Crossing the Border is a collection of short stories by Ksenia Rychtycka. The title of this collection itself presents myriad moments in life with nine stories set in Ukraine and reaching to the United States and Greece. Love, disillusionment, tragedy, strength and perseverance are highlighted...

Chance Meetings by Madhu Bazaz Wangu is about how meeting one person can change or affect your life. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. Even if I accidentally bump into someone, it was because it was supposed to happen. That is...

Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young by Avi Morris is a work of fiction, although sadly, many kids have actually experienced what happens in the story. The story is told through foster father Hal Allen's eyes. At times the reader experiences what the kids, Selena and...

Caesar, Cicero & Cleopatra is a great historical novel. I like reading about ancient Rome and comparing it with America. I also like reading interesting books about exceptional people. Caesar certainly qualifies as exceptional and Arthur J. Paone brings Caesar and his contemporaries to life...

When things get tough, we all look for something or someone to lean on; some turn to booze, drugs or money while others discover that family and friends are best to hold them up. Jevon E. Thompson tells the story of a family struggling to...

In his book Chinese Rocks, author Peter Baird offers readers the fictional tale of Robert and his turbulent life in China. It all started in 2003 when Robert realized he was bored with his life. He began daydreaming about travel and living anywhere other than...

Circle Dance by Lynne and Valerie Constantine is a beautiful family saga spanning two generations over a perfectly detailed year of their lives. The story centers around two sisters, Theodora and Nicole, who have strong ties with their Greek heritage as well as sharing the...

Caught in the Current, the debut novel by Daniel Hryhorczuk, is a bildungsroman that explores the identity which Alec, a Ukrainian-American college student, struggles to create for himself throughout his journey through Europe and the places he grew up in. On the “Offbeat Europe” tour...

Brigitte Goldstein has created in "Court of Miracles" a story version of the Greek myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. And as Lerner and Lowe did with the musical "My Fair Lady", she has formed a brilliant story based upon the theme of a sculptor who...

Checkered Fences by Alma Hudson is the story of Diane Jones, a young black girl growing up in California during the 1970's. Her life has not been easy. After seeing her mother suffer so much at the hands of her father, Diane is determined to...