Jim Alkon

Treasure Trove of Photographs Recounts Delaware’s Rich History

Fresh out of college, Dave Tabler provided the photography for a book entitled The Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics, which taught him how to work with museum curators, collectors and white cotton gloves. He moved to Delaware in 2010 and became love-struck with the state’s rich past. His…

Jim AlkonMarch 15, 2023

Fiction Recommended Romance

One Woman (and Her Horse’s) Search for Love and Happiness

“How I love this horse! We gaze at the pink mesas and the distant blue mountains in the morning light. I always feel such joy when I am in harmony with Kamar.” This is what life is meant to be for Toni, the protagonist in Tanya Kern’s debut novel The…

Jim AlkonMarch 8, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Cornucopia of Poetry and Prose Features Delightful Experiences to Societal Foibles

As Abby Kenigsberg tells it, while a friend’s mother lay dying, the mother suddenly brightened up, called her son’s name, and said to him, “Remember, with laughter.” Perhaps there’s no better description for the work of Kenigsberg herself – words to live by that need not be reserved for one’s…

Jim AlkonMarch 6, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Memoir from Vietnam Vet and Special Agent Explores War on Drugs and Terrorism

“We were expecting a knock at the door. When it came, my partner Matty and I gave the hotel room one last visual check. Everything seemed in place — my suitcase sat on the floor with the Amsterdam baggage tag clearly in view; my bogus Pan Am identification card lay…

Jim AlkonMarch 1, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Story Set at Summer Scout Camp

“The struggles in our life are what define us. Adversity molds us. A life of meaning comes from a life of suffering.” Not that Danny Novak had suffering in mind when he is hired to spend the summer working at an Oregon scouts camp in Mike McCoy’s touching tale, On…

Jim AlkonFebruary 20, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Explore Life’s Big Questions Through Natural Science and Theology

We are going to try and find answers to everything. As strange as it may seem, that might be the most accurate way to describe author P.D. Botha’s extraordinarily ambitious, scholarly, well-researched and meticulously written Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — a story of evolution and our origins. So what answers…

Jim AlkonFebruary 15, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Lawyer Shares Lifetime of Experience Fighting Racial Inequality

After 20 years of defending clients, Bobby H. Caldwell was in a hallway in a court building one day immersed in conversation when a young lawyer came by, saw him, and hollered, “Hey, it’s the People’s Lawyer.” The nickname stuck, and now so will his story of cases and causes…

Jim AlkonFebruary 14, 2023

Fiction Recommended

A Man With the Misfortune of Leaving Bodies in His Wake

“I wanna know why whenever you come around, people start dying.” So, too, do readers, trying to navigate through the complex machinations that make up the plot of Thyme Lewis’ intriguing A Week’s Worth (Palmetto Publishing). There’s something about the overriding storyline that begs the question: what the heck is…

Jim AlkonFebruary 14, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

The Wisdom That Guided One Woman’s Incredible Journey to Success

It’s fitting that Lorna Blake, at the very beginning of her memoir, Born to Rise, tells a story about her mother as a little girl. Young Ethlyn was only 8 years old at the time, the ninth of ten children born to a poor coffee and cocoa farmer. Ethlyn’s much…

Jim AlkonFebruary 9, 2023

Nonfiction

Thrilling & Inspiring Memoir of Adoptee’s Search for Birth Mother

She was that close. So close that their knees almost touched. Nadean Stone was sitting right next to the hospital administrator who held in her hands Nadean’s birth records revealing the name of her birth mother. It was right there. Nadean, adopted 46 years earlier, was about to unlock her…

Jim AlkonFebruary 8, 2023

Recommended Thrillers

His Complex Characters Are Inspired by Crime Fiction Legends

Author Burt Weissbourd describes himself as an author of character-driven thrillers — a concept he learned during his days in Hollywood. Early in his producing career, he had the chance to work with author Ross Macdonald, a legend in crime fiction, on his only screenplay. “Working with him, I began…

Jim AlkonFebruary 3, 2023

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

Challenge to Find Peace Within Yourself & Create It in the World

There are many lessons to be extracted from Ronnie “Qi” Harvey’s just-re-released self-help book The Apprentice of Peace (Xlibris). But for me, two words ring out loud and clear, even if Harvey doesn’t use them himself: “Get real!” Get real, in the context of finding your inner peace. See beyond…

Jim AlkonJanuary 30, 2023

Better Self Recommended

An Earnest, Heartfelt Guide to Unlocking Life’s True Potential

The best advice is not always supplied by counselors, therapists, seasoned professionals or talking heads. Sometimes it comes from the most common of places — and when it does, it often is the most relatable. Michelle León is not trained in dispensing information — of the heart, soul or body.…

Jim AlkonJanuary 27, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Welcome to the Next New Reality TV Show Full of Drama, Betrayal and … Lobster Fishing?

“Up and down the Maine coast, there’s a tough breed of men who make their living from the sea. They battle the wind and the weather and the tides, and sometimes, each other … Welcome to Tranquility. Welcome to Lobster Wars.” Words spoken by the voiceover at the beginning of…

Jim AlkonJanuary 17, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Enlightening Guide Teaches Us How to Optimize Children’s Education

“The human brain and the human body are very complicated, and so is human education.” Those are the words of Donald Sung, who believes childhood education is the foundation for people, families, society, and the future of the world. Sung has addressed this belief in his scholarly work Principles…

Jim AlkonJanuary 13, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

A Professional’s Effort to Curb the Crisis of Functional Illiteracy in Children

When I was a child, I could play the piano by ear. If I could whistle a tune, I could play it on the piano. My parents recognized this and got me taking lessons at a young age. I was pretty good. Grownups were really impressed. This kid’s going places,…

Jim AlkonJanuary 10, 2023

Jim Alkon

Treasure Trove of Photographs Recounts Delaware’s Rich History

One Woman (and Her Horse’s) Search for Love and Happiness

Cornucopia of Poetry and Prose Features Delightful Experiences to Societal Foibles

Memoir from Vietnam Vet and Special Agent Explores War on Drugs and Terrorism

Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Story Set at Summer Scout Camp

Explore Life’s Big Questions Through Natural Science and Theology

Lawyer Shares Lifetime of Experience Fighting Racial Inequality

A Man With the Misfortune of Leaving Bodies in His Wake

The Wisdom That Guided One Woman’s Incredible Journey to Success

His Complex Characters Are Inspired by Crime Fiction Legends

Challenge to Find Peace Within Yourself & Create It in the World

An Earnest, Heartfelt Guide to Unlocking Life’s True Potential

Welcome to the Next New Reality TV Show Full of Drama, Betrayal and … Lobster Fishing?

Enlightening Guide Teaches Us How to Optimize Children’s Education

A Professional’s Effort to Curb the Crisis of Functional Illiteracy in Children

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