Thuy Rocco's The Last Surviving Child is a story of grief, survival and hardship. War ravages Vietnam and people are fleeing in droves. And as the Communists emerge victorious, Thuy's father, fearing certain death, leaves the country on a small boat with his three sons...

Becoming a Nurse: In Mid-twentieth Century America is a nonfiction memoir written by Nancy Greenleaf. Greenleaf wasn’t really quite sure how her decision to go into nursing actually came to be. It was 1955, and she had been blindsided by her boyfriend’s confession that he...

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrated by Marnye Young is a fiction mystery audio book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy Sherlock Holmes' stories. A man’s body is found in a house...

Lia doesn’t fit into her world below ground, where the rules are absolute and favor men over women, adults over children, and government officials overall. Complying is not in her nature, though stories of a girl who let her curiosity overpower her judgment keep Lia...

A Matter of Time: The Story of Grace by Claude L. Chafin is a novel based on actual events that happened to the author's family. The story revolves around the lives of his maternal grandparents, Taylor and Grace Hammond. It is divided into three parts...

In The Redemption of Jedidiah Pinkney by JR Pitts, a storm ravages the town of Tupelo, Mississippi. Winston's wife is expecting a baby but a tornado threatens the survival of the young family along with their unborn child. When Sandra Pinkney delivers her baby in...

An intercontinental setting, a brilliant kid, and a world torn apart by greed and war, The Kid Who Beat Wall Street and Saved Africa by Ginger Heller begins with a prologue that follows lanky fourteen-year-old Hakim, saving a boy from kidnappers who turn kids into...

Crossing the Wild Pacific (Captain's Log of the Yacht Argo) by Robert R. Tisch is a non-fiction adventure book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who are interested in learning about different cultures, different places, and being entertained...

I Don't Belong Here: Essays by Melissa Grunow is a compendium of essays that explores one of the most powerful existential realities we face every day, one that defines our sense of security, freedom, and self-worth — belonging. In a style that is unique, a...

Author Barb Drozdowich in How To Self-Publish a Book: For the Technology Challenged Author helps the reader get a broader view of both the self-publishing and traditional publishing worlds. She describes in detail the various e-readers available and how one should become familiar with the...

After enjoying the first novel, Scablands, in the Carmen Carillo series by EJ Averett, I was keen to get stuck into The Yellow. In this series, Carmen is a forensic psychologist often called in as a police consultant in nasty crimes, especially those of a...

Benjamin Birdie and the Tree Dwellers: Book 2 is a children’s picture book written by Michael Dotsikas and illustrated by Morgan Spicer. After his first misadventure, as set out in Benjamin Birdie’s First Flight: Book 1, Benjamin both yearned to soar in the air with...

Domum, the second book in a series by M. Susanne Wiggins, is a compelling science fiction tale with a strong appeal for fans of fantasy and dystopian stories. Set on an exotic planet called Domum, “a cloaked planet orbiting the Sun, and with a history...

Christmas is a magical time for children. Especially when Christmas involves Santa Claus, and all the rituals leading up to his big night in the sky on Christmas Eve. Ava Buttons is a very organized little girl. Everything in her room is neat and tidy,...

Baby Jacob loves to play with his Nanny Mary when his parents are away. He gets very excited when he sees Nanny coming through the door and crawls quickly to reach her. Nanny goes home at night and Baby Jacob misses her a lot. Nanny...

Spirits of the Wilderness is a nonfiction autobiography written by Keith M. Sheehan. Sheehan’s dad was a Nassau County Police Captain who taught firearms safety to the new recruits in the Police Academy. He also instilled in both of his sons an interest in, and...

The Vietnam War may have officially ended in 1975, but repercussions are still felt in 2008 in Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders by Frank E Hopkins. Retired history professor Paul O’Hare plans to write a book about the abandoned farm houses dotting the southern peninsula...

In The Missing Day, author Mario Marchiò spins an interesting tale about a young man who is running from the law and a minister traveling around the world who happen to sit next to each other on a first class trip to New Zealand, where...

Kayleigh has no brothers and sisters as she is the first-born child. She loves dogs and says 'doggie' every time she sees a dog. She wishes to have a puppy of her own. Her parents decide to buy her a puppy of her own for...

A Swing Set For Her Birthday by RyAnn Adams Hall is an adorable story that captures the excitement of Kayleigh, a little girl who gets a swing set for her birthday. Kayleigh loves to swing and she goes to the park or her friend’s house...