Sometimes, a superbly written and impeccably researched book is like a relationship: the more you invest, the more you get out of the experience. Instigators of the Apocalypse by Kevin Timothy O’Kane is a challenging, educational, and infinitely fascinating treatise that reads like the offspring...

Two young boys were playing on the wharf in Toronto Harbour just a few days before the end of Christmas break. It started out as a normal day, but all that quickly changed when they spotted something on the nearby beach. Their discovery was the...

Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem, An Annotated Repertoire by Amnon Kabatchnik is an overview of the most important theatrical works on the theme stated in the title, from Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus to Hamlet...

Off the Grid: Downtown Eastside Series, Book 1 by Karyn Good is a fast-paced story of romantic suspense. Dr Sophie Munroe is committed to serving the homeless in Vancouver and sets up a clinic in the midst of the downtown east side. On Christmas Eve,...

Seeds of the Bitter Harvest, a new book by John Sheppard, is a foray into a post-occupation Capitol City, after it has fallen to the Enemy. Protagonist Andy Whitman, newly orphaned and alone, clings to the last note his mother gave him before sending him...

Aisha the Navigator: Trains a Leader #1 by Amir Makin is a heartwarming tale about an intelligent, confident young girl named Aisha. One of Aisha's talents is the ability to travel through time. While selling her handmade jewelry in the park, Aisha meets another young...

Michael Duncan, an Elite operative of Eternity, the organization that protects and polices dragons, wakes up in a dungeon, chained to the wall - and that isn’t the strange part. When a beautiful young woman emerges from a pile of cloth that was thrown on...

My Return to the Future 2350 by John Schmidt is an interpretation of life after the prophesied Christian Biblical ‘Second Coming’. The author invites the reader to step into a vision and experience the future with him. Here is the new Kingdom (Earth before a...

Wounds of the Father: A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption by Elizabeth Garrison is comprised of the real life experiences of the author. Elizabeth Garrison grew up in a strict Christian home where her father practiced corporal punishment. When she was twelve...

Emily Harper’s, June Jensen and the Shield of Quell is a madcap mystery of “Who done it?” June Jensen finds herself in the middle of a very messy misadventure. June’s grandfather, the Professor, was once a renowned archaeologist and teacher. The Professor is admired by...

Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids? by Ruth Duskin Feldman traces the path followed by the famous Quiz Kids, the protagonists of the popular radio program of the 1940s, the ones who always answered the impossible. A Quiz Kid herself, this book chronicles how she...

Cathy Baker’s book To Do the Deal: A Novel in Stories is an easy read. As the title states, it is a novel made up of short stories. Each chapter is a different year in the life of Kenneth Bodine. The years range from 1991...

Tips, Tricks and Hacks for the Mom, Student, Working Professional, Athlete and Social Activist: How to Keep it Simple and Convenient by Durga Jenkins is more than just a short book with a really long title. Jenkins packs the book with a plethora of life...

A Secret Report to the True American Faith Society: Senior Citizens and Their Threat to America is a book of political satire by author Hy Brett. It focuses on the narrow-minded view that elements such as Social Security and Medicare have become costly elements of...

Jottings From The Labyrinth is a collection of short stories, poems and artwork by William Kind Hamburg, Jr. Hamburg served in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He lived in Cairo, Egypt, from 1998-2003, where he worked as a journalist and...

Cry to the Wind is a historical novel by Dell Brand. Set during the time of the Australian gold rushes in the mid-nineteenth century, the plot focuses on fortune seeker Adam, who we meet just as he receives the news that his beloved wife and...

Abby's Road, the Long and Winding Road to Adoption: And how Facebook, Aquaman and Theodore Roosevelt Helped by Michael Curry is much more than just a book with a long and quirky title. The story follows the journey of the author Michael and his wife...

Unlocking the Hidden Customer Experience by Colin Shaw is a book that every corporate executive as well as every small or large business owner needs to read. More than that, anyone who has had a good or bad experience with a call center person should...

Worth the Risk by Cathy Wilson is a story of friendship between Matty and Lexy and their daily struggles, written with feeling, emotion and love. Matty is 45 and still living in the past, mourning the death of her nine-year-old daughter, ten years earlier. Lexy...

Christine Steendam's Betrayed by the Ocean takes place in the late 1600s. The main characters, Catherine and Brant, go their separate ways within the first two chapters. And from that, two parallel story lines delightfully entertain us. After 11 years away from the very...