High Season: The Learnings of Mohammad Wang by Chazzy Patel is a story that begins with how Charles King's memories come back to him in brief flashes. For now he is going by the name that feels right for him; Mohammad Wang. Mo for short....

An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps by Iris Dorbian is a moving book, set within the years following World War II. It is 1945 when Daniel, a Latvian Jew, finally tastes freedom after his horrible experience of the Holocaust. Daniel is...

Twice during the 1980s, Gilda Morina Syverson traveled to Italy in search of her parents’ roots. In October 2000, Gilda’s parents and husband, Stu, accompanied her. The journal that the author religiously kept now gives her readers the trip of a lifetime in My...

The English Slave (Empires & Kingdoms) by David Eugene Andrews is a thrilling historical novel that explores the identity of the stunning Turkish noblewoman who received Captain John Smith as a slave. Wounded while fighting for the Roman Empire, John Smith is sold as a...

I loved this book. For me, it was a walk down Memory Lane. Just looking at the table of contents, I knew it would be meaningful for me. Palo Alto and Stanford University. I've been there. Seoul, South Korea, 1988. I was there working for...

Nuclear Blues by Bradley K. Martin is a tightly written and pulsating political thriller with a captivating setting in North Korea, riddled with espionage, shady activities, and a world where nothing is as it seems. Meet Heck Davis, a journalist who has embraced a new...

Hello Again, from the Land Of Morning Calm: A Cara Youngblood Moon Novel (Book 2) by R.L. Lee is a powerful novel about coping with the caprices of life, relationship issues, and parenting, a book with an international cultural setting between South Korea and Northern...

Constitutional Law: Legend or Lies by author James Tonty is filled with historical documentation pertaining to the constitutional laws of our country and how some of those segments revolve around God or Christianity. The voice is clear and concise, and comes across very intelligently. The...

It had been a long time since college, but Bobby Wade travels to Cedar Key to take care of business that he should have handled years ago in The Promise of Cedar Key by Rick Robinson. Playing catch-up is difficult though, especially when it involves...

Gabriel's best friend, 'roo shooter Ian McCabe, is missing. Leaving his ordered life in Townsville, Queensland, aboriginal Gabriel Branch travels into the heart of the Australian outback in search of his mate. But running with the adventurous and caring Rob, trying to escape the black...

On the Wallaby Track: Essential Australian Words and Phrases (Woman Alone Series Book 1) by Laine Cunningham is an entertaining guide that gives some interesting information about Australia, its culture, the English language spoken with an Aussie slang, and the essence of this beautiful country...

Don’t be fooled by the title. Writing While Female or Black or Gay: Diverse Voices in Publishing is a book for all writers. I think a lot of readers would love it too. If you are a real reader, a lifelong lover of books, you...

Ratlined is the first book in the Inspector O’Leary Series by Shane McCartney, a gripping crime novel with historical underpinnings and a setting in the period following the fall of Germany. We are introduced to a clandestine network of criminals from the fallen Nazis, running...

Trygg the Dinosaur by Paula Louise Salvador is a delightful story about the strength of friendship between two dinosaurs. Trygg is newly hatched, finding himself alone and having to run from a mudslide that wipes out what remains of his nest. As he ventures out...

Cooper: The making of a service dog is a nonfiction memoir written by Clyde Hoch. Hoch was a tank commander in Vietnam in the late sixties, a time when that conflict was at its peak. He was hospitalized when the tank he was riding in...

It was an experience of joy, sadness and of family love that made reading Heart of Steel by Kevin D. Miller unforgettable. We meet young Stanley Pulchalski, his brothers, sisters, mom, and dad and share in their life experiences right alongside them. Heart of Steel...

Arizona is the owner of a restaurant and a part-time sleuth. Unfortunately for her, the new police chief is not interested in her help when a mean and cantankerous out-of-town woman is murdered as she is there helping to plan her son’s wedding. Arizona, having...

In Judas In Jerusalem by Joseph Lewis Heil, we are introduced to Judas Iscariot as a young boy living with an abusive father and later a stepfather who wants him out of the way. Judas wanders about, learning to steal, lie and cheat. When he...

Last Encore: My Time With Glenn Frey, The Eagles, and Other Hit Artists is a memoir written by Bob “Norton” Thompson with Sebastian Jaymes. In his introduction, Jaymes describes meeting Norton for the first time in the 70s, when they were both roadies. Norton, so-called...

Hurrah For Liberty by Oran Brucks captures the heart of young America. In its infancy, America brims with settlers, all full of life, hope, and the pursuit of freedom. Independence had been won, yet war still looms over the country. The British, the Indians, and...