With a combination of in-depth research, interviews, and her own experience with all types of dogs, author Jennifer S. Holland has written a concise and thought-provoking book, Dog Smart. She has observed and sometimes experienced firsthand how guide, therapy, rescue, cadaver, and many other "professional"...

"Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is based on actual events. It is a dramatic retelling of a traumatic event in American history. This book is filled with facts that somehow escaped my American history classes....

Buster the Bully by Andrea Antico features Buster, a new boy at school, who starts bullying everyone around him. A law onto himself, Buster rules the school. That is until one day there is a tornado outside the school and, as Buster has never seen...

Tim Ebl has done an amazing thing in his book, Demons in the Cellar. He has not only written without malice about his childhood trauma, but he has turned around and grown through his experiences. Not everyone could forgive his attacker, much less his parents...

Success is predictable, just like failure. Predict Your Success: Simple Strategies to Help You Discover Your Strengths, Change Your Thinking, Create Your World and Change Your Life by Joseph Olaoye is a handy manual that offers simple techniques and tools to make changes in thinking...

Which Wolf Will You Feed? How to Change Your Life by Changing Your Thoughts by Michael Stribling is a concise self-help volume that allows you to step back, think, and change the thoughts that are not nurturing yourself (quite the contrary actually !). It focuses...

More Than Just A Pretty Space is an unconventional, uplifting guidebook on home decoration. Author Reiko Gomez has been a professional Feng Shui interior ​designer for over two decades and has worked with hundreds of clients to transform their homes and lives. In the book,...

Nightflower of Comanche Mound by Katlyn Bates is a coming-of-age story with a distinctly different flavor. Charley Kensey is sixteen and, with her father no longer part of the family, is vainly searching for familial connection and her place in the world. She invites herself...

David Eckman draws from his own experiences and those of others in Knowing the Heart of the Father. He begins his book by explaining why God is worthy of being called Father. Eckman explains four experiences that are essential to living a full Christian life. 1.       Sense...

We can allow our emotions to be a positive or a negative part of our lives; it all depends on whether we choose to learn from them. Dr. David Hawkins exhorts that we should learn to examine our emotions. Emotions can assist us in “settling...

“Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me” is not a true statement. As the shortest person in my class I was often the brunt of short jokes. While as an adult I know they were not meant to be...

To every action there is a reaction. It is cause and effect. Gas prices go up, and up and up. It affects many aspects of our world. It affects how we live. Gas prices affect whether we travel which affects...

MK Mueller offers readers a change of attitude. Mueller defines attitude as “FGH: Forgiveness of the past, Gratitude for the present and Hope for the future.” She has developed the “8 High-Ways Process to a positively powerful life.” 1. Get the picture 2. Risk 3. Full Responsibility 4. Feel...

The authors encourage "thoughtful impulsiveness" in their guide to exploring retirement activities and options. The book is highly reader-friendly and very easy to follow. The Gussins both had highly demanding jobs in the field of science and medicine and opted to explore other avenues during a...

I was pleased to do a review of Queen Latifah’s 4 CD’s about her life.”PUT on YOUR CROWN: Life Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom" fits what I do on my radio show. I interview people who have the courage and intelligence to change...

Most everyone is familiar with the abduction of Adam Walsh in 1981, and the show, America’s Most Wanted, that came about from the tragedy of his abduction. Closure was brought to the case 25 years later. Bringing Adam Home describes Adam's abduction, but its main...

Lisa Bevere, in "Lioness Arising", starts her book with a 'vision/dream' she experienced when she was pregnant with her fourth child. She was standing in some heavenly realm, a place of illumination without glare. The colors were so concentrated that she was unable to describe...

In "The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World" you will meet people who are stepping out of their comfort zones to meet the needs of others. The first section of this book shares the stories of ordinary people who became heroes at ground...

Barry Finlay reached retirement age, content with his lifetime achievements. However, circumstances beyond his control were fixed on thrusting him into a whole new challenge. He and his son, Chris, made the decision to climb Kilimanjaro! Why and how are outlined extensively, with much detail...

Authors Aaron J. Cox and Gregory L. Wright write from experience. They do not claim to have degrees in psychology or that they are renowned therapists. Instead they are individuals who have faced bad relationships and survived. The titles of the chapters worried me at...