"The Time Travel Storm," written by TC Booth and illustrated by Juan Carlos Colla, is a fun, educational book to share with children. It will teach them about going to school in the 1800's. Alex and Scott become separated from their class on a school...

My husband teases that he lives vicariously through me because like author M.G. Edwards, I was on the verge of a midlife crisis in my 40’s and yearned for adventure, trekking off to Kenya, Russia, and dozens of other places. “Kilimanjaro: One Man’s Quest to...

We all knew David Baldacci was more than capable of penning a thriller but recently he has stretched his wings by adding a new genre to his repertoire. I quickly fell in love with his new style when I read "One Summer". "The Christmas Train"...

With the book "Nothing but Respect" the author Julie-Anne allows readers a close and personal look into her life. She not only shares her triumphs but her tragedies as well. We follow her from being a well-adjusted teen who loved to water ski, an overachiever...

I was impressed by how easy the reading could be for such a hard topic. This book is full of hope, success stories, and faith in God. It is an example of how to ride a very tumultuous wave that touches so many of our...

"Under Table Mountain" by Nigel Patten is a lovely historical account of the close of the nineteenth century in South Africa. As the story opens, Colonial Britain has ongoing conflict with the two Boar republics. Through the tension and turmoil of the Johannesburg and Capetown...

The Journeys of Bumbly Bear is a wonderful children’s book written by Jacqui Kelley-Kinnie. Julie is all grown up now and doesn’t need her stuffed animals any longer, so while she is away, her mother puts all the stuffed animal toys into a big black...

This book discusses marriage from a Biblical perspective. I believe that anyone, married or not, would experience what the true meaning of marriage is in our society today, and how what happened back in ancient times is applicable to what is going on in the...

I may not have been born and raised in North Carolina; but I have lived in this state for almost four years, and I love everything about it. In Hatteras Island, Keeper of the Outer Banks, Ray McAllister gives the reader an interesting and thorough...

Hoa Minh Truong was a lieutenant in the South Vietnam Army when the Vietnam War ended in 1975. At that time the President of South Vietnam ordered his troops to withdraw from major battle areas and turned South Vietnam over to the Communists of North...