Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series Book 1) by Sarah Jane Butfield is a well written memoir that gives a touching and enlightening account of the world of student nursing and healthcare from the early eighties. The story starts off with the author telling...

“My body is an instrument. It transfers pain to melody so well.” Typically, non-fiction books about abuse – physical, mental, and emotional – are written from an observer’s point of view, even if the observer is the victim. Don’t Hit Me! by Vanessa de Largie...

Rosie Malezer is an astounding woman. She is a writer, proofreader, copy editor, blogger, and the author of seven books. She is also profoundly deaf. As such, she is certainly qualified to write a book titled How to be Deaf, but given that she is...

For me, as a reader, there's nothing more satisfying than picking up a book that I just can't put down. That usually only happens if the book is a thriller or a mystery written by a very skilled writer. It rarely happens when I read...

As someone who has spent a great deal of her life in Australia, I'm Not Your Baby took me by surprise. Fortunately for me and my daughters, none of us encountered Aussie males the likes of those the author, Joy Jennings, had the misfortune to...

Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams - The Age of Obama and Beyond by Julius Bailey is a gorgeously written, exceedingly intelligent, impeccably nuanced polemic against the current state of race relations in America. Dr. Bailey includes a bibliographical reference list by chapter that securely establishes...

Meticulously researched and comprehensively annotated, this volume of neglected Americana history, The Civil War Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania 1864-1899, heavily illustrated with fascinating photographs, drawings, and period documents, is particularly well-attended to by its author Dr. O. David Gold. In a somewhat disingenuous introduction...

After Awareness: Advocating for Battered Women is written by Jenna Brooks. It gives invaluable advice, based on Jenna’s first-hand experience, beliefs and observations, to friends and families of those who have fallen victim to domestic violence while raising awareness of the various types of abuse...

The Problems with Women by Bobby Black is an insightful, educative, and humorous book that deals with the anatomy of women. From the start the book already announces that the reader is in for a tug-of-war, but the author isn't out to show how different...

In an extremely well-researched and eye-opening look into the complexities of the interconnectedness of politics and the environment, author Geraldine Perry has given readers a lot to think about in her new book, Climate Change, Land Use and Monetary Policy: The New Trifecta. Examining the...