Although we live in a fast-paced world, dependent on technology, we CAN slow things down, down-size, simplify and practice the "spirit of frugality." That is the premise of the book "What the Amish Can Teach Us About the Simple Life" by Georgia Varozza. The author...

Kelly Irvin takes the reader on a "journey" through the ups and downs of an Amish community in "Love's Journey Home." We meet Gabriel, a widower and father of eight children, two of them with "Down's syndrome, as he relocates to the Bliss Creek community...

"Fit at 50" by Matthew McLaughlin tells of the author's own search for fitness and health as they relate to habits he hopes to maintain for a lifetime. He trained and participated for years and was then injured, forcing him to find a better means...

Anna cherished her mother’s journal and memorized most of it including the recipe for pumpkin cookies. Anna and her father called an old farmhouse their home; beneath the house was a lab and a prison, where four young men were held captive for as long...

"Mulholland Dive" by Michael Connelly is an anthology of three short stories. 'Cahoots': The setting is the 1930s. Six men sit around a table playing cards. McMilian is the bad guy, cheat and tempter; he suggests a robbery that should net the men a great...

Matlyn Perraca's book of poems is divided into two parts. Part one is entitled poems from the mind and the second part deals with poems from the heart. Poems from the mind include titles like Double Jointed, First Lovers, Origin of Love, A Taste of...

Daniel J. Porter is the author of twenty-two books for children and now he has put his pen to a book that no reader should skip. In "'Til the Street Lights Come On: Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Games", Porter tells of a time when children...

"The Chocolate Kiss" by Laura Florand has delightful overtones of the classic "Bell, Book and Candle". Magalie Chaudron works for her aunts Aja and Genevieve in their "salon de the" (tea shop) on the Ile Saint-Louis in the heart of Paris. Magalie makes the...

Summer Miller had the perfect life with her husband James, their son Tyler and daughter Sarah, and their golden retriever Jake. They lived in San Jose, California. James supported his family successfully and Summer enjoyed her life as a stay-at-home mother. Tyler was a Weblos,...

"Past the Last Island" begins in the South Pacific Islands about 14,000 years ago. Nulo, born to an island chief, is deformed and cast aside by his parents. He is saved by servant Naia. When it is found that Nulo still lives, Yon is supposed...

“A Hint of Truth” by Michael Kantor is a fantastical trip into the subliminal dream world of a young blind boy, who lost his mother in a senseless act of terrorism against a trainload of people en route to some place other than death. It...

"Alien Invasion: Life As We Know It" by John Kilmerstone is a unique look at alien invasion of planet earth. John Kilmerstone has attacked the planet in a new and unanticipated fashion; he has opened the door to a significant, but previously unexplored concept of...

"Bringing Home the War" is a biography by Theresa Brandt and a look into the life of the family of a Green Beret Solider while he is at home and when he goes off to war fighting the battles in Iraq. Theresa Brandt writes this...

There is something innately satisfying about bringing order from chaos and that is what Vannetta Chapman has done in her lovely book "A Home for Lydia." The story opens with huge obstacles confronting the heroine, Lydia. As the eldest child and primary bread-winner for her...

“Distant Thunder,” a contemporary romance novel written by Ann Gaylia O’Barr, is a story that will tug at your heart strings and leave you thinking about the characters long after you finish the book. Brooke’s son is joining the military and since she is a...

Dan Chambeaux worked alongside Robin Deyer at their investigating company in New Orleans. And he still does, despite having been shot and killed, for Dan is a zombie. Now, he has to go to a local Big Easy funeral parlor every now and then for...

"Not My Last Breath" by Nadjwa Effat Laila Norton is a collection of poems reflecting the author's deep beliefs in God and in humankind in general. She divides her reflections into four general categories: Breathe Life into me; Trying to Catch my Breath; Monitoring, Regulating,...

"Zion + US = Perpetual War" is a collaborative effort of four engineers/academics who have spent three decades in the Middle East. They contend that, although the US support of Israel may initially have been well-intentioned, the point has now arrived that such unconditional support...

Peter Robinson delights readers with the return of his Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks who shows his love of classical music and the ability to solve even the most difficult of crimes. In "Watching the Dark", Inspector Banks teams up with D.A. Winsome, fellow officer...

In "Opportunity: Optimizing Life's Chances", Donald Morris has written a scholarly work about how the ordinary person misses multiple opportunities for advancement or knowledge simply because he or she cannot recognize the true signs of opportunity. The opportunity model is first explained. The elements of...