The late nineteenth century is full of stories of men (and women) intoxicated by the lure of riches just waiting to be mined in previously uncharted western North American territories. Entire towns sprang up, almost overnight, as people moved in to follow their lust for...

In The Bruja by Michael Molisani, the dystopian world after the Collapse sees magic as part of survival and key to winning wars. Ghosts and ancient spirits are no longer superstitions. Witches become a vital part of the army. Crafton city-state, a quarter of land...

We are introduced to Maddy when she is in her nineties and has been diagnosed as displaying symptoms of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Determined to stay out of the local care home for as long as possible and in spite of the occasional...

Mall Hair Maladies is a young adult coming of age novel written by Kristy Jo Volchko. It was 1985 and, as far as thirteen-year-old Tanya was concerned, Pittsburgh was the center of the universe. She was in the eighth grade now, the last year of...

Panterror! The Epic Babysitting Adventures of Rachel Pugsley, an action packed fantasy novel by Gregory Saur, begins with high school graduate Rachel Pugsley finding herself babysitting for two kids in a different state. With the rules of a babysitter drilled into her by her mother,...

The New Working Woman's (r)Evolution: How to Thrive and Succeed Through Empowerment is a self-help book by author Cristina Carballo-Perelman, M.D. As the title suggests, the topic of the guidebook focuses on the empowerment of women, largely in the Western world of business work forces....

Creating Christianity: A Weapon Of Ancient Rome is a thoughtful work of historical non-fiction by author Henry Davis. Anyone with a knowledge of the history of the Roman Empire knows that its conversion from a pagan belief system to widespread Christianity was a significant political...

Heroines of Avalon & Other Tales by Ayn Cates Sullivan transports readers into the time of legend and revisits deities and legendary female characters linked to Welsh and British mythology. In this book, the author shares her insights and her journey to discovering her past,...

Area Bird is a work of military fiction based on real events, penned by author Susan I Spieth. This coming of age novel is the second in the Gray Girl series, following the experiences of women cadets in the 1980s when the US Military Academy...

Gray Girl by Susan I. Spieth is an intriguing documentation of life as a female plebe at West Point. While Cadet Jan Wishart struggles to fit into the predominately male class of future Army officers, she discovers the obstacles in her way are not only...

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...

Bigly is a political graphic novel/comic written and illustrated by Seth Levens. It was 1992, and the Soviet Union had collapsed. Vladimir Putin was approached by Raskol, a political henchman who had discovered a most impressive machine sitting in a defunct Soviet Military Supply Depot....

A Heart of Kindness by Wendy Comeau is a memorable and remarkable story of survival in the face of tragedy. Wendy opens her heart and tells her story of facing life after the heartbreaking loss of her parents, brothers and then young son Christopher to...

Antonius Tsai’s Solving for Why is a must-read not only for educators and students, but for anyone else who wants to find meaning in education and their overall life’s purpose. With the personal stories of students and friends that the author has interacted with dotting...

A Whisper can Rip your Guts out by Elliott Zaff is a realistic novel based on the author's life and his interactions with a brilliant 74-year-old professor. Canadian-born Elliott does not have a happy childhood and he comes to California as a young man...

A Song for Birdie: A Child's Journey with Autism is a social issues story book for children written and illustrated by Cindy Shirley. Birdie Williams was in the second grade now, and her teacher, Mrs. Andrews, wanted to speak with her parents. Birdie wasn’t really...

Carlo the Mouse had a happy life living inside the hospital walls where he liked to annoy the hospital cook. The angry chef always threatened to quit and he tried to lure the mouse into a metal cage by stuffing the mousetraps with expensive cheese,...

Instant Wisdom: 10 Easy Ways To Get Smart Fast is a nonfiction self-help book written by Beth Burgess, a therapist, coach, and author. She’s also the founder of Wiseism.com, a site designed to assist people who want to enrich their lives through amping up their...

Somewhere out there in the galaxy, a dark and evil force is waiting to annihilate humankind... and through the millennia, its purpose has been successfully averted. But its efforts never stop. The Awakening: Fate in Motion is a story of aliens and their part in...

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: The Imperative of Teams is a work of business writing by author Simon Mac Rory. Written with a view towards improving effectiveness in any business workplace, the book focuses on the Team Diagnostic Profiler method which the author has...