No Time to Cry is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy subgenre and forms the first installment of the Dream Guardian Series. It is intended for young adult readers and was penned by S. E. Henry. In this interdimensional fantasy adventure novel, we...

The Pirate Bride is an intriguing story about Rachel, a 13-year-old who expresses disappointment in going on vacation with her family until her Mom and Dad surprise of her with a surf instructor to help her learn to surf. Rachel is very excited because surfing...

"The Other Alexander: Book One of The Bow of Heaven" was written by Andrew Levkoff. This is a historical novel with a touch of romance, mystery, suspense and intrigue. The setting is 20BCE, Siphnos, Greece. Alexander was taken captive and given to Crassus. Alexander faces...

In her book “Messages from Nature,” Patricia Daly-Lipe gives her readers a collection of interesting short stories about many areas of the journey of life. She also includes a really nice tale written by her late father, which to me was a great honor to...

"A Mixture of Madness" by Andrew Levkoff is the second book in this series, taking us to Alexandros, a man who at 19 was chained to the tail of a victorious Roman army that was on the march home. He was just one more slave...

Divorce: a Survival Guide for Men is a masterpiece by Gary Huerta. This is a guide geared toward divorced men. Mr. Huerta uses his personal experiences to counsel his peers on what to do and not to do during one's divorce process. As a matter...

Literary Legends of the British Isles, The Lives and Burial Places of 50 Great Writers, by Michael Thomas Barry, is a wonderful look at great writers of the late medieval and early modern periods, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Little known information about their...

Finn Colville survives the destruction of her home and family as a young girl of 12 and is forced by the religious rules of her planet to disguise herself as a man to survive. In New Sion by Diana Green, the human settlers on a...

Seeing the Life by Sophie Dawson is a wonderful fictional account of the most glorious true story ever told. Beginning with Mary going into labor in the stable of a Bethlehem inn, Sophie Dawson takes us through the life of Jesus, right up to the...

Prism is a collection of short stories that span multiple locations, times and worlds. Roland Allnach has a great talent for creating worlds, building an atmosphere and painting for the reader a believable setting for each story. His power of description is considerable. The style...

Susan Elmore’s novel, Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes, is a non-fiction, true crime story that happened in the late 1800s. Emma Bond, a young schoolteacher is viciously gang-raped and left for dead in her school. She miraculously survives...

Beauty and Chaos - Essays on Tokyo Life: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life by Michael Pronko is an exciting book that sheds light on Tokyo. The book takes readers on a trip into the heart of the city, exploring areas in and around Tokyo...

From the Shadows: The Complete Series is a young adult science fiction series written by KB Shaw. It contains two volumes: Separate Paths and Convergence. Cameron Rush and Rosa Costas are best friends and fellow geeks, but they've never really seen each other. He lives...

Missing Inheritance is a murder mystery novel written by Ken Herring. Jackson Lockie had been trying to put off meeting with his deceased father's lawyer, who was the executor of his estate, but he finally relented when John Hampton insisted that they meet to discuss...

Watch for Falling Rock by Terri Branson is a children’s book about a Native American warrior. According to legend, Falling Rock, the great warrior, could never be captured in battle and now, many years later, Falling Rock haunts Oklahoma. Falling Rock also seems to haunt...

An Act of Murder is a murder-mystery novel written by Mary Angela. Emmeline Prather sullenly walks to the freshest grave of Copper Bluff Cemetery. The English professor stares at the headstone of her student, with his graded assignment in her hand. She’d had many lengthy...

P.K. Tyler's The Jakkattu Vector offers as creative a premise as you'll find in science fiction: an alien race, the Mezna, has come to save humanity from its reckless disregard for Earth's ecosystem. Now, natural-born humans are confined to reservations on what little habitable land...

I teach English as a second language at a university in China, and I am always reading books that deal with education in my ongoing effort to improve myself, stay current in my field, and in general make my classes more fun and productive. Most...

Set during the Christmas season against a snowy upstate New York background, Snow Girls by Irene Petrucci is the heartwarming story of a single mother and her three daughters, Katy, Charlotte, and Lacey. They love ice skating and sledding and, despite the setbacks they face...

Autism Is...? by Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan is a delightful, positive and affirming picture book for young children. A boy hears his grandma tell a friend that he has autism and asks her what it means. In an upbeat manner, Grandma tells the boy all...