Carole Marsh's 'Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics,' and Elena Miro's 'What Narcissists DON'T Want You to Know'

Posted: 21-May-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

Since I last posted, I wrote two book reviews. Unfortunately, due to some personal issues I wasn't able to post the first one in time. So, this post points to two reviews lumped together. Even so, the release dates of the reviews aren't too far apart, so hopefully, you won't notice anything is amiss!

The latest review is of the book Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics by Carole Marsh. The one before it is of the book What Narcissists DON'T Want You to Know by Elena Miro.

The first book is for children (i.e., tweens and teens). It's a great resource from which they can learn about major disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics with a special focus on COVID-19.

The second (earlier) review is about a new kind of mental disorder called "narcissism," that has only recently raised its ugly head in the USA and other top countries.

Narcissists are products of growing up in highly demanding environments, where kids are denied the recognition, love and approval given in traditional homes. Instead, they are unreasonably pressured to become successful in life.This results in their growing up into misshapen adults. Narcissists are impossible to bond with, particularly in close relationships, because they exhibit toxic behaviors that make them revulsive.

This book gives you all the details and tells you how to identify and protect yourself from getting into a close relationship with one.

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Cybersecurity and ninjutsu have a lot in common, so why not pack ninjutsu's power into Cybersecurity?

Posted: 06-Apr-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

Did you know that Cybersecurity (a.k.a. info security) has become (or will soon of become) a pillar of the world's economy? The Internet is the technology backbone enabling a growing share of business, ecommerce, and banking transactions. Polished and sophisticated cyber criminals who infest it made away with a cool US $3 trillion in 2015 (1 trillion is a million-million) even while the tireless global cybersecurity workforce was keeping vigil. Experts predict that the money stolen will rise to $10.5 trillion by 2025. The presently reactive and defensive kind of cybersecurity that we use, will need to change radically and turn offensive and pro-active to measure up to that challenge!

It may take sometime before that happens so industry experts want to do everthing they can meanwhile to make cybsecurity smarter, sharper, and meaner. That's where Ninjutsu the craft created by medieval Japanese ninjas, the masters of espionage and reconnaissance, comes in. In this exciting book, the author, a US Army veteran and cyberwarfare specialist who studied ninjutsu in detail, proposes powerful upgrades to cybersecurity drawn from the former to make it more killing.

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Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) kill us? Read what Steven Shwartz says in his book

Posted: 19-Mar-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

Shwartz, a luminary in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seeks to dispel prevalent rumors and myths about AI in this book titled "Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity."

In it, the author debunks many myths that have festered in our minds, needlessly scaring the wits out of us!

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Author Jay Gordon Cone discusses solutions for leaders and managers when they get "stuck" at work

Posted: 17-Feb-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

I'm beginning to feel like a parent who has had a string of boy babies, and is hoping the next one is a girl (or vice-versa)! Maybe my next post will be on Music or Poetry, so keep your fingers crossed!! The new review that was added this time is "The Surprising Power of not Knowing What to do: Discovering Creativity and Compassion in a Time of Chaos," a book for leaders and mangers of the modern world by Jay Gordon Cone, Ph.D. In a world more frequently impacted than ever before by major change causing factors like global warming, pandemics, environmental damage, natural-resource depletion, etc. workplace culture has evolved into one where leaders and managers are often faced with problems at work in which they find themselves "stuck," or unable to find solutions forward.

This invaluable book shows how they can come "unstuck" in such situations and proceed, as usual.

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Robert Goldman writes about the deplorable plight of prisons in the USA due to overpopulation

Posted: 25-Jan-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

This review is of Robert Allyn Goldman's book "The Slammer: A Critique of Prison Overpopulation, a menacing flaw in American culture," an authoritative exposition of the deplorable plight of prisons in the USA today. The author writes out of his own experiences while serving as a dentist in some of America's "maximum-security" prisons (i.e. prisons holding the most dangerous criminals).

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Julie Gaulke (music artist), a December 2020 find, added to the 'MUSIC' page

Posted: 23-Jan-2021   Reposted: 02-Jun-2022

Julie is a gifted musician. I found her rendition of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" exceptional. She has also sung covers of songs by The Beatles, John Denver, Chordettes, Billy Joel, etc., apart from Simon & Garfunkel hits.

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Sean Conley (of NFL fame) writes about his comeback to life after a career shortening injury

Posted: 05-Jan-2021   Reposted: 01-Jun-2022

On the 'BOOKS' page, you'll find my review of The Point After by Sean Conley National Football League (NFL) fame. If you remember, in the 1990s he played kicker for NFL teams: the Detroit Lions, the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Jets, and the Scottish Claymores of Europe.

A short, three years after entering the NFL, Sean's career was cut short by bodily injury—forever!

This is his inspiring memoir that tells us how he survived the loss of NFL and made a great comeback in life by sheer perseverance, grit, and resilience.

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Walt Roberts writes like Enid Blyton

Posted: 31-Dec-2020   Reposted: 01-Jun-2022

There's a new book review on the 'BOOKS' page. It's titled Rangers Go To War! by British author Walt Roberts—an an adventure story for the "Child Within" us. This book is reminiscent of adventure stories written by Enid Blyton.

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Dr. Dan Assissi recommends a transformative change in life

Posted: 27-Dec-2020   Reposted: 01-Jun-2022

Until we find true meaning and purpose in life, we are unsatisfied. We discover there's something missing, always. We chase several pretty rainbows in life only to discover that each one, after being pleasurable for a time, invariably turns into ashes in our hands. We look expectantly for the next one to try, and suffer disappointment again ... it goes on and on ... until we turn cynical with age. Its like when John Lennon sang (towards the end of his life) “... All I want is the truth now, Just gimme some truth now.”

We may be exactly at that point in life now, desperately longing for true identity, meaning and purpose in life. Not all hope is lost yet – if we aren't arrogant or unwilling to look at things we discarded before, that is!

Dan Assisi, author of Our Road to Damascus, is still hopeful that you'll find your elusive reward (of a meaningful and purposeful life) waiting for you at your own “Damascus.” But you've got to accept change, leave your “comfort zone,” Jerusalem, brave some common hardships and travel to your Damascus, starting now. Will you be brave and do it immediately?

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Over 700,000 abandoned/orphaned children in the USA need your help...

Posted: 07-Dec-2020   Reposted: 31-May-2022

The plight of abandoned and orphaned children, particularly those aged below five is heart-wrenching. This book seeks to bring us up-to-date about the condition of such kids, first in the USA, but also about afflicted kids all over the world.

According to a 2017 estimate, every year, there are nearly 700,000 children in the USA in the abandoned/orphaned category. A sizeable number of them are less than five years old. They are weak and helpless and consequently easy prey to child molesters, traffickers, and abusers. Despite existing foster care that's provided under the supervision of Gov Departments, these kids are emotionally fragile and can scarcely live normal lives when they turn into adults. They desperately need good foster care. If that's not provided, it'll be only a matter of days before they fall into traps set by scheming child abusers who'll lead them down the path of destruction for selfish gain.

YOU can make a difference, if you intervene.

This short book narrates true recent stories of foster family life in the USA to bring us abreast with the latest trends and issues in that country. It challenges and invites all whose hearts bleed for injustice and suffering in an uncaring world to rise to the occasion. You can champion causes related to child protection/rescue/welfare, volunteer help, or even just report cases of child abuse you notice to agencies like Child Protection Services (if you live in the USA). Any of these (and more) will usefully help the cause of afflicted children.

Read this book to find how you might be able to help.

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NEW! NEW!! NEW!!!

Posted: 03-Dec-2020   Reposted: 31-May-2022

There's a new book review on the "BOOKS" page. The book is "A Midsummer Night's Dream: Silly Shakespeare for Students," by Paul Leonard Murry, a great English language learning resource for ESL/EFL learners (any age) and native English learners aged 10-15.

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JRD Tata's favorite poem 'The Golden Journey to Samarkand' by James Elroy Flecker on the 'POETRY' page

Posted: 28-Nov-2020   Reposted: 31-May-2022

The 'POETRY' page has grown with the addition of a story about the poet James Elroy Flecker to it. There's a little background explaining why I like Flecker's poetry, involving the legendary businessman of India, late JRD Tata, for whom Flecker's poem "The Golden Journey to Samarkand," was a big favorite.

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