Antonieta Contreras, a board-certified neurofeedback clinician, details the neurobiology of trauma in her book, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders. Contreras differentiates between trauma and traumatization, giving examples to clarify the meaning. The author explores many topics, such...

Wine is extremely popular in some countries and it has become a part of the many ways that several cultures socialize. At some high-end restaurants in addition to the food menu, you will be presented with a wine list that could have pages of wine...

From the majestic Niagara Falls to Washington's proud buildings, Fred the adventurous snake and his friends have toured some of the USA's most remarkable and jaw-dropping destinations. Their trip takes them further west in this new Fred the Snake series installment. In Los Angeles, California,...

The Phantom Firefighter: First Responder is a middle-grade novel by J.W. Jarvis. Noah loves video games and spending time with his father. After eating out one night, Noah and his father stumble across a bookstore they hadn’t noticed previously. Noah selects a children’s book with...

Kennedy Girl by Caitlin Hicks is a gripping story about Annie Shea, a young woman who gets mixed up in the social and political unrest of the 1960s. Annie is having a hard time figuring out where she fits in a world that is changing....

Coming Home: Windsor Peak by Denise Latham is a military drama. After his wife passed away unexpectedly fourteen years prior, leaving him with a young son, Jake Burrows enlisted in the military. After being hurt, Jake decided to return to his hometown to heal from...

Maudie's summer with her dad in California marks the beginning of Sally J Pla’s The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn. Ever since her parents divorced, she would usually spend summers with her father in Molinas, but she is supposed to live with her mother...

Dreams are what sleep is made of; dreams lead to endless fantastical possibilities. The sky is the limit, quite literally, and all one has to do is close their eyes and imagine just about anything. TL Brown leads young readers into the beauty of dreams...

This gripping tale of determination and grit is a celebration of female resilience. Crafted in poetic language, The Ascenditure by Robyn Dabney follows Klarke Ascher, a passionate young woman who wants nothing but to become a member of the kingdom's elite climbing team. She wants...

Water plays such an important role in sustaining life that we need to teach our children as much as we can about the water cycle and how to conserve water. Adele Lamothe understands how vital this information is and wrote a fun little book called...

Set during the British handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, Nina Purtee’s fascinating romance novel, Crossing Paths: The Road to Destiny, chronicles a couple’s beautiful union amid friendships and family sagas. One day, after getting engaged to Ramone, a legendary Spanish...

Bruisers G’day Camping is a wonderful and entertaining book that introduces children to the varied and interesting animals of Australia’s Outback. Bruiser and Dash are two Australian dogs that go into the Outback and discover the wonders of nature. Along the way, they meet animals...

In Painting Her Thoughts by Natasha Blazic, Unna Turner is working as a physics assistant and nothing is exciting about her work and life. All of that is about to change when Rom Cabrey, her ex-flame and a famous artist, returns to the city. Over...

Flotsam by Patricia Boomsma is a murder/mystery, crime story that takes place in the Pacific Northwest and sheds a spotlight on the mysterious yet regular disappearances of women on both sides of the Canadian/American border, especially indigenous women. Kelly Flynn is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney...

The first book of the Lilly-Puss and Pharaoh series, Where is Home by Natasha Blazic, begins when poor little Pharaoh is separated from his mother and sister, Velvet, due to a fire that broke out in their home. Pharaoh was lost, afraid, and starving and...

In Clemmy Gets a Sister by Caroline Crocker, Clemmy, the English Bulldog, loved being the center of her humans’ attention. A duck with a duckling following her waddled through the yard, through the house, and to the swimming pool. When the mother duck waddled away,...

Hop on for an edge-of-your-seat action-adventure journey through the cosmos with Max Ferrada's Stellarlands. This graphic novel follows the exploits of Daffney, a superhero tasked with the mission to retrieve leftover intel from a remote support station at one of the moons of the world...

Liv Strom’s Stealing Glass is the first book in the Tales of Bones and Roses series. Tal is a city known as the place where people can speak to the spirits of their dead family members. Vanya and her twin sister were in debt to...

Decrypting Money, by Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic, is a guide to the world of cryptocurrency. The book begins with the history of money and then the origins of the first cryptocurrency, which was Bitcoin. The four authors then write about...

Angela's Grey's Secret Whispers is a coming-of-age story that follows a young high school senior suffering from a serious mental health condition. Adria Jameson is a talented artist with a challenging life. Apart from an alcoholic mother, Adria also has to take care of herself...