The Athena Algorithm by Joseph Cottereaux is my kind of book. I like it because it is full of details. Details about American history. Details about various weapons and computer systems, details of locations all over the world, and details about the human body, and...

Nyarla and the Circle of Stones is the first book in The Fethafoot Chronicles by Pemulwuy Weeatunga. At the time of the big invasion by the Ghost people, Bidjigal warrior Pemulwuy of Eora Country led his clan to victory in a 12-year war against the...

The Good Teacher is the first book in the Women of the Willow Wood series written by Lorraine Carey. About to start as the new third grade teacher at Mesa Luna Elementary, Daniella Reyes awakens from a nightmare about her abusive father who had died...

The Final Pet Stop: Patches the Dog by James S. Martinez is a story that helps children deal with the loss of a pet. Patches and his friends discuss what it is like when a cat or dog dies. They tell of all the wonderful...

The middle class makes up the biggest part of the American population. Unfortunately, it is also the most disgruntled group due to the adverse effects of poor government policies that have seen their income continue to decline while expenses continue to go up. Fundamental expenses...

I have read several books about Walt Disney, company Disney, Disneyland, training and customer service at Disney, but I have never read a book that brings together the history of Disney and Disneyland and combined it with very practical leadership and personal skills as I...

In The Last Englishman: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, Keith Foskett chronicles his experiences hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,656 mile route that connects the borders of Mexico and Canada. Passing through the states of California, Oregon and Washington, the trail...

The Revenge of Excalibur: Book 2 of the Excalibur Saga by Sahara Foley is the quest of a woman who can either save her father or her people. Pamela is alone in this world. When her father left with an alien woman 27 years ago,...

The Grid: Fall of Justice (The Grid Trilogy, Book 1) by Paul Teague is set in a dystopian world where society survived a terrible plague that devastated the former civilization. The City is a fortress city divided by concrete walls separating rich and poor. It’s...

The Sisterhood is the first book in The Sisterhood series written by Alison Clarke. Fifteen-year-old Opportunae (Oppie) comes from a long line of female warriors who are descended from King Arthur. Both Oppie and her best friend, Aurora (a fierce dragon warrior), love listening to...

The Departed is book one in the Departed Series by Kristy Cooper. When sixteen-year-old Gwen Byron’s best friend, Lana Foster, doesn’t answer her text messages one morning, she assumes that Lana has been grounded by her very strict parents. Later that day at school, however,...

The Messenger Within: Unlocking the Secrets to Greater Freedom and a Better Life by Dhebi DeWitz is an uplifting book which introduces readers to the fields of self-empowerment and energy healing. The book, which is an excellent combination of consciousness, love, science, and transformation, is...

The Carver by Jacob Devlin is a wonderful fairytale. The stories we all know get an interesting sequel that starts with the question what if Peter Pan and Pinocchio grew up? Enzo was a happy child who loved it when his father carved him...

The Hunter seeks only to live as normal a life as possible, but with demons haunting him everywhere he goes such a life is beyond him. With Soulhunger and the demon to lead him, there is little that he can do but kill again and...

For Saffron, growing up during the Civil War has meant that normal life and all the things she dreamed of doing like her older sisters has been put on hold. She will never get her debutante's ball, or the courting and dancing that she always...

The Old Man's Request is Book One of the Utgarda Trilogy by Joab Stieglitz, a promising entry for a trilogy that will most certainly find a comfortable home with fans of the supernatural genre. It has been fifty years since a group of students released...

The Clay Endures, Book Two is written by Sharon K. Miller. Despite the angst of his family on hearing he wants to marry a Mexican Indian, Armando weds his beautiful Esperanza, and travels far away beyond Tucson, away from family and everything familiar to build...

I really appreciate being drawn into a very real fictional world where the author has taken the time to paint in details so intricately that you find yourself wondering if this story really could be true. I also appreciate a good vampire tale. Not the...

The Right Steph is a sports biography written by Mike Yorkey that centers around Christian athletes, playing with purpose in the NBA. After extensive research, the author was only able to come up with a small percentage of athletes who live their faith. Among the...

When you think about annual appraisals, what comes to mind? Do your hands begin to sweat? Do you experience panic attacks? Or do you welcome the feedback? For years, annual appraisals have been viewed as the game of death. It appears that annual appraisals are...