Keith Holyoak’s Facing the Moon is an interesting anthology of ancient Chinese poetry by the famous poets Li Bai and Du Fu. During translation from the original Chinese verse, he manages to capture the sentiments of the verses without affecting the artistic flow. The book...

Something strange and dark is hiding in Africa, but no one is certain just what it wants. When Virginia and her family head to Africa on a two-week trip, they expect to experience the wilderness. What they don’t expect is two months trapped in a...

Ever since she arrived home from Totoba, Virginia hasn’t been able to forget the experience she had. Of course the experience isn’t complete and all she seems to remember is a man named Nick and some strange times at a pavilion. For three years she’s...

Belongings in the Sand: The Tale of the Red Heeled Shoes is an adventure short story written by Carol Knox. Dr. Adiba of Journal English was supposed to be picking up the young professional woman from the Dubai airport. She was carefully and suitably dressed...

The Moorigad Dragon: Age of the Hybrid Book 1 is a dark romantic fantasy novella written by Debra Kristi. Kyra is a Moorigad Dragon, a hybrid born to a fire-dragon father and a water-dragon mother. She's not what anyone in her family wants her to...

The Recovery Formula: An Addict’s Guide to Getting Clean and Sober Forever by Beth Burgess is a guide for anyone addicted to alcohol or drugs who is ready to do something about it. Beth proposes a four-point approach. She tells people they must: 1) Get...

The Happy Addict: How to be Happy in Recovery from Alcoholism or Drug Addiction by Beth Burgess is for people who have put down the drink or drugs, but are still struggling to be happy and healthy. To overcome the hurdles that often face one...

What is Self Esteem? How to Build your Self Esteem and Feel Happy Now by Beth Burgess is an uplifting book that will show readers how to develop a healthier sense of self-esteem and self worth that many of us tend to lack. People often...

Pierre Hideaway Pinkett is an unusual boy, brought to Caroline by some unusual circumstances. She raises him as her own, although he was given to her by a witch. He is adventurous and full of mischief, and later meets the same witch that gave him...

Authors Erik Daniel Shein and Theresa A. Gates continue to delight readers with Sanctuary, Book II of The Monsterjunkies, An American Odyssey series. A year has passed since the Monsterjunkies welcomed several trusted souls to their estate. Crow is now 15 years old and enjoying...

Adventures of My Brother's Keeper: Let Our Ball Go by Wendy Marie Withers is the delightful story of two brothers, Samuel-Hakeem and William. Both of them do everything together and Samuel, being a year older, likes to teach William new things. One day while playing,...

As you are introduced to Dani, you learn that Dani is the youngest detective on the police force in town. You meet Chloe and Ricky, her two best friends. When Chloe finds out about a horse racing competition, Chloe is more than excited. About a...

On the way to his usual Wednesday golf game, Jonathan meets Dave, who is gathering material for a book about playing golf. Dave offers to observe how Jonathan plays over nine holes, and the skeptical Jonathan plans to show this chair expert how a pro...

Turning 15 has never been a more stressful experience. Brigid, a 15-year-old, has just found out that she's the most recent in an ancient Celtic tribe. Instead of being a princess, or a famous artist, Brigid is the direct inheritor of magical powers of her...

Sex and the American Male by Jay Williams has absolutely nothing to do with sex, but everything to do with advertising and the messages it sends you. As Williams states in his clever cliff-notes: "The author attempted to show how America has become saturated with...

Escape in Time: Miri's Riveting Tale of her Family's Survival During World War II is a young adult historical novel written by Ronit Lowenstein-Malz, translated by Leora Frankel and illustrated by Laurie McGaw. Nessya is a young Israeli whose best friend, Rachel, has given her...

Algorithm by Arthur M. Doweyko is notches above the ordinary, as the author has incorporated extensive research and excellent descriptive writing. The story begins with Adam Dove, a young teenager, finding something shiny and looking like a coin embedded in a lump of coal in...

The hair on the back of your neck begins to prickle just the slightest bit and stand up, your breath begins to slowly increase as your heart pumps faster, anxiety spreads through your veins like fire, and you have the most bone chilling feeling about...

Dear Babies: Crazy Life, Simply Explained by Amy Denby is not your typical parenting book. It is a book of letters to Amy’s babies. Every time Amy experiences something new, she writes them a funny and honest letter. The letters follow the whole ten months...

Bible study is an important practice for anyone trying to develop and maintain a positive Christian attitude. With many different approaches for understanding the word of God, Songs of Deliverance by Debra Griffin Mitchell offers a fresh, straight-forward guide for identifying examples of deliverance. Debra...