A book on financial crisis written by an expert in the field, a professional economist from the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, a financial stability expert at the European Stability Mechanism in Luxembourg, and an adviser on Financial System Governance to a government, will...

The early years of Annette Libeskind Berkovits’ life did not feature many encounters with animals and she did not grow up with pets. Although she was fascinated with zoology, living animals were an unknown. It wasn’t until she was hired to work with the educators...

After the Occurrence, ten-year-old Littlethumb Brooks discovers he's a genius by painting an astounding picture of the Mona Lisa. His Native American parents and his art teacher start to work together to further develop his talent and introduce him to fame with the help of...

The title Smile Big, Dream Bigger is very accurate, catchy, and will inspire people to open the book. Author Andrea Scott writes about a young girl named Samantha and her dreams for a better community for all. She truly believes that a smile is contagious...

“Where are you? he wondered. Where am I? Where is everybody?” are words that introduce the reader to the strange state of mind in which the protagonist finds himself. Dardic Jennings has just found out that he has been thrust into a completely new reality....

Megan Docket, an attorney in the small town of Dexter, Nebraska, is surrounded by loving family and friends – and dangerous criminals. Finding a burning cross was the beginning of a frightening adventure in Fire in the Wind by Judy Bruce. Although Megan has not...

One of the biggest mysteries of how the future will look is the question of family. Not only the nuclear family, but the extended family. After all, the family, in one form or another, can be said to be the driving force of human history....

Little Brother's Temper Tantrums by Mary Esparza-Vela is a fun children's book that takes place in outer space. The book follows three alien children named Kyzee, Sweetz, and Hunee. Kyzee and Sweetz were going treasure hunting on a nearby planet, when their younger brother, Hunee,...

Golden Skye of Ansgar is a middle grade novel in the Windflower Saga by Aleksandra Layland. It is a beautiful story that children will love, but can be entertaining for adults and teens as well. Golden Skye is beautifully written, even poetic. It is a...

Keri and Kalina: A Windflower Saga Chapter Book by Aleksandra Layland is set against the backdrop of Kimbria, an imaginary kingdom where readers get to meet seven-year-old Kalina who is lively, generous, and kind, and attends boarding school with Keri, her second cousin, who is...

Under the Cherry Tree by Lilac Mills is romance at its best. Jenni Meads is a dog groomer and when her dog takes against someone, Jenni should learn to take note. Given the opportunity to buy a smallholding and expand her business, Jenni jumps head...

Two young boys in need of acceptance in a world of injustice. A beautiful and talented preacher’s daughter living a lie. One amazing drummer unaware of his natural talent. The members of an up and coming new band, Summer Haze, work together, often reluctantly, to...

Spirituality 103 The Forgiveness Code: Finding The Light in Our Shadows by Ivan Figueroa-Otero is a spiritual masterpiece, a self-help book that will help readers to descend to the very core, to the center, and beginning of their being. When I picked this book up,...

Regret by Danielle Doolittle is book one of The Guardians series. Penelope Green's life is fairly mundane and routine, until a new girl named Jenna arrives at school. She befriends Jenna, and finds herself drawn to Jenna's older brother, Kane Whitmore, who seems to despise...

For everyone in Monstromeda, gazoo-flies were the most sought-after pets whose wart bursts were every monster’s dream. Davelbert and Ezroar, like other monsters, loved the gazoo-flies. However, their school had strict rules against carrying gazoo-flies from home but, like any other monster his age, Davelbert...

Mokey's New Friends by Connie Arnold is a heartwarming children's book about a young monkey named Mokey. Mokey lives in a zoo, and he loves playing and swinging from branch to branch. One day, after the monkeys are fed and Mokey has gobbled down his...

A childhood home is a place that remains deep in our memories for our entire life time. There are other things, little things, that spark a memory, like a blue marble lying in the dirt where it was once thrown away in anger, and later...

Olive and the Great Flood is a wonderful and warm story that children and parents will read again and again. Author Connie Arnold tells the story of Noah’s Ark from the point of view of Olive, the dove, but it’s not a biblical story; instead...

Fans of Barbra Streisand are going to love this latest book, the 23rd from the On the Couch series written by Alma H. Bond Ph.D. In this fictionalized series, Alma H. Bond, a psychoanalyst, combines her extensive knowledge of why folks do what they do...

In The Port Havannah Paradox by Rod Lewin, Blaine and Beyer, two incredibly skilled and adventurous friends, save the life of a Mexican girl mercilessly tossed out of a low-flying aircraft while at their isolated retreat at Apache Lake, Arizona. But they have to face...