90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey is the story of a man who was in a fatal car crash and died…then two hours later he came back to life.
The author of this book explains how he died after a car crash and was taken to …

This is the story of a gang who’s one best friend guy dies mysteriously, and they all split up, not wanting to remember the terrible ordeal and memories that their friend Evan can cause. Evan had died in the woods mysteriously, and Evan’s
girlfriend Ellen had also moved away, and …

Siren by John Everson is a horror tale with a unique “monster.” The mysterious and beautiful Ligeia haunts the shoreline of the small port town of Delilah, California. The main character in the story is a man named Evan. Suffering from aquaphobia, an intense fear of …

Pierce Atkins, magician/illusionist meets Ryan Swan in this novel. They work together, with Ryan representing Pierce as agent, travelling with him to his shows.
Ryan and Pierce are very opposite individuals. While Pierce is confident and enigmatic, Ryan is insecure and apparently lacks affection. Their work brings them together time …

Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens third novel. It is the tale of Nicholas Nickleby and his sister, who are left penniless when their father dies. The main antagonist is their uncle Ralph, who is a mean old man and doesn’t try to make life easier for his niece and …

The Solomon Sisters Wise up was written by Melissa Senate. It is the heartwarming story of three sisters who find each other when they lose themselves. Each sister is facing problems in her life that brings them together at their father’s house, where they finally get to know each …

JONATHON LIVINGSTON SEAGULL by Richard Bach (writer and a former US air force pilot) is a wonderful book about
“following your dreams” even if it means going against your own family or society. The author Richard Bach in this book has given life to an outrageous seagull named Jonathon who …

The Hunger Games was a book I was hesitant to pick up. I hadn’t read a young-adult book in years and they weren’t my thing. After a fair bit of hounding from my nephew I finally decided to give it a try, and I’m very glad I did.
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My daughter and I went to the library the other day to borrow some books. She went through the throngs of books there and picked up one for me to read to her. It was entitled Charlie Moneky. It wa attractive because there were eye capsules with movable eyes …

Elizabeth Gilbert has long been writing fiction but this is the first time she wrote her autobiography through Eat, Pray, Love. I must say the book was very well-crafted, far from the boring tone that the word biography usually connotes. Gilbert has the gift of writing very casually and …

Nourishing Traditions is an awesome book of recipes of traditional cultures. The author, Sally Fallon is involved with the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that is trying to educate people about a more healthy way to eat. Not only does the book give easy to follow recipes, but …

I had high hopes for this book. After all, Brennan Manning’s “The Ragamuffin Gospel” may not have been the best written book out there, but it still had a lot going for it in the realms of depth and insight. Manning’s “Journey of the Prodigal,” however, quite frankly struck …

This book changed my life. I have been struggling with debt, and I really had a hard time making payments to a million credit cards every month. Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace was a breath of fresh air with simple baby steps and sound, common sense advice for people just …

The book is about self development, motivation and thinking positively in life. It encourages people to not fall in sorrow and frustration by having positive life. By using simple words in giving interpretation of Quran verses, the author succeed in establish and encourage the readers to follow his tips. …

The Boleyn Inheritance is the follow up novel to Phillipa Gregory’s bestselling novel The Other Boleyn girl. While The Boleyn Inheritance is not quite as entertaining as The Other Boleyn Girl it is still worth reading.
The book is written from three different points of views, those of Jane …

Anyone who has travelled to a foreign country and does not fluently speak the language understands the importance of a good phrase book and or dictionary. This book is perfect for taking along with you on your adventure to any French speaking country. I will outline …

The Regulators was released at the same time as Desperation, both written by Stephen King and published in 1996, the books have much in common, the book covers, when you put them side by side they complete a picture, and the demon in Desperation Tak, is featured in this …

When it comes to food magazines, Taste of Home is one of my favorites because the recipes are usually shared from the kitchens of their readers. So when I found out they had a cookbook about appetizers which was put together with their reader’s recipes, I jumped at the …

Book-Maus Part 1
Author-Art Spielgelman
There are many stories and books,and movies,and even games,about World War 2.And many of it takes place with the soilders or the Nazi or even Hitler himself.And all of them hope to reach the level of showing people how horrible the war was.But I think that the …

After my frustrating experiences reading “Evermore” by Alyson Noel, I probably should have known better than to read “Blue Moon.” But I’d already bought it, so I wasn’t going to let that money go to waste!
If the plot for “Blue Moon” were done slightly differently, it would have …

The Recycle Barn is a great place to get used books at a reasonable price. It is also a great place to trade in those books on your shelf that you’re not reading.
Occasionally, I used to pass by the old location in Bethlehem, but it was …

Into the Abyss - Explorers on the edge of survival. Written by Benedict Allen. Hard Copy; 274 pages
This is The account of Benedict Allen trying to cross the Bering Straight with a dog sleigh. It includes a map of the area, including the major cities that …

“DragonQuest” by Donita K. Paul is Book 2 in the DragonKeeper fantasy chronicles. In Book 1, titled “DragonSpell,” we were introduced to the main character, Kale, a fourteen-year-old girl who is a village slave - an orphan raised and provided for by the village in return for work. Kale, …

Catherine Morland, a 17 year old young lady who has led quiet and secluded life travels to Bath with some friends of her family and gets introduced to the society. She meets, among others, Henry Tilney, a nice young clergyman, and Isabella Thrope, a young lady not very much …

I was bought this book for my 20th birthday by my friends who know how much of a fan I am of this woman, and from an avid fan’s perspective I definitely think it’s worth the read, and even to someone who simply wants to read a good book …

Avalanche is a pretty cool character in the Marvel comics universe. he is a mutant with the power to create vibrations that cause earthquakes. He can knock over cars, create pillars of earth and even flip over small buildings. His coolness factor is slightly reduced …

Despite the fact that it isn’t Christmas time, I still enjoyed this book. Dr. Jeffries and Katherine O’Connor are the main characters. They are brought together by fate. It was foreseen in Katherine’s neighbor’s box of kitty litter. They discover right away that they believe …

“Raising Dragons” is the first book of a Christian fantasy series that introduces a rather unusual concept of people who are actually… dragons. That is, dragons living in a human form. And some of them do not even know it. For Billy Banister, a school kid, the amazing discovery …

The World God Only Knows is a manga by Wakaki Tamiki. It is a story about Keima Katsuragi, a boy who is known as the “capturing god” for being able to capture any 2d girl in dating games. But in his real life, Keima is known as an otamegane, …

“The Wild Little Horse” is a chidren’s book written by Rita Gray and illustrated by Ashley Wolff. It was published in 2005, but the style of the book’s story and artwork makes you think of an earlier era.
Pros: Well, there is certainly nothing in this story that …

I absolutely love to read, and there are few things I like reading more than biography or memoir (except romances and mysteries). As a member of the kindle unlimited club, I am constantly receiving new update on books that I might find interesting. One of those books was a …

Bod in the Park is a small paperback book for young children written and illustrated by Michael and Joanne Cole and first published by Methuen in 1975. If, as I was, you were a big fan of the Bod cartoon series on TV, then you are likely to have …

Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft is a powerful treatise on the value and intellectual rigor of working with your hands, particularly when that work is done for someone else. His credentials are those that would fit someone with his old job, the manager of a think-tank on …

Inside Chinese Business is a book written by Ming-Jer Chen for managers worldwide. The book talks about on how Chinese conduct their business and how the westerners conduct business should with these Chinese companies. This book is very important to me because in my line of work, I often …

I love Scottish romances so much. Shadow Music by Julie Garwood is a good historical novel and filled with nice Scottish romance. Two characters in question; Princess Gabrielle and this handsome and roguish guy named Colm MacHugh, you will love the storyline so much. I enjoy the …

The West End Horror (A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976.
This story is different from the Sherlock Holmes’ genre I am used to - those written by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle. It is however, …

Bluffer’s Guide is a series of humorous books teaching people how to bluff about different topics. As I love playing pranks and getting my fortune told, my friend thought that it was a good idea to give me The Bluffer’s Guide to Astrology & Fortune Telling by Alexander …

“The Volunteers” was another book I found some years ago in an old bookcase. I believe it was published originally in 1985, but I had neither heard of it nor its author. I had tried reading it a little before I entered high school even though I had never …

This book was not what I was expecting. When I started reading it, I was hoping to find something very light and of the impossible love, good girl meets bad boy type. But this story was very different and I really liked it.
Jude is the last of four …

RC Sproul is a fairly well-known Christian writer. I picked up the book Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue at a library book sale. I’m interested in the subject of abortion and often read books on that topic. What I found in this book …

My job entails lots of traveling. In a month, most of the days are spent overseas. That is why when I saw this book while I was in forage for some materials to read on my next rip, I grabbed it and immediately paid for it. As I enjoy …

Star Trek: Klingon Novelization is a novelization of the CD-ROM game by the same name. There is, as the name suggests, an intense focus on the Klingon culture in this novelization, however, characters from other species do appear, from both the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: …

Electric Girl is your average girl in her late teens or early 20s. Except for the fact that she can generate electricity. While the title of the series might make you think this is a superhero comic, it’s more of a slice-of-life story with a fantasy twist. …

This book is the second “cozy mystery” in the “Teddy Bear” series featuring Bradley Lamb and his wife, Ashleigh. In this book Brad and “Ash” are at a teddy bear show in Baltimore where they encounter a couple with an abusive husband and scheming wife who make, display, and …

Instead of buying the comics individually, I recently bought the complete edition of Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search illustrated by Gurihiru. I’ve been a long time fan of the animated television series on Nickelodeon, so I jumped on the chance for more story content. This …

After reading the first book and at least being hooked enough to want to know what happens, I finally got my hands on a copy of the second installment in the Hunger Games series. And I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.
I don’t necessarily feel like the …

The Secret of Annexe 3, written by Colin Dexter was published in 1998 by Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998.
I had found Colin Dexter’s books very riveting, rather like the puzzles he enjoys well crafted plots and subplots, that he could mesh together at the end. However, sometimes …

Molly’s school is participating in a-Lend-A-Hand drive for the war effort.The girls in Molly’s class are going to knit socks and Molly thinks their nuts if they can knit so many socks in a weekend and the boys have declared it a boys against girls contest. Molly thinks they …

We found this delightful book in the children’s section of our local library. It is the Usborne edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, beautifully illustrated by Serena Riglietti. The story of the mischief caused by fairies on Midsummer Night in the forest is enchantingly encapsulated in this small hardcover …

Truffles, candies, and confections: techniques and recipes for candymaking
By Carole Bloom
“Truffles, candies, and confections: techniques and recipes for candymaking” by Carole Bloom is a great book for beginner candy makers who are interested in learning the craft. The book thoroughly covers all the ingredients and techniques that are involved …