The Intricate Art of Soap Making by Julia B. Daniels is a guide showing those interested in this craft how to make homemade soaps, what tools and equipment they need, how to start their own soap making business, as well as ten recipes to get...

The Oak of Wisdom by Elizabeth Gautier is a charming short story, which introduces readers to the concepts of faith and religion. This book also helps in developing listening and interpersonal skills in young children. Children, like some adults, often feel left out, misguided, unloved,...

The Year After was written by Ashley Warner. In this book she shares her experience beginning with the day she was raped. Her call to 911 was followed by one to her friends. They were there for her, offering support. “Why me?” and “What...

The I LOVE YOU Book by Todd Parr offers preschoolers the opportunity to think about common characteristics which make them lovable to family and friends. The book is very colorful and will visually attract the attention of the young reader. Each page offers a different...

Terri Ryan writes with timeliness and conviction in The Bullies' Predatory Footprint. The media has never been more focused on bullying in its many forms, and this book is a great one for pointing out the tragic and awful outcomes that originate from the stress...

The Dust. Book 1 – Bloodlust by David H. Sharp is a post-semi-apocalyptic-dystopian inaugural volume of The Dust series. Something utterly foreign and unknown has caused a massive cloud of ash, later determined to be dust, to settle over the British Isles, fouling machinery, halting...

Dark prophecies, mysterious heroes, and a savior who might be the only thing standing between the depths of hell and those of the light. The Sybilline Prophecy: Lavender's Quest has all of this and more. Carol Linn has created a short, yet powerful novella about...

The Motor City and Me: Our Story by Mary Anne McMahon recounts the story of a migrant family settled in Detroit. Through the book the author describes, rather flamboyantly, the magnificence of Detroit as one of the foremost industrial cities and hub of cultural and...

Janice Garden Macdonald’s poignant collection of short stories entitled The Plainness of My Fall is well worth the short amount of time it takes to read them. Every story within the collection, six stories in total, is an award winner, including the title story “The...

The Outcasts by Kathleen Kent takes us back to the 19th century. On the Gulf coast of Texas, Lucinda Carter has just escaped a destitute life within a brothel to find her lover and gain the life she has been longing for. With a desperate...

Michelle McKinney Hammond has written one of the finest books on relationships that has been produced. Author Hammond in her book The Real Deal on Love and Men explores so many important, direct, hard-hitting issues that are often avoided. She faces the issues that most...

The Electric Affinities by Wade Stevenson is a novel which introduces readers to the concept of a 1960s lifestyle of sexual freedom, emotional freedom, self-expectancy, and experimental drugs. Author Wade Stevenson introduces his readers to the cultural realm and birth of a "self expressive, free...

For mothers that are looking to start their own business without losing out on the best years of their child’s life, it can seem very difficult. After all, how could you possibly maintain a business of your own and still be the soccer mom or...

I love business books. I feel they are the best way to learn any new topic, mainly because the author has already done the most difficult part: converting the concept to an easy to read, easy to explain story, after removing (or sugar coating) all...

The Demon’s Wife by the late, great Rick Hautala is the first story I have read by Hautala, but it catapulted Rick to the top of my list of favorite authors. With a touch of humor, a touch of romance, and a whole lot of...

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audio book, The Power of Right Believing: 7 Steps to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Addiction, by Joseph Prince. While many recent books promote success through building and accessing your own power, the real power is in Jesus Christ....

The Pineville Heist by Lee Chambers portrays a group of young male teens who discover a backpack full of money and decide to try to hunt down the thieves. They all get more than they bargained for when the local sheriff and his deputy get...

As a fan of fairy tale retellings, it is always refreshing when a new one comes along that is different from any I have ever read before. The Reflections of Queen Snow White, by David Meredith, is the story I didn't know that I was...

I worked in the field of Cloud computing for the previous 8 years. Hence I picked this book with lot of interest and curiosity. I wanted to know how author Michael C. Daconta takes this niche concept to the masses. That is the primary motivation...

Sandra spends her days working as a hostess and salesperson for a jewelry gallery nearby. Her nights, however, are spent actually designing jewelry. Her first piece ever is even on display, until a nasty jolt from her past comes crashing back into her life. Jewel...