Here are this week's newest releases. Fiction Red Queen (Philippa Gregory) Red Queen is a fictional account of Margaret Beaufort, future queen of Scotland, from the time she was an innocent nine-year-old, full of grand dreams of her own, to an unloved wife and widow at 13, and a mother at 14, determined to give her son everything, even if it could cost her her life. Business Mentor Leader (Tony Dungy) "Your only job is to help your players be better." Tony Dungy heard this from one of his earlier mentors and has been his guiding principle ever since. This simple principle has led to...

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Here is a line-up of the newest releases. Entertainment Sliding Into Home (Kendra Wilkinson) We all know Kendra Wilkinson as one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends and one of the stars of The Girls Next Door. In Sliding Into Home, Kendra talks about growing up without a father, messing up and how she recovered to  graduate from high school. She also talks about life with her husband, NFL star Hank Baskett and their newborn son, and their secret relationship while she was still living in the Playboy Mansion.Learn more about Kendra in this riveting and entertaining biography. Mystery Star Island (Carl Hiaasen) In Star Island,...

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The Colorado Kid is a novella by Stephen King published in 2005. Although it has been out for several years, it just now came to my attention when the Syfy Network launched Haven, a weekly TV program loosely – really, really loosely – based on the novella. The first couple of episodes were good enough to get up my curiosity about the book. The Colorado Kid is a quick read at just 184 pages in small book format, including an explanatory/apologetic/defiant afterward by King. More than most books, The Colorado Kid depends on characterization and story-telling more...

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Jane Austen is one of the most beloved (and widely read) authors of English literature of many generations. Having written her novels in a different century, how is it that she has manages to captivate readers, decade after decade? The fact of the matter is that Jane Austen's writing is timeless. My first encounter with Jane Austen was through Pride and Prejudice. Though the movie version of the novel is considered a "chick flick," and some might venture to call it "chick lit," the novel deals heavily with important social matters such as manners, morality, education, and...

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Another reading list for the summer. This time, let's take a look at Stephen King's recommendations. The Millenium Trilogy (Stiegg Larsson) The Millenium Trilogy is Swedish author Stiegg Larsson's first murder mystery novel. Composed of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, it's the story of journalist Mikael Blomkvist, investigating the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, who belongs to one of Sweden's wealthiest families, the Vanger family. Together with Lisbeth Salamander, a 24-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker, they uncover the truth about the Vanger family and the corruption...

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