Happy Within by Marisa J. Taylor is a fantastic little book that will help all children learn to appreciate themselves. Marisa makes this book even more unique by having the text in both English and Spanish. As a bi-lingual book, Happy Within / Feliz por...

I Never Knew You, by award-winning author Patrick Higgins, is a compelling and provocative work of Christian fiction set against the backdrop of faith, mega churches, humble churches, underground churches, and the true nature of Jesus Christ from a Biblical standpoint. Whatever stripe of Christian...

Brick - by - Brick: Reshape Your Thinking by Shawn Singleton II is a self-help program designed to help those who feel they’re in a rut dig themselves out. He has devised a step-by-step methodology that is sequential and easy to understand. He includes handy...

Reading Balancing Dark with Light by Anthony D. Vaughn is like following the steps of Siddhartha toward his vision of Enlightenment. It is as if author Vaughn traveled through many incarnations on the road to his self-acceptance and the realization of his life’s mission. And...

Subterfuge is the fourth installment of Shannon Condon's Magdalena Series. Black ops operative Maggie wants a humdrum life with her two children and seemingly committed boyfriend, Mark. However, her life turns upside down when she is called upon by her father's covert agency to stop...

Peace Dreamer: A Journey of Hope in Bad Times and Good by Cheryl Melody Baskin touched me to the core. It invites readers to grow to the full stature of their humanity by tapping into the core values that define who they are — social...

“Is it giving up when it is inevitable…?” captures the frame of mind of the young protagonist, Samuel Saber, as the reader meets him in South Coast Son by Claire Merchant, and there couldn’t be a better premise and hook for a story that will...

In Lessons Learned: Short Stories of Continuity and Resilience, Michele L Turner expertly and simply recounts singular events in both her personal and professional life which prepared her, in her words, to ‘receive' her career passion. Immediately she was introduced to the discipline of Disaster...

A collection of short stories by Matthew C. Woodruff, 26 Absurdities of Tragic Proportions explores the characters displayed in the illustrations by Edward Gorey. The chapters delve into the backstory behind each of the characters portrayed in The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Maria and her daughter move...

Lights Out is the first book in the Lights Out trilogy by Joey Paul, an outstanding futuristic science fiction work with a well-imagined setting. The book is set in a dystopian period after the devastation of war. This time, the new society establishes the rule...

Lights On by Joey Paul is the second book in the Lights Out trilogy. We follow Lock and Clara in this second installment, fleeing their cityship after a successful escape from the base. They have made powerful enemies who will do anything to catch and...

Lights Off is the third book in the Lights Out series by Joey Paul and a great treat for young adult science fiction fans. In this installment, Lock and Clara have successfully escaped from the army's grip and enemies like Lana. With the resistance, the...

After the attempted murder of her father, a teenage psychic hunts for the person responsible in the paranormal novel Dying Thoughts: Seventh Death by Joey Paul. Tara's father is the legendary rock star Colin Leverton, who is very protective of Tara and her unique talent,...

When the police force tries to sully the name of a murdered police detective, his CI fights the system to find his actual killer and clear his name in the suspenseful young adult paranormal novel Dying Thoughts: Eighth Ending by Joey Paul. Series protagonist Tara...

Understanding Oscar by Jade Chapman is an informative and beautiful story for children. The book shows brothers Banjo and George getting to understand their other sibling, Oscar, and friend, Nala, who each have autism, but not in the same way. Oscar can't talk and sometimes...

Chasing Zorba: A Journey of Self-Discovery in a VW Bus, by Jerry Steimel, is an intriguing travelogue of introspection and fulfilling a lifelong dream. The Vietnam War is a powder keg in America, along with other social issues, and the author has just finished college....

Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir by Carolyn Lee Arnold is an uplifting, enjoyable read destined for women who are still open to finding love and being intimate with men until they find the right partner to settle down with. In this book, Carolyn...

Divided into three parts, Thom Kudla’s Disorder lets readers explore the complexity of mental illness. The thoughts resonate through narrative and unconventional typography art. In Part I: Clinical, The Photosynthesis of My Family Tree and I Am the Moon’s Son are not easy to read,...

A stolen award-winning bull, cattle rustling, plus an attempted murder of her grandmother incites the wrath of a Federal Marshal in the exciting thriller, Deadly Business by Anita Dickason. Piper McKay grew up on a ranch in east Texas with her grandmother, Jen. Now, several...

When a leader decides to share his skills with other leaders, it always happens that essential information becomes enlightening. This is especially true if the leader who shares his experiences is as authoritative as Don Sipes. In his fifty years of experience in the healthcare...