Coach Ken Carter made headlines around the world when he locked his Richmond, California High School basketball team out of the gym because some of the players had not honored the contract they had signed with him, in which they agreed to keep a 2.3...

Logan Thibault, a US Marine, is in Iraq for his 3rd tour of duty. On one of his rounds he happens upon a picture of a pretty girl half hidden in the sandy dirt. The woman in the picture intrigues him! Should he toss...

The New World is filled with tribulation, fear and The One Who Is The One. Two siblings, one a witch and the other a wizard, find their purpose as they battle the darkness, growing increasingly aware of the powers they have been given and the...

Dr. Lionel Azimuth AKA Dr. Pietro Brnwa is incognito! He is in the Witness Protection program hiding from the "MOB." Dr. Violet Hurst is a paleontologist that works for a billionaire who loves dealing on long shots. His nickname is Rec Bill (Reclusive Billionaire). The...

In a dusty, sparse oil town, the tangled web of deceit sits patiently for its next victim. Unsuspecting Bug McKenna has his own problems: like being thrown in the clink at every town he stops. This town is different. He has never had a jail...

In his latest book, Chuck Swindoll moves through ten steps for public speaking. Using a bit of autobiographical material and explaining how he plans and writes sermons, he shows preachers and public speakers alike how to create an effective sermon or speech. In the first...

There are two Gilly sisters, Jo and Claire. Jo stays much to herself on the salt farm. She was strong, stern, hardworking and loyal to the family’s tradition of farming salt. Claire was outgoing, egotistic, attractive and popular; her desire was to leave the farm...

Meet Professor Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist/ criminal expert residing in Bath, England. He is undergoing the painful dissolution of his marriage, and missing his two daughters, and he is also losing a battle with “Mr. Parkinson,” a progressive neurological disease that is gradually gaining...

Julianna Baggott’s "Pure" is set in a post-apocalyptic endless wasteland of a world, populated by mutants who will stop at nothing to survive. They are scarred and deformed, often fused with other humans, parts of other humans, or objects which were nearby when the Detonations...

Who knew Britain has had a super-secret department devoted to the supernatural since . . . I don’t know, before the Vikings? Daniel O’Malley’s novel "The Rook" sketches a history of the Chequy, a venerable organization that has assisted the government through the centuries. We...

From a midwestern state fair, a Celebrity Caribbean Cruise, the effect of TV on the masses, pop culture, tennis, math, and pop culture, to an analysis of David Lynch films, this collection of essays by David Foster Wallace runs the gamut. The seven pieces in...

I'm not a big fan of books on CD's because I find that it takes longer than simply sitting down to read them. However, seeing this book's blurb and realizing that it might actually be worth the extra time to sit and listen to it,...

Retired Intelligence operative, Paul Janson, has a new mission, to get worn out, former operatives from the intelligence sector new useful lives. Janson uses these rehabilitated operatives to form a support group for his second job which includes independent services. Janson's partner, sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid,...

Bernie Krause, author of "The Great Animal Orchestra" brings his great expertise as a naturalist, musician and natural sound expert to his book. This is a review of the audio book. To get the true essence of this book I highly recommend listening to the...

London, 2012, the Olympic games; a fanatic who thinks he is Chronus (Greek god: father of the Olympian gods and goddesses)...says he is going to restore the Olympic games to their former glory...rid the games of the corruption, drugs that enhance the Olympians' performances, and...

Sue Ellen and her uncle Gene were fishing when they found the body of their friend, Mary Lynn, with a sewing machine weighing her down. No one really cared that the girl was dead; they all seemed to think it was a bother. Sue Ellen...

This is a review of the audio version of "Darkness Bound: Chimney Rock" by Stella Cameron. Stella Cameron’s new series "Chimney Rock" is off to a fantastic start with the first book, "Darkness Bound". The setting is Washington State, Whidbey Island’s Chimney Rock. The small...

Moshe Kasher was born into a life so confusing, unique and tumultuous that 'dysfunctional' really doesn't adequately describe it. Anger issues inherited from his gene pool are a struggle, resulting in psychotherapy starting at an early age. After a vacation to California that turns out...

This is a review of the audio version of "172 Hours on the Moon" by Johan Harstad, narrated by Casey Holloway. The title itself grabbed my attention. I could hardly wait to listen to this book. Casey Holloway did a superb job reading this book....

When we begin listening to the audio version of "The Lifeboat" by Charlotte Roganis we discover that Grace has survived the ordeal and is on trial for the murder of Hardie, along with two other women. Grace spins an exciting and heart-wrenching tale but how...