Genre: Poetry | Pages: 87 Star rating: Synopsis of the novel: “I SAID GOODNIGHT knowing full well it was goodbye, and then in the dark, you were there, on the bed next to me, only three thousand something miles away, and the quiet sounds of you muddling on your guitar seep into my veins and lull me into that cloudy space between awake and asleep, and in the end I am brought back to the beginning—” Can one create a love so bright, that it crosses distance and time? In this enduring love story, Harnessing Light is the journey of one woman trekking across the world in a search to find home, pea ..read more

Genre: Travel Books | Pages: 362 Star rating: Book Introduction by Rand Bishop: In 2017, broken-hearted over the state of mean-spirited, hyper-partisan vitriol in these United States, I decided to do something fraught with potential peril... I walked home from Southern California to the Central Oregon Coast. Here's what makes this 900-mile trek even more insane: I was 67 at the time, with a history of chronic foot and knee issues, limited camping experience, and absolutely zero knowledge about long-distance hiking.  I've recounted that once-in-a-lifetime, life-changing adventure in a for ..read more

Genre: Psychological Thriller | Pages: 179 Star rating: Synopsis by Julie Coons : Will she have to lose her child to save her child? The day she tells her boyfriend she’s pregnant, is the same day he tells her he’s been accused of molestation. His trial is set to begin the following day. She needs answers… To get them, she tricks her boyfriend into signing a release form, giving her full access to all of his legal documents. She uncovers the truth, he’s guilty. To save her unborn child from this monster, she gets an abortion. FIVE YEARS LATER and still rebuilding her life, Julie finds out her ..read more

You guys – GET a luggage weigher! If you travel a lot, this is so necessary. I am always packing right up the maximum allowance so love to weigh it on the dot so that is one less stress to think about at the airport. I can go to the check-in counter sure that my luggage isn’t overweight. Portable Charger Even with more and more of us using technology, it seems like finding an open and working outlet is still always a challenge. Portable chargers are the BEST if you’re stuck on a train for 10 hours and your phone’s battery (with all your maps and notes) is in its last 10%. I LOVE the Anke ..read more

Genre: Literary fiction | Pages: 325 Star rating: Synopsis by Elaine Partnow: Emilia--who thinks she has lost everything of value to her--rediscovers herself in the rich, dense labyrinth of the Louisiana bayous. When a mysterious man comes into her life, he leads her deeper and deeper into the strange but beautiful swamplands that hold his heart. There her suspicions about him start creeping in as surely as the kudzu that envelops the trees. After a series of bizarre and harrowing experiences, she finds the will to escape but eventually learns that loss can lead to love and suspicion can tra ..read more

Genre: Romance | Pages: 250 Star rating: Book introduction by Aretino Wilde : I’d like to introduce you to ROMEO AND JULIET: A SATIRE, aimed at those who want a lighter version of one of the greatest classics of literature, namely for students who want to get the gist of the book without feeling intimidated or bored by the typical scholar-like approach.  This satire happens 500 years into the future, it includes robots, it suggests Romeo was more attracted to Juliet due to her "proportions" than to a pure form of deeply romantic love, and it even includes a Karate Jesus character ..read more

Most of us are aware of the need to relax and have found our own ways to "relax". The only problem is that many of the activities that people consider to be relaxing are in fact not relaxing at all. For some relaxation is just pausing, a temporary escape from stress that leaves us no more able to cope with stress positively. For example, drinking coffee or alcohol, smoking are socially approved ways of relaxing; but it must be stressed that these are not effective ways to relax. Recent research has demonstrated the preventive power of relaxation. In one study, people who relaxed daily for 20 m ..read more

Genre: Fiction | Pages: 156 Star rating: Synopsis by Alex Stone: An underpaid, overworked Certified Flight Instructor cheats death while attempting to teach a cast of incompetent student pilots to fly at a skeezy South Florida flight school; all in the quest to build flight time so he can get a “real job” at an airline. The planes break, the regs break, metal gets bent, students are lost at sea, and a Top Gun wannabe student, who has four hundred hours of flight instruction, still hasn’t made his first solo flight. “CFI! The Book” is an over-the-top satirical aviation comedy that’s loosely b ..read more

Genre: Short Stories | Pages: 75 Star Rating: Synopsis by Mridula: Still loved...Still missed! The myriad hues of souls” is a collection of 14 short stories and a poem. These stories span characters and emotional states with canny details that touch the depths of your soul. Picturing the complexities of love, misery and mystery, the stories try to gnaw your heart like never before. • What does a flower teach us we often fail to see? • “The belly is an ungrateful wretch.” Is it true? • Ever wondered about the sparseness and illusions in life? • Does death put an end to true love? • Have all t ..read more

Star rating: I just received this really cool passport holder from Urby and I am excited to share it's review with you! Urby provides some really classy travel essentials to its customers. You can check them all out on their website. The passport holder that I received is of premium quality. I tried some stress-strain tests on it and it is still in perfect condition. After having browsed through several travel wallets on different websites, I’ve come to expect smart design and quality construction and Urby seems to provide it. Apart fro,m coming in a cool packaging, this passport holder has ..read more