William H. Coles’ Guardian of Deceit, which the author narrates, is a coming-of-age novel about how a young Pittsburgh man, Darwin Hastings, comes to terms with the lifestyle of the rich and famous in New York while living with his cousin, famous football player Luther...

Lighting The Dark Side is an apt title for this book of six short stories. Potter shines a little light on the darker side of humanity. The stories are about ordinary people.  The genre’s are a wide variety:   action, thriller, mystery/detective, suspense, and romance. My...

The Shack has received rave reviews. It is a good book. It is a great read. The plot is interesting and I can give it high marks for that. Readers are taking the content as theology, it is a fictional book....

Music of the Alamo is an awe-inspiring book, and the CD that comes with it is like icing on the cake.  William R. Chemerka and Allen J. Wiener have thoroughly researched the era.  The photographs are amazing.  In the Introduction, Phil Collins calls himself “An...

Cork O’ Connor returns in Heaven’s Keep. For readers not familiar with this series. Cork O’Connor is a Private Detective. He is a former Chicago Police Officer. The part Irish and part Anishanaabe Indian retires to northern Minnesota for peace and solitude. Trouble always seems...

Cork O’ Connor returns in Heaven’s Keep. For readers not familiar with this series. Cork O’Connor is a Private Detective. He is a former Chicago Police Officer. The part Irish and part Anishanaabe Indian retires to northern Minnesota for peace and solitude. Trouble always seems...

Ima Jean Snodgrass is from a broken home. She hated her name and wondered how her parents could have stuck a name like that on her. Being from a poor family it only got worse when her parents divorced and her mother move them to...

Nathan Bitterroot was in Vegas. He walked into a casino with a crystal in his pocket and walked out with 3.4 million dollars. It was impossible yet it happened. It was an experiment. It was successful. Nathan’s nephew Scott found a crystal with the secret to...

A serial killer dubbed the “Birthday Boy” is terrorizing the unsuspecting citizens of Hanson, British Columbia. The sadistic murderer chooses to target only women on their birthdays, but why? Hanson Detective Jack Staal is determined to get to him. But, Stall is carrying around...

Bill Phillips describes his childhood in Detroit and how his needs for achievement motivated him to take advantage of opportunity and indeed, to create opportunity to meet his own needs. While in the Air Force, he learned hydraulic engineering skills which would carry him...

The author, a former football player at Vanderbuilt University, describes the underdog as "the predicted loser in a struggle." While the analogy to life is interesting, it is not appropriately developed in the text. The author basically uses an N=1 study in which he correlates...

Radio talk show host Val Virgo was interviewing Inspector Angus Duncan concerning the recent bombings that had killed several. During the show Val received a threatening phone call. Duncan begins investigating the threat. While Val was taking a bath his apartment is bombed. He...

This book was once said, “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Peter Talbot Emerson could have said the same thing. His wife Terri had died the previous year. Shortly after the funeral Peter headed to Mexico. He tried to drink away...

As an architect and educator, Bill Asti is more than well qualified to write on how people must work together to create sustainable communities for future generations. He has worked with knowledgeable, dedicated people like Win Rockefeller and Edward Durrell Stone. Asti is quite vocal...

CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring system) uses a high-tech system to watch and track changes in blood sugar at all times day and night. These systems are different from the usual needle gun and monitoring device used by most people now. Though it is not any...

Diabetes Warrior is a splendid book offering excellent medical advice, and despite its small size...it's only 3 inches wide by 5 inches high...it should be in backpacks and hip-pockets everywhere. Author William Dubois offers step-by-step advice on dealing with diabetes, comparing accurate information about diabetes...

After years embattled in a war that has yet to be confirmed as justified, the day has come for our troops to come home. The Middle East is on their own and Goodbye Day marks their adieu. Until...caught on camera, surreal and seemingly untrue, another...

"The Monetarist and the Evolving Crisis: Wake Up, Americans: We Are Losing Our Great Nation" by William H. James, Ph.D. provides the definition of monetarism as a debt-based monetary and banking system which, in effect, can create money out of thin air. The focus of...

It is post-Civil War time in small town Hangtree where anything goes. Law and order is a dream and take-what-you-can and live with it is the norm. Principles are whatever wins out in a gun battle. The North and the South are still at odds...

Yuki and Larry are hummingbirds living in the backyard of Mr. Ernest Wayne, a nice gentleman who truly enjoys the creatures that often visit him. Even though Larry and Yuki appreciate the nectar that Mr. Wayne provides them, they really want to invent something. Like...