Alcoholism and mental illness. Unfortunately, these are two things that often go hand in hand, and way too many people have to deal with them, either by having these issues themselves, or by having a loved one suffering from these illnesses. In Cape Maybe by...

In Life is Beautiful: How a Lost Girl Became a True, Confident Child of God by Sarah M. Johnson, Sarah is looking forward to her family's trip to Guatemala to reconnect with her family and get away from the troubles in her life. She recently...

Addison Anderson comes from a family of AA’s. Her parents have a penchant for alliteration that accompanies a welcome sense of fun and loyalty. When Addy considers the warmth that surrounds her siblings, nieces, and nephews, she realizes that it is time for her to...

In The Timetrippers, 10-year-old Dan Goodwin and his younger brother, Tim, live with their parents, Hugh and Liz, in Southcoats, England. Their father is offered and accepts a great job in a small village called Mistlees in Perthshire, Scotland. They find a lovely old house...

Wow! Just, wow! That’s what I thought when I finished reading If…Lost or Found by author Jackie Mae. Follow the story of Sabrina, a woman who’s on a grand adventure, traveling the world. But issues from her past haunt her, and she must return home...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live in a tiny space and to give up life's prescribed conveniences in order to explore the edges of your creativity and live life more adventurously? That's exactly what author and professional organizer Felice Cohen...

Nuzzels is a very inquisitive little skunk. He really wants to see the world outside of his den. He’s sure that it would make an exciting adventure. But his mother has forbidden anyone from leaving the den, telling them that the world outside is a...

What My Brain Told Me by Thom Kudla is an introspective and emotionally rich collection of autobiographical essays, poetic reflections, and short stories chronicling the author's coming-of-age journey through family, friendship, love, loss, and self-discovery. With both tenderness and biting wit, Kudla explores the depths...

Thomas Kudla’s poetry is fresh, inventive, playful, wise, insightful, musical, revealing (in the particular way that only simple questions, simply asked, can be), and always engaging. In Commencement, Kudla leads his reader through an abecedary of poetic observations, followed by similar riffs based on numbers,...

In Out of Context, poet Thom Kudla offers a series of sardonic, heartbreaking and often inexplicably poignant observations on the futility and joy of being fundamentally human. The human condition has existed for as long as there have been poets to muse upon it, and...

For eighteen years, author Trashina Conner’s first love was her father. Her father was always there for her until his unexpected death in 2006. In 18 Ingredients to Make Daddy, the author gives a personal account of what she remembered and loved about her father....

In today’s world, everyone is constantly bombarded with questions, challenges, issues and crises regarding relationships, finances, employment, everyday life, health and global events. Finding simple pleasures and experiencing joy seems to be increasingly elusive so a guide like Golden Words: The A to Z Toolkit...

What about Barnum? by Joss Landry is the first book in the Binary Bounty series, and an exciting blend of fantasy and sci-fi, a story of love, crime, and family. And there is more! Millicent “Millie” Brewer has learned to keep her distance from men...

Fireburn by Apple Gidley takes the reader into the 1870s to the Danish owned island of Saint Croix. Anna Clausen is a young woman who is of Anglo-Danish heritage and she finds herself coming back to her childhood home after her mother passes away. Things...

Alternatives to a Frozen Mouse: Book One by AJ Mouse is a memoir written by someone with DID or Disassociate Identity Disorder, or what used to known as Multiple Personality Disorder or Split Personality, and is one of the best books I have read in...

Shrouded Truth: Biblical Revelations Through Past Life Journeys (Radiant Light Series) by Reena Kumarasingham is a book that took me by utter surprise, a journey into the memories of the past lives of eight ordinary people with links to Jesus. The author explains that the...

ADHD Explained: What Every Parent Needs to Know is a nonfiction book about children’s health and learning disorders written by Dr. Nekeshia Hammond. Hammond has been a practicing psychologist for over ten years and has her own private practice. What is ADHD, and how does...

History is History by Thom Kudla begins with an aging man, ill and regretful, thinking on a life spent on performative intellect rather than living deeply. Though surrounded by books, he rarely read them meaningfully. He suffers from déjà vu and emotional detachment, worsened by...

From Madness to Mad Pride by Thom Kudla is a telling memoir of a man grappling with a bipolar mental condition. The only child of a teacher and a professor, Thom is an above average junior high student. In Hudson High School, he is quite...

Humongous (& Cool) Words For Kids is a nonfiction educational book for children written and illustrated by SB Hilarion. Hao Finley Lee (HF) and his little sister, Sabine Yi Lee (SY) are philomaths, and they really enjoy it. What’s a philomath, you may wonder? According...