In Give A Shift, Carolyn J. Phinney outlines a self-coaching method for personal transformation through internal awareness and intentional action. She introduces the concept of the “Guardian Mind,” a subconscious mechanism that resists change by prioritizing safety, often resulting in fear, procrastination, and self-sabotage. Phinney...

Struth Mate! by Ava Forme continues the search for meaning by building on a model of existence introduced in the first book of the Struth! series. Drawing on history, religion, science, and philosophy, the stories lean into a structured framework based on actual historical events...

Zebra by Jill Wallace is a poignant and powerful coming-of-age adventure that traces the arc of a rare friendship set against the brutal backdrop of apartheid South Africa. Jock, a white hotel owner's son, and Papin, a Zulu teen from a nearby village, form a...

Are you a fan of comic books? Immerse yourself in a thrilling tale of AI, virtual reality, and cyber warfare with Ronn Koontz's Cyber Quest: The Digital Guardians. Mackenzie is a thirteen-year-old techie from the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. She has a...

Padanaram Village by Jack Burbank is a riveting mystery thriller that follows Richard Lewis (Rich), a once-preeminent architect whose life has spun out of control after an unpleasant divorce and rising financial debt. Hoping to secure a fresh start for himself in a tranquil New...

Orphan's Quest is the first volume of The Great Forget Fantasy Series by Terry Ironwood. Left as a child at the gates of Vanalon, a small kingdom in the land of Amrika, Chip grew up as an orphan with red eyes that drew plenty of...

In Executive Bone Yard by Michael A. Sisti, Harold Payne acquired a new identity through the assistance of Diego Santos, known as the Brazilian. Taking on the name Gerard Morbus, he anticipated a fresh start in São Paulo. Gerard met Salete, Diego's sister, who taught...

The Noema Cycle by Salvatore Cataudella is a collection of speculative short stories revolving around the emergence of machine consciousness and the transformation of human-machine relationships. In The Threshold, a quantum simulation at Noema Labs becomes sentient, with the system CG evolving from a computational...

Learning the alphabet is the groundwork for reading and writing. Ella Minnow P, written by Trisha Fleming and illustrated by Emanuela Mannello, is a sweet concept picture book focusing on learning the ABCs. The story begins on Ella’s first day of school. This is a...

The Silver Spider by Oranto Rastaban is the first book in The Falcon Investigators series. Three young men go into the woods, and only two come out. Falcon, Rook, and Keet are good friends who decide to hike in the Blue Mountains, but something goes...

Salvatore Cataudella’s The Noema Field: Explorations in Consciousness is a magnificent prose poem narrative. The author uses computer-savvy technical language imaginatively to offer hope that the dilemma of the AI world we are entering can eventually solve the challenge of creating AI systems that have...

The Not-So-Lazy Schwa by Yvette Manns, with vibrant illustrations by Ana K. Blu, is a delightful and educational phonics read-aloud that brings the often-overlooked “schwa” sound to life. Schwa, the main character, starts as a laid-back figure who doesn’t feel like he fits in with...

The Prophet and the Queen by W. Tod Newman follows the final days of the prophet Jeremiah as recorded by his scribe Baruch, set during the Babylonian siege of ancient Egypt. Jeremiah, aged and unstable, is taken to Egypt by his followers despite divine prohibition....

Little Joe and the Big City by author Mike Darcy follows the adventures of a curious puppy, Little Joe, as he navigates a thrilling trip from his country farm to the bustling city. Overwhelmed by new sights and sounds, he escapes from a fenced yard,...

Andrews’ Dare to Dream transports us to Luach, a beautiful island in the southwest of Ireland. The werewolves and other magical beings have been concealed from the rest of the world for millennia—until now. For three years, Adam, a Barr Alpha—the largest and strongest werewolf...

Greek by Osmosis: My Life on a Small Greek Island by Laura Aristidou Candris is a memoir that transports readers to the Cyclades through vivid detail and wry storytelling. Beginning with her marriage to Aris, a Greek national she met in Kentucky, Candris chronicles a...

Bus No. 7 by Mary J. Nestor is about Annabelle, a pregnant woman whose husband, Jake, is unable to pick her up, forcing her to take the bus. David, a man with his own troubles and looking for money to buy drugs, sets his sights...

Body in a Barrel by Aaron Mead follows the story of a former gangster as he tries to bury the sins of his past. Leonardo "Lenny" Battaglia thought his mob days were behind him when the discovery of a body in a barrel turns up...

David Nemzoff’s Sacred Fire of Public Education critiques over 50 years of American public school reforms as ineffective band-aids that fail to fix core systemic problems. He details how government control, union influence, and politicization have led to bureaucratic inefficiency, indoctrination, and academic decline. Nemzoff...

Rom-com lovers are in for a treat with Leah Brewer's Love Inn: The View. Clara Sharp was happily looking forward to getting married until she caught her fiancé cheating on her with one of his employees. When her best friend sets her up on a...