The premise of Everything is Negotiable is that there are five tactics to get what you want in life, work, and love, and is focused on women. Morgan’s perspective is based on her personal life coupled with her work in academia. She provides [...]
The life of Kay Summersby changed dramatically that fateful day she became a driver for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in London, 1942. Kay worked with The Motor Transport Corps and was assigned to drive the American General around the war-torn [...]
Author Maria Loretta Giraldo and illustrator Nicoletta Bertelle have created a fresh, endearing, and memorable book about trying new things and not giving up. Before reading and confirming on the back page, the book just felt like Giraldo and [...]
This is a complex novel written about the heart-breaking loss of Palestinian people; a loss of home and country. Julie was the daughter of a Palestinian-Armenian woman named Ivana. Ivana fell in love with a British doctor she met in Palestine. [...]
Miranda Brooks has loving parents and a doting uncle who owns Prospero Books. Her uncle, Billy, celebrated each of Miranda’s birthdays by entertaining her with a scavenger hunt and a visit to the book store. Miranda relished these birthday hunts [...]
The View from Alameda Island is a story about two middle age people trying to dissolve their own tragic marriages, separately but at the same time and possible second chances in life. Lauren Delaney lived the high life according to her [...]
In 2001, cultural historian Kendall Taylor, Ph.D. published Sometimes Madness Is Wisdom: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald: A Marriage. Now Taylor returns to the same subject matter in The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal that Shaped an [...]
Outrage is a sudden thing, but its effects linger and can lead to suspect actions with unintended consequences. Shadow vigilantism is one possible result. America is a country of laws. No one is above the law. But sometimes miscarriages occur [...]
This historical mystery involves famous writers Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley, and her stepsister Claire Clairmont. The story is told by Clair, the last surviving person in this small group of writers, as she tries her best to keep afloat until [...]
Diane A.S. Stuckart’s cozy new mystery, Fool’s Moon: A Tarot Cats Mystery, is a tale of murder, tarot card reading, suspense, as well as investigative sleuthing with the help of two black cats and a loveable pit bull. Ruby Sparks is now managing [...]
“My name is Rune Saint John. I am, before anything else, a survivor: of a fallen House, of a brutal assault, of violent allies and complacent enemies, of life among a people who turned their backs on me decades ago. Among those who matter I am [...]
The Pacific Northwest is known as a foodie paradise and Darrin Nordahl keeps that reputation alive with his book, Eating the Pacific Northwest. Nordahl begins his belief with a brief history of the area and how food indigenous to the area [...]
Huda grew up in sunny California, the daughter of Iraqui immigrants. The pressures of religion and family customs were tested on Huda at a young age. She had to dress modestly for her family while she dreamed of wearing clothes like her favorite [...]
This novel arose out of public outcry over a proposal to open a copper mine in the headwaters of the Smith River in central Montana. A 59 mile stretch of this beautiful river, often described as “a cathedral” of nature, is part of a Montana [...]
Bruno, Chief of Police of St. Denis, gets a call from his friend when one of guests at the cooking class she hosts, does not show. This story has Bruno recalling his past military experiences, some local IRA terrorists, and the realization that [...]
Edward G. Lengel is a military historian whose books have centered on the Revolutionary war, particularly on George Washington, and on World War I. This book is the second with a focus on the American involvement in the battle of the [...]
Paulo Coelho, the internationally popular Brazilian writer, has published 18 books to date ― fiction, non-fiction, and occasionally a mix of both. His most popular titles include The Alchemist, Pilgrimage, Adultery, and a novel entitled Spy. [...]
Emily Bryce is a privileged head-strong young twenty year old living with her parents during the years of the Great War. Losing her brother in battle early in the war has left Emily captive with her parents, their grief, and their expectations [...]
Waiting for Eden is a powerful book and yet, a reader could be fooled by its simplicity. The reader meets Eden in a hospital room and he is not recognizable as his former self. His war injuries leave him unable to speak or even communicate in [...]
This reviewer is in the unique position of being married over forty years to a woman who, certifiably never lied about the state of our activities. Anywhere, let alone in the bedroom. So I was naturally intrigued by the subject of faking the big [...]
