Almost Hell begins with the premature birth of a child. The parents were schoolteachers rushing to a hospital across the state because there were no OB-GYNs in their area. Baby Joshua was born on a picnic table. Dr. Suanne Oakley has a high pressure job...

The premise of this book is that negative thinking keeps adolescents from accomplishment and personal achievement. The author presents a series of techniques and practices to help the reader overcome negative thinking such that energy can be freed toward more productive goals. There is certainly a...

It's March 1942, three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor bringing American into World War II. Twelve-year-old Mark Penn is playing war, honing his skills to one day be a marine. Out near the old Beck place, he sees something that at first...

I honestly don't usually review non-fiction books. However, something called me to review this one, and quite frankly, I really enjoyed this book. It was surprisingly a really great book written by an author who knows what he was researching. I liked it because it...

Henri Parker has faced many trials throughout his life. He and his three brothers were born with a genetic disorder. He had two older brothers, Lamont and Ray. Lamont was his hero while Ray enjoyed antagonizing him. After Lamont’s death Henri mourned for him and...

Art's stated goal in writing this book is to make the world a better place and return America to democracy. He does both. He doesn't pull any punches about the people, institutions, or beliefs that he feels are damaging to making the world better. He...

Being an avid Beatles fan and collector, author Stephen E. Donnelly has always wanted a Beatles reference guide. Since he could never find one, he complied The Beatles Discography Volume One – The 60’s. This concise and complete guide lists all songs that the Beatles...

When Senator Bob Lowe, a very conservative, white lawmaker from Alabama, starts thinking that the white race is thinning out due to interracial marriages and the growing number of mixed heritage children being born in America, he thinks he has come up with a plan...

Four Letter Words takes the reader into a personal view of Christianity, its meaning, relevance in today’s sectarian world, and its promise of hope where morality is slipping. The book discusses the nature of religious truth and maintains that wherever other religions contradict biblical Christianity,...

Belinda and the Witch’s Cat by Margaret Pearce is Book 1 in her new Belinda Robinson series. Belinda Robinson is an only child, and it seems that with her father’s work, they are always having to move around. That makes for a lonely girl as...

Transatlantic Voyage is the ninth book of the J.C. van Winkler's Adventure Series by Jan Frazier about the journeys of J.C. and her ghost friend, Sergeant Smitty, who has magical powers that can transport him and J.C. anywhere in the world. In this adventure, the...

Merelda, an evil sorceress, is thrown out of Cristabel by creatures of the Zodiac who control Earth with the Tribes of Light and the Council of Elders. Vowing vengeance, she enters into a pact with a demon, promising to bring back darkness and the Ancient...

Lovingly and Orderly: A Sons Lament by Theodore Shorter, Jr. is a very poignant story which will seem familiar to many. Pauline Shorter was the matriarch of her family. She raised 3 girls and 2 boys in west Chicago, a place regulated for all “colored”...

Heaven In The Midst of Hell is a look at the war in Iraq from a different perspective: Author Commander Sheri Snively, D. Min., shares her experiences as a military Chaplain in Iraq. The first thing that struck me about this book was the photographs....

After reading this book, I now realize that I don't have to accept my fate as forever being a worrywart. Even though I knew that the Bible tells us that we shouldn't be anxious about anything, I have still struggled with worry. Author Dr. Linda...

Gifted, young writer Chad Douglas has created a rollicking, action-filled tale of pirate/werewolf Captain Thomas Crowe, who sails from the Caribbean to London and onto Spain, fighting off government officials and the far more dangerous clans of vampires back in the 1700's. Cleverly using aliases...

Anatomy of a Kidnapping; A Doctor's Story is a perfect title for this book, as its author, Steven L. Berk is a physician who responded to the events of March 6, 2005, with the instincts and skills he had honed in his many years of...

In a remote, desolate area of New Mexico lies a compound so top secret that it wasn't even known about until an insider leaked information to the world. This was not just any government project. No, the workings inside this highly secure area was from...

"Out of Time: One Couple’s Journey Through Cancer" by Nancy Greyson Beckerman is an insightful and moving account of one woman’s emotional journey as she comes to grips with her husband’s cancer diagnosis. By all accounts, Barry Beckerman was a healthy, physically active man in...

He had me hooked from the very beginning with his story of Welles Crowther and how he had guided many evacuees of the World Trade Center to safety, but perished in the collapse of the towers. He challenges himself and other men to make a...