The picture book and early reader My Protest, written by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu and co-authored by Tawana Bessellieu and Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, describes from a first-person perspective how a little girl, Jaliyah, together with her mother, aunt, and cousin Camille, attends a Black Lives Matter protest. She...

My Protest: Please Don't Erase My History! is a thought-provoking children's picture book by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu, Tawana Bessellieu, and Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb. It follows the story of a first-grader, Jaliyah, the co-author's namesake, who is passionate about art and social studies. Jaliyah learns about important Black...

The death of a loved one can bring up existential questions about what happens to them after they are gone. For parents, this can sometimes be a tough time, where they have to give their children answers about death, where the departed could have gone,...

My Protest: If I Could Peek Into Heaven To See What My Daddy Is Doing is a journal for children that aims to help them cope with the loss of a loved one. The book was co-written by Linda M Bessellieu, Tawana E. Bessellieu, and...

To say that Bruce Neckels has led a colorful life would be an understatement. His memoir Matter of Conscience is so much more than a book about his experiences as a conscious objector who fought the system that drafted him for service in Vietnam. It...

Pink Roses for the Ill by Sandra Nicole Concepcion is an inspirational story of the author who shares with readers her unique experience of dying, her death being halted, and her incredible conversation with Jesus. The author wakes up one morning seeing death in front...

Aww… retirement. The event we all anticipate. The golden time of our lives when we can relish that quiet time that years of hard work give back. At least that is what Kate thought as she celebrated the end of her teaching career with dinner...

This engaging novel begins on the twenty-first birthday of Ben Steiner, a Jewish student at Columbia University, in May 1975. Living a comfortable life in Beit Yitzhak, or the “B”, a communal house for Jewish students, seemed boring to Ben. He was ready to find...

Venice Beach is a contemporary fiction novel written by Emily Gallo. Maggie's long illness and eventual death took a toll on Finn that left him heartbroken, penniless, and with a bad case of writer's block. His publisher had gotten tired of waiting for his next...

Settling a debt of family honor, a wealthy Italian World War I veteran journeys to America and becomes embroiled in a war between the employees and their corporation in the stunning historical mystery, Strike! by John Klawitter. After the Great War, Anthony Anselmo's grandfather charges...

The Unmooring is a work of fiction in the historical and political fiction subgenres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience and was penned by author Ken Fireman. In this complex and intelligently-penned work, we follow the exploits of our protagonist, Michael McMaster,...

So Long, John Wayne by Rick Ramsey is a coming-of-age novel with a unique twist. Set in Lima, Peru, it tells the story of the unusual friendship that develops between two teenage boys, one Peruvian, the other American. Set around the time of the military...