The Genesis of Revelation exposes the secrets of the Bible. The ground-breaking findings reveal that almost everything that is known about the Bible, God, and Jesus, has been based upon an astonishing misunderstanding. According to Jesus, the primary underlying message of his teachings was "hidden" from those who were not ready to know the truth (Mark 4:22; Luke 19:42). This special knowledge is related to what is referred to in the Old Testament as the "secret things" of the Lord (Deuteronomy … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Tyler Rebik
About Tyler Rebik: I started writing when I was eight years old. I first self-published when I was fifteen and haven't stopped since. I was born in Texarkana, TX; graduated from Haworth High School in Haworth, OK; and graduated from Great Commission Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology. I have published 12 short novels, 5 poetry collections, a collection of short stories and I wrote the introduction to a compilation of prayers by Rabbi Rocky Grossman. What inspires you to … [Read more...]
Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese
Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18 years old, from a Catholic-Jewish family, lives with her parents in Outremont. At a local dance, she briefly meets a handsome young man, but has little hope of seeing him again. When Sol Gottesman tracks her down and asks her on a date, her joy mingles with disbelief when she learns he is the son of a wealthy Westmount businessman. Echo from Mount Royal begins as a coming-of-age story, fulfilling the romantic dreams of a young woman. When Sol takes her in a … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Out of the Shoebox by Yaron Reshef
Genre: Menoir, Family, Mystery, genealogy, Jewish, Holocaust Out of the Shoebox by Yaron Reshef A fascinating journal that reads like a detective story, comes across as an imaginative quest into the past, yet is the true personal story of the writer, Yaron Reshef. An unexpected phone call hurls Reshef into an intensive two-year journey, during which he has to solve a mystery that took shape in the 1930s and gradually unfolded in the present. A mysterious lot, a forgotten bank account, a … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Mel Goldberg
About Mel Goldberg: After earning an advanced degree in literature, I taught literature and writing in California, Illinois, Arizona. I was fortunate to be selected as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher to teach for one year at Stanground College in Cambridgeshire, England. I studied Irish poetry at Cambridge in evenings and weekends. I quite my teaching position and moved to Sedona, Arizona, for its unlit streets, brilliant night skies, and high desert living and to complete writing my first novel. … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Dave Riese
About Dave Riese: Born in 1946, I grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts, graduating from Arlington High School in 1964. I attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, majoring in English literature. During my junior year, I studied English Literature at Oxford University and travelled in Europe. After graduating in 1968, I enlisted in the Air Force one step ahead of my draft board's invitation to join the army and travel to Vietnam. I married Susan, my high school girlfriend, during leave … [Read more...]
Alouette’s Song by Andrew Jonathan Fine
The book is a young-adult/new-adult action-adventure featuring teen romance occurring within a science fiction setting. Meet Dotty and Rick. Dotty is a professional violinist with a GED. Rick is a college sophomore, having graduated high school early to pursue interests that steer him away from an abusive home. While not a typical love-at-first-sight scenario they do get thrown together in a spectacular manner. Dotty gets mugged in a subway and falls onto the tracks of a train due … [Read more...]
“Out of the Shoebox”: An Autobiographic Mystery by Yaron Reshef
Out of the Shoebox is a fascinating journal that reads like a detective story, comes across as an imaginative quest into the past, yet is the true personal story of the writer, Yaron Reshef. An unexpected phone call hurls Reshef into an intensive two-year journey, during which he has to solve a mystery that took shape in the 1930s and gradually unfolded in the present. A mysterious lot, a forgotten bank account, a people long gone – along with their memory which were obliterated during the … [Read more...]
Jo Joe by Sally Wiener Grotta
As a child, Judith Ormand was the only Black — and the only Jew — in a small insular Pennsylvania mountain village where she was raised by her white Christian grandparents. Now, she must reluctantly break her vow to never return to the town she learned to hate. During her one week visit, she buries and mourns her beloved grandmother, is forced to deal with the white boy who cruelly broke her heart, and is menaced by an old enemy. But with her traumatic discovery of a long buried secret, Judith … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: All My Love, Detrick by Roberta Kagan
Genre: Historical Fiction Detrick was born with every quality that would ensure his destiny as a leader of Adolph Hitler's coveted Aryan race. But on his 7th birthday, an unexpected event changed the course of his destiny forever. As the Nazis rose to power, Detrick was swept into a life filled with secrets, enemies, betrayals, friendships, and most of all everlasting love. Link to buy book … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Moish and the Mob and Other Short Fiction by Raanan Geberer
Genre: Realistic fiction When people talk of the classic gangster era, the first names that come to mind are national crime stars: Capone, Luciano, Lansky, Siegel. But for every criminal big shot, dozens of minor hoods wielded power over slivers of local turf and collected followers and wannabes. For New York City between the wars, the lure of easy money posed a strong temptation to many youth who couldn't quite cut it as "good Jewish boys." Most of the “Moish and the Mob” takes place in … [Read more...]
The Heart’s Melody by Chava Epstein
The Heart's Melody is one of the Love Stories series Barefoot Heart. (The other romance is A Hidden Spring) The Heart's Melody is the story of Noa, a mature Israeli Jewish woman in her fifties, who, in order to understand the miracle of life, allows the unexpected to happen. She is developing a complex romantic relationship with Amar, a young Arab man of twenty-eight, who she meets at an empowerment and self-awareness course. In this relationship Noa finds her inner voice that had been … [Read more...]
