In the small seaside town of Manduwoc, memories of better economic times looms over the heads of the shoe-string community. Luanne Devore is the tie that binds them together and that is not for a good reason...she has a habit of spreading horrible gossip. Her...

A young man named Bent comes from the farm fields of Minnesota and he survives the bloody battle of Gettysburg. Union Private Bent Nyhavn is the moral center of this epic tale. Kregg P.J. Jorgenson in Clubs Are Trumps: The Road From Plum Run writes...

It's the 1980's and Istanbul-based Yasmin Atakol loves her work as a psychologist and has a goal of working with pre-schoolers with developmental disorders like autism. She enjoys socializing with her friends, but most of them are married and have started families. Yasmin would love...

Author Jack Jon has taken the tumultuous last years of the shogun empire in Japan and created a novel that students of world history will love. He creates fictional Nelson Harding, son of a New England whale ship captain, who goes to Japan, sailing on...

She waited for her beloved husband for four long years and then he was by her side again. Doc McCoy is a master criminal with nerves of steel. He will do whatever it takes to get what he wants, in this case taking down a...

James Patterson and Nail Mahon teamed up to pen "Toys". Could this be a look at humanity's future? Mankind did a lousy job in taking care of the earth so that they created super enhanced beings to clean up the mess. The Elite formed a...

"Adrenaline" by Jeff Abbott has great potential. The plot is a thriller. Sam Capra is a CIA agent; he and his wife Lucy are expecting a child and living in London. Sam is in the midst of delivering an intelligence report when Lucy calls begging...

Woody Guthrie’s "Riding In My Car" is a pop-up book. The illustrations were done by talented Scott Menchin. The outside cover begs to be opened with a roadster-looking car filled with “beatniks”. There are four passengers, one with a goatee. The car is 3 dimensional....

"Space Cat" is a delightful children's book written by Jeff Dinardo and illustrated by Ken Bowser. Cat had always dreamed of going into space. She does her studying and builds a grand model space ship, but Dog tells her that she cannot do it. Dog...

"Silly Tilly and the Royal Rules" is a creative and inspiring book written by Barbara Bakowski and illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa. Princess Tilly is frustrated by all the rules in her royal kingdom. She thinks the rules are silly and unnecessary. Tilly just wants to...

Gerard Le Caillec is the counterfeit consul, just one of many disguises he has held in his career in the French Foreign Intelligence Service. Quiet, unassuming and (to his superiors) utterly expendable, Gerard struggles for promotion. He is handed an excellent opportunity to make or...

"Cabo & Coral Dog Days of Summer" is an uplifting and inspirational story written by Dr. Udo Wahn and illustrated by Jennifer Belote. Cabo and Coral are two friends who share a loved passion for surfing and dogs. During their summer vacation, the two decide...

Julia Evans, an investigative reporter, and her husband John, are in the Yucatan Peninsula researching a story and taking a vacation at the same time. Their busy lives were drawing them apart and they needed to reconnect. Julia gets involved with Mayan tomb robbers, and...

Too often sex carries negative connotations even into marriage. Pastor Ed Young discusses God, sex and marriage. In Genesis we are told that God created everything and that includes sex. Pastor Ed Young stresses that God has blessed marriages with the physical act of sex....

I am a fan of Michael Crichton. He has the ability to send chills down my spine with mere words. In "Micro" he asks readers to look at the world around them in a different perspective. If we were shrunk to a tiny inch in...

"52 Weeks of Non-Stop Bliss" is the kind of book that would make a good gift from one friend to another. Written by Terri L. Cunkle, it provides what it proclaims to be “activities sure to bring joy back into the lives of the super...

"Harry the Hairless Wonder Dog" by Melanie Hughes is intended for early elementary children and it appears appropriate to that audience. Harry is a very unusual dog; he has no hair on his body except for a bit on the top of his head. He...

"Instant Poetry" by Larry Berger is an interesting concept. At interactive poetry readings, listeners in the audience would call out topics and the author would then put the topic into words. It seems that almost any word or concept is fair game. There are poems...

"Touched by a Child" by retired principal George Towery is a delightful read for those in the educational system and also for parents who have ever wondered what goes on in their children's school while they are at work. Towery was a principal for 40...

“Butterflies know more 'bout living than humans.” Butterflies have a short life span. But they know to make the most of the time they have, and not to look back. Scratch was helping Mag move out of the cottage when he shared that bit of...