"Amberella in the City" is the first of what author Rosemarie Kaupp promises will be a series of stories about a delightful pup named Amberella that is geared toward the younger set of chapter-book readers. The initial installment of The... Read More

Some people write poetry as an enjoyable pastime or hobby, others use it as a more creative form of journaling or a path to spiritual healing. Some find pleasure in engaging language as music and medium, some find the discipline is a... Read More

In his autobiography In Spite of Everything: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph, Pat Coppard traces his life in England during the early years of World War II. He describes his mother’s tragic death, his... Read More

In this murder mystery set in a small town, the surprising events are not only related to the crime, but to secret relationships and thoughtful acts of kindness. In her first novel, "The Tangled Web", Phyllis Falls Rogers depicts the... Read More

In Christian tradition, the Lazarus metaphor symbolizes the physical resurrection of the body and the dormant spirituality of human beings. Pierre Hegy’s methodical and thoughtful analysis of the present crisis in worldwide Catholicism... Read More

In the realm of spirituality, the phrase “the way” refers primarily to two major images. In the Gospel of St. John, Jesus refers to himself as the way, the truth, and the light; and in traditional Chinese philosophy and Eastern... Read More

Set during the Civil War, "Rain Upon the Blinding Dust" tells the story of Moses, a runaway slave who joins the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, and John, a drummer in the 33rd Iowa Infantry. Moses and John meet at the failed Red... Read More

Many children’s books take on the challenge of entertaining while educating or providing a moral. Mark Gregory Washer’s "Blue Bonnie Butterfly" aspires to teach not one moral, but several, as Blue Bonnie Butterfly learns to “Be... Read More