Eli Arnold and the Keys to Forever: It's About Time by John Carter is a delightful storybook for children. Eli and his brother, Brady, head to Florida for their summer vacation to have some fun. Eli is unaware of the fact that he is the...

Steven Sparrow & the Shade of a Great Tree by Matthew Dale Jones tells the story of Steven, a stubborn young bird dealing with the consequences of choosing an unconventional path. On Flying Day, Steven tells his family about his decision to walk instead of...

Checkmate: The King's Game in the Middle East is a work of non-fiction that focuses on important current affairs, military themes, and sociocultural and political factors, and was penned by author Gennaro Buonocore. Concisely worded to offer an informative but highly digestible discussion, the work...

Wow! The memories of growing up in a town where there are only a few houses scattered around, a cemetery, a church and maybe a country story or a junkyard? Well, author Jeffrey Utterback grew up in a small town in the middle of nowhere...

Once Our Lives: Life, Death, and Love in the Middle Kingdom by Qin Sun Stubis is a non-fiction memoir that traces the author's family legacy back generations and forms a full picture from the evolution of the Chinese Communist Revolution to the Cultural Revolution. Stubis...

Quicksand (Gathering Storm in the Middle East Book 2) is a historical fiction by Robert Thomas Fertig. Vincent Ronaldo is married with kids, and has a successful computer software company. He becomes intimate with Eva, an attractive but deceitful woman accustomed to getting her way....

Jennifer Vaughn’s Echo Valley: A power hungry politician, his burning secret, and the unyielding young mother caught in the middle… the title says it all, or does it? The politician is aiming for the top, president of the United States of America, and he is...

Doron ben Avrahim was an Israeli army lieutenant whose parents died in the 9/11 bomb blast. To avenge their deaths, he took on the most dangerous missions. One such adventure took him to Iran, where a terrorist couple captured and imprisoned him in a small...

Marital Advice To My Grandson, Joel by Peter Davidson is, as its title clearly explains, a list of advice from one man to another. The author’s wife, Beverly, was actually the inspiration for this book, which was given to the author's grandson when he got...

Life is never what it seems. For young Bethan, it’s filled with uncertainty. Her father works with the pit ponies in the Welsh coal mines. When a pony is injured, he brings it home for Bethan to nurse back to health. It is during one...

Losses by Dave Lager is a story of crime, family, friends, co-workers and so much more. The story centers on Deputy Sheriff Ro Delahanty and her everyday life as a policewoman, a member of SWAT, and a daughter, sister, and friend. She has worked hard...

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...

Having read, reviewed, and loved The Edge of the World, I immediately followed it with Daniel's Fork: A Mystery set in the Daniel's Fork Universe. The story, the characters, and the talent of author Zeecé Lugo ensured that I would continue to immerse myself in...

Crescent City Moon is a work of murder, mystery, history and the paranormal by author Nola Nash. In this superb and intriguing work, which was penned for the young adult audience, we visit the eerie world of the French Quarter of New Orleans in the...

Set around WWII, Paper Dolls: Book 2 in the Paper Dolls series by Robert Tucker follows the life of Gwen Vanderveer, a woman born into wealth who flounders while trying to establish a place in her family. When Gwen is just ten and her older...

A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages by Susan Signe Morrison offers a treasure trove of information about the trail blazing women who lived during a tumultuous time in Western European history. In this book designed for young adult readers, the...

Michael Bervell’s book Unlocking Unicorns brings to life ten stories about how a diverse group of entrepreneurs across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East took their start-up ventures and developed global successes. These are the unicorn businesses named for the mythical winged beast with its...

Following the ousting of President Travvis E Donnelly from power, the US was run by a military junta. The People’s Second Amendment Militia (2 AM), an outlaw group dedicated to fighting far-right extremists, received intel about a planned operation by Donnelly’s loyalists called Allegiance America,...

Kea, The Third Way by Alki Nea is an adventure story about Kea and Leo who are childhood friends. They find their lives on a fast track after Kea changes. Gone are the sleepy lives they led in the suburbs. They see themselves in a...

Mandalay Hawk’s Dilemma: The United States of Anthropocene by Peter Aronson is an extremely important novel, written for middle-grade students but it is equally informative and, most of all, motivational for any age group, from 6-year-old to adults. It deals with climate change as it...