Author Patty Mason offers hope to people suffering from depression, a condition that affects an estimated 33-35 million American adults. “It is a crushing illness that pays no attention to age, nationality, gender, social status, or the color of one’s skin. Women especially are at...

"The Prodigy Project" by Dr. Doug Flanders is a fast-paced and fun mystery read that will leave the reader turning pages quickly. It has a wonderful, family-oriented plot and is very well-developed so that the reader is never quite sure what will be in the...

"Life on Grayson Island" by E.R. Champion is based on true events and real characters and places although names have been changed for obvious reasons. It is the story of one gated community that thought they could do nothing wrong in the eyes of the...

Homer lives alone on a farm outside Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is delighted when Jeremiah Perry comes to him looking for work. Jeremiah is a good worker and even helps Homer renovate his farmhouse, but sometimes Jeremiah drives away in his truck for several days...

Zachary Kirk, with the help of two friends, was doing historical research relating to the coal mining communities of southern Alberta, for an assignment. As Zach looked through old newspapers he found a man named Dhugal Campbell. Zach found Dhugal’s story much more interesting than...

"Aging Gratefully" by Michael McGan is a humorous look at aging. The average age expectancy is 78 which makes 39 the middle age. I am just curious why people insist on referring to 50 as middle age. Does it make a person feel younger? I...

"Auld Lang Syne" takes ringing in the new year to a whole new level! So what does a seventy year old writer have to fear about this special night? Well, quite a lot as he is trapped alone at his home in a paranormal blizzard...

“Cinders Over the Junction” by J.P. Kenna is an intimate tale of a family’s history, from the mass exodus of Irish emigrants during the potato famine of the 1840’s to the attack on the Twin Towers in 2001. The story begins with a chance meeting...

Rick was a Taxi driver but on the side was a carrier sometimes with hash or pot and he delivered it for a tip. It didn’t matter to him what he was delivering just as long as he was paid. This time was different; he...

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...

"The Student’s Advantage" by Wyne Ince, part of the iUseMyBrain2 project, is more than inspirational. It is informative, encouraging and expertly presented. Part 1, Getting Started, is an honest discussion of the importance of education whilst also acknowledging that not everyone is cut out for...

"You = Love," written by Tricia Klinkhamer, illustrated by Dean Cercone and edited by Kara Keffer, is a children's concept book focusing on the concept that each person can show love to others. This book is filled with images and statements about love and about...

Corrine lay in a hospital bed in ICU as her daughter Bobbie Jean sat vigilantly next to her. The once beautiful petite woman was almost unrecognizable. After she lost Ludy she changed. She loved her children dearly but life wasn’t worth continuing without her precious...

Craig Ridgway leaves his well-educated home at the age of fifteen because he cannot imagine being in school another year. He moves from Philadelphia to Lancaster where he apprentices himself to the master-gunsmith Jakob Wetzel. When Jakob dies in January 1811, twenty-one year-old Craig loses...

RSDS is a horrible affliction. The brain refuses to turn off the pain that can inhabit any part of or almost all of the body. Mary Jane Gonzales' brief book "In the Blink of an Eye: My Life with RSDS" does an excellent job of...

"Fruit of My Labor" is a book to enjoy at any level. It is actually a small study of various types of poetry. The author Joe Frey teaches with his broad array of examples such as Haiku, Caligram, Alliteration, and tongue twisters and limericks. This...

It was a bitter cold snowy night. The power lines were down throughout the area. Jake grabbed his tool belt and flashlight as he exited the cab of his snow cat. He was checking the meter when he first heard the sound. Gong. Gong. He...

Marie Allan's Unfailing Love is her own personal story. As a young girl, she goes through extraordinary experiences that scarred her emotionally. Her parents married young and divorced twice and their children has to live through the pain of the separation. Feeling unloved and rejected...

"Pressure Drop" by Mitchell Smith takes us into a tale that blends the dry, wry humor of John Irving and the technical brilliance of Tom Clancy into one wonderful story. Mitchell Smith himself tells us that "Pressure Drop" is a blend of the 1980's opposition...

The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States fortified Joe Legion's determination to fight in order to protect his family from a yet unknown enemy. Illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and nuclear materials seem to have a strong link to the 9/11 attacks. Joe...