The Christmas Lesson: Unwrapping Love and Family by Dedrick L Moone is a children's adventure story. Lamar is a mischievous little boy who lives in Greensboro. The one thing he loves more than anything else in the world is Christmas: the smell of cookies baking,...

Breaking The Silence by Deborah Morgan is aptly sub-titled Confronting Guilt and Shame in The Chronic Pain World. Deb, who has written her memoir about living with chronic pain, identifies that many chronic pain sufferers deal with a large amount of shame and guilt due...

Young Grandmaster Choi is a children's book written by Shequeta Smith and illustrated by Qazzran Alamry and Alivon Ortiz. Rayven lost her parents and had to start the first grade over again in Seoul, Korea. Things are much different than going to school in America....

In Empowering Voters: A Beginner’s Guide for Citizens, Policymakers, and Future Advocates, Maggy MacNikol examines the huge impact of elections on individuals' futures, leaning into the importance of informed voting in shaping community, regional, and national directions. She discusses the need for a new engagement...

Is it possible to be whole again after experiencing a traumatic event? Alexis Faere considers this question in her memoir documenting her journey to recovery after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Invisible Wounds: An Inside Story. Having faced this immense challenge, she wants to...

Adeolu Adewumi-Zer’s Afro-Optimism Unleashed: Scaling African Excellence to the Global Stage gives us a comprehensive framework for advancing African business and leadership through a mix of cultural pride, innovation, and strategic practices. Drawing from her global experiences and Afro-optimist philosophy, Adewumi-Zer leans into leveraging identity,...

Becoming the Brave One by Amanda Carrasco is a memoir that chronicles the author's journey through trauma, healing, and self-discovery. The book is divided into two parts: the first recounts the harrowing experiences of abuse, loss, and adversity that shaped Carrasco’s early life, while the...

Author William Lower takes us back to the year 1461 in The Typo: In the Name of God, when a first edition of the Gutenberg Bible arrives in Florence, Italy. As a respected illustrator of religious manuscripts, Antonio Strozzi is invited to view it. He...

In Fun With A Monster, we are introduced to a little boy who is ending his day and getting ready for bed. He has a nightly ritual: searching his room for anything that might be creepy in the dark. Once he feels satisfied, he climbs...

In her memoir Piece by Piece, Sheryl Hauk tells the story of how she survived an abusive childhood and built a life centered on music, teaching, family, and creativity. Even though her father no longer has control over her, the effects of the abuse continue...

Soul and Shadow is the story of Amisihathor, a songstress in the temple of Hathor who, though she was buried along with her husband in his tomb, was in love with another. As Lily Evans, a research assistant views the exhibit of Amisihathor, she meets...

The earth has finally captured the attention of the human race as global warming and pollution wreak havoc around the globe. Natural disasters occur randomly and with deadly force on a daily basis to the point that some people have become desensitized to the news....

"Every Soldier Needs A Soul: Poems of a Soldier 3" by David McDonald is a remarkable collection of war poetry. It’s the last in a trilogy by this poet, who began writing poetry as part of the treatment for his combat related post-traumatic stress disorder...

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...

The book deals with the discovery of a cave with Caucasians mummies that were hundreds of years old, dressed like Native Americans, gold, and something that could not have been discovered by these people. Or had it been made by them? The story starts here...

Did you ever wonder what if . . . I could live my life over again and know what I know now? Andrew gets his chance in “Remember Me” by Brian MacLearn. The date is May 22, 2010, the place is Amy and Andrew Johnson’s...

It's the present day and Josh Alexander is going through his grandparents' musty attic looking for information on his ancestor, Rafe Alexander, the pirate. Rafe supposedly sailed with the famous female pirate, the Black Widow. Then Josh comes upon an old trunk and in it...

“Virtuepops Adventures in Virtueland” is set up with five sections, making it easy and fast to find what you need. In the first section, we meet eight fun and loveable characters representing temperance, charity, courage, patience, chastity, respect, humility and justice. The second section explains...

It's the year 2310 and main character Sherpa, named after the guides who help climbers to the top of Mount Everest is the daughter of Lillian, the Ruler of the Western World. In 2306, a treaty was signed that signified the End of All Wars...

Maggie's beloved dog Kona is not acting right, so Maggie takes him to the veterinarian. An operation on Kona's stomach reveals that he has eaten a pair of scanty silk panties, nothing that Maggie owns or wears. Whoops! When Maggie confronts her longtime husband, Dave,...