Playing Blackjack Like an Engineer by David A. Janover, PE, presents blackjack as a structured decision-making system rather than a casual casino pastime. The book begins by reframing the game through engineering principles such as probability, optimization, risk control, and process thinking. Janover begins with...

Lenny's Big Baseball Road Trip by David A. Janover, PE, is a fun, illustrated story for kids. Lenny Miller’s dad has a surprise for him—this summer, he wants to go on a journey and visit all thirty Major League Baseball stadiums in the country. Lenny...

Echoes of Time by Anthony P. Mauro Sr. continues the story introduced in the Silent Sounds series, following Wes Marino as he returns to Manhassett Beach at seventy to reflect on the life that shaped him. The narrative moves between present-day observations and memories of...

"Harry the Hairless Wonder Dog" by Melanie Hughes is intended for early elementary children and it appears appropriate to that audience. Harry is a very unusual dog; he has no hair on his body except for a bit on the top of his head. He...

The book “Fun in the Mud” is an adorable book about sharing with friends created in a very clever way. It seems that Pig had found a wonderful mud hole and Goat and Rooster want to join in. Pig was swish splash, he was having...

No Black Flags In Heaven by Jan Holte is an interesting historical fiction story about two girls and their family. When their father died in the war, Mellie and Katie's mother remarried. They hate their step-father Hellmut, but after the death of their father, their...

Thomas ‘Pigeon Pete’ Turner is almost an average 16-year-old, at least until he accidentally steals a time travel machine from the Pentagon in The Pigeon Chronicles by Stephen Torelli. The nickname is the result of Tom’s love of racing pigeons with his grandfather, Pete Costa,...

Could time be a living entity? After breaking the laws of time and enduring the twists, quirks and danger time threw his way, quantum physicist Nathan Hawke would argue that, indeed, time had taken his intrusion personally. As one tragedy, dilemma, and adventure follows another,...

The Redeemer is the second book in The Temple of Empia Saga by M.C. Glan and it is a great treat for fans of fantasy. Before the birth of Cassandra’s child, gifted people had disturbing nightmares of a son. And Jim Bluefeather had similar visions....

In the adorable story Do Ants Wear Pants?, Gabrielle Grice talks about different animals by asking questions about them. “Do foxes sleep in boxes? Do goats ride in boats?” These are just two animals that the author writes about in this book! There isn’t much...

Who doesn’t like dessert? But does anyone consider that food, especially dessert food, has a character all of its own. Food character includes “the essence of flavors and the perception of tastes.” Desserts are more than just a sweet ending; it is a “symphony of...

Why Didn't the Chicken Cross the Road? by Paul Schwartz is a fun and educational picture book for young children. The story follows a chicken who desperately wants to cross the road to play and hang out with his friends, but his parents warn...

Grief: It's NOT Supposed To Be OK! by Ron Skinner and Jeff Kirk is a non-fiction self-help guide for readers who are navigating some of life's most heartbreaking moments, those who are looking ahead in preparation for the inevitable, and those who are trying to...

The Last War by Ian E.S. Adler follows a genocidal conflict between human mages and the Dragonkin; humanity emerged victorious, and the Dragonkin were wiped from existence. Thousands of years later, a prophecy warns that five individuals must confront an ancient threat—the serpent-folk of Nag...

Juwan Washington did not expect his foray into the mercenary business to turn out this way. Outgunned and outmaneuvered, his unit is annihilated in its first engagement. He ends up a slave on a distant planet until the day fortune favors him in meeting two...

Alaska Deadly is a work of fiction in the crime thriller, mystery, and suspense subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience for its theming and content and was penned by author J. L. Askew. In this excellent crime novel that packs...

Most children and many adults are afraid of the unknown. Ivy is a young child who has a lot of fear. In Ivy and the Hummingbird by Janice McMorris, Ivy discovers that most things she feared were actually nice. Ivy used to fear the croaking...

Whispers in a Phone Booth by J. Daniel Reed centers around the lives of two Polish sisters, Helen and Martha. Against the backdrop of World War I, their mother decides to send them to America to keep them safe from their abusive, alcoholic father. When...

The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor by D. R. Berlin is a suspenseful thriller. Sophie Allard is about to graduate top of her flight class, but she goes against orders to save a life. Believing she is about to be expelled, she is shocked...

Wash Your Brain: Stories. Laughter. Yoga. Life. is a work of non-fiction in the slice of life, humor, and memoir subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author Donna Debs, this entertaining work presents a humorous collection of stories...