In Simon Plaster’s third novel starring Henryetta Hebert, readers get the amusing send-up of modern America, a satire of something which itself is a satire. This time, the protagonist has been charged with locating missing archives... Read More

In "Answered Prayer", Mary-Anne Coetzee shares stories of how God has answered her prayers, and tells of the struggles she faced and the knowledge she gained in the process. Coetzee has an unshakably strong faith in God. The book itself... Read More

John Loranger knows how to start a story. From the very first line of his new novel, The Odyssey of Art O’Hara, he grabs readers and pulls them right along with his protagonist, Petty Officer Art O’Hara of the US Navy. The narrative... Read More

This cheeky guide to keeping your man from looking elsewhere for love lives up to its risqué cover image, offering advice on everything from what to wear around the house (something pretty—at least once a week; matching bra and... Read More

“A woman’s work is never done.” It is an old saying, probably because it has always rung true, especially for women who are mothers. Dorothy Monroe’s essay collection, "Cobwebs on the Chandelier", could easily be subtitled “a... Read More

The book begins secretively, mysteriously, in the mountains of Pennsylvania. And like the lives of the characters it is about to describe, the opening scene is devoid of frills. No melodic dialogue, no gentle segues, just a bleak and... Read More

“Five minutes to liberation; four minutes to death,” writes Jafa Wallach in, Bitter Freedom: Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor. This shocking, terrifying statement catapults the reader into German-occupied Poland in December 1942, when... Read More

Pandora’s Box is like a frenetic train ride through old movies. It begins at the end of Rosemary’s Baby brushes shoulders with The Manchurian Candidate jogs past Marathon Man and turns back on itself in an unfunny Peggy Sue Got... Read More