In the preface of her book, Running From Cancer, DebiLyn Smith confides that you can perhaps run away, but you can’t hide from this disease. She then goes on to relate her battle with cancer. Needless to say, this is the hardest struggle in her...

Mountain climbing is a topic I have never been very familiar with other than knowing you are scaling up the side of a large steep rock dependent on a rope and skill … eek! James Wilde, in Moving Mountains decided to give us an...

Darn, this guy's life has some highs and lows. Maxx Miller's A Stoner Guide To His Life is like the raw expression of graffiti. Ideas and memories are seen through a thick cloud of images. The short table of contents includes the irreverent chapter In...

The book “Unbroken Bond” by Tommy Porter is the story of a family’s endurance during the Second World War. Set in Liverpool during the 1940s, it is the account of Thomas John Porter, a little boy and his recollection of his life growing up. Surviving...

“Fourscore and More: a Memoir, History and a Family Legacy” offers an all-in-one fascinating glimpse into a bygone era. LaVera Edick has penned an interesting history of her family that makes for interesting reading, even if you are not related to her. The story begins...

"Insight of Perseverance" by Christopher Thomas DeWight Major Jones is the autobiography of someone who quite successfully overcame the challenges of being an albino. The autobiography begins with his earliest memories or – as he puts it – “re-enactments of what my parents told me”....

“Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody” by Jestine Trusty is a tale that will bring tears to the readers' eyes. Tina was raised in the tiny town of Sheldon, South Carolina. Her childhood was one filled with need: need of food, need of proper shelter,...

"Streetwise: Mafia Memoirs" by Russell A. Vassallo is a memoir of a kid raised in a world that feared the Mafia. It was a tough life where even saving the life of a friend could mean your own life was at risk. The story tells...

"My Extraordinary Life" was written by Monica Sucha Vickers. This easy-to-read, well-written, inspirational, uplifting book is one for all ages to enjoy. Monica Sucha Vickers describes her life's struggles, joys, hardships, griefs, frustrations and everything else about how it was to grow up with a...

Step back in time to small-town America with author Rick Niece's "The Band Plays On", the story of a community band once again coming together in tribute of their band leader, who has also been invited back to lead the band. The Lewie's Alumni Band...