Author Joao Cequeira has created an interesting but fictional book looking back at Fidel Castro, the longtime revolutionary leader of Cuba. Cequeria begins by telling the reader that his God, Jesus Christ, JFK, J.Edgar Hoover and even Fidel himself are purely fictional creations. Then "The...

The Havana Papers by Michael Daly is the author's narration of the exploration he did during his one-week stay in the city of Havana, discovering different parts of the city brought to its knees by the revolution. Michael Daly had traveled to Havana to write,...

Sam to the Ends of the Earth is the third book in The Sea Witch Series by Mike Ward, a wonderful meld of young adult fantasy and adventure. This is the story of a brave young girl, sixteen-year-old Jenny, who is upset by the sudden...

The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College by Grant Harper Reid is an intriguing autobiography about one man’s quest to get a college education. Upon graduation from high school, Grant attends Lincoln University. However, after only three disappointing days at Lincoln, Grant returns home to Teaneck,...

Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Alice McVeigh places us back in the Regency era with the familiar Charles Bingley considering renting Netherfield, and Jane and Elizabeth Bennet jesting about Mr. Bingley's intentions. The family is excited and hopes are high when the ball...

David Heart, a young stockbroker analyst, naïve and inexperienced, is thrust into the harsh reality of share trading. The floor dealer despises him, and Sandy Allen, with an agenda of her own, takes him under his wing and gives him a few hard truths about...

If you like your poetry halfway between reality and the twilight zone of lethargic sleep, this is the book for you. In "A Song Beneath Silence", auth Apryl Skies takes the reader through lyrical moments in which love is always complicated and beauty is held...

I’ve had the privilege of reading one of David McDonald’s earlier books, “There are No Unwounded Soldiers,” and because it was so emotionally charged, I wanted to read another one of his collections of poetry. McDonald is a hero in my view. In “I Never...

"Professor Googols Flying Time Machine and Space Capsule Math Primer" by Samuel W. Valenza, Jr., is the answer to the dreaded MathPhobia! Valenza is a genius; he makes learning math fun and easy. Kids love comic and graphic books. This one fits both descriptions. This...

"Pedophila: A Cause and A Cure" was one of the most unusual books I have read in a long time. It is an autobiography by Steve A Mizera, who is a convicted sex offender. He himself had been a victim of abuse by nuns in...

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...

“Mice in My Tummy” by Andrea Houdek is a clever little tale of 5 year old Sami Rae, who thinks she has mice living in her tummy, because every time the teacher calls on her she can feel them running around in her tummy. Sami...

In P.T. Dawkins’s “The Ponzi”, Michael Franklin Junior is steadily losing his father’s clients; a young, honest broker that just couldn't live up to his father’s name and refuses to use any of the old-timers’ method in the stock markets. His boss, Harry Lugarno, is...

Chain of Evidence, by D.B. Corey, is a debut mystery novel that will intrigue the reader from the first chapter. A medical examiner (with obvious psychological problems) first rapes the women he has murdered via cyanide and then autopsies them. The female victims appear random...

Thunder and Lightning is a good romantic story. Camille and her twin brother Ujesh had a black slave mother and their father is the much feared Great Hawk, a famous Indian chief. Camille watched as her mother was killed and then she narrowly misses being...

Science Of Being in 27 Lessons is the original content that was published in 1927 and written by The Master Teacher, Eugene Fersen. Neither a religion nor a philosophy, but pure Spiritual Science, it removes the mysteries and uncertainty from the basic truths of life...

From the moment humans discovered the magnificence that is the Universe, we have sought to understand its vastness and our roles in it. There have been many books -- religious, philosophical and scientific -- offering explanations to fit each person’s beliefs. But Eugene Fersen offers...

Tommy Fakes The Flu by Kristen Kerns is a charming children's book which introduces young readers to the concept of right and wrong. This book also allows readers to differentiate between a lie and the truth, and helps in developing a moral attribute of honesty....

The stories that his grandpa told couldn’t possibly be true. There was no possible way that Grandpa Albert, who was nearly 90 years old could be a Martian. However, that’s exactly what he told his grandson Nicholas in Grandpa’s a Martian, written by Tom Wehrman...

Little Witnesses by Alma J. Burkhart is about the stories of God for children. These stories are related to God, faith, and religion. They are put across in an endearing manner to instill faith in children. The uplifting stories make it easy to teach about...