Standing at Water's Edge: A Cancer Nurse, Her Four-Year-Old Son and the Shifting Tides of Leukemia describes Brennan's journey with leukemia and how it impacted his mother, Janice Post-White, and the rest of her family. Diagnosed at four and a half, it details his...

Katy has a problem. She is different than most of the other children in her class. Julie Schanke Lyford and Robert A. Schanke explain how Katy is differently-abled in Katy Has Two Grandpas. Katy has a lisp. Kids and adults can be cruel to children...

Brian J. Bassett loves Africa and wildlife. He shares his love in Blood, Sweat, and Fears. Brian’s wife, Sue, shares his passion and adds her love of photography. This book gets readers so close to wild animals that it might have an alternative title of...

Losing Love is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama and social issues subgenres. It is intended for mature readers and was penned by author B.J. Herron. The book follows Faith Shields as she is forced to return home after 15 years following a...

Sheila McGraw's Sketchy Characters is a page-turner about a character who has to question the sincerity of everyone around her as she strives desperately to escape the schemes of a serial killer. Jobless, broke, and homeless, Marilyn finds new opportunities to advance her life beyond...

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Elections: A Memoir of International Democracy Builders (Ordinary People Trilogy Book 2) by Lois Ann Nicolai is a continuation of the amazing journey of this former Indiana farmer’s wife who reinvented her life after her husband’s tragic death. Setting out on a...

Before by J. Kilburn is a coming-of-age satire that pieces together the lives of a tribe of kids, and is part of the author's Heaven's Door series. There are many moving pieces in this novel and various point of view characters. The narrative weaves between...

Pepper’s family abandoned her at a McDonald’s in Texas. Sad, alone, scared, the little dog named Pepper had to fend for herself. She managed to get enough food from McDonald’s patrons and she found a house nearby where she could curl up underneath. But she...

Finding Charli is a work of fiction in the visionary, mystery, and magical realism subgenres, and it serves as the fourth installment in the Lake Scugog Mysteries series. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Maighread MacKay. In...

Butterfly Lake by Robert J. Saniscalchi is a thriller featuring Vietnam war veterans Rob and Tex. Tex had just arrived at Rob’s lakeside cabin in Pennsylvania for a vacation with his wife and two kids. On the second day, they had no sooner prepared lunch...

Don’t F*ck Up Your No-Budget Movie! by Ivan Peric features useful advice from an experienced filmmaker, told in a candid voice that feels like having a conversation with a friend or mentor. The book is full to bursting with good advice and helpful footnotes, denoting...

Carbon Under Pressure by Meg Heart is a book based on real events. This emotional and moving story begins with Rose being awoken by her sixteen-year-old daughter’s sobs and tears. Rose was taken by surprise at her daughter's emotional breakdown as she was always cheerful....

The Father, the Son, and the AHA Moment is a work of non-fiction in the self-help and parenting subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by authors Steve and Spencer Barton. The book is an exploration of the parent and...

Anyone who has had a heart attack knows that recovery can take a long time, and patients who have finished physical therapy may find that what they have already done is not enough. If this is the case for you (or if you know someone...

Dear Stroke, You Suck is an inspirational memoir recounting the story of a stroke survivor's journey back to recovery by Biomechanics Specialist Tracy L. Markley. Six months after suffering a stroke, Gary, the survivor, meets personal trainer Tracy at a gym in Florence, Oregon. Finding...

It was one of those days at the park for Scoochie and Skiddles. The children had fun on the swing set and monkey bars. They also met up with friends. One of the new friends asked their parents’ whereabouts, and Scoochie pointed to them sitting...

Flight: Notes on the Out-of-Body Experience by Nancy Stephan is a metaphysical memoir detailing the author's multiple conscious and unconscious OBEs. The book begins with Stephan describing her earlier life and the Christian cornerstone that has shaped her. Her first OBE is a turning point...

Addison Braves Brazil, written by Laura James and illustrated by Jasmine Smith, is a mid-grade interactive storybook that takes readers into South America through the eyes of a young girl. Addison is introduced as an upbeat girl from Arkansas with a mother who is a...

Unleashing the Power of Respect: The I-M Approach, by Dr. Joseph Shrand, is a powerful, highly relatable self-help guide that examines human behavior and seeks to improve it through the lens of respect. Behavior can be a puzzling thing sometimes, and most humans try to...

The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World One Choice at a Time, by best-selling author Christopher Gilbert, is the perfect self-help book for bringing ethics and nobility back to human thinking and behavior. Themes of trust, truth, and personal success are also explored, and this...