“Be strong.” “They are in a better place.” “They wouldn’t want you to be sad.” These are several consoling expressions that people hear every time they are grieving. The question is: Are these what people who have just lost someone precious to them want to...

Dad’s Last Dog is an unusual and heartwarming work of memoir non-fiction, penned by author Dan M. Kalin. In this down to earth and realistic look at growing up, childhood influences and father-son relationships, we meet our author as the eldest child in a family...

With its cartoon-like illustrated cover, essay titles that do away with capitalization, and a style of word repetition for emphasis, The Reclusive Writer & Reader of Bandra is a charming and thought-provoking anthology of essays by Indian-born writer Fiza Pathan. Underneath the simplicity of her...

How the Camp Fire Girls Won World War II . . . and Other Memories is a mostly time-linear series of short stories spanning the author's life. Rebecca G. Morris intentionally obscures which stories are fiction and which are not, but the feel is that...

My Plunder: Westerners and Warriors by Myles Culbertson is a collection of stories that captures the very heart and soul of a cowboy. Filled with a tapestry of wonderful settings, the stories take readers through interesting adventures, unveiling places like the Chaperito Land Grant. The...

Leadership, growth, and inspiration can occur in different ways from listening to others tell their stories and learning from others to when someone pays it forward. Grow Your Leadership (A Divas That Care Book) by Candace Gish provides hope, motivation, and lessons learned from the...

As compiled by Candace Gish, Journeys Of Discovery: A Divas That Care Book is about twenty journeys by female entrepreneurs and coaches on life, business, and happiness. The celebration of women and what they can do for the greater good in our society. The book...

Mike Mazzilli's 14 Through 24 is a memoir of emotion written into poetry that speaks from the heart. Mazzilli has written about the shame, pain, love, loss, inspiration, and turmoil that he encountered throughout his youth and shared it in the pages of 14 Through...

When we truly want to learn a language, inside and out, there are some great resources available to us. Dual Language First Spanish Reader: Parallel Spanish-English Short Stories For Beginners by Peter Oakfield is one of those resources. It is an enjoyable reading and study...

Reaper's Lament: Aviation Stories by Pilots Who Should Be Dead by Steven Lane Smith is a collection of short, real-life stories that capture the exhilarating, awe-struck moments and experiences of near-death encountered by pilots. There are stories from private pilots, fighter pilots, airline pilots, bush...