The job of a social worker dealing with people in hospice care has the potential to be depressing, for every person there generally only has months to live. Furthermore, most of the patients are experiencing severe pain and/or disabilities, so they can be difficult to...

Journey of an American Son by John Hazen is one woman’s story of the race against time to save her husband. Benjamin Albert is a war hero, a husband and father, and is on the road to success at his firm. He gets the opportunity...

Howard Pollack has conceptualized and developed a brilliant suspense novel in Everywhere That Tommy Goes. The author introduces us to Tommy, a seemingly ordinary fellow who suffers from intense migraine headaches. Tommy gets into a fight, only to be rescued by his new friend Troyer....

The Woods of North San Juan is a supernatural tale written by T.E. Fromhold. Richard Burke is a tenured professor of history who lives on the coast in Los Angeles. But after the shooting death of his fiancee, Richard is looking for something else, and...

Not everything is exactly what it seems – and this is especially true for Asher Bloom who is dragged into an ancient, secret world that exists side-by-side with society as we know it. Unaware of his true background, Asher suddenly finds himself fighting for his...

Geza Tatrallyay’s Twisted Reasons is not an easy read. While it is a work of fiction, it is fable interwoven with reality, a harsh, perhaps even prophetic reality at that. Greg Martens is an author of what was once called ‘penny dreadfuls’: crime novels devoid...

Travels in Time: Minoan Crete is a historical adventure by Mary Black. Alex finds his missing grandfather’s notebook containing information about a time machine. He and his friends solve the clues and locate the time machine in the Venetian Castle. They are spied upon by...

Instant Communication Skills is another short book from The Instant-Series, dedicated to self-help books that make a difference. Are you communicating effectively? If not, you could be crippling yourself in all your interpersonal relationships and interactions, causing problems at work, home, and even online. One...

Instant Confidence: How to be Confident Instantly! by The Instant-Series was an enjoyable read. The author explains and defines confidence, most interestingly, as not taking yourself too seriously. It reminds me of the first time I had to get up in front of my whole...

Many things can cause low energy. This book proposes several of them and describes solutions to these problems in Instant Energy: How to Get More Energy Instantly! from the Instant-Series Publications. Factors such as attitude, self-talk, lack of exercise, and even laziness can be at...

Instant Memory: How to Improve Memory Instantly! is another winner from the Instant-Series to quickly help one improve their life, this time through improving the memory. Just as if you lack focus, it is disrespectful and embarrassing if you are introduced to someone and immediately...

Instant Focus: How to Get and Stay Focused at What You're Doing Instantly! is another new book from the Instant-Series. Do you have a problem zoning out in meetings? When your kids are talking to you? When your spouse is talking to you? If so,...

Caesar, Cicero & Cleopatra is a great historical novel. I like reading about ancient Rome and comparing it with America. I also like reading interesting books about exceptional people. Caesar certainly qualifies as exceptional and Arthur J. Paone brings Caesar and his contemporaries to life...

The Clockwork Mechanical (Mechanical Book 1) is a short fantasy by Peter Stone. Brad Milner wakes up in a space station with memory loss. An orb tells him that he was sent to space to defeat The Mechanical, which intends to destroy Europe in exactly...

The Wine Queen by Robert Allen Morris is a delightful story about a bright, educated young lady with good business acumen. Ann Robinson got married to her soul mate Ray Collins after waiting seven long years to be with him. This dedicated genius spent her...

Praise Her, Praise Diana by Anne Rothman-Hicks and Ken Hicks is a book which has two realities, one of the anti-hero Diana and the second of her creator Maggie Edwards. Maggie Edwards is sitting in a business meeting where she is being pressured for a...

The Seven Day Manuscript Machine: Edit Your Children's Book to Genius in Only a Week by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod is brilliant. The book works on the presumption that you do have a finished novel at hand - otherwise it will be hard to follow through...

Captain Steve: A Story of Coming Home, written by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod and illustrated by Tanja Tadic, is a story of Esteban Hernandorena, a non-Jewish hero who helped Jews come home to Israel. Captain Steve helped many Jews travel to Israel, although this was very...

Princess Spatlina is a beautiful princess, even though her head is bald. She lives in the perfect kingdom of the Satisfied Land where her parents, the King and Queen, and its many unique ministers consulted around the not-so-round round table. The princess knew that one...

The Blood Mile by Andy Lyberopoulos tells the story of freshly hatched male chick 84. Two seagulls, one of them the wisecracking Scotty, watch how 84 finally hatches but is immediately sent on the conveyor belt that leads to the grinder - where all male...