times when everything metaphysical, spiritual, and religion is being mocked it is difficult for teenagers to understand and work towards being a Christian. Teenagers are not prone to confide their fears and doubts with parents immediately, their first go to resource is often a peer, or often someone who they look up to like a senior student at school, or sporting team etc. The guidance they receive from these sources are at best questionable.
In this scenario Radiant Faith presents the 140-page volume to provide real Christian guidance for teenagers aspiring to be Christians. Systemic Theology for Teens in 90 days is a book that ties the loose ends, clears doubts, explains the scripture in an easily understandable manner, and finally ties the message back to the Bible. This a perfect book for personal study of Christian religion and faith.
Spread across 12-chapters, Systemic Theology for Teens.. starts off with an introduction which starts with an anecdote of a young Christian whose faith is challenged at the university. This book is designed to prevent such confusion and faith crises when teens encounter real world challenges. The book explains how faith among youth thrives in a controlled environment of Christian family, church, and school but begins to wither away when exposed to secular university, workplace skepticism or personal tragedy. The goal of this book is not let this happen and how to strengthen Christian faith despite facing the above challenges and more.
Specific situations and challenges facing Christian youth are detailed in this volume including questioners, challengers, seekers, leaders, and doubters and how one can develop confidence to discuss and defend beliefs with peers, and adults without coming off as copycats or indoctrinated people. The unique feature of this book is that it meets teenagers at their level and takes them on a planned journey deeper into faith that will last through life.

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Valuable Educational Resource for Medical Students

The Complete Human Anatomy Coloring Book: 175 Illustrations & 77 Fun Facts In a Anatomy & Physiology Study Guide & Workbook for Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Medical Students & Adults by Atlas Gray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A thorough knowledge of human anatomy is vital for those aspiring to be doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, and a plethora of healthcare professionals. Medical students spend almost an entire semester studying the gross anatomy of the human body. Even high school biology students go through extensive training in anatomy of humans, as well as other animals. The study of anatomy is extensive and can present a strong challenge to students. Remembering physical structures, their Latin names and how each of them are related to each other, their location with respect to other organs, etc. can be tough. A good way to learn anatomy is by drawing the parts and labeling them from memory.
The Complete Human Anatomy Coloring Book by Atlas Grey provides students a valuable resource to learn, practice, and master the subject. With over 170 coloring pages of human anatomy images and nuggets of valuable information, this book is bound to be a great resource for students of biology. Starting off with the Musculoskeletal system, the book presents images of different body systems including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine, lymphatic, reproductive, nervous, and auditory & visual systems. Each page contains interesting, accurate images of the parts of the respective biological system with opportunity to color and label the different parts of the structure. Following the drawing page is a page of information with some quick mastery trivia. This book will be a great addition to biology students curriculum, and those that are creative can color the pages and with realistic colors and keep the book for the rest of their lives.

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My Latest Puzzle Book!

My latest puzzle book "Alabama Word Finder" part of the USA Word Finder series is now available. A collection of entertaining, fun, informative, and educational Word Finder puzzles about Alabama - the Yellowhammer State

Puzzles that are not only fun to solve but also teach readers about various aspects of the great state of Alabama aka the Yellowhammer State. Culture, Geography, Cities, Natural wonders are featured in this book.

This book will prove to be fun, informative, entertaining, and educational experience for all.

Learn about Alabama through puzzles. Learn about the cities, counties, mountains, glaciers, rivers, state parks, and other geographical features of the Yellowhammer state. This collection of over 100 puzzles presents a challenge and is bound to enhance the knowledge about Alabama. It is an ideal book for children and adults, presented in an engaging and enjoyable format of Word Search puzzles.

Salient Features

• Over 100 puzzles & solutions means hours of fun, entertainment, and learning! 
• Puzzles that stimulate your brain: Learn about the different geographical features, cities, counties, high achievers, and tourist attractions of Alabama. 
• Ideal for gifting: This book presents challenging puzzles for everyone from novice to expert.
• Knowledge: Teach your kids about Alabama. Learn about the unique places of Alabama. 
• Family friendly: Solve puzzles alone or as a family works fine either way. 
• Improve memory & concentration: This book provides a unique method to improve memory, concentration.

Book Details: 

106 Puzzles: ALL based-on Alabama - includes geography, people, administration, counties, state parks, cities, tourist attractions, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, among others. 

One Puzzle per page - less confusion Large 25 x 25 grid provides a challenging puzzle in every page. Wordlists provided in each puzzle for reference. 

Answer key at the end provides answers for all puzzles.

How to master making Sweet Dessert Drinks

Ninja Slushi Cookbook for Beginners: Unleash Your Creativity And Become A True Slush Master! Create Unique And Surprising Flavor Combinations To ... And Thirst-quenching Slushes In The Universe by Kimberly Doris

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cooking – be it starter, entre, accompaniment, or dessert – is an art and takes time, effort, and great training to get good at and become a master. Not everyone can be a master of all types of food items. In professional settings there are specialists that do only baking, cooking, barbeque, grilling, pastries, etc. These are people specially trained and experienced in their specific area of expertise. Similarly preparing drinks be it alcoholic or non-alcoholic requires training, hard work, and practice. Becoming an expert in these fields takes more than practice, an intimate knowledge of the liquid, flavoring, sweetening, etc.
To help amateur slushy makers comes the Ninja Slushi Cookbook for Beginners by Kimberly Doris, which breaks down the art of slushy making. Doris starts off the book by introducing the slushy to the readers. A Slush aka slushy or slushie is an icy drink which is presented as a riot of colors and flavors on a hot day, to help cool off while enjoying the taste and sweetness of the beverage. The slushy is popular during hot summer days and it is appeal is not just in the sweetness but also in endless flavors and children love the colorful nature of the drink.
A key piece of equipment to make the best slushies include the Ninja Slush Machine, a remarkable tool that helps one create those flavorful icy beverages loved by everyone during summer months. Spread over 110 pages this book provides detailed information about the machinery, ingredients, preparation style, tips and tricks to make great slushies, and of course several ready to make recipes. Chapters that present recipes include a variety of materials and methods of making slushies. Starting off with the tried and tested fruit slushie recipes, the book follows a familiar pattern with presenting frozen slushies, soda-based slushies, healthy frappe, milkshakes, tea-based, spiked, and sugar-free slushies. The final two chapters are dedicated to ideas on slushy partying and how to effectively unfreeze/ thaw slushie raw material and then a bonus section on recipes beyond the slushy.
A measurement comparison table helps amateurs measure ingredients accurately. The recipes are easy to follow and self-explanatory when implemented right will make transform the experimental slushy maker to an expert.

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Life skills primer!

The Teen Girl’s Survival Handbook: Your Adulting Life Skills Guide—How to Make Friends, Manage Money, Claim Your Independence, Avoid Drama, and Prepare for Your Successful, Healthy, and Happy Future by Marisa Summers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The Teen Girl’s Survival Handbook: Your Adulting Life Skills Guide—How to Make Friends, Manage Money, Claim Your Independence, Avoid Drama, and Prepare for Your Successful, Healthy, and Happy Future by Marisa Summers; 178 pp.

In this day and age it is important for everyone to develop life skills early on to face the world. Most young adults leave home to live on varsity campuses, or with roommates very early in life. It is particularly important to develop adulting knowledge and skills to survive in the world. This concept of learning life skills becomes all the more important for teenaged girls who are vulnerable and targets for a host of crimes that boys are not.
Marisa Summers, a passionate advocate for self-sufficiency, confidence, and practical life skills and a working mom of two teenagers is keen to share her knowledge of overcoming life’s challenges with every teenager out there. With her background in leading corporate work teams Summers presents The Teen Girl’s Survival Handbook a 7-chapter; 178-page volume of practical wisdom, life skills, and knowledge to equip young women with the confidence to face and thrive in the world.
In the introduction Summers lists out the most common dilemmas and problems that teen girls face including but not limited to removing makeup stains from clothes, managing periods, filing taxes, etc. The introduction details the concepts covered in the book such as financial literacy, kitchen skills, making and maintaining friends, and self-care routines to feel good, among others. “Life is easier when you’ve got these skills. Some will be part of your everyday routine, while others don’t seem to matter… until that one fateful moment when you need…,” writes Summers.
Each chapter of this book deals with a specific topic and is subdivided into sections explaining the details. Self-care and personal hygiene; emotional and mental well-being; social and communication skills; financial literacy and money management; education and career development; home and independent living skills; and digital and online safety are the broad range of topics covered in separate chapters.
The conclusion brings all the chapters together in brief while encouraging teen girls to live life with confidence and fulfillment. The comprehensive list of references act as a unique resource for those who want to learn more.

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