I may not have been born and raised in North Carolina; but I have lived in this state for almost four years, and I love everything about it. In Hatteras Island, Keeper of the Outer Banks, Ray McAllister gives the reader an interesting and thorough...

"Vignettes & Postcards" edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook contains a collection of humorous, lyrical, and philosophical short stories that I found utterly engaging. The editors demonstrate keen literary instincts in anthologizing these fine pieces of short fiction. Anna Pook has led writer's workshops...

In her memoir Love For Our Afflictions, author Arianna Carruth explains how she has attempted to manage emotional pain following several miscarriages and the infidelity of her husband. The couple has one child but is having difficulty carrying another child to term. When they again...

No Returns by Gail Giles and Deb Vanasse is a tale of the unintended consequences of getting what you wish for. Pod, Manny, and Flaco, the 13-year-old members of Fly, aim to win Battleband — a competition to find the best under-sixteen band in the...

My Father's Keep: A Journey of Forgiveness through the Himalaya by Ed Abell is a heart-warming and remarkable memoir of forgiveness and personal triumph. The author speaks about his childhood of living with an alcoholic father whose problems with drinking could not be solved. The...

Intangible by C.A. Gray is the first book in the Piercing the Veil series. Peter Stewart is the ultimate science geek who fits into his high school about as well as a cowboy boot fits into a fairy princess tea party. If it weren’t for...

Daily Happy Living: How to be Happy Each Day in spite of the Challenges We Face Daily, by using the Joycentrix System is a philosophical self-help book written by Gopi Menon. Menon surveys the attitudes fostered by established religions, which often posit a view that...

Numbers!: Take the Dog Out, written by Lynne Dempsey and illustrated by Mandy Newham-Cobb, is a picture book that children can use to learn about numbers, addition, and subtraction. As children enjoy the beautiful illustrations, they will be able to follow along as new characters...

Her Best Man by Jana Richards is a story that starts off with every woman’s worst nightmare: being dumped in front of her friends and family on her wedding day. But Jana Richards has proven she has a way to turn humiliation into humor. After...

In Captured Lies: Book One of The Caspian Wine Series written by Maggie Thom, Bailey was successful in her adult life. This was a far cry from her pitiful childhood, which mostly consisted of constantly moving from house to house, town to town. All her...

First there was Verne Harnish’s Best Seller: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and now, after 12 years, Verne has revised his popular first book with Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0). It’s power-packed with a wealth of...

Colors! Take the Dog Out Book 3 is written by Lynne Dempsey. Do you know all of your colors? Do you know how to read and write the words for these colors? That's what this book helps young children do. This is a delightful story...

“The goal is to become intoxicated with life. The tool is the heart. The medium is words.” Writing, as Dr. Patricia Daly-Lipe illustrates time and again in her book Myth, Magic, and Metaphor: A Journey into the Heart of Creativity, is a combination of intuition,...

Britain at War 1939 to 1945: What Was Life Like During the War? by James Lingard is a chronicle of the second World War through the eyes of a British (universal) citizen of the period 1939 to 45. It begins with the discernible preparations for...

Embracing Luddism: Stop the Progress, I Want to Get Off! is a non-fiction social-issues book written by J. Ronald Adair. In 1812, Ned Ludd, a textile worker, led his co-workers in a rebellion against the dangers of the industrial revolution. The author sees himself as...

Are you fed up with the same unfortunate things happening to you over and over again? Have you tried altering your life, but didn't achieve what you were working on changing, even after all the hard effort you put into it? Mind Shifting: Master Your...

Solstice: Book 3 of The Star-Crossed Saga by Braxton Cosby takes us on a journey that we will not forget any time soon. The story of Sydney and William continues, but this time things are different. Their love is just as strong and so is...

Don't Sell Me, Tell Me is a non-fiction business/finance book written by Greg Koorhan. Koorhan is a filmmaker and the founder of a digital marketing firm that specializes in creating marketing content for entrepreneurs and businesses. With so many businesses out there competing for the...

Leadership Hack: Leading the Millennial Tribe is a non-fiction business, human resources and personnel management book written by Bruce Langevin. Langevin has been in the workforce for twenty-five years, and fifteen of them have been in senior management positions. His focus is on the majority...

Widowed: Moving Through the Pain of Widowhood to Find Meaning and Purpose in Your Life Again by Joann Filomena is a short book, and I expected to finish reading it in just a few hours. Instead, I found myself needing a day to digest each...