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Fern and Her Not So Puffy Tail by Shanell Sager
Flight by W.R. Blocher
Gathering No Moss by Don Feeney
God’s End-Time Puzzle by William C. Edmondson
Guidance To Death by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
History and Mystery by Bernie L. Calaway
Incredible Essence of Elephants, The by Changaram S. Venugopal and Jacob V. Cheeran
Into the Canyon with Mary Colter by Dr. Barbara ten Brink
Light in a Dark Void by Michael Markevich
Loser by Mr. Lucky
Mary Magdalen by Judy Barnes
Murder Garden by Ron Fritsch
Notunol by Mac R. Cabanilla
Paradise Broken by Rob Marshal
Phoenix Career Principles, The by Tony Pisanelli
Poems of Divine Power by Annielean
Rainbow, No End by Lloyd Knight
Reading Homer's Iliad by Kostas Myrsiades
Reality Prism by Paul E. Vallely Major General, US Army (Ret) and John D. Trudel
Sacred Writings of St. John the Apostle, The by Rev. Dr. Henry B. Malone
Salt Island by Lisa Towles
Saving Alezia’s Baby by Carole Love Forbes and Gary G. Love
Semi-Gloss by Joe Barrett
Submitted Unto Perfection by Jo Gwost
Swamp Water Tales by John Tuminello
Tales of a Spiritual Sun by Paul Kiritsis
Tall Moon Diaries by Robert Bollendorf
Terrifying Tales Unleashed by Scott D. Gottschalk
Tomorrow We Will Know by Sandra Worth
Who Held the Door Open? by Raejean Kanter
Working Like a Man by Jessie Eldora Robertson
          
 
 
 
Reviews for April 2023
And She Wasn’t Damaged by Hagit Vardi
Awesome Untold Story, The by Gary Alan Rothhaar
Big Feet by Michael Rubel
Bones of Skull Island by A. Remlov
Computer Love by Ricardo Pierre-Louis
Entanglement by Evan Frank
Fern and Her Not So Puffy Tail by Shanell Sager
Ghost Comes Out, The by The Sisters Spurlock
Guff - The Journey Continues by Carole Eglash-Kosoff
Guidance To Death by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
Horse to Water by Peter Bailey
Into the Canyon with Mary Colter by Dr. Barbara ten Brink
Journey, The by Colonel Vaughan Witten, PhD
Lifeline to a Soul by John K McLaughlin
Light in a Dark Void by Michael Markevich
Magdalene by Marissa Dike
Notunol: A Study of Christism by Mac R. Cabanilla
"on that day" A Trilogy by Thomas Fitzhugh Sheets
Pack of the Lost by Nikita Kapoor
Poems of Divine Power by Annielean
Provenance Unknown by Sonia Nicholson
Sacred Writings of St. John the Apostle, The by Rev. Dr. Henry B. Malone
Salt Island by Lisa Towles
Saving Alezia’s Baby by Carole Love Forbes and Gary G. Love
Semi-Gloss by Joe Barrett
Sound of Animals, The by Mark A. Mullens
Submitted Unto Perfection by Jo Gwost
Swamp Water Tales by John Tuminello
Tales of a Spiritual Sun by Paul Kiritsis
Tall Moon Diaries by Robert Bollendorf
Tears of Hope, The by Peter A. Hubbard
Terrifying Tales Unleashed by Scott D. Gottschalk
Violet by Sabrina Simon
Who Held the Door Open? by Raejean Kanter
Working Like a Man by Jessie Eldora Robertson

 
 
 
Focus Review
Inner Trek: A Reluctant Pilgrim in the Himalayas
by Mohan Ranga Rao

"On a journey to a great destination, the body and soul should not be concerned with the considerable challenges of the trip."

Embroiled in difficult business dealings, author Rao is convinced by his devout Hindu wife, Mamatha, to vow to Lord Shiva that he will go to sacred sites at Lake Manasa Sarovar and Mount Kailash in Tibet. He gradually acquiesces, and she books the tour. Preparations are paramount: pilgrims of any age might die from the continual cold and extreme altitudes. Crossing into Tibet on a narrow, swaying suspension bridge is the first taste of challenge, followed by cramped sleeping quarters shared with fellow pilgrims and no toilets or hot water. The couple bathes ritually in the beautiful blue, icy Manasa, a prelude for deeper spiritual connectivity that will infuse Rao's mind and heart as he and Mamatha hike the entire circumference of Kailash that rises out of the rocky landscape like a divinely formed pyramid. By the end of their adventure, Rao expresses that he has "surrendered to a higher intelligence." ... (read more)
 
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Flight by W.R. Blocher
Gathering No Moss by Don Feeney
Gentle Shadows Fierce Wings by Nikita Kapoor
God’s End-Time Puzzle by William C. Edmondson
History and Mystery by Bernie L. Calaway
Incredible Essence of Elephants, The by Changaram S. Venugopal and Jacob V. Cheeran
Mary Magdalen by Judy Barnes
Norman Rockwell's Models by S. T. Haggerty
One of Ours by Lynn-Steven Johanson
Paradise Broken by Rob Marshall
Paris Spoken Here by Christine Candland
Phoenix Career Principles, The by Tony Pisanelli
Rainbow, No End by Lloyd Knight
Reading Homer's Iliad by Kostas Myrsiades
Tomorrow We Will Know by Sandra Worth
Tree of Life, The by Daniel G. Miller

 
 
 
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