From the opening poem of this collection (‘Geography’) you know you are in the hands of a cultured, knowledgeable and thoughtful poet. Richard Pacheco knows art is about ‘vanishing points.’ Artists, like poets, direct their audience, as Auden might say, even to the quiet corners...

Legend and fact intertwine tantalizingly throughout the history of what we now know as the British Isles. The story of the Kingdom of Alt Clut, what fragments survive, is populated by the likes of King Arthur, Saint Patrick, Macbeth and Old King Cole, and it...

Jake Travis has met his match in The Second Letter. Determined to complete another job for his government contacts, he sets out to retrieve a letter that supposedly came from the Cold War era when America was young and policies were lax. But Raydel Escobar...

Bizzy the Hardworking Bee Volume 8 (Honeybee Series) by Jeanette Vuuren is the eighth book in the Honeybee series. Like the previous volumes, the book is educational and it tells young readers about the chores of the worker bees for the whole week. The layout...

Haunting Memories from a Troubled Past: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr is an exciting story. Hera Hunter is a private investigator in Centreville. Thanks to Hera's former training in the Marines, she became an expert sniper, and her job was to seek justice...

How Fast Does it Go? (The Speed of Things): The Speed of 20 Types of Transport from Tricycles to Cars to Space Ships by Lilley Light is a charismatic children's pictorial book that is chock full of intriguing information, facts, and pictures of vehicles and...

Concerned relatives ask for help to find their missing family members who are with Indians. Deputy Pete finds himself on a search mission into the cold untamed frontier with Tom, a man who barely escaped the noose. The more they venture into the unknown, the...

When things come crashing down on Myra Benning’s idyllic life in Home Fires, she has to reach deep inside to find the strength to continue. Judith Kirscht tells the story of how the awkward girl who grew up on the Minnesota Prairie faces a life...

Hamfist at DaNang by G.E. Nolly is a story about LT Hancock Hamilton. “Ham” wanted to be a fighter pilot since he was a kid. As result, he dedicated himself at the Academy and graduated top of his class. However, after graduation, Hamilton is...

Alphabet Job Buddies, written by Mamma Macs, is an excellent children’s book as it is educational and also fun to read! Each letter of the alphabet is shared in order in the book with each letter having its own page to introduce an occupation that...

What's Lost in the Dark by V.R. Avent is an erotic romance story about two people so completely in love but their pasts always keep getting in the way. Abigail and Zach had just started dating, but they were completely in love; they did not...

A Job for Joe by Joe Paris Lee takes a humorous look at Joe's working life. Joe has had no less than 56 jobs in 60 years, something of a record perhaps. A Job for Joe takes us into the roller-coaster ride of his attempts...

Nebraska's Map is a real treasure of its own. Roger Ladd Memmott has created a world of uncertainty to surround his volatile, over-thinking characters, whose intricately woven existence is both insular and dangerous. Rubi and Wyatt share a common love, birthed during primary school and...

The Weapons of Our Warfare by Patrick A. Bucksot is a wonderful scriptural dissertation of the weapons Christians have been given by God to carry out the spiritual warfare in which we spend our every hour. I have to confess this is not what I...

Cancer has plagued the minds and lives of many people in the world. Most, however, have not the slightest clue on how to relay information or help the younger generations understand the topic. Movember with My Doggy by Angela Bucklaschuk is a book created by...

May I Ask You Something by Cyan Corwine is a cute and inspirational poetry book about finding our place in the world, in the stars, and in life. The narrator is what appears to be a little girl (accompanied by cute drawings), and she is...

Happy Grey Hair by Chris Wilson is an interesting play about the main characters, Udo, and his grandsons, Eze and Chike. Eze and Chike want to inherit their grandfather's money. They behave badly toward the people around them, including their grandfather. They treat others without...

The Gullwing Odyssey by Antonio Simon begins with a case of mistaken identity that leads to a funny, tongue-in-cheek fantasy tale of epic proportions. Lead protagonist, Marco Gullwing, possesses a unique blend of talent, luck, and the blessings of the gods to get out of...

Where Do Belly Buttons Come From?: The Non-historical Truth by Jeffery Warren Scott is a cute story that will affirm to children that all of them are loved and special. It is delightful to read the reason of how belly buttons came into existence and...

The Innkeeper's Dog by Deborah Bence Boerema is the story of Thaniel, the Spaniel. Thaniel the pup feels left out and he is sad that he is not special to anyone. He listens to stories told by his friends in his stable and he feels...