Yvonne Perry

RIGHT TO RECOVER: Winning the Political and Religious Wars Over Stem Cell Research in America gives readers an accurate picture of the controversial field of embryonic (blastocystic) stem cell research. In addition, it highlights the progress of therapies resulting from adult stem cell research as well as those from stem cells found in cord blood and amniotic fluid.

The book covers all types of stem cell research and explains why a fish-looking embryo cannot possibly exist in a Petri dish.

Author Yvonne Perry says that the belief that a human life is being taken by removing a few cells from an in vitro blastocyst (IV-B) is a ploy to delay funding for a science that may likely produce effective treatments and possible cures for many illnesses and conditions.

“People have heard and read this erroneous report so many times they actually believe the research kills a baby,” says Perry. “Instead of doing research to find out what really goes on in the lab, they believe what they are told by political and religious leaders who are promoting their own agenda through the media.” Read more

Jeff Shaara

After reveling in Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels, I doubted that his son, Jeff, could even come close to attaining the emotional connection to the historical figures that Michael achieved in his Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the battle of Gettysburg. I was wrong. (Check out the trilogy here The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure begins after the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, and follows the events leading up to Lee’s surrender in April 1865, and ultimately–to the deaths of Lee, Grant, and Joshua Chamberlain.

Shaara captures the emotional and physical toil of war , taking readers deep into the psyche of the war’s greatest generals and experentially through the perils of its most disastrous moments.

As Shaara chronicles Lee’s efforts to defend northern Virginia from Grant’s well-supplied forces, I was struck with the Southern general’s heartbreaking decisions about sending his men out against a far better equipped enemy, knowing that certain death awaited them. Read more

Sandy Lender

Choices Meant for Gods from ArcheBooks Publishing is the story of Amanda Chariss, a young lady who’s been on the run from a madman all her life. When she finally chooses to stand and fight, she discovers she’s wrapped in centuries of prophecy that demand she protect the very gods of her society.

None of the gods noticed when Chariss was born with the mark of The Protector. Now the story picks up when she and her wizard guardian seek shelter from a mad sorcerer in a household not just full of secrets and false hope, but watched by the god who will unwittingly reveal her role in an impending war.

When an orphan sets aside a lifetime of running and fear to accept the responsibilities of guarding an arrogant deity, can she face the trials in the prophecies she uncovers? And will Nigel Taiman of her latest refuge dare to use his dragon heritage to bind her to his estate or to help her in her duty? Read more