This complex tale with a dark atmosphere traces the ascent of the Nazis with peeks into class division. "Secrets of the Past", by Bernard Irving, weaves a dark tale of lives unraveling at the dawn of World War II. Albert and Mina... Read More

Raunchy humor and romantic romps distinguish Jim Ure’s topsy-turvy tale. When free-spirited fishing guide Jud Buckalew dupes his despised cousin, Mark Bosham, with a severely mutated frozen trout, hilarious consequences ensue as... Read More

The rich get their just desserts in this humorous tale of the upper crust. An all-in-one rich man’s exotic hotel attracts entitled malcontents in Christian Ytteborg’s humor novel, "All Inclusive". Ytteborg draws oddball characters... Read More

Clear perspectives from a child’s point of view provide imagery that is both unsettling and effective. Childhood sexual abuse is rarely an isolated incident. Abuse suffered by one child often echoes throughout the child’s family,... Read More

It’s not enough to have a great idea; Parker shows one way to test and implement it. Eric Parker’s interesting book, Focus for the Fuzzy Front End of Product Development, presents a simple process for reducing front-end... Read More

With jaunty and engaging moments, "Currure Spatium" is a well-mapped commentary on an undesirable potential future. Christian Ytteborg’s tongue-in-cheek debut novel, "Currure Spatium", presents a future universe in which a rogue,... Read More

This presentation of a vast variety of perspectives on addiction recovery and prevention deserves a wide audience. For those battling addiction, serenity is often an elusive or unattainable state. In Pathways to Serenity, a broad-ranging... Read More

While playful and witty, this narrator allows us to be rooted in the rich soil of Chinese history and culture. Sharon Winters’s "Cutted Chicken in Shanghai" is a delightful and dryly humorous marriage of memoir and travelogue with... Read More