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Archive for February, 2012

Grown-up Kind of Pretty

                                                                                                                                                                                                             This novel is about a grandmother, daughter and granddaughter who confront a very dark family secret. Ginny Slocumb, now 45, was pregnant at 15 years old. She had been date raped and raised her daughter Liza as a single mom.  Liza, followed the same path as an unwed mother. Headstrong, she never named the [...]

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Trapped

“Trapped is a true story of modern heroism that has all the drama of fiction.” …Book description Thirty-three men were trapped under 708,000 tons of rock, 2,300 feet under ground below the Chilean Desert in the San Jose’ Mine in Chile. The miners were trapped for 69 days while the entire world watched and prayed. [...]

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Soft Target

Ray Cruz, ex Marine sniper, is in the Mall of America with his girlfriend when someone shoots Santa Claus!  Shortly thereafter, 12 gunmen with the look of Middle Eastern terrorists, move down the various halls shooting and herding the shoppers towards the center plaza and ride area. While this is happening someone has taken control of [...]

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 When one of the most well-known citizens of Longley, NY, asked retired police chief Sean Simmons to clear her    nephew of murder charges, he really can’t say no to her.  Sean and his two daughters,  operate a food shop and catering establishment in town.  Reluctantly they work to  discover who was the real murderer of  trader and financial adviser,  Mike [...]

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  Between Heaven and Mirth contains practical advice on how-to live a more spiritual life.  Bestselling author, Father Martin says you will learn to rediscover the importance of humor and laughter in your daily lives and embrace an essential truth: faith leads to joy. “God wants us to experience joy, to cultivate a sense of [...]

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A Universe From Nothing

“Where did the universe come from?  What was there before it?  What will the future bring?” Author, Lawrence M. Krauss reveals the answers to these intriguing questions in A Universe from Nothing.  Krauss takes us back to the beginning of time and uses the most recent evidence to explain how the universe came into being.  [...]

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This book is a depiction of the  (1900s ) European  and Eastern immigration  to America. It’s a historical and anecdotal account of the sufferings of the immigrant people of that era. Sweat shops hosting unhealthy working conditions, child labor, and hazardous job sites, were, at best, what a newcomer to America  faced. A  pivotal point of sweat shop safety awareness, was [...]

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“Picking Up the Pieces without Picking Up won’t give you the answers to forgetting the experiences in your life, but will guide you toward a healthier way of living as you learn how to live for today.”               Erin Merryn Author, Jennifer Storm includes many useful tools to help victims recover and find a new path.  [...]

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The Beach House

Wherever Nan Powell goes, whispers seem to follow. At 65 years old, she is one of the older residents of Nantucket and has quite a reputation around the island. Everyone thinks of her as “the eccentric old woman who has lived alone for too long”.  However, she is not quite as crazy as she seems. Nan [...]

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