Painting an impressionistic portrait of a ninety-one-year-long life, this author has written a charming memoir that entertains and inspires. Reading "A Girl from Lyon Mountain", by Esther Casier Quinn, a brilliant ninety-one-year-old... Read More
Five-minute exercises, no equipment or gym memberships to purchase, no therapy or coaching sessions, just relief from the stress and anxiety trap that many people experience—that’s the promise (and premise) of Nicola Bird’s... Read More
"For My Boys and the Women They Will Love" is a slim volume of relationship advice penned by Princess Elaine S. Fletcher Watson. Intended as a heartfelt guide to dating and marriage for her own two sons, Watson draws on personal... Read More
Phil Jourdan’s memoir, "Praise of Motherhood", is a small book that makes an enormous impact. Jourdan writes about his mother and their relationship, covering the territory from his teen years to his early twenties and her sudden,... Read More
It is likely that almost everyone could benefit from some no-nonsense, down-to-earth talk about personal finances. That is just what readers will get in HELP! My Financial Life SUCKS! by Michael White, an accountant and financial... Read More
In this collection, Tony Barnstone explores the events of World War II in the Pacific from both sides of the conflict. As his poem “Hindsight” puts it, “Seems everyone has points of view / but no one has perspective.” Juxtaposing... Read More
The preface to Ruth’s Skirts reads like a polite manifesto, a call-to-arms where the weapons are poems: “I’ve learned that the poem is the action and the action is the poem.” The creation of art is a political statement in and of... Read More
Take a trip to the zoo without leaving home! A trip to the store might be in order, though, to get the simple supplies called for by this book, which offers instructions for thirty-five craft projects. Two- to seven-year-olds will enjoy... Read More