Laura Ward hooks you and reels you in with her romance novel, Not Yet. What happens when an unplanned summer fling turns into real love? Emma is a young woman who graduated college early to return home and help her mother financially. Emma smiles little,...

American Blues may be the saddest book I’ve ever read. It’s also damned poetic. The overwhelming sense of stark, but understandable, tragedy in Evan Guilford-Blake’s short stories produce real emotion in a way that even most books written to encompass a certain emotional state rarely...

The Staircase on Pine Street is a gripping and heartwarming story. Yet, it is also a heart-wrencher. Mariana Llanos paints a tender picture of what so many families go through. A young, school-age girl named Lilly watches her paternal grandfather move through the stages of...

Forager (Forager - A Dystopian Trilogy Book 1) by Peter Stone is the story of 18-year-old Ethan Jones who has a secret that even his parents and companions don't know about. A secret so bad that if it is found out he will be taken...

Pets Aplenty by Malcolm Welshman is the third in a series of stories following the escapades of Paul Mitchell, a novice vet. Paul works at Prospect House Veterinary Hospital and not a day passes when he doesn’t get into trouble of some sort. He tackles...

Comfort Of My Mind Therapy For My Soul - A Collection Of Thoughts: My 30 Day Mind Detox by N.O.M.A.D is an inspirational book that will motivate readers to lead their respective lives with a purpose, and guides them to rise and evolve as better...

Cowslip: A Slave by Betsy Haynes tells of slavery from a unique perspective - that of a 13-year-old female slave named Cowslip. The story starts during the Civil War as Cowslip and several other children are being sold at a slave auction and follows Cowslip...

Marcia Goldman’s Lola Goes to the Doctor is a well-written story that explores a topic familiar to children. Most kids have had to see a doctor at some point, even if only for a regular check-up. Lola the dog describes her feelings about having to...

Full of culture as well as color, Winter Candle by Jeron Ashford and illustrated by Stacey Schuett, is a rich and profound little tale about an apartment complex at Juniper Court. The diverse mix of cultures is illustrated by the different winter celebrations in the...

Piggy by Karen Malena is a delightful story involving a cat and a mouse and their unusual friendship. Goober, a mother cat, has an adopted kitten, Peanut, and she entertains him by telling him the story of Piggy the cat and a mouse named Melvin....

There is a big increase in the number of single fathers in the United States, and all over the world, but there is very little literature geared towards helping these men master the parenting game. This book is intended to help single fathers by equipping...

Learn Active Learning: Take Ownership of Learning Using TRAMEWA Learning Framework is a non-fiction book on education written by Lakshmi Narayani. Narayani compares the current trends in education to filling a bucket and considers that this scores-oriented approach does not impart lasting knowledge to children...

Music City, written by Leona Bryant, is a tale of family and friendship. Shelly Shepherd was born to shine. However, her childhood was full of abuse and heartache. Escaping her past, she found true love and was living the American dream of family and...

I Town by Timothy Koch is set in an era after the Carbon Nation (which is us) collapsed, and energy is something very expensive and hard to acquire. I Town is the place where electricity is generated by people walking in giant hamster wheels (that's...

A Month of Bedtime Stories by Neil Roy McFarlane is a humorous set of short stories which will keep children in fits of laughter as they imagine themselves playing the lead character in all these adventures. In Nanoogle Snagglebottom, you’ll meet aliens who wanted to...

Beginner ESL Lesson Plans for English Tutors: Section 1 (Inspired By English) by Zhanna Hamilton is an educational and informational book that is helpful to all English tutors. Tutoring can be challenging for a freelance English tutor. This book makes the process of teaching English...

The book 117 Most Common English Idioms and Phrasal Verbs by Zhanna Hamilton goes through 117 expressions used in everyday communication as well as in writing. The book follows the same pattern throughout: English idiom, meaning (where the author gives a synonym or an explanation...

Zhanna Hamilton’s 99 Business Idioms and Phrasal Verbs is a very useful book for people looking for a concise alphabetical list of expressions which are useful in business settings and also in informal settings. Every language has its list of expressions that are conveniently and...

Reading Zhanna Hamilton’s Becoming a Female Marine brought back memories of my own training in the Army Reserve, although not as extensive. For those who watch war or military related films, many aspects of Hamilton’s booklet will not come as a surprise. From the first...

The Best Phrasal Verbs and How to Use Them by Zhanna Hamilton is a book that will teach readers how to use phrasal verbs and give more impact to the sentences they are forming and using while writing and speaking. Phrasal verbs form an integral...