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...

Ocean One: Only One Ocean, Only One Chance is an environmental science children’s storybook written by Eileen Clancy Biegel and illustrated by Sue Lynn Cotton. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Biegel spent a year on Kure Atoll, which is the subject of...

Revelations by Bellamy Westbay is an intriguing romance novel with some fantasy, paranormal, and supernatural elements. The story begins with our heroine, Gwen, dreaming that she is on a beach. The only reason she knows it is a dream is because, although the details of...

White Wine and Medical Marijuana, by Julia Cirignano, is a bittersweet compilation of poems that describe the pain of being in love. Each poem is like a brutal wake-up call to anyone who has ever been in love. From being forgotten to watching a womanizer...

Staying in the Green Zone: How Biology Drives Behavior is a nonfiction motivational self-help book written by Dr. Christian Reichardt. Dr. Reichardt has been a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic for 35 years; he’s also a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician since 1986, a Certified Master Golf-Club...

The Book of Ralph by Christopher Steinsvold opens with the message “Drink Diet Coke” written across the moon by an unknown source. Markus West is hired to investigate the phenomenon, but he has little success, until one day a cylinder appears over the White House...

Sonora Pass is a graphic novel written by Jaime Olmos and illustrated by Kevin Nichols. Who killed Celia after the Jabberwocky Band reunion -- and why did they do it? Celia and Esteban had made plans to start a new life together in California after...

Gimme 15 Inches: Rants, Raves and Deadline-Driven Observations is a nonfiction collection of humorous columns and essays written by Dave Molter. In his About the Author section, Molter indicates that he’s a freelance writer of humor columns for the Observer-Reporter newspaper and a contributing writer...

The Cupcake Adventure by Strika Karmack, Navos Karmack, and Gus Karmack takes children on an exciting adventure with six cupcakes to a big old refrigerator. They cannot wait to reach there and find out what awaits them. Candy Cotton, Deep Dark Chocolate, Peter Pecan, Minty...

Pariah: The Zeke Adams Series -- Book 1 is a sleuth mystery novel written by Ward Parker. Zeke had had to make last minute changes to his fishing plans that morning, because Billy’s Bait Bazaar had not opened at its regular time. So, Zeke had...

Swordpoint by David Crane is a historical novel set against the backdrop of a turbulent period in French history, the 18th century; a story that follows the path of an unusually skilled character, Eugene Francois Vidocq, a thief and a hunted man in search of...

Crossroads and the Dominion of Four by C. Toni Graham is a delightful story that will appeal to both young and adult readers with a love for fantasy and stories with magic. We are introduced to four young characters who are destined to defend the...

Schooled is a contemporary fiction novel written by Matthew Rockwood. James Hartman eventually achieved his dream of becoming a corporate lawyer at a prestigious law firm, but even as he gamely struggled through that first grueling year of law school, he wondered if he had...

Evan Hartmann is a man with a heart of gold. He helps people in need, regardless of their station in life. He helps a prostitute that his brother frequented, before his death a year earlier, to purchase passage home from Sawtooth, Idaho back East...

Bed, Breakfast & Beyond is a nonfiction memoir written by Jo Ann S. Dawson. For the first twenty years of their marriage, Jo Ann and Ted dreamed of opening a bed and breakfast. They started out their married life living in a trailer on her...

The Golden Helm: More Tales from the Edge of Sleep is a collection of fantasy short stories written by Victoria Randall. In her iconic collection, Randall explores realms of fantasy that include epic tales of dragons, fanciful stories of unicorns and virgins, glimpses at the...

Tuma’s Boot by Gladys T. Kenfack opens with Tuma and his mother going to the river to play. Tuma takes off his boots and sets them down near the riverbank. The wind blows his boot into the water and it floats away. He is very...

Mambo's Toy Collection by author Gladys Kenfack is a delightful children's book full of pages of vivid color, and beautiful illustrations that catch the eye. It incorporates the idea of recycling into the story line, and at the end there is a toy that can...

Price of Life by David Crane starts in France in 10,000 B.C. A young tribesman named Ru was the only survivor of his people when they were attacked by another tribe. With the help of a sacred crystal, a strange remnant from a meteorite, Ru...

Adobe Moon, Wyatt Earp: An American Odyssey, Book 1 by Mark Warren maybe answers the question, when did Wyatt Earp become Wyatt Earp? Adobe Moon begins in 1862 with a young teen aged Wyatt who is anxious to grow up and get off the Earp...