Brian E. Priest is a brilliant writer. I don’t say that very often. I think I was expecting a travelogue when I picked Tiddlers in a Jam Jar for review. This is more a ‘lifealogue,’ if one can be permitted to make up such a...

Author Michelle Layer Rahal has brought us a stunningly honest and frank portrayal of the life of a Vietnamese boat person in the 1970’s. In Straining Forward we read the biography of Minh Phuong Towner, as she is caught up in the tumultuous events of...

Why Do You Want to Come to America? by Eric Reese is a contemporary essay aimed at the person who wants to migrate to America. Specifically, it is aimed at Muslims who want to migrate to the United States. The essay explores the subjects of...

Have you ever been curious about what it is like to travel alone to exciting locales such as India, Egypt, Belize, and China? Experience one woman's thirty-year-long traveling adventure in the audio book, Tattoo: Journeys On My Mind by Tina Marie L. Lamb. Go...

Black Divinity: Manifesto of the Black Theocracy by Tony Saunders is the third edition of the author's Black Divinity books, offering a peek through the window of New York City street culture for those of us on the outside who have little to no understanding...

White Woman Black Heart is Barbara Miller’s inspirational memoir that chronicles her journey to political and spiritual awakening and also shares her involvement in helping the Mapoon people resettle in Mapoon in 1974. In 1963, the Queensland government forcefully moves the Mapoon Aboriginal Community from...

Venice: The Keys to the City by Patty Civalleri is a fascinating book that will take readers on a magical, mystical, and enchanting journey to Venice, its canals and historic attractions. Venice is not only about canals because this book is a revelation of the...

Inward Traveler: 51 Ways to Explore the World Mindfully by Francine Toder, Ph.D. is an insightful book that helps readers to find ways to sense the world deeply and in the present moment, which requires a shift from the usual distracted schedule of a 21st...

The Wolfe Tones Phenomenon by Alex Fell is a book about one of the most popular folk and ballad bands in Ireland. An international success, particularly with Irish communities that settled elsewhere in the world, they are a group of very accomplished musicians. With their...

Amsterdam Exposed: An American’s Journey into the Red Light District by David Wienir takes readers into the heart of the red light district to witness powerful encounters and meet the women who work there. Entering his third year of law school at Berkeley and about...