Burroughs' Bookshelf.

Married to a Trial Liar

Sophia Moreau & Barbara Sheldon

Outskirts Press, Inc.

10940 South Parker Road, #515

Parker, CO 80134

9781432772352, $11.95, www.outskirtspress.com

Love can turn to loathing so quickly. "Married to a Trial Liar" follows the struggle of Mia Pecarde, a business woman whose marriage has turned to imprisonment. With a sociopathic lawyer of a husband whose knowledge keeps her trapped in the marriage, she struggles to find a way out, as it seems all too hopeless. "Married to a Trial Liar" is a riveting read with plenty to consider, very much recommended for community library general fiction collections.

Reflections of a Civil War Locomotive Engineer

Diana Bailey Harris

Privately Published

9781461129547, $17.95, www.amazon.com

A new technology, a huge demand can lead to some interesting times. "Reflections of a Civil War Locomotive Engineer" is a sort of biography as Diana Bailey Harris tries to piece together the story of a railroad engineer from the nineteenth century who struggled through the Civil War and rode the waves of the decades after as war began to strike once more. His story presents a personal view of life in the twentieth century, and Harris captures it well. "Reflections of a Civil War Locomotive Engineer" is an assortment of history, very much recommended reading.

An Endless Perspective of Life

Eric Visconti

Tate Publishing & Enterprises

127 East Trade Center Terrace

Mustang, OK 73064

9781617397004, $16.99, www.tatepublishing.com

To see the world in all its glory is impossible, so we embrace what we can. "An Endless Perspective of Life" is a spiritual and motivational collection of poetry from Eric Visconti who presents verse that looks onto the world with hope. "An Endless Perspective of Life" is charming read with plenty to consider for poetry fans. "Ancient Wall": Behold a strength in edifice,/Behold the great stone wall,/Believe his moss marked age,/Believe he shall not soon fall./Become his willing pupil,/Become the one who hears all./Beneath its darkened surface,/Beneath hear the voices that call./Feel the lives who built him,/Feel the souls that passed by./Find the history he has witnessed,/Find the answers why./Far their memories have passed,/Far we reach for them now./Fast we hold to their lessons,/Fast we pass the lessons down.

A Passel of Hate

Joe Eply

Privately Published

9781461075936, $17.95, www.epleywrites.com

For some states, the civil war was more than a conflict between states, it was a conflict between families. "A Passel of Hate" is a novel that looks at the civil war as a wedge between family, set in the Carolinas. Telling the story of a family who fought against each other and how the end of the war didn't mean an end to the conflict on the family front, "A Passel of Hate" is a choice read with plenty to consider, highly recommended for historical fiction collections.

Applying Mathematics to Construction

Kenneth Williams

Outskirts Press, Inc.

10940 South Parker Road, #515

Parker, CO 80134

9781432766436, $42.95, www.outskirtspress.com

Mathematics makes up everything. "Applying Mathematics to Construction: Carpentry Mathematics & Estimating" is a guide to mathematics and related subjects when dealing with construction and carpentry, how to do more exact measurements, understand the materials one needs, and succeed on a higher level for one's job. "Applying Mathematics to Construction" is a choice pick for community library mathematics and crafts collections.

Runaway!

Dennis Maley

Privately Published

9781463772413, $11.95, www.maleybooks.com

Freedom is worth any cost. "Runaway!" tells the story of a young teenager who was denied the freedom he was promised. In response, he seeks to grab it anyway by fleeing from his master, and seeing much of pre Civil War America and the wedge dividing the country between slavery. Taking assistance where he cans, he sees freedom on the horizon, but must place trust in uncertainty. "Runaway!" is a fascinating read of the push for freedom of slavery that many individuals embarked upon.

Life on Grayson Island

E. R. Champion

Outskirts Press

10940 S. Parker Road 515

Parker, CO 80134

9781432765798, $14.95, www.outskirtspress.com

The mystical land of Oz can take many forms. "Life on Grayson Island" is a spin of fiction from Ellen Champion as she presents a tale of Special Policeman Brent Williams as her serves Grayson Island, a present day incarnation of Oz. With plenty of humor and absurdity that leaves readers with laughing as they ponder, "Life on Grayson Island" is a choice read, very much recommended reading.

The Crimson Battle Axe

Curtis Oddo

Lulu

Smith Publicity

1930 E. Marlton Pike, Suite I 46

Cherry Hill, NJ 08003

9781257381630, $17.99, www.smithpublicity.com

A good old fashioned tale of high adventure is sometimes all we seek. "The Crimson Battle Axe" seeks to call forth that tale, following Gnarl, a driven warrior and defender of his people. Finding friendship with few, he relies on his skill with the axe to face down the forces of the Dark Lord, to see it through and make the world safe once more. For those seeking grisly and classic heroic fantasy, "The Crimson Battle Axe" is an excellent and much recommended pick.

The Gifts

Mary Flinn

Aviva Publishing

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9781935586487, $19.95, www.theonenovel.com

We can swear to avoid our own falls again, but gravity is so very easy to fall into. "The Gifts" is a story of the challenges of living in a family, shouldering one another's burdens and heaving ourselves through the worst of it. Telling a story of a family facing their own struggles and trying to find a bit of love through the easiness of hate, "The Gifts" is a moving and realistic read of family and how it's all too hard to live sometimes.

John Burroughs

Reviewer