We all have a good book or two in us if only we can summon the time, discipline, and knowledge to get it into print. Then there is the ever-lurking question of how to get people to buy and read it so that we have not toiled in vain.... Read More
Every human being has the potential to make the world a better place. You may not believe it, but it’s true. All it takes is a decision on your part. Just wake up tomorrow morning and say: ‘Today I’m going to make a difference in... Read More
“The lowing heard wind slowly o’er the lea, / The plowman homeward plods his weary way,” wrote Thomas Gray in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. In Creating Dairyland, Edward Janus, historian, dairy farmer, and creator of... Read More
Young women on the fringe of adolescence and adulthood populate works of classical literature and commercial fiction in droves. In "Hassie Calhoun", the first book of a trilogy, this popular transitional period is explored in a gripping... Read More
Prior to the Transcontinental Railroad, which was completed in 1869, cross-country travel in the nineteenth century was perilous, a dismal reality documented in David Farland’s "In the Company of Angels". Based on historical records... Read More
The year is 1972; the location, the Dominican Republic. The mystery is the death of US Ambassador Adam Quist, which is portrayed by his family as a heart attack. His daughter, who is “not given to exaggerated stories,” suspects... Read More
The fluidity of the bonds of brotherhood and faith are examined in John Milliken Thompson’s first novel, "The Reservoir", which is based on a true story and focuses on the lives of brothers Tommie and Willie Cluverius in 1885 Richmond,... Read More
Poor Alfred Buber! The homely, chubby child immigrant from Rhodesia worked his way up from practically nothing to the top of a Boston law firm but lives as a visitor in America, in his own home, and in his own skin. He is gifted,... Read More