Written to explain at least some of the war against terrorism for the layperson (with it being dedicated to his daughter) and to recall the war for his fellow combatants and veterans, Black Flag Journals: One Soldier’s Experience in America’s Longest War tells the story...

Blogging the Plague: Camus, Covid-19, and the Current Chaos by Peter Vernezze examines current-day COVID-19 dynamics through the lens of Albert Camus' 1947 classic novel, The Plague, about a small town in Algeria that is devastated by a plague transmitted from animals to humans. During...

Behind the Red Veil: An American Inside Gorbachev's Russia by Frank Thoms gives glimpses of the author's travels to the Soviet Union and the other layer that exists there which he terms 'the red veil' - the face of Communism that Russia projects to the...

Bethlehem, the Year Jesus Was Born: Unwrapping the Theology Behind Christmas is a work of non-fiction focusing on religion, history, and theology, and was penned by author Scott Douglas. The second book in the Organic Faith series, this concise standalone read is packed with an...

Josephine Smith's historical fiction novel Between the Cypress and the Stars: Van Gogh's life through Perspectives is a re-imagining of the life of the artistic genius Vincent Van Gogh. The novel focuses on the last years of Van Gogh's life from 1888 -1890 when he...

Sylvie Heyman’s remarkable memoir, Beyond the Holocaust: An Immigrant's Search for Identity, details her family’s journey of leaving Belgium with the hope of living in the US during the Second World War. Born in 1938, Heyman was only a toddler when her immediate and extended...

Many of the well-informed take it for granted that history’s deep thinkers concern themselves with the meaning of life and existence, but these are no longer direct concerns of philosophers. In Being Human Being: The Philosophy of Existence, Ralph B. Bacchus takes readers into investigating...

Brothers In Arms: Memoirs of Veterans, Victims, Heroes and Survivors of World War II, Korea & The Vietnam War is a work of non-fiction in the historical and memoir sub-genres, and was penned by author James Downey. Written for adult readers, the work does contain...

Donna di Sciacca by Janet Sierzant follows the saga of one family and focuses on the life of Jeanette. The reader is immediately introduced to the Italian family of Giuseppe and Anna. The characteristic traits of the children are captured and accompany them as they...

By Any Means Necessary: Veterans Talk Torture in the War on Terror by John Tsukayama is about the darkest part of human nature at its worst: war. The men interviewed in this book have all been involved in a direct act of violence and torture...