“A Cruel Calm: Paris Between the Wars” takes readers back on a visit to an era when Paris was the cultural capital of the world, a time when Paris was recovering from the First World War and awaiting the next great war. Libby Whitaker and...

Wow! The memories of growing up in a town where there are only a few houses scattered around, a cemetery, a church and maybe a country story or a junkyard? Well, author Jeffrey Utterback grew up in a small town in the middle of nowhere...

Na-Bolom: House of the Jaguar by Forrest J. Hayes is an awesome story! At the time I started writing this review, there were four reviews posted on Amazon.com. Those reviewers used words like: “a must read”; “a study in fact-filled fiction”; “a gripping adventure”; “a...

After His Affair: Women Rising from the Ashes of Infidelity by Meryn G. Callander is the story of a woman who has been betrayed in love and how she survives the nightmare and emerges to shine. The book throws light on the devastation and trauma...

We Were Soldiers Too: A Historical Look at Germany During the Cold War From the US Soldiers Who Served There (Volume 2) by Bob Kern shows a part of the Cold War that many people know nothing about. The entire world was watching the conflict...

A popular app called eTelepathy, which is able to capture a person’s brain waves, creates a wireless interface between a person’s brain and their smartphone. But once downloaded, it also allows for ongoing subliminal influences from the app’s creator, Dr. Karl Hoffman, a professor of...

Enchanted: Things We Lost in the Night (A Memoir of Love and Music in the 60s with Stark Naked and the Car Thieves) is the second book in a breathtaking memoir by Larry Dunlap, a veritable tour de force for readers who enjoy real-life adventures...

Diary of Giovanni Vener: An Immigrant's Journey to the Heart of America is a work of fiction based on real historical facts and circumstances, and was penned by author Michael Pedretti. Continuing a series of stories that chronicle the incredible origins of the town of...

Niamh McAnally’s Following Sunshine is a unique memoir that skillfully weaves the elements of adventure, self-discovery, and love, creating a refreshing narrative. In this honest and uplifting account, McAnally takes readers on a life-changing journey that starts in uncertainty and culminates in a profoundly satisfying...

Our Heavenly Father is a God that transforms. He can take our brokenness and make us whole. Do you have something in your past that you are not proud of? Do you feel unworthy? Broken into Beautiful by Gwen Smith speaks to the heart of women...

I teach an adult Sunday School Class and lead a weekly Bible study on Wednesday evenings. I am always on the lookout for tools appropriate for one of my classes. In Commonly Misunderstood Bible Verses, I have found a gem of a tool. Ron Rhodes...

In 1980, The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Olympic Games to be held in Moscow. Boycott is a look at the ramifications of that decision. The U.S. Olympic athletes were forced to sacrifice their dreams for their country;...

“Today, American girls are forced to navigate a minefield more challenging, difficult, and pressure-filled than ever before when it comes to one vital topic: sex.” Prude by Carol Platt Liebau states what should be obvious. It is unfortunate that many people have closed their eyes...

The Indians assisted settlers, teaching them how to raise crops and even sharing their food with them. In return, the white man looked on the Indians as savages and treated them like animals. The American government, on more than one occasion, cheated the Indians. Eventually,...

Sokol's approach was unique, for his focus is on the ordinary white southerners. Sokol is a doctoral candidate in American history at the University of California, Berkeley. Well-researched and thoughtful, previous to the civil rights movement people lived by tradition and segregation seemed natural and unchallengeable...

In 1925, Tennessee passed a state law against teaching “any theory that denies the story of creation of man as taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man descended from a lower order of animals.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial). John Scopes, high school science teacher, was...

From the beginning of this book, I sensed that David and Chera have a special relationship, a very close relationship.  When fifteen-year-old Chera asked to climb a mountain, David was reluctantly agreeable.  Their first adventure would be to conquer Pikes Peak.  Along the trail, Chera...

Caryn Dahlstrand Ribadeneira offers readers a guide to being the spiritual person God intended us to be.  “God created us to bear His image in all of life, not just in one area.”  “Too often, those of us who wish others could see us as...

Walkin’ With God Ain’t For Wimps by Karen O’Connor is a devotional book. The book is divided into 13 sections and each section into chapters. The devotions are filled with bits of humor that will bring a smile to your face. The cover reminded me...

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I saw the title of this book. When I think of a wild goose chase I think of pursuing something that is worthless.  However, Batterson’s definition is very different.  He uses the image of a goose to symbolize...