Excitement and intrigue seem to be the two things promised by The Valentine Circle: A Silas de San Michel Mystery by Reinaldo DelValle, and the book certainly delivers that, and a whole lot more. The story begins with our hero, Silas de San Michel, alone...

Walking in Freedom! A Thirty Day Devotional Journey for Women by Rhovonda L. Brown is an inspirational daily study guide. Expertly written, this beautiful journal will inspire women to step out in faith and begin to seek God for a more intimate and meaningful relationship...

Journey Home: A Thank You to American Veterans is a picture book for children, grades K-3, written and illustrated by Tori Meyer. The author was inspired to write this book by her child's question about what a veteran is. Lee is a young girl who...

Dreamadillo: A Bedtime Rhyme is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Tina Marie Bevan. Armadillo may be asleep in the sands of his desert home, but when he dreams, he is far away up in the clouds. In his dreams he’s known as...

Claude: A Dog of the Sixties by Katherine L. Holmes is a delightful story for all dog lovers. Perry is a good student but his life changes when Claude, the poodle, comes to live with them. Claude is bow-legged and this prevents him from being...

Domestically Yours by Annie Chua sets out to show one woman’s experience of the Canadian Care-Giver Programme, after changes were implemented to include non-Europeans, giving them the opportunity to obtain permanent citizenship and bring families to join them. Canada needed care-givers; two salaries were required...

What Dwells Within: A Study of Spirit Attachment packs a lot of information into a small amount of space. Included is an introduction on spirit attachment, stories about haunted dolls and items, a breakdown of investigative methods and ghost hunting tools, FAQs, photos, and testimonies....

Anyone who is interested in the many challenges faced by those who leave their homeland to live in another country will love Shaheen Darr’s lovely novel entitled Kismet: A Desi Rhapsody in London. The current day story takes place in Southall (a London suburb), and...

Daydreaming: A Baseball Story is a children's sports picture book written and illustrated by R.W. Thompson. The narrator of the story is a primary school principal who happens to notice two boys walking over to the athletic fields from the window of the staff room....

Life for Sparkles had many stages as it does for everyone. Sparkles hatched from her egg as a caterpillar, ate leaves, built a cocoon, and then woke up from a deep sleep as a beautiful butterfly. Life didn’t begin the way Sparkles thought it should...

Walking to Woot by Jackie Chase is a highly entertaining and informative non-fiction narrative, an unusual tale of how travelling dangerous paths together can create a powerful bond between mother and daughter. When the author and her daughter decide to travel to the unfamiliar landscapes...

For Tatsuyama, the sport of sumo is all that he wants and all that he knows, but the world out there is changing fast. When he is approached by men who want to turn the sport around and allow betting to begin in earnest, he...

“Left to your own devices, you may start a war,” are the words of her father, considering that Maura Stone is about to leave them for a long period of time in Paris. The mother thinks she will get mixed up with Communists, which can...

Suspense, intrigue, mystery, excitement and romance, Land Sharks: A Swindle in Sumatra has it all and more. Lexi is a fraud investigator for an exclusive Beverly Hills bank and the heroine of the story. She is sent on an assignment to Sumatra to bring back...

Laurie is a very active little girl. She loves school, but she has to keep busy all the time or she starts to fidget. She loves playing soccer and she’s even the captain of her soccer team. So when Laurie suddenly lacks energy and her...

Allegories: A Thirst for Connection by Brenda Lee Ranta is a collection of poems and verses about the guiding principles of life, and the two states of “being” that either hold people together or fragment them: a disconnection from people and a genuine connection with...

There are books you read and recommend to friends with words such as, “It’s a good read,” but there are some, like Prompts: A Collection of Stories by Tank Gunner, where you find yourself looking for superlatives to describe them. A gorgeous treat with sixty...

Jesus, Angels, and Very Special Saints: A Story Book to Color by Rhonda Paglia teaches young readers about Jesus, angels, and many well known saints. The book describes Jesus's life, from how an angel appeared to Mary to how Jesus died on the cross. The...

Destination Earth: A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler is a nonfiction travel reference guide written by Nicos Hadjicostis. Bored with his everyday life, the author set off to discover the world, a continuous voyage that took him 6.5 years to complete and allowed...

I have always known that there is a state named Virginia, and a state named West Virginia. But in all my reading of American history, even Civil War history, I had never found out when this happened or even why it happened. Now I know....