Toni is a tanager, a small but very colorful bird with a tweeting attitude. She is honest to the core, almost brutally honest, taking pleasure in taunting the tree toads for only having three toes. Terri, another tanager, scolds Toni, insisting that she consider the...

Have you ever been intrigued enough by a book’s description to want to get into it right away, but after a few pages, you found yourself wondering what you had gotten yourself into, just what the heck was going on inside those pages and inside...

It is the 13th century, and a match between Sir Amaury Barlais and Sir Toringuel sees Amaury defeated. This failure sparks even more hatred from Amaury and this time he swears his revenge. Barlais and his two supportive friends, Cheneché and Bethsan, leave and later...

Love, Loss, and Lagniappe: A Love Story That Defied the Laws of Nature is a literary fiction novel written by Richard Robbins. It was spring of 1982, and Drew was enjoying being a part of the Admissions Office tours that showcased the Tulane University campus...

I Am and the Spirit Walks with Me is written by Angelo Lowery. Follow Angelo’s heartbreaking story of abuse and how she transformed her negative experiences into positive life lessons. Angelo grew up in a world where physical, mental and sexual abuse was part of...

Daisy Daydream the Nursery Rhyme Bus by Sue Wickstead is the delightful story of Daisy, the red double-decker bus who once traveled the streets of London. She was the number 73 bus and rode the Oxford Street route. Everything changed the day a bright red...

Antonius Tsai’s Solving for Why is a must-read not only for educators and students, but for anyone else who wants to find meaning in education and their overall life’s purpose. With the personal stories of students and friends that the author has interacted with dotting...

The Button by D.L. Finn is the story of Lynn Hill, a young girl who thought that her life would turn around just as she left her childhood behind and joined the ranks of adulthood. Trying to enjoy her life surrounded by people she loved...

Hard Times by John Hansen tells the story of Phil and Martha Caldwell as they seek a better life for themselves. In a story set in the 1930s, Phil persuades his reluctant wife to move from Lincoln, Nebraska to a 320-acre homestead in the wilds...

Ratlined is the first book in the Inspector O’Leary Series by Shane McCartney, a gripping crime novel with historical underpinnings and a setting in the period following the fall of Germany. We are introduced to a clandestine network of criminals from the fallen Nazis, running...

A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment is a nonfiction occupational resource book written by Katia Vlachos. Vlachos describes herself as a “seasoned expat” who has lived in a number of cities, countries and continents around the world over the last thirty...

Kinetic: Psychic Crossroads, Book 3 is a paranormal romance novel written by Anna Durand. Sean Vandenbrook’s first meeting out-of-doors in several months was faltering along with quite a bit of concern emanating from David Ranson, his mentor, friend and sometime surrogate father. David and Grace...

Genesis 22 is a tough passage for Christian skeptics and even some believers to accept. The way Scott LaPierre unfolds the message of this passage in A Father Offers His Son: The True and Greater Sacrifice Revealed Through Abraham and Isaac offers the reader assurance...

“He breathed in the cool, damp mountain air in slow, deliberate gulps, relishing every molecule of the now peaceful night. A single, muffled gunshot echoed out from the peculiar house… lives were extinguished from the narrow valley on one dreadful evening.” Technician and lifelong motorcycle...

Evoke by Danielle Simmons is a coming-of-age story with strong psychological underpinnings, a story of loss and one woman’s struggle to come to grips with a painful tragedy. Set in the imaginary locale of Lake Haven, Maine, we follow five childhood friends who meet again...

To Israel, With Love: A Journey of Discovery in History, Mystery, Travel, and Relationships by Carolyn B. Leonard is a non fiction book about one woman's journey to Israel. In full colour and historic splendor, the story unravels in the early morning at the airport...

Puppy Pickup Day: The Little Labradoodle Book 1 by April M. Cox begins with all seven puppies waking up happy to see a new day because they know they are all going to get a new home. They are excited and ready and they go...

If you enjoyed reading Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, you will love this new children’s book, For Infinity and Beyond. Author Terri Peel Bechtold uses a repetitive—and building—sentence throughout the book. Each time the sentence appears it gets a little longer and longer. The...

The Snow Witch by Rosie Boyes is a charming read filled with the magic and wonder of fairy tales. Siblings Kes and Star's lives change when they're sent off to live with their legal guardian: a grandma living in a St. Flurries house said to...

From page one, the reader discovers this is not a typical romantic novel. Annealing is not a common word in the English language, and the author includes the definition: to heat and cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle; to...