When you think of a singing nun, visions come to mind of a habit-clad woman dancing in a field of wildflowers on a hill, spinning happily with palms up, belting out a healthy hymn. But the story of the singing nun is anything but that...

Jeanne McElvaney begins her book "Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story" by defining three types of memories: Ordinary Memories - retention of experiences; Trauma Memories - memories themselves cannot be recalled at will; and Dissociation Memories - a biological response that separates awareness from consciousness. Abby was...

Born just after the Great Depression, Jack Hawn found that life ‘just happened’ for him in a series of serendipitous events, leading him into a writing career spanning 43 years. Although he never studied journalism, journalism found him after 4 years in the Army Public...

"Walkers of Legend" by Miles Allen is a double first: it’s this author’s debut novel and it’s also the first in what promises to be a very exciting series. The world is ruled almost entirely by the Empire, but this is starting to falter. It...

Teresa Sue McAdams writes of her memories of being young, of being forced to take piano lessons, of wanting both Barbie and Ken dolls for Christmas and of going to the 4th of July fireworks. She gives her viewpoint, her philosophy, on her relationship with...

CJ Hitz has compiled a collection of tips, recipes and information that is a necessity for anyone who is a runner in his book, "Smoothies for Runners: 32 Proven Smoothie Recipes to Take Your Running Performance to the Next Level, Decrease Your Recovery Time and...

Author Kevin Schmidt, Mid-West born and bred, has created a delightful book of rural humor, some of it raw, and some of it truly funny. He shares stories and quibs about snowmobiling, eating places, tractors, raising corn and jokes about Ohio State University's rival, the...

"The Time Travel Storm," written by TC Booth and illustrated by Juan Carlos Colla, is a fun, educational book to share with children. It will teach them about going to school in the 1800's. Alex and Scott become separated from their class on a school...

What do a dog, a parrot and an opera have in common? When you read Scott Ferrell’s new children’s book “Sing! Sing!", you will find out! I had the joy of meeting Gaston the dog and his best friend Gregorie the bird in Jackie Ferrell's...

When an undergraduate student steals an ancient ceremonial dagger to pay a gambling debt, all hell is unleashed on an unsuspecting and unprepared populace. Found under the ice in Antarctica, the dagger has been found to be many millions of years old. This is no...

Yvonne Pat Wright opens her cupboards, her kitchen, and her heart. She gives the reader descriptions and uses (historical and present day) of herbs and spices. The use of the spice or herb reminds her of a story about people she has known, places she...

"The Xavier Mosaic" by Emma Austen is a beautifully crafted fantasy novel. The author has meticulously constructed a complex, menacing yet intriguing world in Larasca for her rich variety of characters to inhabit. The unpleasant Queen is slowly dragging the realm into crisis with persecution...

It is over one hundred and fifty years into the future and the world is in total disarray with infrastructure collapses and diseases everywhere. Abalus, his mother and father live in the small town of Dealton and are visited by the Cardinal of Surrendom. They...

In "The Adventures of Bosley Bear: A Dual Language Book in Spanish and English", Bosley is an ambitious, lovable and curious bear who wants to learn more about the world outside of the tiny cave where he lives with his mother. Bosley is not your...

In "Twin Bred" by Karen Wyle, twins fascinate scientist Mara and have done all her life. Her own twin Levi died as a baby but he is a constant imaginary companion for her. Set this against a background where you have two species living together....

Allison Weathers is starting a new life in Dawson Mills. She bought a big old house and wanted to fix it up. She hired Paul Bradford to do the work on it. But before work could start Allison started getting strange feelings in the house....

Bruno LoGreco, recognized life coach, has written "Stop Sabotaging Your Life: 3 Steps to Your Full Potential" to help the reader get beyond individual false beliefs of inferiority, insignificance and inadequacy and thus to reach one's full potential. LoGreco lays out his Tri-Commitment System which...

The year was 1944 and twenty year old Rudolph Meier was a Nazi POW working in local cotton fields while he was held at Camp Papago Park near Phoenix, Arizona. He was serving as a radio operator on a German submarine stationed near the eastern...

Cassie's father's security company was picked to safeguard a new drug at Bristol Pharmaceutical company. Just when Cassie thinks all was secure, the information is stolen by an employee of Bristol. She is removed from the case but continued to ponder on the crime. Cassie...

Perfection is the state of being free from all flaws or defects. Jade Kerrion offers a look at a society that seeks perfection. In “Perfection Unleashed”, Pioneer Laboratories has created perfection through clones; they were leading in the Genetic Revolution. Many of the clones were...