Author Tinky Weisblat's mother Jan, better known as Taffy, died at age 93 in December of 2011. Bright, active Taffy suffered from dementia in her last months on earth. Born in 1918, Taffy graduated from Mount Holyoke College. "She was very much in the world...

The average person might not know too much about Haiti, but Kathleen A. Tobin is passionate about it. A teacher of Latin American history, Kathleen has written a book about why she thinks Haiti is important in the classroom and how she set upon making...

Superheroes come in many sizes and shapes. For Rick Niece, his hero came confined in a wheelchair. "Side-Yard Superhero" is the coming-of-age tale of the friendship that emerged between a nine year old, small town paper boy and the most special of the 72 customers...

"Damned from Memory" is an explosive expose by former US narcotic agent Sparky McLaughlin who, according to him, has been a cop all his life. The first part of the book is his own personal story explaining how he developed a calling to become a...

"Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen" was written by author, Judith Newton. I absolutely love this book. Each chapter of this delightful book combines a story from the author's life with a corresponding recipe. This book is divided into five sections, each representing...

Paris. Just the word brings to mind history, grace, fine art, literature and gardens. And of course the Eiffel Tower. Ruth Yunker fell in love with Paris and has written a book bringing to life the style and customs of what it is like to...

Life is filled with challenges for most of us, but how many of us can claim to have grown up as part of an experimental Amish settlement in the country of Honduras dressed in Amish pants, suspenders and a straw hat? Jerry S. Eicher chronicles...

Adoption is never a guarantee that the child you get will be what you had in mind, that the biological parents will actually go through with it at the last minute or that the country from which the child derives will be hospitable to your...

In "Terry", Terry Wadsworth Warne has written a vivid account of her entrapment in the events of World War II. Born and raised in the Philippines, she had an idyllic life until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As America was unable to evacuate all the...

"Ramblings in Ireland" by Kerry Dwyer is really two books in one. On the one hand we have a humorous, incisive look at expat life as seen by this witty, fascinating author, but which only hints at all the experiences she has clearly had. On...