This book appealed to me because sadly we weren’t taught much about history in school. Either that, or I am so old now that I have already forgotten it all. This book was a wonderful, fun, informative source for children (and adults) to learn more...

This is an impressive book with pictures and stories of people who change their ways and become native plant growers. Their beautiful wild gardens surround their homes and grace their communities with new life at every turn. Without being preachy or forceful, the author gives...

Author Gary Snyder knows exactly what he writes about in this expose, "Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector". He has held many positions in the non-profit sector and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. What...

Herve Jaubert begins "Boston Fracture" with a description that made me want to fly to the Caribbean and scuba dive. In my mind’s eye I could see the blue waters, the colorful fish swimming by, the coral reefs, and the bubbles floating to the surface...

Mims Murphy is not your stereotypical romance author. She feels "average" and not overly desirable as a woman, but she enjoys telling stories about irrefutable, passion filled romance. When she meets the model for her latest romance novel, she is reminded that she doesn't fit...

Married couple Fels and Carl move to the mountain pine forests of the Cuyamaca mountains east of San Diego, California, after Fels' beloved nephew, Tod, is killed accidentally. Carl's left ring finger has been badly damaged, so his career as a blues musician is over....

Readers with a commanding knowledge of mathematics and space science will dig right into this delightful read of time travel and alternate worlds. Mathematician Will's great-uncle Bill has been sending him into an alternate world once a month as he had done with Will's father...

"Bay House" by J.B. DiNizo is one of those novels that are a once in a life time read. Covering a span of over one hundred and fifty years, we follow the family line from 1832 to the present. The story begins with two families,...

Charlotte Asari is a famous and totally fearless reporter for CNN who had travelled to remote and forbidding places in the world with her photographer Curt. Now, in the comforts of her Minnesota home, she, her less than beloved husband Mike, and their twelve year...

"Rosi's Castle" will capture the curiosity of the YA reader when an orphaned young teen is catapulted into the world of the bizarre and paranormal as she is sent away to live with an uncle in a small New England town. She settles in an...

"Zippy and the Stripes of Courage," written by Candida Sullivan and illustrated by Jack Foster, is an excellent story for helping children to accept themselves even if they are different from their peers. Zippy is the only zebra in his family and the only zebra...

“A Time to Heal” by Seye Oke is a wonderfully written book. Seye Oke has written this book about strange events taking place in an African community, with a Christian background. However, the events in this book can be taking place in any village, town...

Just how much trouble can a girl get into by losing her job? With 26-year-old journalist Julie McNamara, plenty! Julie’s retrenchment from her job at Polaris magazine catapults her into the kind of seedy world one only reads about. From covering Hollywood A-listers’ glamorous and...

Freelance writer Syeeda Mckay is still recovering from breast cancer surgery when she receives a text from someone who claims to have information regarding a serial killer who has been shooting black prostitutes in Los Angeles for twenty years. McKay, who has been investigating these...

Mary Firmin's debut novel "Deadly Pleasures" will draw you in by the cover and keep you hooked when you begin reading the story! Megan is on the search for "Mr. Right" as she is dealing with a broken engagement and her three best friends are...

Bob MacKenzie offers readers a short but very well-written mystery that sent chills down my spine. MacKenzie deftly sets the scene. He begins by describing the eat-in kitchen of a low rent apartment. I could see the sparsely furnished room, the pages of a letter...

Kimberley Payne's "Fit for Faith: 7 weeks to improved spiritual & physical health" is a great resource for anyone who wants to improve his or her health and overall well-being. The first part of the book contains short chapters each focusing on a specific aspect...

The Bible tells us in John 23a: "That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." What does it really mean to Honor God? Are you willing to take a 27-day challenge to "Just Honor God?" Do you think it is...

I was impressed by how easy the reading could be for such a hard topic. This book is full of hope, success stories, and faith in God. It is an example of how to ride a very tumultuous wave that touches so many of our...

"American Fever" by Peter Hall is a very well-written book about a pandemic virus that threatens civilization as we know it. It is told through a 225-day blog by a writer known only as "Count Blogula" and the reader only knows the characters through the...