Teenage Runaway by Ronald Schulz is the true account of his departure from home at age fifteen in 1967 and his subsequent journey through Illinois and the southern U.S. Schulz details his methods of evasion, travel by bus, and brief encounters with locals while navigating...

I'll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life follows author Carly Schwartz as she feels disconnected from her life, career, and relationships, despite outward success. In her efforts to find answers to the discontent she was experiencing in life, she embarked on a quest...

Vuk: Legend of a Fanged Guardian Angel by Dan Božinov had me spellbound. In New York in 1983, Alex inherits two unusual legacies from his late father. One is a big dog, and the other is a mysterious journal. In the journal, he discovers the...

Marie Turcios's memoir, Hakuna Shida: Memories of a Guatemalan Family in Africa, traces how her family came to live in Africa. She recounts the 2007 move to Kenya after her husband accepted work with an international agricultural firm. The family settles in Thika for several...

The Purple Pill: How to Balance Success in a Divided World presents Kiani Mills’s account of realizing that her life was shaped by learned patterns absorbed long before she could evaluate them. She describes how early conditioning guided her toward functioning efficiently in social and...

The complexity and the different personalities of human beings show that not everybody takes the same route. Not everyone has the same level of ambition or zeal to change the world. Others are comfortable being the silent heroes. That is the image Kate Benson tries...

Born and brought up in London’s East End in 1952, Steven James Foreman longed for adventure and headed for Africa in 1992 to follow his dream. He was to stay for 30 years, returning to the UK in 2024. He recounts his experiences in From...

I’ve read a lot of parenting books, but Keep Your Cool: Anger Management for Parents by Olivia Tanner Greene is a total knock-out. Usually, books about temper and triggers can feel a bit shaming, but the affirmational tone in this book is a breath of...

Dolly Parton once said, “The magic is inside you. There ain’t no crystal ball.” In C is for Courageous by Shanita Liu, young readers are taken on a warm, upbeat A–Z journey that shows them how courage is something they already possess. They just have...

It is 1941, nine years after the devastating Holodomor in Ukraine. Two years earlier, fifteen-year-old Konstantin “Kostya” Lysenko had missed out on the mass recruitment of the Red Army for boys over the age of eighteen, unlike his older brothers, Petro and Grisha, when World...

God Whispers Are Life Changers by Michael Salkeld is a memoir about the blessings that come with following God’s guidance. At a time when Michael and his wife Delane were both out of jobs, and everything was looking bleak, God whispered to them. They co-founded...

Space Cat in Paris by Dawn M. Aerts is about a cat who becomes a superhero in her own special way. This children’s picture book is inspired by the true story of a cat named Félicette. The tale begins in Paris, where the feline enjoys...

Darryll Sherman takes readers back to the past. Those of us that grew up in the 70s remember the time through rose-colored glasses. It may not have been as great as we remember, but it was our era. Sherman reminds us that skorts were called...

Mike Flynt grew up in a tough family. He learned to fight when he was young. During his senior year at Sul Ross State University, he was the Captain of the football team. Unfortunately, he was kicked off the team for fighting. Flynt married and raised...

Many are a victim of their past. Whether it is abuse, alcoholism, divorce, illness, or a multitude of other things, we allow our heritage to dictate our future. Authors Marilyn Hickey and Sarah Bowling discuss the plan God has for redeeming families: change, completion, and...

Three Romance Mysteries… When sisters Jenna Stafford and Carly Reece get together, there is sure to be murder, laughs, and romance. When the local editor is murdered, Jenna and Carly are hot on the trail of the murderer in Death On a Deadline. Branson is the setting...

This is the third book in Kenny Luck’s, “God’s Man Series.” In today’s culture, few believe in spiritual evil. It is much more acceptable to internalize everything. It is not popular to admit you believe that the devil exists. Frankly, if you do not believe...

Jill Elizabeth Nelson bringsback fan’s favorite Desiree Jacobs in Reluctant Smuggler number three in the “To Catch A Thief Series.” Desiree Jacobs throws herself in to her work as an expert cat burglar to keep her mind off the death of her father. Reluctant Smuggler...

This short book is big on historical information. Alan and Judy Sweeney have researched and intensely studied their topic. The photographs bring history to life. Salaries were $3-$1 per day. The Sweeney’s include information concerning the death of workers, locomotives colliding. The title of this...

Jerry J. Pollock, Ph.D. courageously shares his memoirs with readers. The portrait Jerry paints of his family is cold and distant. His mother was promiscuous. His father was neurotic and was in and out of hospitals. Jerry had severe headaches from age four, which frightened...