This is a true tale of a teenage girl who, in 1983, refused to go to school and became a ward of Quebec’s juvenile system, eventually making her way to The Farm. It questions the use of incarceration as a means of dealing with youth protection cases, and it offers a rare glimpse inside one of Quebec’s oldest juvenile detention centers. The Shawbridge Boys Farm, just north of Montreal Quebec, has been reforming children for more than a hundred years. Thousands of stories can be collected from the children, adults, and seniors who have lived on “The Farm”. This is a story of just one of them, but it can’t be told without including many about the kids who were there with her.

The Americans now tied their future with that of the Byzantines. They soon develop factories and train workers to rapidly advance the technology to the points were they are building Rifles muskets civil war era artillery and steamships that help defeat and route the Ottoman army besieging Constantinople. Catching up with the fleeing sultan and his renegade American lover, George Mavrakis and his wife save the wounded Sultan’s life and persuade the victorious Byzantines to show mercy to the defeated Ottomans who in turn help him establish a new kingdom bordering the Byzantine lands. Within time the two empires become allies and share technological advances to send an expedition across the Atlantic to the new world.

The book, chronicles the journey this single mom took with faith. She wasn’t sure how it worked, as she at failed at the faith game so many times, but she was determined to be found faithful, she had no choice.

“I know that he may have a past but that doesn’t make him guilty of this crime, does it? Am I wrong for believing in the potential of our young men today?”-Mike Hillman

When the young New Yorker, Markos Androlakis, visited the island of Crete in the summer of 1940 for a sabbatical, he unwittingly put himself in a trajectory to test the fate of destiny. War soon engulfs the tiny peaceful nation of Greece and the Greek army does it’s best to hold off the fascist hordes. Markos soon finds himself on the Greek and allied side of the war while fighting for survival and for the liberation of his ancestral homeland

Riley “Rocky” Stone, a twelve year old boy on a family vacation, finds what he believes is a magical Apache arrowhead while hiking with his grandfather in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. His arrowhead is more than magical taking him and his family to Disney World.

Love and War book is written by the famous author M L Hollinger. This is the second book in the Javik series and continues the parallel stories of Javik and Allana. While Javik is at war, Grazhda and Tao Shan confirm that Allana is heir to the throne of Gorgos, an island kingdom far to […]

A fast-paced read for the whole family. Caffeine Can Kill touches on all the vices: murder, theft, prostitution, and jealousy. Bob Doerr weaves the tale in such a way that other than some blood and a rattlesnake bite, the reader can enjoy the ride without the swearing and violence some novels use in place of great writing. — Bill Wetterman, author of The Peacock Trilogy.

Javik lives in a country surrounded by mountains and covered in old growth forest. His ambition is to become a warrior like his father, Tolda, but he must pass Mauhad before he can realize that ambition. When is father is killed saving the others in his raiding party, Javik despairs of ever reaching that goal without his father’s training. Goldar, who led the raid when Tolda was killed, convinces the King to allow Javik to train with Tao Shan, the finest mentor in the kingdom. Javik finds himself among the sons of the wealthy and must adjust to the situation quickly. While in training he encounters a girl in the forest. She is Allana an escaped slave, but Javik falls in love with her. He convinces her to come out of hiding, and she teaches the sling to Tao Shan’s students.

Run Cissy Run by Betty J Vaughn book is a very popular book. You would think Cecilia LaRoque has it all: a loving father, wealth, beauty, social position and a devoted suitor. She doesn’t. Crushed by a cold and critical mother who soon absconds to live with a dissolute lover, ‘Cissy’ struggles to prove herself […]