Amy is a teenager who has basically run away from a difficult interpersonal relationship. She decides to live with her Aunt Mae in a trailer in a sparsely populated area in Washington state. Amy meets a young man named Henry who has peculiarities that intrigue...

The Clearing by Samantha Cook is a paranormal tale set in a dystopian version of Earth. Once the world was teeming with life and beauty, but all that remains now are barren wastelands and death. The last remnants of humanity reside in a small village...

The Clearing Where We Grow by P L Mendoza is a lyrical fable that follows the evolving connection between Vargr, a solitary wolf, and Nemethea, an ancient tree in a quiet forest clearing. Told through the lens of the four seasons, the story explores themes...

In the final analysis, let’s face it, nothing sells as much as family. Whether it’s non-fiction books about creating better family relationships or history books venturing struggles between powerful families for control of entire nations, family drama is always selling somewhere. The Taste of Air...

Whew. The Taste of Air by Gail Cleare caught my attention from the moment I began to read it. What begins to unfold from page one is a captivating story filled with mystery, suspense, love, longing and family. As I write this review and begin...

P. L. Mendoza's Stories In The Clearing is a fun and thoughtful collection of animal fables centered around the captivating exchanges between a clever wolf, Vargr, and a wise tree, Nemethea. Through five short yet thought-provoking stories, the author (along with Vargr and Nemethea) delivers...

Beyond the Clearing by Robin Mahle is a mixture of horror and the supernatural. The story begins with Mrs Sylva arriving at The Serenity Resort to try to come to terms with her husband's death. One evening she walks through a clearing, towards the light....

In The Clear by Frederick K. Van Patten begins with Cressida's funeral. Cressida's devastated cousin Melody embarks on a mission to find Simon, who has disappeared and is suspected of illegal activities. With clues suggesting Simon is hiding in the Olympic Rain Forest, Melody, alongside...

The Headmaster’s Cave is a preteen and children's adventure story written by D.S. Allen. George Stewart’s got a family history that his parents won’t talk about and that he’s been persecuted by his peers for. It concerns the legendary Headmaster’s Cave. According to the story,...

When authors David and Anita Hill asked a group of students to explain the meaning of Christmas, they got some interesting answers such as, “Doing something fun when it’s snowing outside,” “Coming together as a family,” and “Getting presents and eating a lot of food.”...

The Dragon in the Garden by Erika Gardner is an epic tale with humor and mythology. Siobhan has been seeing things since she was a child in her grandparents’ garden, where she saw her first dragon. The dragon, who she dubbed Daisy, told her of...

The Road Behind Me: The Lie of Hannah is a non-fiction memoir written by RjCook. He was born in the early 1950s, part of the baby boomer generation, and was raised in Passaic, New Jersey. While Cook had five other siblings, they were quite a...

The Shop on Peculiar Hill by Grimly Darkwood is Book One of The Vale of Strange. Peter’s parents died in a weird accident and he goes to live with his aunt and uncle. They run a shop on Peculiar Hill, near the Vale of Strange....

Arianna's admission to Heincraft, the Academy of Swordcraft, marks the beginning of The Crimson Maiden, Book One of The Swordmasters’ Legacy by M.V. Grimm. When Arianna was young, her father, who had once worked there as a teacher, inexplicably vanished. Now that she was sixteen,...

The Walk by Shaun Alexander is a book written about the different aspects of the Christian life. The author shows how to walk with God, not behind Him and not running in front of Him. Starting with the unbeliever, he takes the reader through the...

Salvatore Cataudella’s The Noema Field: Explorations in Consciousness is a magnificent prose poem narrative. The author uses computer-savvy technical language imaginatively to offer hope that the dilemma of the AI world we are entering can eventually solve the challenge of creating AI systems that have...

A good product manager knows that acting quickly without clarity creates chaos, but having good ideas without moving forward at a good pace doesn't produce results. That's why it's necessary to find a balance. Now we can easily achieve that with AI. In The MACH-10...

The New Eugenics: Modifying Biological Life in the 21st Century by Conrad B. Quintyn is a powerful expose of what the author calls “New Eugenics.” Eugenics has been understood, until now, as a practice that aims at improving the human species by selectively mating people...

The End of Self-Help by author Dr. Gail Brenner is a modern self-help book with an inspiring twist. Brenner suggests that individuals have the power within themselves to find peace and happiness NOW, and not after undergoing extensive (and often expensive) self-help therapy. The author...

The Overly Honest Teacher: Parenting Advice from the Classroom by Meredith Essalat is an insightful and thought-provoking book that will guide parents to prioritize their children, set boundaries and realistic goals, and accept and love children as they learn and grow. The author's experience as...