"The Planet-Girded Suns" by Sylvia Engdahl is about what people have thought about exoplanets, and how the thoughts of exoplanets have influenced our thinking. It starts off with an account of historical thoughts from the Aristotelian era through the middle ages to the present. This...

In “The Mirage of Dignity on the Highways of Human ‘Progress,” Lukman Harees uses 748 pages to give very specific (and carefully researched) examples from every human organization and institution on how it has and is destroying human dignity. Throughout the book he has quotes...

Sherman P. Bastarache has an inordinate interest in language. His interest began when he was in the eighth grade. His teacher was discussing evolution and a student commented that words cannot evolve. Suddenly, it occurred to Bastarache that if you add a 't' to 'here'...

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.”...

Take This Journey With Me; Poems from the Laboratory of John Turner is an uplifting collection of inspirational poems all bound together into one astounding book. The book begins with a bottle floating in from the sea where the reader gets a lovely message from...

As an architect and educator, Bill Asti is more than well qualified to write on how people must work together to create sustainable communities for future generations. He has worked with knowledgeable, dedicated people like Win Rockefeller and Edward Durrell Stone. Asti is quite vocal...

Global warming has become a hot topic in the last few years. Grant Jeffrey writes an interesting and easy to read book on the deception of global warming. Jeffrey has great facts to back up his deception theory. Well- documented research makes this a credible read....

A Mirror Maze is the true story of how Tom Brungar survived his imprisonment in a Mexican prison. Tom is Norwegian. The business man was on vacation in Ibiza. His drug addiction was strong and increasing daily. He and his partner were arrested in Mexico...

The Gettysburg Approach to Writing & Speaking Like a Professional by Philip Yaffe offers a common sense, easy to understand approach to expert and scholarly writing and presentation. He uses the Gettysburg Address as his basis. This book should be required reading in high school...

When I pick up Sarah and Ryan (2 of my grandchildren) they always ask for a Buddy story.  It has become a family tradition. When they were little they would get bored on the long drive to our home. Trying to think of something to...