In the same way that a teddy bear or a hug makes one feel warm and loved, RyAnn Adams Hall’s tender verses in A Book of Poetry for Young Adults (Volume II) will cause any reader to wax nostalgic for a mother’s love. Neither the...

A Nashville Woman and Other Sorrows: Music City Poems contains a set list of poems that at first are about a woman, but end up being about Nashville itself -- not the glitzy Hollywood version, but the real, soul-crushing toil of the Music City. Not...

There is an aching fragility - an heart-rending honesty - in the poetic voice of an adolescent that has never been equaled or even approximated in the history of the written word. Through the exacting lens of a tween-ager or teenager’s perspective, the world is...

I've collected so many series guides that I could have a whole shelf for them. They're little books that give me quick run downs on episodes and tell me what to expect from my favorite shows. Usually, they are straightforward, lack luster, and unoriginal. James...

It’s all in there: literature, science, history, art, mythology, romance, mysticism; from Fibonacci to physics, A Confederacy of Joy by Juan-Paolo Perre has something for every taste. Reading Juan-Paolo Perre’s impeccably crafted poetry and prose is like meeting the world’s most brilliant conversationalist in a...

A Moat is Not a Goat – Poems for Clever Little Girls by Elsa Takaoka is a collection of delightful and imaginative stories for young children, all beautifully illustrated by Fanny Liem. Each story is told as a poem and takes the reader on a...

When looking for introspective thinking and philosophical imagining, look no further than Edward Michael Tomasofsky's poetry collection, A Soul Whispers: Pictures and Poems from a Traveler. The collection itself is not very long, only a scarce 60 pages or so. However, the poems were very...

After You, In Love Arrest by Mario Gabriel Adame is a collection of love poems that exposes the poet's romantic heart. He speaks about that one love everyone longs for in life after a string of bad relationships which helps them identify the right person....

The poems in Applied Freedom help sustain the fact that we are all human. From the gentle breath of "Crying Tears" to the passion of "Romantic Discovery," Mr. Boychev shows that emotions have an effect on everyone. As much as humans would like to believe...

And So We Fight On by Samantha Grace is a beautiful collection of poems that revolve around the topic of truth, loss, faith, living and new beginnings. The author's ability to dream, enjoy the simple things in life, rejoice, and also experience life is reflected...