Destination Astoria by Brian D. Ratty tells the story of Dutch Blackwell, trapper, trader and hunter, who’s about as rough as they come. Dutch signs on as part of an expedition sent by John Jacob Astor, the richest man in America, in 1810 to establish...

Roadtrip with a Raindrop: 90 Days Along the Mississippi River is a non-fiction travel book written by Gayle Harper. Harper is a travel writer and photographer who's had a lifelong love of the Mississippi River. While she always had the inkling of a thought about...

Hollywood Clown by Jason Lassen begins with a birthday party, with the author in the company of Robert De Niro, whose son’s birthday is the celebration. After lengthy preparation about the games to play, costumes to wear and styles to conduct, the author find himself...

Broken: Picking Up the Pieces After the Fall, by Dr. Paul Murray, is an inspirational book designed to help anyone who has experienced failures in life. Containing sixteen chapters and a conclusion, it is a guide on how to deal with your personal disappointments and...

Kilimanjaro Diaries by Eva Melusine Thieme is about climbing the highest mountain on an entire continent and the highest free-standing mountain in the world. The preparations for this trip, starting with an internet survey, began well in advance, including practicing with climbing boots for the...

West: Journey Across the Plains by David S. Larson is an amazing chronicle of the journey of the Jennings family. The family plans to travel from Pittsburgh to San Francisco, seeking out their fortunes like so many in the mid to late 1800s. However, tragedy...

ReLovenship™ Look Within to Love Again! is an excellent book by Mario and Diane Cloutier which emphasises the importance of taking control of your thoughts and goals before seeking a potential partner. This book advocates the need to become reacquainted with oneself and learn to...

Discovering Vintage Las Vegas: A Guide to the City's Timeless Shops, Restaurants, Casinos, & More by Paul W. Papa takes readers on a trip to Las Vegas and helps them discover the place and its timeless beauty. Although the place is known for its casinos,...

Captain Grisswold With His Crew and Friends: Who's Who on the Crew is a children's animal book written by Chris Lakin and illustrated by I Tina Lakin. The captain lives on a riverboat named Christina, and he is accompanied by some very special people who...

What a fantastic book! Although I am not a Warrior Wife, as the wife of a police officer, I found a lot of relatable words of wisdom in Hillary Sigrist's Warrior Wife: Overcoming the Unique Struggles of a Military Marriage. It broke my heart when...

Split: A Child, A Priest, and the Catholic Church by Mary Dispenza rocked my world for two reasons. First, I attended Catholic schools till I was 18; second, I was, like Mary, a victim of child sexual abuse. But if Split rocked my world,...

What does it take to have dreams and to achieve them? In Move Forward or Move Aside: How to Play the Game of Life to Win, Ron Malhotra offers timeless insights on the secret of beating the odds and achieving anything one wants to achieve...

What a fun, fun book I just finished reading, one that I simply could not put down once I started it! Long Legs and Tall Tales: A Showgirl's Wacky, Sexy Journey to the Playboy Mansion and the Radio City Rockettes by author Kristi Lynn Davis...

Last Shot: A Short Tale of the Absurdity of Life and Death is a contemporary fiction short story written by Justine Avery. Bernard was a precise and orderly man who was sick and tired of the world. He felt unappreciated and scorned by people who...

Out There: A Short Tale of the Weird and Wonderful is a contemporary urban fantasy short story written by Justine Avery. Mrs. Susan Anderson is quite oblivious to her surroundings as she walks up the path to her front door. She doesn’t see the flowers...

Dirt, Truth, Music and Bungee Cords: Conversations With the Souls Who Guide My Life by Bud Megargee is a spiritual non-fiction story that covers Megargee’s six-year journey toward the meaning of human existence. Megargee’s story started when he saw things that his mind (and society)...

The opening paragraph of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen by Jean Neff Guthrie introduces us to a seventh-grade girl, Aria Vanir, who is looking at the stars, dreaming and wondering who lived among them. The aliens who receive her message decide to come to...

Lying Beliefs: Stretching the Boundaries on Your Path to Enlightenment by Mr. Maurice Johnson is a philosophical, part-spiritual, part-memoir work about how human beings are shaped into believing and thinking about themselves and others due to demands placed by other humans and society in general,...

Jane Goodall didn’t have the usual pedigree, the high levels of academic education, to qualify as an animal specialist, but she did have the ability to sit back and observe closely. Her work with chimpanzees in Gombe, Africa encouraged many people around the world to...

Lacey’s Law by LS Fellows follows one woman on her path of vengeance against someone who was supposed to be her friend: Carla. Years in the making, Lacey’s cunning plan takes an unexpected turn and she ends up in the hospital with a head wound;...