It is tempting to compare Benton Savage’s novel about a young man’s journey through a mental hospital to Ken Kesey’s 1962 story of psychiatry gone wrong, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Savage’s "Secret Growth", however, looks... Read More

The first forty pages of Cliff Bennett’s multifaceted book offer a poignant glimpse into the struggles of his dysfunctional family during the Great Depression. Fortunately, Bennett had enough positive experiences in school to offset... Read More

Van Wallach is a Texan-born, Baptist-raised, Jewish man on a quest for love. His slim memoir documents this journey with both humor and insight. Wallach, now in his fifties, has had a lifelong preoccupation with record-keeping and... Read More

Don’t say you weren’t warned: Doctor Mark C. Brown makes clear as early as page two that his book is not easy reading, especially at the outset. He’s right. There’s no fast track to enlightenment, but readers of "Live Like a... Read More

The Smiths might have been the perfect American family: Mom, Dad, and two children—all chasing a dream or two. But the comparisons end there (or do they?), when Dad, George “Paddy” Smith, drinks his way out of a few jobs and his... Read More

In a new twist on the concept of the popular movie and TV series, The Fugitive, author Valentine Cardinale’s protagonist is a former Hollywood actor whose wife was murdered twenty-two years earlier. Under suspicion because none of his... Read More

There’s little question that smart people including presidents do stupid things. In fact the smarter the person the dumber certain behaviors appear. While most people merely shake their heads in disbelief that an otherwise smart... Read More

Mark Raven’s novel "Michigan Wind" is all about action. The story begins with Bob Connors saving a life in the ER. From here readers are thrown into the operating room and into anesthesiologist and researcher Bob’s world. We learn... Read More