The Passion of Baseball: A Journey to the Commissioner's Office of Major League Baseball by Bob Wirz is the story of the Kansas City Royals' first publicist, a man who spent more than a decade as spokesperson for commissioners Bowie Kuhn and Peter Ueberroth. Born...

The Barnyard Buddies Stop for Peace by Julie Penshorn is a delightful storybook with a good message for young readers. The barnyard is peaceful and everyone is sunbathing. The rains come and everyone but the King complains. They all huddle together to keep warm...

Descendant by A.L. Knorr is the first book in The Kacy Chronicles. All Jordan wants is a quiet weekend with her father, but nothing goes as planned. First, she gets into an argument with her father over her continued interest in her mother's disappearance. She...

Hot Chocolate Happiness: Happy Cuz I Said So, Your Guide to Passion, Happiness and Personal Growth by Jeoffrey R. Hutcherson, as the title suggests, is an inspirational read. It consists of fourteen chapters that aim to help readers reshape their lives such as The Art...

If you enjoy dramatic fiction that blends a heart-tugging story with historical events, A Song for a Soldier by Emily Daniels is for you. Centered around the World War I “Christmas Truce of 1914,” it follows the lives of two men and their families in...

Son of a Preacher Man is a work of romantic and dramatic fiction by author Karen M Cox, and is told with a southern states atmosphere. The son of the book’s title is Billy Ray Davenport, a young man whose travelling lifestyle comes to a...

You Might Need A Therapist If... by Cliff Carle, John Carfi, David Earle and with illustrations by Scott Sackett is a book of jokes and the occasional comic strip single panel style drawings that offer up multiple punchlines to the titular setup. The compilation is...

What do a child’s figments of imagination (commonly known as imaginary friends or cozies) do when they’re not busy amusing the child? The Cozies: The Legend of Operation Moonlight by T.L. Fischer is a one-of-a-kind tale. Thursby, a five-inch-tall cozy with a head like a...

Stay With Me by Ruth E. Griffin tells the story of shy, kind, and gentle Noah. He works at a bookstore and is content with his life. He doesn’t think he needs to change to be happy. He’s fine the way he is, but when...

In Amelia’s Autumn Trail by Haley Belinda, Amelia loves to take walks every day with her dad. There are so many wonders to explore, especially in autumn. Learn about the ever changing wonders of nature as birds migrate to warmer climates far away from England,...

A Musician in the Great War: Diary of a WW1 Soldier is a short volume of military historical non-fiction writing by authors Adolph Kuellmer and Joanne Kuellmer Franklin. Joanne is the granddaughter of Adolph, and has therefore taken on the role of compiling his personal...

Country Boy, City Girl: Trials and Triumph During The Great Depression by Teresa Holmgren delves into the history of two families as they struggle to survive the poverty of the Great Depression. Country boy Harley and his family love their home and farm, believing they...

Never a Dull Moment: A Teacher's Memoir of Her Very Special Students by Teresa Ann Holmgren was an educational experience. In the book, Holmgren shares some stories of the students that have made a lasting impression on her. Some stories are cute and some are...

Shaped by God's Hand by Pastor Ralph Olsen shares the life story of the author, a man who served for 30 years as the pastor of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Woodbury, Minnesota. Shaped by God’s Hand tells Pastor Ralph Olsen’s story from childhood...

U-Turn to Paradise: The Day-by-Day-By-All-Day Journey to Achieve a Lifetime Destiny by Marilyn D. Alcorn is a comprehensive self-help guide book for those who are looking toward building from scratch or strengthening themselves through the Christian faith. Alcorn has truly created a veritable encyclopedia honed...

Gracie’s father is awaiting execution on death row for having killed Gracie’s mother. Gracie hasn’t seen him in a decade, but her memories are of a good man, a good father, one of only two men she has ever loved. The other man is Jori,...

How Heather Got Her HAT'ness Back by Heather Costaras introduces readers to Hat who was so nicknamed when the author was young and carefree. Hat liked to climb trees as she was a tomboy and she spent a lot of time drawing. Hat found fun...

I was excited to read Elsie's Story: Chasing a Family Mystery by Doris Green. The story is about Doris's Aunt Elsie who died unexpectedly. There were always questions surrounding her death. It was not until adulthood that Doris was able to investigate it. This story...

The wonderful anticipation for any reader of young adult fiction, but an equally difficult challenge for its author, is the always exciting and expectant notion of One … Great … Story. The implication being: The writer had better be a good storyteller. In just such...

Seventeen-year-old Lorelei ‘Lori’ Blake was attacked by a strange beast on her way to work, and convinced that she was going to die right away. Yet, she awakes some time later on the same pathway, with the beast nowhere to be found. The only evidence...