Great books continue to have contemporary relevance, can be endlessly gleaned for fresh data and interpretation, and contain great ideas which have occupied the minds of thinkers from antiquity. Essays on the Classics by Jason R. Goetz establishes these fundamental truths as he introduces the...

After spending a month mourning the loss of the grandmother she cared for in the years before Alzheimer’s claimed her life, Tracey heads to her newly inherited beach house in Maine. Her goal is to take a break from her life and the reminder of...

Mitch Taylor is sick and tired of living a life over which he has no control. For the better part of two decades he has been a freelance undercover agent for the DEA, acting as the right hand man to one of the leaders of...

In The Afterlife of a Restless Soul: But Is God Really a Woman? author John Brinster offers the reader a provocative look at possible afterlife scenarios. Professor Jeremiah Cackelry III has died from complication of a Viagra dose. He is a brilliant scholar and an...

Lifting the Lid is a superb adventure-comedy by Rob Johnson. Some people can spend their entire dull lives living inside the box. Unfortunately, Trevor isn’t smart enough to do that. When faced with another poor job review, he decides to take the company up on...

Dinosaur George and the Paleonauts: Episode One: Raptor Island by George Blasing and Mark Miller is an exhilarating and adventurous short story, introducing young readers to the concept of time travel, paleontology, and prehistoric animals and dinosaurs. Move over Jurassic Park; here comes Dinosaur George...

Carlo the Mouse, Book 1: Too Many Rules for One Little Mouse by Mrs. D. is absolutely stunning in both its graphics and the lessons it teaches. Carlo is a baby mouse (mouselet?) who eats like a horse. He lives with his family inside the...

Fretboard Positions Diagram: A Guitar Fretboard Unscrambler by Marc Scheffel is a book for guitarists who will find this useful in figuring out how to play the Major and Minor scales, to build chords, and to make and identify the Intervals using a single diagram....

Gingerly Ruffles Some Feathers (Volume 3) by Terri Kelley is the third in the series. Gingerly, Zoey, and a few others decide to correct a mistake. Though reluctant to get involved in it, Gingerly is convinced by her friend Zoey to join the cause as...

So before I start this review, I've got to tell you that I am NOT someone who understands meditation. I like massages, breathing deeply, relaxing, all of that, but focused meditation has never been something I can understand or really get behind. Well, my thoughts...

A slow stroll through the Italian countryside during harvest time is exactly what the reader will take while reading Umbrian Twilight by Giovanna Piccozzi. Meeting an air marshal, Mike, on her flight to her farm in Italy, the story of her ancestry, her tragedy, and...

Fabrick, the start of a new series by Andrew Post, weaves a tale of good guys and bad, odd-balls and magic weavers, all set in an off-world city perched precariously on a clogged geyser. Clyde, a rather innocent young man, is thrust out into the world...

In Extracted, a YA steampunk novel by Tyler H. Jolley and Sherry D. Ficklin, Lex and Ember are two siblings on different sides of a time travel war. Lex is part of the Hollows, a smash-and-grab crew who snatch up items appearing in the wrong...

When the survival of her family is at stake, Kate Ripley will do what needs to be done to save her young siblings and alcoholic mother, even playing the role of secretary and mistress to the handsome yet cynical billionaire known as Clayton Reid. Unfortunately,...

Swami Achuthananda is the author of Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism: Turning believers into non-believers and non-believers into believers. “In India, the religion is the culture and the culture is the religion. You cannot learn one without understanding the other.” Many books have been...

Author Thomas M. Cirignano grew up in the area around Dorchester and South Boston in the '50s. In his book, The Constant Outsider: Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic, he describes living in the urban area. The author shares his life experiences, making this reviewer...

The Other Side of the Ridge by Larry Deibert is an intriguing historical fiction novel, introducing readers to scientific and educational concepts of time travel and historical facts. The idea of time travel, as well as information on the United States' history, are a few...

Greg's daring rescue of Cassie during Hurricane Amy was all caught on camera. And the scorching kiss Cassie gave Greg made all the TV viewers think they were an item, but they couldn't be more wrong. Greg came to Texas to investigate an organization that...

Zeus: We are Gods! (The Olympian New World Series: Book 1) by December Dawne is a book that revolves around Greek mythology. The Olympian gods are forced to leave Earth and find a new place to stay. They make Orbe their home. They are unsure...

Gingerly's Gift (Volume 4) by Terri Kelley is the fourth book of the series. This book has Gingerly and her friends Zoey and Eric trying to spread the cheer and joy of the Christmas season at West Intermediate School. The school has forbidden everyone to...