Finding that you no longer believe in something sacred is difficult at best, but if you are a nun who spent the past 16 years in a convent, this realization creates problems of biblical proportions. Mary McGreevy is the story of one such... Read More

It is a very pleasant and all-to-rare occasion when a reviewer receives, unsolicited and unexpected, in its modest bound galley a truly exceptional book. Such was the case when Linda Watanabe McFerrin’s Namako arrived at my home in the... Read More

In just 175 pages, Judy Goldstein Botello (Adventures with Kids in San Diego, Sunbelt) traces the gestation and birth of her 15-year love affair with the peoples and cultures along the Mexican border near her San Diego home. Botello’s... Read More

To be released just in time for the Christmas holiday, this beautiful children’s book is based on a poem written by one of the great 19th century English poets, Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), under the original title of A Christmas... Read More

The interpretation of archaeological discoveries and written records of a certain time period is a reliable method to use to arrive at a reconstruction of historical events. Lacking a written record, the process becomes speculation,... Read More

A young girl, Clare, looks back three years to the time when Ethan came into her life pushing best friend, Liz, aside. This is more than the story of one’s first love and its effect on friendship. Ethan is handsome and musically... Read More