We all like to dream big and no one likes to lose. But, sometimes, the odds are stacked against some of us and it’s very difficult to have a fair chance. That didn’t stop Reya. She lived in a box-shaped house, an apartment, with her...

In his novel Where Summer Strives, Thomas Thornburg takes us on a journey to a working class neighbourhood of a Midwestern city, towards the end of the Second World War, where social and racial divides are very much still the norm. When a wealthy, educated,...

A Quiet Hero: The Life of Charles W. Denko, PhD, MD by Joanne D. Denko, MD, MS is an inspiring true story about the life of an unsung hero: Charles W. Denko. A first generation American of Russian descent, his life unfolds in Cleveland where...

Written in a style that embraces simplicity, Stellar by Kevin Hollingsworth is a gorgeous collection of poems covering a variety of themes — love and intimacy, patriotism, nature, solitude, friendship, adventure, self-discovery, and a lot more. The poems have different lengths and the style allows...

My First High School Musical: From Auditions to Opening Night and Everything in Between by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz is a succinct, useful guide that will help you prepare for your first or next musical. At the preparation stage, she provides useful tips on how you...

Relentless, Too! A 40 Day Journey For Kids by Charles Redding, Ph.D. is a companion book written for children that will help them understand the power and presence of Jesus Christ in their lives from a young age, and will see them passionately and relentlessly...

Henry the Astronaut by Jonna Amato Ocampo is an adorable children’s book on space travel and the imagination of one little boy, Henry, who just happens to be a teddy bear. Henry dreams of being an astronaut. One night he blasts off in his super...

Despite his privileged life and a prepared position in the lucrative family business in Boston, Rolfe Honeywell is disillusioned with his future. Unable to take his nonchalant approach to life any longer, Rolfe’s stepmother, Metta Maria, sends him to Mira Loma, her family's ranch in...

The Gathering Gods (Trip) by M.K. Baker is an imaginative epic fantasy tale filled with symbolism and cosmic themes. It begins in a remote period of history when the world is beginning again after an even earlier time. A young girl named Perl awakens with...

Henri by Douglas Bosack is a collection of short stories which also includes two chapters from another of the author’s books, Caduceus. They range in length and subject matter from quite brief as in the case of ‘The Short Order Cook’ (don’t read this one...

Anneros Valensi's Where is Home? How a Childhood in East Germany during World War II Shaped My Adult Life - 2nd Edition is a poignant memoir about a little girl growing up amidst the turmoil of the Second World War. The place is Falkenau in...

This is the story of Envy and Lionel, a relationship that began when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old girl and lasted over thirty years. There is a rich and varied cast of characters that enter their lives and play their part but essentially this is...

No doubt about it, A Man’s World is written by a woman, Kate Merchant, for women. Any woman who has ever lived through the misery of male domination, where her voice and choices are controlled by a husband or partner and, worse yet, are the...

Suddenly Free, Rise of Evil, by Yvette Carmon Davis is a gripping, imaginative, what-if sci-fi Christian novel based on the author's ideas of what the end times could look like, using the Bible as inspiration. In Davis' future, people on Earth deal with the normal...

In today’s challenging world, sometimes we get lost in the quagmire of the stresses and strains of everyday life, despite our best efforts to think positively. This comprehensive guide strips away the cultural and religious beliefs we hold to reveal the pure truth of who...

In Old Bones Never Die by Lesley A. Diehl, Connecticut fashionista Eve Appel has gone into business with her friend in a consignment store in Florida, but things never run smoothly and Eve just can’t keep her nose out. Becoming an apprentice to a retiring...

Bill Peterson, an FBI agent, is the good guy and Robert Smithson, a terrorist out to kill the president and change the way of the American government, is a very bad guy. Smithson escapes from prison, gets together a group of friends, and together...

Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan: Journey of an Educator is a biographical work by Mrs. Brenda C. Mohammed focusing on the life story of a young teacher during the period of indentureship in the Caribbean. Andrew was the son of indentured immigrants from India,...

Odyssey in a Teacup: Ruth Roth Series Book One by Paula Houseman takes us on a journey of self discovery through the eyes of a young Jewish Australian girl, Ruth Roth, who along with her three best friends - Vette, Maxi and her cousin Ralph...

It takes a really good writer to keep this reviewer interested in a 400-plus page novel. The fact that Borrowed Memories by J.R. Torbic is a psychological thriller helps. But sometimes those have such shallow characterization that as much as they keep you flipping pages...