The Backwoods Snatcher
Title: The Backwoods Snatcher
Author: Douglas E. Strait
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 978-1648958519
Pages: 127
Genre: Mystery / Thriller & Suspense
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
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In our modern times, one of the most frightful and heartbreaking tragedies that can befell someone close to us is a disappearance. When someone we love suddenly goes missing, or is possibly kidnapped, the fear and anxiety which floods our systems and causes us so much distress embeds itself into the fabric of our very being.
Toad’s Tools
Title: Toad’s Tools
Author: Adrian M. Hurtado
Illustrator: Jayne Koontz
Publisher: GoTo Publish, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64749-642-5
Pages: 42
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
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Toad is the main character of this charming children’s story by author Adrian M. Hurtado along with the artistry of Jayne Koontz providing beautifully detailed images enabling readers to visualize this fanciful world.
As a personified creature, Toad awakes one day and after breakfast, puts on his tool-belt which had belonged to his deceased dad. His
Footsteps in the Dark
Title: Footsteps in the Dark: Stories of the Bizarre and Unusual
Author: Carlo Armenise
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1-6641-6011-8
Pages: 136
Genre: Horror/Supernatural
Reviewed by: Margie Przybylski
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Footsteps in the Dark: Stories of the Bizarre and Unusual is a collection of eight tastefully spooky short thrillers by Carlo Armenise. The stories are delectably devourable – this work can be finished in an evening. After reading the stories once through – it’s tempting to go
Love Me or Leave Me
Title: Love Me or Leave Me: A Contemporary Memoir
Author: Gurmay Effrige Fraser
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 978-1648958519
Pages: 192
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
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One of the oldest and most difficult issues of violence to face the everyday person is tragically, domestic violence. The violence which can impact people in relationships has existed since the dawn of man, with relationships that begin in love or the idea of love,
Two Boys from Hitchins
Title: Two Boys from Hitchins: A Memoir of Adversity, Adventure, and Achievement
Authors: Edward W. Isaacs and Chilton E. Isaacs
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1662431814
Pages: 362
Genre: Partially Fictional Memoir
Reviewed by: Michaela Gordoni
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Two Boys from Hitchins is a mostly true story about Edward Isaacs and his older brother Paul. They were raised in Hitchins, a small town in Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains. They left home early and were told that they would never make it,
Pre-Apocalypse I
Title: Pre-Apocalypse I: Serpent’s Agenda
Author: Jeremy Westerman
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1543464481
Pages: 572
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Jack Chambers
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One of the last great frontiers for mankind to explore is none other than space. Much like Star Trek’s Spock, the intellectual and spiritual journey to explore the stars and find what our place in the Universe truly means has become our world’s most fascinating and special mission in more recent
J-707
Title: J-707
Author: Terry Rowe
Publisher: Go to Publish
ISBN: 978-1-64749-804-7
Pages: 88
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
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Computers are clearly interwoven into our daily lives; and that technological entanglement is still increasing. There are pros and cons to this relationship. What future might those cons suggest? Among literary genres, it is most often in science fiction that readers find dystopic visions and warnings about future scenarios regarding the trajectory of humanity’s relationship with technology. J-707 is one
Getting Right With God
Title: Getting Right With God
Author: Joseph C Way B.A., B.D., MDIV.
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1664129504
Pages: 258
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Reviewed by: Jack Chambers
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No matter what a person’s personal religious preference or belief system is, there is always one question amongst the faithful: how can they “get right with God”, or in other terms, get your spiritual self on a more faithful level which aligns with your particular belief system. While everyone has a different way of
The Fox and the Bantam Hen
Title: The Fox and the Bantam Hen
Author: Delos Dale Fidler
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 9781665543385
Pages: 310
Genre: True Crime
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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“The Fox and the Bantam Hen” is a taut and propulsive novel written by Delos Dale Fidler. The year is July 11, 1997. The Remora hotel was especially busy this time of the year. The Association for Neuro-Biological Illness was holding its annual convention in this hotel. Its staff’s marching orders are that every effort
Equality, Injustice, or What?
Title: Equality, Injustice, or What?
Author: Ollie Marshall-Rico
Publisher: Ollie Marshall-Rico
ISBN: 978-1956373950
Pages: 254
Genre: Social Justice
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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Equality, Injustice, or What? by Ollie Marshall-Rico is an unflinchingly adroit memoir whose tenacious voice of truth echoes beyond the borders of Orange, New Jersey, where the author resides.
In this book, Ollie tackles the delicate issues of race, injustice, and discrimination which have continuously occurred in the hands of reprobate
Morbid Thoughts and the Domino Effect
Title: Morbid Thoughts and the Domino Effect: Passing Thoughts During Cancer
Author: Perry Muse
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 978-1662925627
Pages: 364
Genre: Prostate Health / Medical Professional Biographies
Reviewed by: Jack Chambers
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One of the most difficult battles a person may be forced to fight against is that of a cancer diagnosis. The brutal disease known as Cancer has been a relentless force which has plagued many families over the centuries. Despite
Oversight
Title: Oversight
Author: Dennis Batchelder
Publisher: NetLeaves
ISBN: 978-0-9798056-6-0
Genre: Fiction / Young Adult / Action & Adventure / Survival
Pages: 345
Reviewed by: Arthur Thares
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When thinking of science fiction, the mind usually goes straight to the far future of flying cars and killer robots, but there is a fun niche of storytelling that involves technology which doesn’t exist today – though it feels like it should. Oversight is one of
The Irish Fiasco
Title: The Irish Fiasco: Stolen Silver in Seventeenth Century Ireland
Author: Geoff Quaife
Publisher: Book Savvy International
ISBN: 978-1-958876-98-5
Pages: 300
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
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Civil war. An oxymoron. This logical and illogical contradiction in terms is quite fitting in the context of this novel because there are moments of civility mixed with brutality, and moments of honor mixed with betrayal. In The Irish Fiasco, author Geoff Quaife depicts
Think Like A Molecule
Title: Think Like A Molecule: Seeking Inspiration in the Structures of Thought
Author: Chuck Champlin
Publisher: Authors Press
ISBN: 1643144669
Pages: 126
Genre: Memoir / Philosophy
Reviewed by: David Allen
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Author Chuck Champlin shares his best information from a lifetime devoted to learning, observation, creating, and teaching. In the process, he’s given us a personal roadmap to the structure and function of our minds.
Champlin puts it like this: “…our thoughts can be actualized. At
The Ever Part of Always
Title: The Ever Part of Always: Keely Tucker’s First Adventure
Author: Toby K. Davis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1469745916
Pages: 208
Genre: Children’s Fantasy
Reviewed by: Michaela Gordoni
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The Ever Part of Always: Keely Tucker’s First Adventure is about little Keely Tucker, an imaginative 10-year-old who never lets her difficult circumstances overcome her. Keely’s family does not have very much money, her dad travels for work, and her mom sometimes drinks too much and says harsh things. The inspiration and
Killing Time
Title: Killing Time
Author: Michael Joseph Mahn
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 979-8-88622-101-5
Pages: 386
Genre: True Crime / Investigative
Reviewed by: Lily Andrews
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Killing Time is an eminently smart investigative novel that follows a former assistant district attorney and a writer, whose troubled pasts come back to haunt them and offer an outcome to a catastrophic event.
New Orleans was once a pleasant and lively city to reside in but when
Israela
Title: Israela
Author: Batya Casper
Publisher: Inks & Bindings
ISBN: 979-8-88615-049-0
Pages: 316
Genre: Historical War Fiction
Reviewed by: Manik Chaturmutha
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Israela, authored by Batya Casper, is an incredibly well-written historical war fiction novel with mind-blowing themes and an excellent storyline. It narrates the lives of three women in war-torn Israel, exploring the issues of identity, heritage, womanhood, war, loss, grief, and Israeli culture.
Ratiba, Orit, and Elisheva are the protagonists and the narrators of
My Descent Into Hell
Title: My Descent Into Hell: A Continuing Memoir of the Son of John F Kennedy’s Assassin – Two More Killings and Their Consequence
Author: Bruce H. Bell
Publisher: Bookside Press
ISBN: 978-1998784479
Genre: Memoir
Reviewed by: David Allen
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On November 22, 1963, ‘Camelot’ ground to a halt. On that day, the convergent vectors of history, misalliance and doom rained down upon the open-air limo of JFK –
The Singapore Plotters
Title: The Singapore Plotters
Author: Donald S. Lawson
Publisher: Diamond Media Press Co.
ISBN: 9781954368163
Genre: Biography / True crime
Pages: 100
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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“Fraud knows no honor and fraud knows no decency,” Chuck Gallagher.
The Singapore Plotters by Donald S. Lawson is a recapitulation of the hapless duplicate events that happened to the author. Narrated in the first-person, this 100-page biography is a true reflection of the current fraud crisis and
The Thirteenth Order II: Darius-Planet of Creation
Title: The Thirteenth Order II: Darius-Planet of Creation
Author: Linda Arena
Publisher: Authors’ Tranquility Press
ISBN: 978-1959197911
Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Pages: 356
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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The Thirteenth Order II: Darius-Planet of Creation is an impressive fictional story in the science and fantasy genre written by Linda Arena. The novel starts with a compact show of action and mystery, where a hunt to seek information on the existence of a foreign
Hidden: Nistar
Title: Hidden: Nistar
Author: Batya Casper
Publisher: Author Reputation Press, LLC
ISBN: 9781649611727
Pages: 178
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” ― Warsan Shire. Hidden: Nistar is a stunningly gripping epic historical novel by Dr. Batya Casper, a renowned author who commands respect and sheer knowledge in Arts & Literature.
The text comprises of two perplexing stories, “Hidden” and “Hanover
Christianity’s Murderous Totalitarianism: Volume 1
Title: Christianity’s Murderous Totalitarianism: Volume 1 – Christian Beliefs
Author: William Sierichs Jr.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1977221308
Pages: 506
Genre: History / Christian Church History
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
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With so much conflict and hardship happening in multiple countries all around the world, including but not limited to the United States, the need for some to find a meaning or cause behind the conflicts we are seeing today is quickly overtaking
Polyxena: A Story of Troy
Title: Polyxena: A Story of Troy
Author: H. Allenger
Publisher: Book Savvy International
ISBN: 979-8986437033
Pages: 478
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Jack Chambers
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In literature, some of the most profound moments of time can be found in tragedy. From the tragic accident that takes a beloved one, to the long fight with an illness that ultimately takes a parent, or even the more fantastic elements of fiction that sees entire planets
Letters from Sadie
Title: Letters from Sadie
Author: Darla Hedrick Quinn
Publisher: WestBowPress
ISBN: 9781664246324
Pages: 155
Genre: Non-Fiction / Epistolary
Reviewed by: Manik Chaturmutha
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Letters from Sadie by Darla Hedrick Quinn is a heartfelt non-fiction novel. It is a collection of letters from the author’s grandmother, Sadie, to her family during her stay in a sanatorium. The letters date back to the early 20th century, during the onset of worldwide tuberculosis. TB was a dangerous disease back then, and patients were mostly
It’s Not About the Money
Title: It’s Not About the Money: Creating a Fulfilling Life
Author: Chuck Denison
Publisher: BookWhip
ISBN: 978-1948801461
Pages: 106
Genre: Biographies
Reviewed by: Jack Chambers
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One of life’s toughest moments has to be when a parent watches their child grow up and leave the house to find their own place in the world. Whether that moment comes when they leave for college, get their first apartment, or fall in love and marry