Category: books

Totally Together:Shortcuts to an Organized Life is the indispensable guide to organizing a busy household so anyone can have a tidy and tranquil home in just minutes a day.  New York Times bestselling author and popular mommy blogger Stephanie O’Dea provides a practical, how-to-guide in a weekly calendar format to make home organization and time management a snap.

Kalinda Prentiss is a renowned expert in her field of cultural anthropology. In her work with indigenous cultures she begins to see amazing similarities in their path to advancement — similarities based on their acceptance of a religious Messiah. Yet when she documents her work and presents it to the scientific community, she is ridiculed for her belief that societal advancement could in any way be connected to God.

If you have an e-Reader (BESIDES a Kindle, sorry…), did you know your library may share files of books in e-pub and/or pdf formats for you to borrow?

Check out your library website to see if they offer borrowing through OverDrive.com.

Hunter Talen has written the Xander Nash Christian adventure book series in such a way that the children reading it will become involved in the story.  They are filled with laughter, drama and excitement, are just the right length and have accompanying illustrations to break up the text as well.  The illustrations are very neat, a mix of cartoons and real to life drawing that makes Xander seem a bit out of his element…as he is!

Author and educator T. Lloyd Winetsky explores the frustration and heartbreak of medical malpractice, a hot button issue which some call the “dirty little secret” of American health care.  He takes a look back to the Bicentennial year when “preventable human medical error” was a festering problem and parents had little power over the medical and emergency care of their children.

I’ve always been pretty grossed out by bugs.  Even though I don’t even like ladybugs, there is something about them that makes me gently toss them outside when I find them, rather than squish them like I do the other bugs I find!

About the book:
When Yeats and his parents visit his grandmother’s creepy old house, Yeats reunites a pair of pirate bookends and uncovers the amazing truth: Years ago, Yeats’s father traveled into The Arabian Nights with a friend, and the friend, Shari, is still stuck in the tales. Assisted by the not-always-trustworthy pirates, Yeats must navigate the unfamiliar world of the story of Shaharazad

101 Stories about All the Ages and Stages of our Feline Family Members

From crazy kittens to those calm senior cats, you’ll read stories about getting that new bundle of furry love to saying goodbye in a positive way and recovering from loss.

This book has unforgettable stories about every special age and stages of cats.  Stories like April Knight’s where she went with a new kitten in hand, to a friend’s house where they were gathering to bury her friend’s beloved

It seems like cupcakes are all the rage lately.  Taking the best of the best of Jan Moon’s recipes and creations, Southern Living has published a BIG Book of Cupcakes which has 150 brilliantly delicious dreamcakes.