Every action has a consequence and nowhere is this more obvious than in Every Mother’s Fear, Joanna Warrington’s riveting work of historical fiction. London, 1959. Nineteen-year-old Sandy Lambert has big dreams of a modeling career and a trip to Canada. With a body to die...

Following Robert Louis Stevenson with a Donkey is a nonfiction travel memoir written by Betty Gladstone and edited by Carla X. Gladstone. While searching, unsuccessfully, for her deceased mother’s diary, Carla came across a manuscript that contained the story of their thirteen-day walking trip in...

Island Games: Mystery of the Four Quadrants is an action and adventure fantasy novel for preteens and young adults written by Caleb J. Boyer. How did he end up lying on the edge of an ocean with sand, seaweed and salt water trying to find...

I have read many spiritual books, but there are few that have affected me like Seeds of Light: Channeled Transmissions on the Christ Consciousness by Patrick Paul Garlinger. The one book that deeply altered the way I see reality and myself is Awareness by Anthony...

Not Your Average Cup of Joe asks the question, what is average? Joseph Braithwaite investigates how, if we are all born equal, what makes one person confident and successful whilst others are cloaked in self-doubt. Within each chapter, we discover the reasons and answers to...

Jasmine, the heroine of Coal Queen Jasmine: And The Creatures of Underground Darkness by Makeen Liel, is an usual girl: she works in a coal mine with her father. Even though she only gets "easy" jobs, life in a coal mine is cruel and without...

California's Deadly Women: Murder and Mayhem in the Golden State 1850–1950 by Michael Thomas Barry tells the tales of exactly that. Crime stories fill our newspapers from cover to cover these days, but things were no different years ago. In the century between 1850 and...

Marketers, Tear Down These Walls! Liberating the Postmodern Consumer by Michael Solomon is a compelling book on marketing, and it is a revolutionary book that explores the psychology of the consumer in today’s changing times. Until now, marketing experts have strongly relied on the principle...

Sarah Ashwood’s fantasy novel Aerisia: Land Beyond The Sunset features Hannah Winters changing from being an ordinary college student into the prophesied Artan. This novel is divided into three parts. In Part One, Laytrii details Hannah’s encounter with Risean and his transporting her to Aerisia....

Hidden with Christ: Breaking Free from the Grip of Your Past by Lisa J. Radcliff is another interesting book I have read about inner freedom and emotional health this year, a story that follows one woman’s experience of childhood abuse and her journey towards real...

An orphaned young mouse, Rue, is saved by a friendly skunk and brought to the delightful little village of Wattle’s Way in Master Blacke by Pete Prown. It doesn’t take long, though, for Rue and her new friend, Doily, to realize that something is not...

Deseré: A Love Story of the American South is written by Maria McKenzie. When Deseré’s kindly owner, Jeremy, dies after a fall from his horse, Deseré’s dreams of marrying William, a slave from a neighboring plantation, are ended by her new owner, a Northerner and...

Classical Considerations (Musings prompted by the late Harvard master, John H. Finley, Jr.) by Steven McFadden brings focus to the ancient Greek philosophers and culture that have influenced our modern society in the arts, mathematics, politics, and philosophy. This is accomplished by introducing the reader...

Is it fact or is it fiction? Real or imaginary? Blood Moon: Diary of a Highland Massacre (Fate of the True Vampires Book 3) by Christine Church is a tantalizing novella which blends history and fiction in such a way as to leave readers asking...

Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces by Dorit Sasson is a fascinating and well-written factual account of an important segment of the author’s life. When we first meet the textual Dorit, she is in her late teens, living...

Sacred Hearts Rising: Breaking the Silence One Story at a Time by Brenda Hammon is a non-fiction anthology of short stories by various authors. These inspirational true-life stories are all about “breaking the silence” and are actually the first ones in a series. This book,...

City of Saints: Stoicism, Catholicism & Practical Ethics for the 21st Century is a nonfiction religion/philosophy book written by Robert Harrison Woolston. Woolston’s intensive studies of ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Stoicism, have given him insights into the parallel development of Christianity's ethics and Neostoicism. He...

The Rijksmuseum (National Museum of the Netherlands) is a classic architectural wonder that houses over a million art works. The museum (gallery), located in the cultural center of Amsterdam, boasts a magnificent collection of works from around the world and throughout the centuries, including...

Baking at Its Best: Halloween Recipes for All the Family to Enjoy! by Vikki Dale is a book for all those who love baking. The twelve recipes in the book are Halloween recipes and will give readers an idea how to make their Halloween even...

Chinawoman's Chance: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Volume 1 is an historical sleuth mystery written by Jim Musgrave. It was 1884, and San Francisco, even more than the rest of the country, was embroiled in a harsh and racist reaction to the recent flow...