Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Ah, Venice. The name alone elicits elegant images of gently winding canals, timeless architecture, scenic bridges, intoxicating views, and the tease of romance. While all of this was as true in the 16th century as it is today, Doug Adcock paints a somewhat more beguiling picture of a trip to illustrious Venice. Edward Hunter is […]
We live in a world plagued with depression. The disorder can affect everything from our mood to our appetite. In Emma Eggleston’s debut novel, Escape, Matty seems to have everything going for him. But looks can be deceiving. On the inside, he isn’t the same happy young adult he presents to his friends. Instead, he
What is love, truly? And how can we best express it? Morhaf Al Achkar’s A Love Attempt: Your Step-By-Step Action Guide to Develop Your Love Competence is an in-depth self-help manual that seeks to demonstrate how each individual has the capacity for love. The book is divided into four broad chapters that offer a definition
The Hangman is back and he has nothing to lose. His wife and son have been murdered and his supposed friends betrayed him. But the Hangman is not without options. “If I must be alone, then I will truly be alone. I will end all life on this miserable planet.” With the Power Ring in
Tom and Judy Whicker are among the lucky citizens that survived the Age of Cleansing. Now, in the 57th Year under the leadership of The Ordained Liberating Party, the couple joins in with fellow countrymen to celebrate all that The Federation Britannia has to offer. However, nothing on this obedient island happens without order, consistency
Small town life and a dead end job are the institutional shackles that weigh Seth down. That, and his vilified family name. Hazen. No matter where Seth goes or what he does, the decade old crime perpetrated by his uncle Floyd Hazen brings out the same old slander, name-calling and harassment. What Seth needs is
A brand new band has been formed by a group of canine pals. They’ve got singers and a few cool instruments including a tambourine, a saxophone, drums and guitars. They even have a fun name, Dog Band. It looks like the band is ready to go, except for one small problem… they can’t decide which
Does the end justify the means? This philosophical question is one explored steadily in Daniel Micko’s Predator / Nomad. Dr. Jordan Roberts is a bit of a prodigy in her field of medicine, specifically genetics. An invitation to an exclusive party is her ticket into the inner circle of Saudi royalty. Jordan is offering a
Young Shannon Donnelly comes from a family of Irish immigrants who have made a home in Southern California. The year is 1929 and the entire world seems to be at a crossroads. Shannon’s parents have been murdered by a feuding family and now the 15 year old is a target too. Abandoning her childhood home,
A Through Z Of What If is a peppy picture book designed to help kids learn to read and expand their growing vocabularies. The polka-dotted pages alternate a series of exaggerated what if questions with the humorous literal depiction on the opposite page. Porter leaves no stone unturned, no letter unloved, employing inventive onomatopoeia and
Clap If You Can Hear Me: The Secret Attention Deficits of Education That Prevent Generational Wealth & Prosperity In America is a manual that helps to assist youth to have a balanced view of education and to parse the relevant from the useless. Quite the wordsmith, Kelly Mitchell is on par with some of the
First Second Coming is a farcical fantasy novel that ponders whether or not humanity can ever truly put aside religious divisions enough to achieve peace. A cantankerous and uncouth being, known as NTG, is being forced into retirement from his job as God of Earth. NTG is rendezvousing with his fresh-faced and ambitious replacement at
“Do none of you guys have that feeling… a little ‘it’s too good to be true” alarm ringing in the back of your minds?” one character perceptively asks. Through My Eyes: Humanity’s Unwitting Downfall tells the story of the seemingly innocuous becoming insidiously dangerous. It begins with innovation meant to help people relate to one
Stormy Weather is a relaxed and unpretentious memoir that begins on the precipice of adulthood. After graduation, Ranaildo is asked what his plans for the future are. After a lot of contemplation, he decides to forge ahead with a career as a Marine. Family and friends doubt his resolve until the moment Ranaildo cuts off
Sean ‘Recon’ Wallace earned his nickname for his impressive tracking and hunting skills. And so it is that Sean happens to observe a disturbing scene near his wilderness home in rural Georgia. Three men are seen breaking into a neighbor’s cabin with a female hostage in tow. Sean is compelled to jump into the knight
Awakening is a sensual love story that spans hundreds of years, divided into three distinct parts. Jezebel thrives on solitude and emotional insulation. Her traumatic past fades into the recesses of her mind as she throws herself into her small cleaning business and the monotony of life. But when an alluring stranger comes into her
One character. Two storylines. In order to pursue a revolutionary political movement, Gareth-Nada diverges from the course that his family had set out for him. His trajectory would have included an education that positioned him to have a greater share in the prosperous family business, but he chooses to pursue a revolutionary political movement. Joining
America has just suffered the greatest attack it has ever seen. An international group of enemies, including many sleeper cells within the country’s borders, have begun the process of overtaking the country through the coordinated use of dirty bombs, prison camps, and the destruction of the nation’s infrastructure. Although only twelve years old, James survives
Liam is on a strict career path in medicine. His rare time away from work is devoted to sleep or maybe a few beers with his friends, but there isn’t a chance he’s getting into a relationship. Anna is in a similar situation. She basically runs a fitness studio and finds fulfillment with her small
Stolen Portrait Stolen Soul picks up six weeks after Celine Buckley and her friends successfully rid the world of the menacing Duke Marcus Northcott. Hoping for peace for the first time in her long existence, Celine is looking forward to being back with her husband. But peace is a fragile thing. Especially when you’re a
Malcolm Aldred is having a bad day. Frustrated after having been fired from his job, he makes a rash decision that lands him in a bit of hot water. It is the 2070s and rampant cyber-crime has led to an unorthodox solution to overcrowded prisons. The Cyber Criminal Enforcement Agency drops offenders off to faraway
Picturing Bible accounts and discerning how they apply in life can be difficult for children. Jesus, the Four Friends and Me takes one narrative from the second chapter of Mark and helps it to come alive for young ones. The story centers around four friends that bring a paralyzed man to Jesus to be healed.
I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to die, but I’m pretty sure being strung up like a flag and taking a blowtorch to the crotch is not how I want to go. Poor ol’ Jimmy ‘the Leech’, who suffered this gruesome fate. And that heinous crime scene was just
Once upon a time, on an island far, far away, lived the lovely Princess Soraia. Her mother had died years earlier and her father Netuno, the King and a mighty man of the sea, is away most of the time. For company, Soraia has only her aging lady-in-waiting and a compassionate jester. As the days
