African-American Duane Freeman has served a seven year prison term for assault and now works as a janitor for Sunnycrest Mental Hospital in Dinuba, California. He worked in the mental health buildings both at New Folsom prison and at Mule Creek State Prison. Competent at...

Sir Francis Drake, famed English explorer, dies in 1596 and is buried at sea near Portobelo Harbor in Panama. In 1976, Scout Master Robert Medvedic of Post 31 leads a group of boys named Herbs, Injun, Zach, Cub, Walt, Fritz and S-Man on the old...

In "Delusions: Pragmatic Realism" Stanislaw Kapuscinski takes his well-educated mind and (often) humorously debunks the many delusions that make religion and science easy targets. I share his concerns about the power of each in limiting the freedom of individuals to find their own answers to...

Brinda Carey has seen more turmoil and heartache in her own life than most will ever see in a theater. A victim of incest before kindergarten, she endures the aggressive advances of the one man in her life she should be able to trust infinitely....

"A Carnival of Destruction" is a history of General Sherman's march through South Carolina in the winter of 1865. It was thought that the southern winters would be mild but the troops found cold and rain almost constantly. The Northern troops had to wade swamps...

Dan Harper is just an ordinary guy, having an ordinary day until he spills sauce on his tie during lunch. When he visits a Humane Society thrift store near his office for an inexpensive replacement, merely touching a secondhand tie triggers a flood of gruesome...

“Laws of Depravity” by Eriq La Salle should be on a fast track to Best Seller status. The line between legal and illegal is broad and readily discernible; the line between right and wrong is not so. This intense debut novel will have you pondering...

It would be unpleasant if I had to say much negative points about a novel whose protagonist drinks my brand of beer. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about that. “Matinicus: An Island Mystery” by Darcy Scott, that spans generations, makes it unnecessary. Gil Hodges,...

From the moment I opened this book I could feel the tenderness of the words slip from its pages. There are moments of reflection, renewing, and even rewinding within our lives where we wish we could do things over again. There are moments that pull...

"Leah's Voice," written by Lori DeMonia and illustrated by Monique Turchan, is a great story about accepting each and every person and treating everyone with respect and kindness. Logan's older sister Leah is on the autism spectrum; however, Logan does not realize this or really...

"Her Game, His Rules" holds the account of seventeen-year-old Jona. After being caught for stealing, she was summoned by a judge for a hearing. Unexpectedly, her mother whom she has not seen for years showed up and had arranged a certain punishment for her with...

It is the summer of 1953 and three high school friends, Faith, Octavia and Bernadette, live in the New York State town of Port Pompeii which was once an active part of the famous Erie canal system. Faith lives with her father and grandfather in...

"Improve Your Wellness Quotient in 28 Days: A 4 Week Wellness Program" is designed to help you achieve optimal health one day at a time. Lakshmi Narayani's work makes self-improvement something anyone can work at without making major changes to their lives. There are 28...

"Management by Steel Trap: A Project Management Framework" is a book that consists of eleven chapters that discuss the steps in project management. Chapter 1 is an introduction to project management where the industry's terminology and phrases are explained. The next chapter elaborates on a...

Freckle-faced four year old Jason Smith sits on the rooftop of his Craftsman-style home in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Jason has a lisp, a wild imagination and a knack for mischief and now he is pretending he is Batman. He jumps off the roof, a twenty-two...

If you are one of the legions of people who have experienced a job loss, then you have to rethink, regroup and recharge with Sean Ashleigh Russell’s “Getting Fired Up: A Manual for Self Exploration in Your Time of Job or Life Change.” Russell, a...

I was glad to review John L. Leonard’s latest book, “Counterargument for God.” The author’s intended audience for this book is theist-agnostics and atheist-agnostics. “The atheist claims God does not exist, while a theist asserts the opposite. The agnostic simply says, “I don’t know.”” ...

I was asked to review this book because of the way we Americans are killing ourselves with our intake of fast food, soda, and the amount of meat and diary we eat. The doctors and nutritionists on my radio show, Oprah and now Dr.Oz, have...

“Mice in My Tummy” by Andrea Houdek is a clever little tale of 5 year old Sami Rae, who thinks she has mice living in her tummy, because every time the teacher calls on her she can feel them running around in her tummy. Sami...

"To Snatch a Thief" is the story of Skye Forrester, a teenager who has been arrested for theft in London in 2089. She was born in poverty and, after both of her parents passed away, she is the sole guardian of her six-year old brother....