When the Butler Project crew, an assorted group that provides support and field testing for new technologies all the while based on a converted WWII ship the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) Pelican decides that a vacation is in order they head for the beautiful Seychelles...

Even before Kimberly was born she was in constant motion. Her mother, author Lora Coad, reminisces over the antics of Kimberly as she was growing up, from throwing the cat down the stairs to doing back flips everyday in the living room. As Kimberly grew...

'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...

Bob MacKenzie offers readers a short but very well-written mystery that sent chills down my spine. MacKenzie deftly sets the scene. He begins by describing the eat-in kitchen of a low rent apartment. I could see the sparsely furnished room, the pages of a letter...

Author Francine Billingslea has lived through the horrors of rape and breast cancer, and she has lived through the death of loved ones and personal divorce. Now as a survivor, she writes of her experiences and how she survived in "Through it All: And Out...

Hanna had been happily married for many years, and she thought theirs was a love that would never end. Little did she know that everything was about to come crashing down around her. Her husband wanted Hanna to ask her parents for a huge amount...

I was honored to meet Ms Higgs at a book fair and again at the taping of the DVD that goes along with this book. Every time I meet her I become teary eyed and giddy. She never puts on airs and she always makes...

In his latest book, Chuck Swindoll moves through ten steps for public speaking. Using a bit of autobiographical material and explaining how he plans and writes sermons, he shows preachers and public speakers alike how to create an effective sermon or speech. In the first...

Anita, the nanny of the children of Molly and Mitch, decides to hunt for a four-leaf clover. She completes her search but finds more than what she expected: a man in a tuxedo lying in a ditch. Before she has a chance to do anything,...

In "Drawing for All It's Worth", Charles Staats, Jr. has given a useful and scholarly example of how the elements of drawing are critical to the learning of the art of drawing itself. Being an artist and professor of the arts, the author brings in...

Brianna thought she would be with her high school sweetheart Colin forever. She certainly wasn’t expecting him to break up with her to focus on football and college parties. Four years later her life is finally getting back on track, her heart has mostly mended...

"Blame it on Anna" is a comprehensive look at a life controlled by others both physically and emotionally. None of us gets to choose our parents or the culture we are born into, but some of us find ourselves inhabiting an undesirable home environment. That...

Almigal thinks she is the luckiest girl in the world. Why? Because she has so many friends, and each friend is special because she or he is different. Some of Almigal’s friends are Willie, who wears glasses that make him look smarter, her Spanish friend...

"How to Get It Right: Being Single, Married, Divorced and Everything in Between" is one of the best books I have ever read on all the deep questions involved in this topic. It does more than just provide opinions; it gives scripture to look at...

"I Wonder What It’s Like To Be" is a children’s book about a little boy that walks around all of the time wondering. And the very first page explains wonder, so here it is: Welcome! I walk around and wonder, I have a hat that says I do. As...

“Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody” by Jestine Trusty is a tale that will bring tears to the readers' eyes. Tina was raised in the tiny town of Sheldon, South Carolina. Her childhood was one filled with need: need of food, need of proper shelter,...

When Denise Wentz inherits her aunt's Victorian home in Turtleback Island off the coast of South Carolina, she is sure that it would make a wonderful Bed and Breakfast, so she sinks her money into renovations, and Ocean's Rest B&B is born. Business is great...

Music is often the backbone of a family, integrally woven into its history. This is certainly the case for Michelle, a recent divorcee, and her two children, Joseph and Pam in Let It Be by Chad Gayle. The album Let It Be by...

Go for It by Matthew Martino is about the ultimate dream of today’s young graduates and other members of the public: starting their own business and being successful at it. The book starts with Martino’s personal story about giving up his day job and starting...

Sometimes it is difficult to understand the challenges life brings, and that is why Sondra Busby wrote this book, Understanding Life and Its Challenges. Between the pages of this book you will find countless stories that will show the true essence of this statement, and...