Hida Jessie Piersma has written an interesting memoir of her life in Uganda under the reign of dictator Idi Amin. Ms. Piersma describes a deprived and uncultured upbringing, in which multiple wives, dying children, primitive health care and poverty all played a basic role in...

There have been many books written over the years about Bible Prophecy, some good and some bad. Mark Hitchcock’s book, "The Amazing Claims of Bible Prophecy", devotes the first half of the book to the Old Testament Prophecy which has come to pass. He clearly...

The Keepers of Elenath is overall a good story. The author has an Appendix at the end to help you figure out who the main characters are. I found this very helpful and have used the idea in my own books. The story is about...

The story begins with a melting. The homes suddenly seem to be melting but not dissolving. People begin to melt. In one instance the author describes a woman’s eyes appearing to be three inches wide. Another woman discovers she has the power to control her...

I was very interested to read this book based on the name alone. I guess the “Don’t judge the book by its cover” maxim is very true this time. First let me tell you that the name has nothing to do with fantasy at all,...

Mason has never known his father. All he has concerning him is a DVD of a man reading a children’s book. One day, at the nursing home where his mother works, he plays the DVD for a group of comatose teens. One of them, a...

In j guevara's spell-binding Himalayan adventure, The Keepers of Himal, Reid Fuhrman is no longer searching, chasing or wandering after someone else's truth. Content with life and the pursuit of nothing, he's had it with quests and causes. His solitude with Nature more than satisfied...

This is the story of four people whose lives are intertwined. Joseph wakes up in a house with no recollection of where he is from; he is sure that he has a wife that is waiting at home for him. Antoinette,in the last stages of Alzheimer’s,...

The Green House With White Trim: Cheyenne Wheeler had a plan. She would sell the old farmhouse and property, go to college to get a degree in journalism, and buy the little green house with white trim. Keith Brennan ran out of gas and he found...

The setting is post 9/11. Bio-terrorists have unleashed multiple viruses including anthrax, small pox, and a virus so evil that we can only begin to imagine the implications. RAPAIDS (a cross between the Parvovirus and AIDS virus) began by destroying livestock, causing a famine throughout...

The introduction to this book reminds us that the first few years of a child’s life are spent playing and discovering. We can make that play intellectually stimulating. An intellectually stimulating environment is “child focused, and physically and verbally engaging, as well as, emotionally supportive.”...

Dilara Kenner was an archeologist searching for Noah’s Ark. Sam Watson brought sad news to Dilara concerning her father’s death. Her father had been missing for three years. He’d found the ark but, before he could make it known, he was murdered. Sam was murdered...

Feisty, lovable, and sometimes downright aggravating describe the ladies of the Shooting Club! But watch out as you'll be hooked from page one of this story. I loved book 1, 'The Sheriff's Surrender,' in this series. But this second book, 'The Gunsmith's Gallantry,' is,...

Three bishops stand trial in Federal Court, charged with complicity in the abuse of hundreds of children over a period of years. It is an old story with a different twist. The author is a former priest who develops a string of damaging evidence against...

The Purples is the fictional story of an actual group. The Purple Gang was a pack of bootleggers and hijackers. They operated out of Detroit during the Roaring 20s. The group was led by Abe Bernstein. The majority of the members were young Jewish immigrants....

This YA tale of mystery and magic is read with a clear and pleasant voice. The CD’s were packed nicely in individual pockets. The story speaks about a family with a very particular father who, one day, told the family to pack because they were going...

The setting is the Vietnam era. Randy Thayer joined the military so that he could fly. He did not seek to go to war but that was the price he paid to fly a helicopter. Andrea Tremblay is Randy’s girlfriend. Randy’s being a soldier does...

This story is about eleven-year olds in the summer of 1941. Mark and Swede are best friends who are swimming in the river, experiencing a lazy and delicious summer day of do-nothing-ness when Swede takes a dive and finds a submerged car. AH! ...

The Chester County Boys is a country western band. They are 'has beens', playing at the same bar for the past 15 years, in Lubbock, Texas. Merle and Cletus are two brothers that are wannabe Elvis’. Quaid is the fiddle player, Randy is the drummer,...

The life of any sports professional can be hectic and hard on the family. "The Education of a Tennis Player" is the account of Rod Laver, the only tennis player to have ever won all four major tennis titles. With two Grand Slams and a...