"Cherokee Talisman" by David-Michael Harding is a strong look into the lives of strong Cherokee warriors during a time when nothing in the land they lived in was certain. You are first introduced to the mighty Cherokee warrior known as the Dragon who sides with...

Jo Carrol's "Hidden Tiger Raging Mountain" is a straightforward account of her journey in the country. The story unfolds in Wiltshire, England, where she resides and then at the brightly-lit Nepal International Airport, upon her arrival. A confessed wanderlust, she leaves behind daughters and grandchildren...

"The Unraveling of Reverend G" by R J Thesman is a caring, loving Christian fiction story about a woman who has just found out she has dementia and will soon be battling with Alzheimer’s. Reverend G must give up the work she loves: helping the...

"The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap" by Paulette Mahurin is an emotional story that shows just what effect hatred can have on not just one or two people but on an entire community. Paulette Mahurin writes a novel that will leave you emotionally involved with each...

An English teacher does not only teach English as a subject, especially in the case of those who teach General English in higher levels or conversation classes. They have to keep updated with the latest issues in the world, from the US election to celebrity...

Author James Moore has written a gem of a book for all aspiring musicians. "Your Band is a Virus" is a book that should be in bookstores, music stores, libraries and in holiday stocks of potential musicians everywhere. The author explains, in the initial chapters,...

"Furikake" is a Japanese condiment which is a mixture of seasonings normally sprinkled on rice to enhance its taste. It is also the title of a book that contains nine stories and essays seemingly united by this Japanese word. The stories are 'Yumoto Near Clementi',...

"At the Bamboo Bar" is a short and interesting read about “turning fifty” in Bangkok by Morgan McFinn. The book is a compilation of all that happened in the Bamboo bar on the author’s fiftieth birthday. The story is a vivid reminiscence of the various...

The List by Tom Wallace is a fast-paced, thrilling read. It takes the reader on a journey of intrigue immersed in political and corporate greed. Detective Jack Dantzler's quest to solve the mystery behind his parent's deaths thrusts him into a world of international crime....

Casey Sean Harmon's "The Everafter Chronicles: Reign of the Night Creatures" has the feel of C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia", with the story revolving around three siblings and their dog who were pulled to another world and immersed in a magical adventure. It is a...

"You're not mine." That had been Bushy's excuse to inflict torture on his son, Kramer, the adult narrator recollecting his past in David Nelson's remarkable novel "The Shade Tree Choir." Returning to his childhood hometown on the event of his father's funeral, Kramer finds that...

Mindy Levy offers readers a candid look at her family. She readily admits that there are two important F words in her life, Food and Family. Mindy’s family is Jewish. Even though I had read about some of the Jewish holidays and traditions, reading this...

"The Benefit Package" takes the reader on a 30 day journey of goodness, utilizing Psalm 103 as its navigational guide--its GPS. Meticulously and thoughtfully compiled by Tamara Clymer, "The Benefit Package" offers brief inspirational vignettes of ordinary people experiencing God in extraordinary ways. The topics...

12th Man For Death by Gregory Randall is everything you’d expect from this exciting author. Catherine Voss is murdered while taking her revolutionary new trimaran for a test sail. Her twin brother wants answers so he calls in Sharon O’Mara, Facilitator, to solve the mystery....

Controversial but dedicated U.S. Senator David Kursten, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Crime, Drug Trafficking and Terrorism, is in Peru to see if the cocoa fields which are producing cocaine can be eradicated. As they fly above the Huallaga Valley in Peru, Senator...

It is Victorian times and "lady typewriter" (secretary in modern times), Hattie Davish, arrives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to work for Mother Trevelyn, the head of the American Women's Temperance Coalition. The AWCT is comprised of women who wish to rid alcohol from homes and...

Forty year old Keene Mason, who describes himself as a "boring engineer", has died. He wishes to have his casket filled with 2005 Saint Emilion wine which costs over 50 dollars a bottle and he wants to lie in his casket, now wine-filled, for a...

Marike is Prussian, but after World War II ends, she and her four children, Heinz, Elisabet, Helena and Edel, her sister Agathe and her children, and their elderly mother and father seek refuge in designated camps in Denmark. Marike's husband, Horst, has been missing in...

In "The Devil's Garden" by Brady Christianson, the reader finds retired Recon Marine Brandon Colson comfortably entrenched in suburbia in Southwest Florida. When a home evasion occurs putting Colson, his wife and three young daughters at death's door, Colson springs into action, using his substantial...

"Words Falling Like Water" is a very interesting, frustrating, funny, and heartbreaking story all wrapped up into one. First time author Sonya Vaughn explains how the failing auto industry has suffered and how that suffering has impacted the people worldwide. There are examples given within...