In The Technologists, author Matthew Pearl has brilliantly portrayed the first precarious years in the development and survival of the Massachesetts Institute of Technology. It is 1868, and MIT is to graduate its first class. And then, frightening things begin to happen in the city...

Jacob Reckless has been fascinated by his father's study with the mirror that says, "The mirror will only open for he who cannot see himself." Jacob has crept through that mirror by himself into an alternative world, but this one time that he uses the...

Paul, known to many who have read the Bible, may remember him as an unsavory character; this book brings a refreshing new point of view to change that thought process. Through the informative and mood-setting foreword and subsequent chapters, the readers are given scripture and...

Parents, relatives and neighbors looking for a nice, affordable gift for a child will love The Snowman's Revenge. With colorful, full-page illustrations and a rhyming scheme that will bring Dr. Seuss to mind, Mark Smythe brings to life this early grade school story of a...

Froggy Boots Go With Everything is a creative and fun children’s book written by Jill Zabkar Martin and illustrated by Kristen Gaede Van Mourick. A young boy just loves his froggy boots and is proud to wear them everywhere he goes. He has adventures in...

Breadcrumbs is an intriguing modern day fairy tale written by Anne Ursu and Erin Mcquire. Inspired by Hans Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” Hazel and Jack have a bond like no other and share a passion for fantasy. Soon, the dynamics of their unique friendship change,...

Young, small town Vermont paramedic Peter Webster, or "Webster" as he's called, rescues drunken Sheila Arsenault from a car wreck and quickly falls madly in love with her. He is only 21, and she is twenty-four, a beautiful, hard-spoken girl from a tough town near...

It is 53 A.D. in ancient Italy where a landowner, Gaius Petronicus, harvests his olive oil and vineyard crops and goes off to sell them in the nearby town of Nolia. He entices young Justa, a girl dressed as a boy and forced into slavery,...

Ercell Hoffman's poetry tells of everyday life, sometimes joyful, sometimes sad, in a way that the reader will appreciate. Many of the poems have the theme of lamenting the loss of someone loved. "Moody" wishes for the comfort that only a loved one's return can...

Diabetes Warrior is a splendid book offering excellent medical advice, and despite its small size...it's only 3 inches wide by 5 inches high...it should be in backpacks and hip-pockets everywhere. Author William Dubois offers step-by-step advice on dealing with diabetes, comparing accurate information about diabetes...

Alice Waterston starts seeing monsters in the shadows and thinks she’s losing her mind – again. Ned knows first hand how real those monsters are. Separated by time but connected through the curse of a wicked shaman, Alice and Ned must each find a way...

M for ReadersFavorite I chose to read this book because the subtitle of "The Walk" said "Clear Direction and Spiritual Power For our Life." Who wouldn't want that? I had no knowledge of the author and when the book arrived, it surprised me to see his...

'Making a Meal of It' by Jui-shan Chang is centered on Dr. Jui-Shan Chang's cross cultural studies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China versus the Western cultures in their ideology in relation to the study of sex. Dr. Chang's twenty years of comparative research of...

Anthony Dikembe, supervisor at Laurentian (diamond)Mine in South Africa, is tortured. His brutalized dead body washes up on a South African beach. Anthony was actually an FBI agent working with agents Jackson Hanley and Allen Saifee to get inside the workings of Laurentian Mines where...

In 2006, Ruth Levine was anticipating the beginning of her new career as an Occupational Therapist. Instead, she began developing aches and pains and found herself diagnosed with Stage Four Colon Cancer. With her husband Mike at her side, she began her rounds of visits...

In 1973 I was invited to be a guest speaker at the Creative Problem-Solving Institute (CPSI) at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Dr.J.P. Guilford, Professor Emeritus in Psychology at USC, recommended me as the best interpreter and teacher of his theory of...

In this 19th novel by Michael Connelly, Los Angeles lawyer Michael "Mickey" Haller returns to work after treatment for drug addiction. He inherits murdered trial lawyer Jerry Vincent's case loads, the most outstanding one being the double-homicide case against movie mogul Walter Elliot. Mickey finds...

"Sweetly" by Jackson Pearce offers readers a new twist on an old fairy tale. Things are not always what they seem. The woman living in the sweet house turns out to be a dangerous character. Ansel and Gretchen’s home life was filled with a lot...

"Death of a Diplomat" by Nick Greaves This is the story of a British diplomat enjoying retirement life with his beautiful wife, in the Bahamas. One day he walked into the ocean and was later found dead. Sir John Little was a distinguished British diplomat who...

"Highway Odyssey" by Alexander Flint is the story of a man attempting to discover himself. The year was 1978 and he found himself a single father after his recent divorce. He started traveling with his seven year old son. Together they made adventures: back packing...