Fascinating from the start, The Sweet Shade of a Chinaberry Tree, by Janice Parrish, is certainly hard to classify. A creative fiction based on the authors own experiences while growing up in Southern States in the tumultuous 1960s a time of great change for America – could also be...
Take it from those in the know-two of America’s best-known doctors and the Joint Commission, watchdog for quality and safety of health care in America-there are steps you can take to make sure you get the very best medical treatment possible.
Dr. Michael F. Roizen is a practicing...
The Seventh Jewel is a fantasy-adventure fiction geared for youth (ages 11 and up). J.J. Pritchard crammed several tantalizing elements in only 278 pages. The reader is taken on a journey that involves a treasure hunt, a noble quest and the discovery of an ancient civilization. The author...
The Road of Silk is an adventure fantasy, with mystical and magical elements and a high energy feel to it that any reader will enjoy. Although this novel is written for an adult audience, I believe anyone over the age of 10 could easily become immersed in its pages. This is a co-written work...
When Marlo Thomas was an 18-year-old up-and-coming actress, she was devastated when journalists began debating whether she’d ever be as good or popular as her famous father, TV star Danny Thomas. She went to him in tears, insisting that she wanted to change her name.
“I raised...
A short history of the audio book
In 1920 the Royal National Institute for the Blind in England was allready doing research on how to create audio books for the blind. At that time there were a lot of ex World War 1 soldiers who had gone blind as a result of the fighting. In 1926 the RNIB...
Synopsis
The Real Story is a short but intense tale set in a future in which humans travel between the stars using “gap drives,” controllable brain implants are punishable by death, and a private company called the United Mining Company runs law enforcement for all of known...
This is a childrens book that will keep readers glued to the pages right to the end. The Plight of Queen Bee by Simone Fairchild entails forty pages of gorgeous, bright fun illustrations with vivid detail and glorious lilac flowers in full bloom.
Illustrator Pamela Marie Key masterfully...
It has taken me decades literally to finally pick up another C.S. Lewis book and read it. In high school I read Lewis book, That Hideous Strength and completely missed Lewis message. One decade later I read Lewis Mere Christianity and fully understood what Lewis was saying. With The Lion, the...
I enjoyed reading this book. The characters were portrayed very well. Jack, a multimillionaire who experiences mid-life crisis and ends up finding meaning to his life but it costs him millions of dollars and emotional pain. Adele is a heavy-drinking, free-living, multimillionaire with an...
As a writer, I think The Letter must have been a very interesting challenge for author Roxanna Russell. This work of fiction is actually a collection of 14 short stories each revolving around some kind of letter; the Suicide Note, the Closure Letter, Love Letter, Fan Letter and so on. Yet the...
Marshall Frank, author of six books, has proved an exceptional ability to write absorbing who-dun-its time and time again. According to his website he is able to do this by embellishing on real life experiences during his 30-year career investigating homicides in the Miami-Dade region of...