Palm trees are known for their strength. Pamela the Palm Tree: Finding Strength in the Storms of Life by Denise Loy Buchanan Ph.D.c is an educational tool about resilience, challenges and overcoming. As Pamela the Palm Tree was going about life and enjoying the scenery,...

A beautiful title for a gritty memoir, Somewhere the Sun is Shining: Look for the Silver Lining by Alexis R. Strong is a spellbinding memoir that succinctly captures the events that took place during the Second World War, with most of its setting in the...

Eye to the Sky: Storytelling on the Edge of Magic by Bobby Norfolk is literally, as the title suggests, the story of Bobby’s life told in his own words. Eye to the Sky is written in a fairly sequential manner and follows Bobby as he...

Eyes in the Cave is the fifth in the Detective Pete Nazareth series by author R.H. Johnson. For those who’ve read the fourth in the series, The Kirov Wolf, this story follows on from its ending. Dalton Stark, once the CIA’s top spy and a...

Like The Ocean Moves is Book One of the Torchbearer Series by Liz Mitchell, an inspiring story that explores the power of faith and the themes of physical and spiritual freedom and human trafficking, a story with strong spiritual undertones but with a realism that...

Stars in the Sky: Stories of the First African American Flight Attendants is an autobiography by Casey Grant who, in 1971, was one of a handful of young black women hired by Delta Air Lines as flight attendants, when the career field was predominately white....

The battle of The Prison of Light was fought four years ago, and it feels like it was just yesterday. The men of the dark lands still struggle with their lives while others thrive. The archaeologist, Dr. Mary Wilson, knows that something isn’t right when...

Beyond the Horizon: Overcoming the Fear of Death by Charles G. Branz is a scripture-based book written by an author who has experience in both the medical profession and in ministry. The two main goals of the book are to show the reader how God...

Finnigan and the Lost Circus Wagon: Finnigan the Circus Cat, Book Two is a novel about animals for children and preteens written and illustrated by Mary T. Wagner. While this is the second book in the series, Wagner gives enough background information in the story...

From the Front Desk: The Gentle Surf Series, Book Two is a contemporary romance novel written by Lori Power. Wendee loved her early morning runs in her new hometown of Coronado Island. It was a big difference from the midwestern state where she had grown...

Welcome to the Shivoo! Creatives Mimicking the Creator by Laura Bartnick is one of the best things I have read about creativity. In fact, it can be read as the spirituality of the creative person, a book that brilliantly showcases God’s centrality in the creative...

Jessica, Adam, and Sam are excited because they are going to visit their uncle and aunt’s farm in the opening scene of Xalien the Purple Alien: Xalien Visits the Farm by Michelle Path. They take their toy, Xalien the Purple Alien, along with them to...

To the Metal: A Paris of the South Mystery by Kendric Neal is set in Ashville, NC, a city that has rapidly grown into a mixture of hippies, hipsters, tourists and locals. Mack Eagan, former junior high football coach now turned private detective, mainly exists...

Xalien Goes to the Zoo is an educational tale from the Xalien the Alien children’s book series, written by Michelle Path and illustrated by Charlotte Roberts. Excited to be going to the zoo, Sarah opens her closet to find something to wear, but finds a...

What does it take to ensure family business continuity into future generations? In Family Business Continuity in the Middle East & Muslim World: Betting Against the Odds, Fadi Hammadeh, a seasoned legal professional and intellectual offers a surprising answer to readers. In elegant and delightful...

Wedding at the Graff: Holiday at the Graff Book 5 is the story of Collie and Michael, former college friends, mutual crushes and best buds. That all ended when Collie got engaged to Michael’s best friend and later boss, Garrett, jerk extraordinaire. The engagement didn’t...

As the title suggests, On The Sauce: A Cautionary Tale of Being Burned by the Pizza Industry by Liz Van Pay is a tale of how you can become entangled in workplace bullying. When Liz walked into the office for the first time, she thought...

“I believe that we live in a continuing Advent—a time of expectation—a time of waiting. For all of us, God is the origin from which we came and yet also the future toward which we are going.” This resounding statement by Bernard J. Fleury captures...

In Spartan and the Green Egg (A Trip to the Rainforest, Book 1) by Nabila Khashoggi, mind power makes everything possible. Spartan’s dad brought him a book from his trip－a book about how to contact aliens from outer space. It sounds far-fetched, but then a green...

Not many of us think about death and even for those who do, it is just for mere moments before we are caught up in the daily maze of life. Death in itself has often been considered a taboo subject, a horrible experience that should...