Children should learn about diversity from the time they first begin to socialize. At some point, they will either meet people with disabilities, or they may feel different from other children. Parents must explain the subject to them as simply as possible. Marky the Magnificent...

The Power of Empathy: Be the Friend You've Always Wanted is a children’s book by Ruth Maille. Orbit, a personified image of our planet, gathers a group of children together to discover a superpower: empathy. Orbit explains the emotion, and gives some examples, before asking...

Death Is Not The Beginning is the fourth and final book in the Alex McKenna paranormal series written by Vicki-Ann Bush. Alex McKenna is a seventeen-year-old who, backed up by the huge talents of his mystical family, helps the deceased move peacefully into the afterlife....

Just City is a coming-of-age story by Olga Tymofiyeva. Twenty-one-year-old Nathan is excited to join the New Entrepreneur Incubator, with his friend Jack, to complete his vision of a start-up company. However, to be a founder, he needs $10000 as pre-seed money to enter the...

Pearly Everlasting is a work of fiction in the literary style and family drama subgenre. The work is best suited to the mature adult reading audience owing to its potentially distressing subject matter and the inclusion of explicit language and sexual situations. Penned by Claudia...

Love Stories Are… is the second book in the Goodroe Brothers series by Katharine M Sweet. Although it picks up the story from where the first book ended, it nevertheless serves as a standalone novel. Vinnie Goodroe has written a book based on his brother’s...

Lilian and Circle: Circularity is Future by George Hohbach and Robin Palmer is a romantic fairy tale comedy that puts a new twist on the premise of identity switching. Circle is a sheltered alien princess from the planet of Maxilla. Lillian is a wild pop...

Michael & Mia: An Adventure in the Positive Cycle of Nature by Georg Hohbach and Ehrengard Hohbach is one of the most inspirational and imaginative books for children that I have ever had the privilege of reading. The main characters, Michael and Mia, go on...

Make or Break: The Extraordinary Life of Paul Innes is the most inspiring autobiography I have ever come across. Paul takes you on a journey that you’ll never be able to experience again unless you read the book twice, that is. It’s an adventure through...

Barely a day after being acquitted, David Flores made headlines after killing his wife and child. The reputable defense attorney for a New York law firm, Salvatore Amici, was having a hard time with the fact that he had helped acquit a murderer – David...

Cursing with Style: A Dicktionary of Expletives by Erika M. Weinert is a resource with a satirical but factual presentation that sets out to define what many would think defies definition -- swear words. However, referring to them as swear words is an oversimplification of...

Fatechanger: Penny Found is the second installment in the Fatechanger series by L. M. Poplin. Fifteen-year-old Penelope Clark (Penn) realizes she must once again travel back to the year 1916 in search of her missing father and to make amends for her old friend, Fin....

V.S. Sury's Impossible Tales is a collection of stories that present a different twist on reality and the laws of nature. A section in the book includes stories whose science is fabricated and not rooted in real scientific findings. For example, animals and trees that...

The Waxing Moon by Barry S. Markwick is the first installment in The Areekyan Chronicles epic fantasy series. The story follows Juk Thri, a captain of the 1st Regiment who has fought for peace in Areekya for years. After a particularly nasty battle, the ruthless...

Set in 1950s Cuba where Batista rules with an iron fist and dissenters disappear in broad daylight, the mafia and their nefarious cohorts have joined hands with the junta to suck the country dry and the future looks bleak for ordinary Cubans. For the Enriquez...

No Snakes in Hell by Robert E. Kearns will leave you spellbound with awe at the audacity and deception of the protagonist, Frederick Lemon. Lemon loves snakes. He always loves being around church people because of their inability to detect fraud. He sees the church...

A platitude that I often hear is that you should always be forgiving and loving toward your parents because ‘you’ve only got one family.’ This saying ignores the enormous damage that family members can do to us during our lives and assumes we have a...

Kaz: War, Love, and Betrayal by Bogdan Kotnis is a historical novel with strong characters, a great plot, and intense action. The story follows the life of the father of the American Cavalry, General Kazimierz Pulaski. Originally a Polish cavalry officer, Kazimierz was removed from...

Antipodes by T.S. Simons sees Campbell Mackintosh urged by his sister, Sorcha, to attend an information session regarding a virus that is threatening the global population. As Campbell fills out the questionnaires and undergoes a battery of tests, it becomes evident this is no ordinary...

U.S.S. Tenacity by Robert E. Kearns is a paranormal historical tale about a haunted ship. Robert Larkin senior had a beautiful family and loved his life. Unfortunately, he was destined to lose everything he loved under mysterious circumstances. It all started when his son Robert...