Unmarried Holocaust survivor Sidonia Perlstein immigrated with her toddler daughter, Hanna, to the United States in those years right after the World War. Sidonia settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, in a neighborhood of Jews, many coming as survivors from the Nazi concentration camps. Stoic Sidonia is...

What a cute idea to make one small book represent both the family who could afford to donate their extra things as well as the family who needed the things. In "Just Because", Amber Housey provides two stories that reflect how seeing another point of...

"Gesso Squad: The Graphic Novel, Volume One" features teenagers from Chandler High School who work for the United Nations. They are American Lyra Newton known as "The Purple Hat", Marshall Conte known as "Kitty Boy" from Peru, Sumi Caballo or "Lady Splatter" from Haiti, Sanford...

"The Quest for Forgiveness" grabs your attention within the first few lines when Brianna Bays is introduced as a stunning young performer who captivates her fans with her musical talent as well as her beauty. As you take life’s journey with Brianna, you will encounter...

"Learning from the Master" by Laura J. Davis is a companion devotional book to her novel, "Come to Me." "Come to Me" is such a wonderful story about Jesus from His mother Mary's perspective and I felt I learned so much from reading this novel....

"Chicken Boy: The Amazing Adventures of a Super Hero With Autism" is a book written by Gregory G. Allen and illustrated by Dennis Culver. When we open the book, we meet a young man who tells us that he has a superhero inside his head...

Wow! The memories of growing up in a town where there are only a few houses scattered around, a cemetery, a church and maybe a country story or a junkyard? Well, author Jeffrey Utterback grew up in a small town in the middle of nowhere...

Terry Ayrault, author of "Hoist Up Your Muffin Top and Show Me Your New Belt" proudly proclaims that his book is not politically correct. That is what makes his book so entertaining. I enjoy a book where the author doesn’t take himself too seriously. I...

Aging is a part of life. Our bodies change as we age. Time slips away in a twinkling of an eye. Hugh Wilson, M.D., has written a book about the aging process and what can be done to prolong life. This easy-to-read book travels into...

Yvonne Pat Wright opens her cupboards, her kitchen, and her heart. She gives the reader descriptions and uses (historical and present day) of herbs and spices. The use of the spice or herb reminds her of a story about people she has known, places she...

The author describes this book as a novel based on a true story. It is not a nice story. This is the story of Taylor, a victim of sexual child abuse by her brutal stepfather from the age of three, a vicious and continuing horror...

Nikki and her two besties, Zoe and Chloe, have so many things to deal with in life. Between school, social status and mean girls like MacKenzie, the days can be tiresome. Nikki's crush, Brandon, finally has taken notice of her (to her relief already)! What...

Slavery. In the twenty-first century it is difficult to imagine relationships among free and owned people. Due primarily to the poor living conditions of slaves on this plantation and the uncaring attitude of the owner, Hester's mother died after giving birth when Hester was just...

"The book Feathered: being a fairy tale" by Tom Weston is a fun adventure into the world of fantasy. Who has not laid back and dreamed of some handsome Prince coming and sweeping them away to marriage. I know I have but perhaps Alexandra did...

"Hammer Come Down" begins in Alabama in the 1830's. President Andrew Jackson has ordered Native Americans to relocate from their eastern and southern American locales to the Western territories. Jason, an African-American bondsman to Tolin Cobb, returns with Tolin from the Seminole wars in Florida...

"Passions in Paris: Revelations of a Lost Diary" is an 818-page novel by Rusty Blackwood. The story unfolds in Wychmere Willows, a beautiful place that overlooks Lake Ontario in Canada. The siblings Joe and Emily, with Joe's daughter CJ, await the arrival of other members...

Atul Uchil has written a self-help book based upon a massive heart attack he experienced. In "Remember Thou Art Mortal", the author tells that he was a corporate workaholic who believed he was physically invincible. He ignored the first signs of his heart attack until...

In "Terry", Terry Wadsworth Warne has written a vivid account of her entrapment in the events of World War II. Born and raised in the Philippines, she had an idyllic life until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As America was unable to evacuate all the...

"Adventures with Buster" is a warm, personal invitation to experience the relationship between a ‘Goldador’ guide dog named Buster and the legally blind human he serves, author London Lake Pickett. The story begins with Pickett and Buster’s first meeting at the training academy where he...

"The Strength in Knowing" by Alan Appt is an innovative and inspirational self-realization/help book which is based on his hindsight into his own personal life experiences. This refreshingly new take on all of the things that we allow to emotionally and intellectually plague us shows...