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For me a sign of a great author is one who is able to evoke compassion and sympathy when normally there might be none, and that's just what the author does for me in this story. He creates a serial killer who I actually felt...
For me a sign of a great author is one who is able to evoke compassion and sympathy when normally there might be none, and that's just what the author does for me in this story. He creates a serial killer who I actually felt...
"Lily in the Snow and Other Elemental Tales" by Christine E. Schulze is #26 in 'The Amielian Legacy'. Geared towards the young adult, her fantasy books can be read as a standalone even though they are comprised in a series. "Lily In The Snow and...
"International Affairs" by Davis Thanjan covers every single world organization and then goes on to cover every area of the world, country by country, not omitting even one island grouping. Thanjan presents statistics on every world organization and every nation regarding natural resources, national debt,...
Author Linda Campanella's mother, Nancy, was diagnosed with stage four small-cell cancer that had spread to her brain in September of 2008. This was horrible news for Nancy's four children, Linda, Paula, Claudia and Eric as well as her husband of over fifty years, Eckart,...
This book practically jumped off the shelf and into my arms. I am one of thirty-eight million women entering the "Age Of Elegance". I’d never thought of myself as the epitome of elegance, but the author reminds me that I should think of myself that...
The book deals with the discovery of a cave with Caucasians mummies that were hundreds of years old, dressed like Native Americans, gold, and something that could not have been discovered by these people. Or had it been made by them? The story starts here...
What began as a mere article of a couple of pages for a magazine turned into a 523 page book, "Hands With A Heart: The personal Biography of Actress ZaSu Pitts" by Gayle D. Haffner. Many sources contributed to this endeavor. In 1917 ZaSu Pitts...
Alessandra Theresa Petrucci has been lovingly named after her great-great grandmother by her parents. It is a fact that Alessandra resents and dislikes, firstly because it sounds like an old fashioned, long name and secondly, she really has no idea about her great-great grandmother, whom...
Authors Charmaine Hammond and Debra Kasowski help the reader navigate along their destination with a fabulous book entitled "GPS Your Best Life: Charting Your Destination and Getting There in Style". This is a great book on helping the reader understand how not to allow circumstances...
In Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice, Larry S. Gibson has written a riveting portrayal of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1967 until 1991. As a young attorney, Gibson's first meeting with Marshall...
As a college project, Abby Thomas volunteered to spend her summer tutoring an eleven-year-old troubled girl, Merrideth. The summer didn’t begin as easily as Abby expected. Merrideth’s parents were divorced, her mother, Pat, was always busy with work and rarely had time for her daughter....
Reflections of Mamie - A Story of Survival by Rosemary Mamie Adkins is the story of a little girl who didn't get the love she wanted from her mother. No, what she received were harsh, mean words and beatings that were executed in a way...
A brilliantly written first hand account of the courage, sacrifice and emotions of the brave soldiers to whom we owe our freedom to a large extent. These are the soldiers who protect our way of life from tyranny, oppression and reckless, often violent opposition from...
The Birth of an Assassin, a novel by Tony Bertot, is the story of how an innocent young boy grows up and ultimately becomes one of the most feared assassins in the USA. Sergio Gresco and his wife, Lucia, immigrated to the United States from...
So Fell the Sparrow by Katie Jennings tells the story of Dr. Grace Sullivan and how she deals with the death of her parents, a mysterious inheritance, and the presence of spirits from another world. Grace is not the kind of person that believes in...
Childhood is a precious time and Midnight is the keeper of the innocence and peace of children in Midnight and the Man Who Had No Tears by Tiffany Golden. A beautiful, gentle story about a young boy, Askari Red, who is being ‘forced’ into manhood...
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...
For many, the only way that they can express themselves is through the written word. In Ignite Your Soul, Release Your Mind Vol. 1 by author Mario Gabriel Adame, this is exemplified through his extensive use of poetry and figurative language. The book has seven...
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....
Tilly and Nuella, A Lifetime Odyssey of Friendship by Michael James Stewart is about two friends who meet while working as domestics. Tilly grew up in England, and had endured nothing but violence in an abusive home. Nuella grew up in Ireland, but was reared...