When you first look at the cover of East of the Mountains by David Guterson, you see a dark gray sky with barren mountains and a field full of dying grass. Throughout the picture runs a gravel road which passes an apple orchard on the way to the mountains in the background. The cover provides a go
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In Review: Road Trip USA, by Jamie Jensen
"Road Trip USA...takes you as close to the real America as you are ever likely to get."
Here's a question for you. If you had the time and the money to undertake just one extensive trip by road on any continent on the planet, which one would you choose,
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In Review: Road Trip USA, by Jamie Jensen
"Road Trip USA...takes you as close to the real America as you are ever likely to get."
Here's a question for you. If you had the time and the money to undertake just one extensive trip by road on any continent on the planet, which one would you choose,
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The summer of 1947, I was coming back on a Production flight mid-afternoon and was happy. I had a good bird with only a few minor problems. When I called Tower for clearance into the pattern, the controller said I had a guest, south of Milford off Pond Point, waiting to meet me.
That was odd. I'd
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The Last Citadel by David L Robbins, is a fictional book based on historical events surrounding the epic tank battle at Kursk Russia in 1943 during World War 2. The German forces were bogged down by the Russian winter, the Russian victory at Stalingrad and then the subsequent spring rain and mud.
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Kavita Daswani's A Girl Named Indie is a work of fiction that narrates the story of Indira Gandhi, a bubbly 15-year-old girl, who eats, drinks, sleeps and even dreams of fashion, since the time she understands its meaning! Indira, (fondly called Indie) is a fashion freak and is addicted to the bes
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"Fault Line" by Barry Eisler is his first novel that doesn't feature his popular assassin John Rain. Being of friend of Barry's and a fan of John Rain and his sniper buddy Dox, I was disappointed that I wouldn't get to read another adventure with the two this summer, but excited when I learned thi
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