Opening the Gates of the Heart: Images That Heal and the Stories Behind Them by Carolyn CJ Jones is a delight on several levels. Jones shows she is a master of both poetry and prose. She is also an accomplished photographer and philosopher. The images...

I have been a minister for over forty years and must say that Fruit for Thought by Art Edwards is one of the finest exegeses of the fruit of the Spirit that I have read. This book is full of golden nuggets. In his opening...

My Unicorn is Going to Kindergarten by Hailee Oman and Gusty Awan is a heart-warming picture book for young children. Is your child starting kindergarten soon? Then this book will be perfect for them. A young girl helps to prepare her unicorn for kindergarten. Her...

My Dinosaur is Going to Kindergarten by Hailee Oman and Gusty Awan is a heart-warming picture book for young children. If your child is starting kindergarten soon, then this book will be perfect for them. A young boy helps to prepare his dinosaur for kindergarten....

Born in the early 1970s, five-year-old Bridey enjoyed a relatively peaceful life until she didn’t. Bridey’s mom told her the man she always knew as her father was not her parent. Her mom moved her from one city to another and changed schools more times...

A Graver Danger: White Chalk Crime by Karen Horwitz offers a provocative and bold perspective on the deep-seated problems within America’s educational system, suggesting that corruption and a toxic culture in schools are at the heart of issues like school shootings. Horwitz draws parallels between...

Make Things in America: How Tax Reform Can Reduce the Tax Burden on American Workers and the Businesses That Employ Them by James R. Olsen is an insightful monograph that explores the economic challenges and necessary reforms to revitalize American manufacturing and labor. Olsen presents...

Dad Bod by Joe Wheeler is part memoir, part educational self-help book that shares his personal experiences with masculinity, health, body image, and parenting. As an adult, Wheeler lost 67 pounds through a high-protein, low-carb diet focused on meat, eggs, and avocado, while avoiding processed...

David Nemzoff’s Sacred Fire of Public Education critiques over 50 years of American public school reforms as ineffective band-aids that fail to fix core systemic problems. He details how government control, union influence, and politicization have led to bureaucratic inefficiency, indoctrination, and academic decline. Nemzoff...

The Adventures of Kimo by Eric A. Javier captures the feeling of being a young child desperate to escape a mundane afternoon. Kimo is stuck at home because a thick fog has blanketed the California coast, ending any chance of his going to the beach....

Mihail Băeșu’s Pastborn follows Adam Connor, who wakes up in 2199 with almost no memory of his life and discovers that Earth now belongs to robots. Humans have been illegal since Bill 1 was passed in 2113, yet Adam is technically permitted to exist because...

In Hijacked, Alan Cohen traces how political power moved from citizens toward large corporations as deregulation expanded from the late twentieth century onward. He connects Ronald Reagan’s tax policies to reduced union power, then follows the protection given to banks after the 2008 financial collapse...

Nirmala: The Mud Blossom is realistic fiction written by Fiza Pathan, set in the reclamation area of Mumbai, India. When the reader first meets Nirmala, she's being beaten with a belt by her mother for reading a library copy of a Dickens novel, when she...

Amina: The Silent One by Fiza Pathan is a compelling, realistic, and sometimes stark read. Amina is essentially a social commentary in the form of fiction. It is the story of Amina, a young Muslim girl born and raised as an unwanted girl child in...

The Immigration Lawyer: Asylum (Volume 1) is a young adult legal thriller written by Shah Peerally. Sarah Mustafagic is a young, successful corporate lawyer who decides that she wants to represent people who have immigration and naturalization issues. Her friend, Shah, is an immigration attorney,...

Skinny, Livin’ The Dream: Journey to a Second Chance in Life, written by M.E. Najar, is an inspirational and encouraging read for anyone who is hoping to improve their health and may need a little extra push or encouragement. Mary and Hector began a life-changing...

The Adventures of Flapjack: The Collar of Courage by Dan Cohen is about a dog named Flapjack, who is being bullied. Flapjack loves going to the big green park where he can play with his friends, but there's one dog that he hopes will stay...

Every once in a while, a book comes along that keeps you up at night, even though you have to get up early the following morning. Reign of the Black Flame: The Waterglobe by B.B. Vayk is one of those gems. It is the story...

Victor, James and Cole have finally each managed to find the one soul that their own soul calls to, and it’s created a beautiful existence they’ve waited far too long to enjoy. But things are never peaceful for long when you’re a Sentinel, and when...

Falling in love is not easy, especially when you are Chad. He loves a woman whom he cannot have. He fell in love with his slave, a woman whose life means that he will live longer. There is nothing he wouldn’t do to cut the...