In life, they say that there are two absolutes, death and taxes, but let's add another one, aging. In today's culture, people are living longer and very heavy decisions must be made about the care and well-being of our loved ones, particularly our parents. In...

Will and Maria Ames return to England, after their failed attempt to build a refuge for Inquisition victims. Instead of a warm welcome, they find only more trouble. Their recently fired lawyer, Nigel Chamberlain, has accused them of being secret Jews, which is true. He...

Eleonora and Joseph by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues is a passionate novel of love and revolution. In 1799, Eleonora Pimentel stands before the High Court of the Kingdom of Naples. She has been accused of treason. During her trial, Eleonora pens a memoir, giving details of...

Your Father Has Something to Tell You by Dave Riese is an unusual novel in that it reads much like a memoir, and yet Dave Riese assures us it is fiction. Despite his assurance that it is, in fact, a novel, lovers of great memoirs...

Family Redefined: Childhood Reflections on the Impact of Divorce by Kimberly Ewertz is a nonfiction book exploring the long-term effects of divorce on the children of broken marriages. Filled with excerpts from leading experts and interviews with those affected by the separation of their parents,...

Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief: A Comprehensive Guide to Reclaiming and Cultivating Joy and Carrying on in the Face of Loss (A Grief Recovery Handbook) by Emily Thiroux Threatt is a handy manual for readers who are grieving and have experienced loss and...

One Fine Day: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing the New Normal with Grace and Gratitude by Sameer Bhide is the heartrending story of the author's recovery that took him around the world many times. His journey was inclusive of the best of Western medicine, technology, and...

Project Thirteen by Liam Higham is a science-fiction novel that will appeal to fans of horror stories with multi-dimensional characters. The story follows Project Thirteen, a girl transformed by an experiment. Enhanced with extraordinary abilities, people in influential circles want to own her. Coveted and...

Snow Blind: Recovering After the Random Shooting by William M Johnson begins in July 1991 when, at the age of 41, Bill Johnson was shot in the left temple. The bullet passed behind the orbits of his eyes and exited at the right temple. Accepting...

So what is a citizen of the world? According to author Carol J. Yee in her book Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citizen of the World, it is a citizen who engages comfortably with the world, bridging cultural differences with...

Saryn is a young princess who lives a luxurious, boring life. As if it was not boring enough to live like a princess, she also has to choose a royal husband. But that is far from anything she has ever wanted. Fascinated by adventure and...

It was Ralph the pond frog's birthday, and Billy the tree frog was excited. Billy wanted to give him a scary party. Though Ralph was a pond frog, he and Billy were best friends. Billy invited all their friends to the scary party and worked...

“As humans, we are all allocated a piece of equipment, the humangee. This manual seeks to help you understand that device－less in the physical sense and more in the mental and software aspects, which ultimately control the instrument.” In Humangee 101 by Frank Sharkey, there’s...

Connecting with Nature: Your Guide to Healing from the Inside Out by Nancy Zick is a wonderfully inspiring book exploring and explaining the spiritual connection to aromatherapy. Though aromatherapy has been around for many years, it isn't always understood, but Zick gifts her reading audience...

A young infantry rifle platoon leader must choose between career or integrity, allegiance or defiance, and ultimately between life and death. Lieutenant Brandt struggles with his duty to accomplish his mission and his loyalty to the soldiers under his command. He is forced to make...

The adventures of young Braidy von Althuis have now reached the fifth chapter and, as in all great sagas, the best is yet to come. In Braidy von Althuis and the Final Fight, Cassidy Dwelis and her young readers find Braidy's family in a daunting...

A Sultan's Folly: Two Mystical Artefacts From the Sub-Continent, A Web of Intrigue, And an Intense Friendship by Phillip Dowsett is an adventure full of mystery, intrigue, and danger. If you like enigmas wrapped in riddles, then keep reading this review, because the author delivers....

Ariela is a ten-year-old girl who is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She and her family moved to Canada when she was a baby. Every year, she visits her Auntie Tia who lives in Salvador during Carnaval time. She insisted on bringing Samba, her...

Balanced: Unleash the Power of Your Personality by Doruk Cansev is a nonfiction self-help book that is designed to help readers embrace who they are, understand their personality, and become individuals capable of making a difference wherever they are. The book shows readers how to...

Reflections In My Magical Mirror: Lessons of Love from the School of Life by Ivan Figueroa-Otero is the latest installment in the author's non-fiction Spirituality series, expanding on some content from previous works and building on them as he presents new bounty in an established...