The image of a wild mustang galloping across the plains has become an American icon symbolizing freedom, independence, and endurance, all the qualities on which our country was founded. Adopting one of those wild horses into a domestic... Read More
Tasmania is the setting for Oliver Caine’s in Trouble Again, where the titular character, his sister, and his best friend go for an adventure in an abandoned building scheduled for demolition—they discover more adventure than they... Read More
One generation passes its beliefs down to the next, either by word of mouth or by written documentation, and, as time passes, the stories are embellished and mixed with the histories of succeeding generations. They become a hybrid of... Read More
"Coffee With Chicory" feels and acts like three different books, and because the first section is so wonderful, one wants to forgive the regrettable slide in quality. Whereas the second section, which has some degree of continuity, never... Read More
There are times when a memoir is so honest and straightforward in depicting a traumatic event that it very subtly becomes a heartwarming epic of astonishing survival and stoicism. "Trust Not" is that book. With amazing detail (sometimes... Read More
“Memes,” or “units of cultural ideas,” are passed on to children by their parents, and form the basis of one’s “family script,” according to author Ken Renshaw. As a child grows and ventures out into the larger world,... Read More
There are 49,000 people and 80,000 sheep that call the Faroe Islands home. They populate this small group of jagged rocks located in the North Atlantic Ocean about half way between Iceland and Scotland. People have lived in the Faroe... Read More
Paul Stein’s first novel, "The Fourth Law", encompasses blood rivalry, physics, high-tech robbery, villains with schemes worthy of James Bond, and the power of family, love, God, and forgiveness. University scientist Jarrod Conrad... Read More