The title, The Bubble Boys: How Mistaken Educational Ideals and Practices Are Causing A Warped Social Fabric, gives the impression that this will be another book about what we're doing wrong in education and why and how to fix it. Jason Goetz, who admits being...

The Adventures of Little Dog Koko by J.R. Hardin is a small reader for early elementary aged children. Little Koko is a Shih Tzu who lived for awhile with a wonderful lady he called Mama. She took ill, and Koko was put into the care...

In his latest book The Wounded Heart, David Wiltshire has created a masterpiece of history interwoven with the horrors of war, the indomitable spirit of the human heart and an old fashioned, innocent romance. Lt. Mike Gibson, a doctor thrown into a WWII medical regiment,...

I loved this book. Henry gives his testimony of how he came to know Jesus as Lord of his life. He started off in a pit of depression, and he did not know what to do when it came to life's circumstances. ...

Having just recently lost both of her parents in a tragic accident, Madelyn Clevenger faces difficult changes in her life. She now lives with her great-grandmother and has trouble finding friends in her new school. The one exception is Dougal, another new student, who decides...

Lance Porter Priest, ironically known as 'Preacher' is recognized by the shadowy figures, at the head of the CIA, as a perfect candidate for training as a spy and infiltrator. But, being a perfect candidate makes Lance a flawed character - flawed because he shows...

Annie's life took a turn for the worse when her dad moved the family from the only home she'd known in Connecticut to Beaufort, Alabama. Being her senior year, she left all of her friends, including her boyfriend, behind. How could her dad do this...

The Prisoner Within written by Emma Daniels is an intrinsic romantic novel, yet it is about tragedy and dealing with consequences. The Story starts when Luke Alexander, a young man in his mid-twenties, is leaving prison after having served 5 years for being involved...

Charles Bourne, thinking he has terminal cancer and life has nothing left to offer, despite having Sarah and a baby on the way, teams up with several people and embarks on daring stunts that could potentially end in death - and does. Sarah tries to...

In The Frankfort Files: Tales of an American in Germany, David Conte provides the reader with a series of memoirs about his move to Germany in the Spring of 2006. Following his girlfriend, a German native, the author tells of his initial impressions of the...

The Creation: A Letter by Donald Jordan is written for his grandchildren. It's part memoir and part advice, with a bit of warning thrown in...something every grandfather should take the time to write for his grandchildren. There are many great lines in this book, but...

The Man who Lived in an Eggcup chronicles a collection of a physician's experiences from med school through the final decade of his accomplished career. Gamel, an ophthalmologist, takes us inside the mind and the heart of the physician as he learns his craft. There...

This is one of the most charming books I have read for a while. It has a Halloween-y feel to it and kids from 7 years old on will love it. It is written in an easy English, lightly witty and flowingly well done. It...

The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea is advertised as the story of 26 men who crossed the Mexican American border into the desert of Arizona to Devil’s Highway. Twenty six entered the desert, but only twelve came out alive. Urrea discussed...

Ward McNulty's family lived for years on Timuqua Island near Jacksonville, Florida. Ward's father led a citizen's revolt against the financial backers who wanted to buy out the residents, knock down their modest homes, and build an exclusive resort called the North Beach Project on...

The Santa Club by Kelly Moss is a real find for Christian families wanting to know how to answer the question of whether or not Santa is real. It is a question which is presented to thousands of parents each year, and now, the author...

The House Baba Built, an Artist’s Childhood in India is gracefully written by Ed Young. War was spreading into Shanghai, and Baba wanted to move the family to somewhere safe to be out of harm’s way. Baba, an engineer, made an agreement to build a...

The Shattering by Karen Healey is a revealing novel for young adult readers. Three younger sibling teens wrestle with the fact that their older brothers have committed suicide. The turmoil that haunts the living is vividly portrayed and totally believable. It gives food for thought...

In The Ridge, we meet a variety of characters: Deputy Sheriff Kevin Kimble, a man in love with the woman who shot him; Audrey Clark, the keeper of sixty-seven large cats, including a rare black panther; Wyatt French, a peculiar man who keeps a light...

Robert Ludlum passed away ten years ago, and here, in Bourne Dominion, Eric Van Lustbader carries on the tradition of the thriller/spy novel that Ludlum created and wrote so very well. Jason Bourne is back and, this time, is on the track of a group...