My First Red Sox Game
There’s something special about capturing the excitement and anticipation of a young child about to embark on a new experience. In the case of My First Red Sox Game by Christine Connelly, well, you guessed it, it’s about that child going with her dad to their first baseball game together.......
Volk
“… I can tell you that I have memories from as far back as Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Rome, and so on. The memories are vague and unclear, making it difficult to create a timeline. I have memories of my kind being worshiped as gods at some ancient times......
The Guide: Survival, Warfighting, Peacemaking
There’s a unique beginning to The Guide: Survival, Warfighting, Peacemaking — Greg Munck‘s moving and uplifting memoir of his fascinating journey that took him from a nightmarish childhood to becoming a war hero as a U.S. Marine and finally finding peace in his life’s work as a man of G...
Five Days in Bogotá
Colombia. Coming here was a disaster. Dying here… not an option. Fascinating people create fascinating stories. Author Linda Moore draws on extensive knowledge as an art gallery owner, student of Hispanic studies, and her personal journeys in South America to create an enthralling and immersive st...
Abandoned at Birth
“I’ve always been grateful that Grandma treated you kids like you were real grandchildren.” Those words, while meant as a compliment, go a long way in understanding the lens through which adopted children must see the world and manage their emotions. They were uttered by the mother of a young....
The Canticle of Ibiza
There’s a passage in author Justin Kurian’s ambitious novel The Canticle of Ibiza where John, who has abandoned his life in New York as a high-flying financial whiz to seek answers on the mystical island of Ibiza, Spain, explains to a budding love interest, Diana, how he ditched his previous......
Caretaker
“I almost forgot. There’s a caretaker who lives on the property. It’s part of the deal, he comes with the house.” The realtor, talking to the Keane family of Boston who had just acquired the strange old house on the hill in Littleton, NH, built by the legendary Mr. Goodpasture,......
Fire in the Hole!
Billionaire philanthropist Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy and PXG Golf (among other successful businesses), shares his rags-to-riches story and the invaluable life lessons he learned along the way in his inspiring literary debut Fire in the Hole! Growing Up in Blue-Collar Baltimore As a young boy...
Leaning on Air
Leaning On Air is Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s second novel, an exquisitely nuanced love story told with gorgeous prose and salt-of-the-earth characters as well-meaning and reassuringly imperfect as the people you know. Equally gorgeous is the story’s setting on a remote family farm in the Palouse, a g...
