What do you do when an enemy takes out 30 of your people, many tricked into killing other members of their team, gets you fired, dismantles your whole organization and then threatens your family? Vengeance, of course! Right? An American Spy By Olen Steinhauer Read by David Pittu Minotaur Books...

Sun, soil, and water; there are some basics for gardens no matter where you live. But even that can be confusing: how much sunlight? What type of soil? How much water? Go beyond that and you have soil type and pH, fertilizer, pests and diseases and a myriad of other things plants require....

An injured prima ballerina, a exuberant teenager and a mysterious snowglobe merge to form the basis of this light entertaining novel. Finding Our Way Home Charlene Ann Baumbich Waterbrook Press From a dazzling career to the depths of depression, Sasha Davis, the principal dancer for a major...

Since the Bible was written, its stories have been told through mystery plays in the Middle Ages, puppets, flannel graph, picture Bibles, novels and movies. It shouldn’t be any wonder that in a time when graphic novels have a near cult following, that the Bible would be presented in a...

As a young child, I was mesmerized by the kaleidoscope, with colors and shapes shifting as long as I turned the tube. Ever since I began seriously gardening over 25 years ago, I have dreamed of having a kaleidoscope garden, with flowers growing, blooming and fading just as other flowers began...

Two books that offer everything you need to know to grow your own produce Like many other people, this is the time of year when I begin planning for my vegetable gardens. Over the years, growing and harvesting veggies has been trial and error for me, but it won’t be anymore, thanks to two...

Subtitled “A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long,” the 10th anniversary edition of Lewis and Nancy Hill’s book is a wealth of flower gardening information. The Flower Gardener’s Bible Lewis and Nancy Hill Storey Publishing The book is divided into three parts. In Part...

So Tracy Groot has a new book hitting the shelves in June: Flame of Resistance. WWII spy-adventure-romance. Think Casablanca with more depth, more heartbreak, more insight into living in an occupied country. More tears at the end, curse her. I hate crying. I sniffled through the last five...

Inspired Design By Roxanne Hughes Packham and Hannah Packham Photography by Mark Lohman Inspired Designs Publications, Inc. “Beautiful, as used throughout the book, does not mean simply external beauty. There are hundreds of excellent interior design books that illustrate and discuss for...

Encouraging teen girls to take their faith from blah to awe. Daughter of best-selling author, Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop has followed in her father’s footsteps. With a conversational style that is typical of her father, Jenna Lucado Bishop points teenage girls to the truths found in...

Since I became a Christian, I have never had a problem understanding that God was my heavenly Father. Yet, several years ago, it came as a shock when I realized that I considered myself more like a red-headed stepchild rather than a beloved child of God. Since then, I have kept my eyes opened...

With the Harry Potter series concluded, movie audiences might find their next craze in Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box. GP Taylor – a NY Times best-selling author and former vicar of the Church of England – announced that his book is being made into a multi-million-dollar Hollywood...