In Renaissance of the Heart by Lori M. Jones, Amanda Lewis is in for the surprise of her life. She and her husband were happily married for the past fifteen years. They had it all and they had it good. But when her husband confessed...

Creative Children Like the Animals of the World by Michelle Korenfeld is an interactive journey for kids that will encourage them to develop a good attitude toward and respect for the environment. The collection of poems, stories, illustrations and interesting facts about animals will not...

Th3 Simple Questions: Slice Open Everyday Life is a collection of Jean W. Yaeger's blog entries from January through June, 2014. Each entry revolves around three questions: "Who am I?", "Why am I here?" and "What do I want?" These essays are far-ranging, with topics...

Jeremy is an eight-year-old boy who loves his parents, Grandpa Eugene, and school. One day while in school, Jeremy was told the tragic news that his parents, Jim and Molly, had passed away after they were involved in a car accident. Jeremy is devastated, but...

Rowenna Heyes is a ‘take charge’ kind of woman, but she really has her hands full when she rescues Jim Bowman from a psychotic killer. Camping just over a rise from the dilapidated shack where Taggert, Beth and Yancy are holding Jim hostage for one...

Silent Cats: Deadly Dance by JD Wallace opens in 2005 in Tel Aviv, where a Mossad assassin and her daughters are killed in a car bombing. When Pantera, the husband of the slain woman, who is also a CIA man himself, has to identify the...

Elizabeth’s Constellation Quilt is a children’s pop-up book by Olivia Fu. Elizabeth loves watching the stars at night and wants to be a sailor like her father, who sails on a ship named the Night Rose. Her father tells her that sailors navigate by following...

Colors! Take the Dog Out Book 3 is written by Lynne Dempsey. Do you know all of your colors? Do you know how to read and write the words for these colors? That's what this book helps young children do. This is a delightful story...

Travels in Time: Venetian Crete is a children’s book by Mary Black. Four time-travelling friends - Kostantis, Nikolas, Irene, and Alex - are disappointed when the time machine discovered by Alex’s grandfather transports them to Venetian Crete instead of the future, where they belong. However,...

ElsBeth and the Call of the Castle Ghosties by J Bean Palmer and Chris Palmer is the third book of this series which takes young readers on an adventure to another world. ElsBeth Amelia Thistle is the youngest witch on Cape Cod and that particular...

Aging With Dignity, Living With Grace by David Brady prepares one to face adversity, whether as a health issue, financial challenges, business closing unexpectedly, a family, friendship, or marriage difficulty, or the loss of a loved one. David proposes Eight Step Principles to help one...

A Month of Sundays: Stories of Love and Loss by Megan Gordon is made up of twelve short stories. Each story is unique and focuses on some type of loss. I was able to connect to each story even though each one was different. All...

Nickerbacher: The Funniest Dragon is a fantasy for children, grades K-3, written by Terry John Barto and illustrated by Kim Sponaugle. Nickerbacher was a young dragon who didn’t feel that his job of guarding Princess Gwendolyn in her tower was what he should be doing...

Gollywood, Here I Come! by Terry John Barto is an adorable story with an even more adorable concept of motivating young readers to dream big. Anamazie Marie LaBelle dreams of becoming a Gollywood star and that is always at the back of her mind. Anamazie's...

After Mind is an intense science fiction novel by Spencer Wolf which centers on the theme of artificial intelligence. The central character is a young boy named Packet, whose physical life has ended and his consciousness has been replaced by an artificial intelligence. The A.I....

Warrior Patient by Temple Williams is a true story about one man's struggle to survive a series of medical problems over the space of three years. It's a witty story full of unexpected humor, which is sometimes deadpan and sometimes cheerful. The aim of this...

The Retailer’s Guide to Merchant Services: From Storefront to Internet by Gail Cavanaugh is a concise but holistic discussion about the use of credit card related services. Rather than a mere practical guide, this book contains an in-depth study of the card environment. We are...

Melanie Koo, a physician skilled in helping others, can't fix her own love life. So her mother comes up with the perfect, albeit unusual, remedy - an arranged marriage. I loved the nationalities that were explored in True To You: A Novella (Taking Chances) (Volume...

Moonfin: Through the Watery Door is a science fiction/contemporary fantasy novel for children and preteens written by L.L. Mintie. Lizzy's brother, Brandon, disappeared when she was eight years old. The Grape family had been in town visiting an odd touristy shop that had an aquarium...

There was a lot I liked about GRE Analytical Writing: Solutions to the Real Essay Topics by Vibrant Publishers. I liked how there were specific examples of situations in literature and in life that could help a person understand an argument. Giving real life examples...