Drawing on her years of experience, Jennifer Costanza MA, LMFT offers insight into the issues many teenagers encounter and helps them recognize their worth in her empowering self-help guide Building Self-Worth: A Teen Guide to a Strong Sense of Self, Purpose, and Meaning. The work...

Ghosted by Mo Fanning is about Silas, a widowed father who has not spoken to his son for thirteen years. Silas finds employment on a gay cruise ship that will take him to Miami, where his son lives. Ellen is a waitress at a roadside...

Ten Little Starfish by Kim Ann is a charming and educational children's story that introduces young readers to the concept of counting while taking them on an underwater adventure with adorable starfish. The story follows a simple and easy-to-understand format, starting with ten starfish and...

Death in the Tallgrass: A Young Man’s Journey Through the Western Frontier by Donald Willerton is a Western adventure with a difference. It is 1904, the West has opened up considerably since its Wild West days but it is still a tough, unforgiving, and dangerous...

Antonieta Contreras, a board-certified neurofeedback clinician, details the neurobiology of trauma in her book, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders. Contreras differentiates between trauma and traumatization, giving examples to clarify the meaning. The author explores many topics, such...

The Desk from Hoboken is a work of fiction in the mystery, crime, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author ML Condike. This enthralling and intricately woven mystery combines elements of genealogy, history,...

The Die by Jude Berman introduces Darah, who joined a group at HastinSys after taking refuge in California before it declared itself a separate nation. The group of close friends shared a home, and what began as friendship ended up becoming a family. Darah is...

Novikov Windows by Chris Cosmain presents a thoughtfully crafted tale with various characters who must work with the little information they have to carry out mysterious time travel missions. Amnesia is only one of Aaron's worries. Even though he has been told that he traveled...

In Lally Pia's memoir, The Fortune Teller's Prophecy, Lally, a Ghanaian medical student, faces a critical decision during a military coup. Despite her initial plan to join her family in the U.S., red tape delays her move, and she finds refuge with the Clayden family,...

Go, Big! Go Home! A Birthday Story About Friendship, written and illustrated by Jo Hudson, is an enchanting tale about a birthday. Big is a big blue bear, and today is a very special day. Today is Big’s Birthday, and he can’t wait to celebrate...

Futureproof by Stephen Albrecht is a science fiction thriller about technology that has gone too far. It takes some of the newest innovations of today and shows how they might affect our society in 30 years. The answer we get in Futureproof is fascinating. The...

Water plays such an important role in sustaining life that we need to teach our children as much as we can about the water cycle and how to conserve water. Adele Lamothe understands how vital this information is and wrote a fun little book called...

Embrace Your Story by Smith Minard is a young woman's guide to finding happiness and a purpose in this ever-changing world. The book provides tools for navigating and creating a life you want for yourself. The author gives tips on how to gain the courage...

Decrypting Money, by Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic, is a guide to the world of cryptocurrency. The book begins with the history of money and then the origins of the first cryptocurrency, which was Bitcoin. The four authors then write about...

Avoiding Muddy Foxholes by Jim Loveless is an inspiring, against-all-odds story about a bombardier who escaped death narrowly in different situations while fighting for the US in World War II. Dick, Jim's father, was in the early stages of his relationship with beautiful Mary when...

Exiled by the very people he tried to liberate, Adrian Pryor is left to eke out a living for himself on the few jobs he can garner online without raising too many eyebrows. His life turns upside down when an important scientist is found dead...

Gentleman of the Road: A Hitchhiking Memoir of the 1970s by Rollie Erickson is a captivating journey through a vibrant and transformative era. Erickson brings to life his adventures across America’s open roads with a blend of nostalgia, humor, and poignant reflection. Set against the...

Have you ever heard a sound and wondered where it came from? A sound so loud and clear that it sent shivers down your spine the moment you heard it, especially when everyone in your household is accounted for? The delightfully funny and endearing story,...

Meera Makes Aloo Paratha is written by Sangeetha Narayan and illustrated by Noor Alshalabi. Meera wants to be the teacher instead of being Shelly’s student. Meera spends time with her grandfather Dadaji, and explains her problem to him. Dadaji decides to make Aloo Paratha while...

Uno the One-Legged Spider by Brandee and Courtney Huddleston is a charming children’s storybook about a one-legged spider named Uno who wants to run in his town’s big race, but his running shoe is worn out and later chewed up by his house pet. When...