Book Review
Average Civil Employee
by pine breaks
Speaking at length to institutional dysfunction, "Average Civil Employee" is a sharp satirical novel. In Stephen J. Wallace’s hilarious satirical novel "Average Civil Employee", a reluctant man navigates institutional absurdities. Ace,...
Book Review
The Cowbird's Song
by pine breaks
Centering a Methodist religious settlement along the Guyandotte River in West Virginia, The Cowbird’s Song is a detailed historical novel. In Joe Markko’s expansive historical novel The Cowbird’s Song, multiple lives and timelines,...
Book Review
The Ups and Downs of Running a Small Business
by pine breaks
Foundational ideas about entrepreneurship, work ethic, and leadership wend into the friendly, experience-based leadership guide "The Ups and Downs of Running a Small Business". James F. Comley’s enlightening...
Book Review
We the Voters
by pine breaks
Lori A. Ringhand’s illuminating civic history text "We the Voters" combines constitutional analyses with accessible examinations of American democracy. The book situates itself within longstanding debates about democratic health,...
Book Review
Kill Dick
by pine breaks
Luke B. Goebel’s winking satirical novel "Kill Dick" parodies contemporary literary and cultural forms. Set against sun-bleached Los Angeles—a place marked by wealth, addiction, and apathy—the book accumulates exaggerations of...
Book Review
The Sons of Gunshooter
by pine breaks
Dorothy Denetclaw and Matt Fitzsimons’s intricate, illuminating history text "The Sons of Gunshooter" is about Diné life, family lineages, and legal history. Drawing on extensive archival research, tribal records, and generational...
Book Review
Breaking Democracy’s Chains
by pine breaks
The assertive political manifesto "Breaking Democracy’s Chains" critiques the state of party politics and how elites have seized control of democratic systems. M. Pekin’s political polemic advances a clear and urgent critique of...
Book Review
The Last Train of Wealth
by pine breaks
Using storytelling in the place of broad analysis, "The Last Train of Wealth" is an ambitious economic survey. A speculative economic treatise, "The Last Train of Wealth" advances a cursory vision of how artificial intelligence, property...
