He’s Alive! by Živojin Petrović is a biography of Joko Mestrovitch, later known as James, from his childhood in Đuraševići to his passage through Ellis Island and his work among immigrant communities in Fresno and Pittsburgh. His enlistment in the Pennsylvania National Guard takes him...

Salt & Honey by Candi Miller is a well-researched historical novel set in South Africa in the 1950s and 60s. I knew very little about this piece of history, and it is exactly as sad as I thought it would be. The story follows Koba,...

Lights & Sirens by Elizabeth Raum is a heartwarming tale about Annika “Anni” Sawyer, a quiet sixteen-year-old still dealing with her dad’s death. After seeing a poster in a store window for volunteers, Anni decides to join her town’s ambulance squad. At first, Anni wants...

There are books that will linger in the reader's mind forever and "Portrait of a Spy" is one of them! Gabriel Allon is both a master spy for Israeli intelligence and a restorer of art masterpieces, but now he is retired from his work at...

In a fascinating account of a man who has lived a full and adventurous life, To Where I Have Been & From Where I Came is the autobiography of author Geoffrey Higges. Follow his life in reverse chronological order, an incredibly unique touch in a...

I found "Class Collision" by Annette Mackey to be engrossing and satisfying. The characters, specifically David, are realistic and well-developed. A great deal is learned about the characters from their relationships with each other and how they interact. David's point of view really made the...

Josie Sutherland is a journalist with a background in computers. She dreams of writing a major story. But all they ever send her to cover is mediocre conferences. On a stopover in Hong Kong she finally gets her chance to write that big story, if...

Michelle Martin thinks something bad has happened to her friend Katie Brashers. Katie had borrowed a book from Michelle and never returned it. Everyone was told that Katie and her family had gone on vacation. Michelle was not so sure, so she enlisted the help...

Her name was Mary Fait. She was the granddaughter of Jean-Luc Fait, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. So why was she in the office of Dr. Alicia Baldwin? Baldwin's first impression of Mary was that she was cold and rude....

Detective Delsey MacKay woke up screaming. Six months earlier she suffered a brutal attack the hands of Tom Ireland. The police had not caught him. He returned with a vengeance; the body count is adding up. MacKay knew it was him, the M.O. was the...

Lillian is an educated woman in late 1929. She is expected to do wifely and motherly tasks while serving the demanding needs of her Jewish husband in a small Midwestern town. After three years of marriage and a young daughter, Lillian feels alone and unfulfilled....

"Break Free of Parenting Pressures" This book is written to help parents raise their children in a less stressful atmosphere. Debbie Pokornik gives simple and practical insights to create a more positive attitude in ourselves as well as our children. And she does it in her...

What a cute idea to make one small book represent both the family who could afford to donate their extra things as well as the family who needed the things. In "Just Because", Amber Housey provides two stories that reflect how seeing another point of...

When you say the words "I Love You" what does it mean to you? Of course it all depends on who you are saying them to. People have been trying to figure out love since the beginning of time. Love has a multitude of meanings,...

Okay, I’ll admit it – I am a sucker for kids’ books that feature animals. That is why I chose to read “Animal Sound Mix-up” by Connie Arnold. It tickled me that the illustrator’s name was Kit Grady because I have a kitty named Grady,...

The perfect existence is to be surrounded by totally "hot" girls and to have pay TV at your finger tips. Or so thinks Justin Taggart's best friend, Adam. Although he agrees with the need for pay channels (to the point of engaging in slightly illegal...

Tuesday Storm's mother named her two daughters and three sons after movie stars, but what Tuesday's mother does to her is hardly movie star quality and more shades of "Mommie Dearest". Rose Storm gave birth to her daughter Audrey, stricken with polio, as a teenage...

Selma Jovanovic is in the eighth grade when war breaks out in Bosnia in 1992. Her mother is a Bosnian Muslim while her father is Bosnian Catholic and Selma has enjoyed a delightful young life until the Yugoslavian army attacks the Muslims and Catholics of...

Minerva Goodrige's life seems to be going nowhere until she inherits a family estate in Cornwall. In taking charge of her inheritance, she discovers that Trekellis Manor is known to possess dark secrets. Upon her arrival in Cornwall, she receives an unlikely welcome. The locals...

"Running Against Traffic" is a story about one woman's journey to find herself, and the ups and downs she experiences along the way. Paige is the woman who is hiding inside all of us, the product of repressing extra baggage, in order to convince ourselves...