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Literature & Fiction

 

Just Out of Reach

by Barbara Jeanne Fisher

 

 

Just Out of Reach is a tender and heartfelt novel about a man who finally realizes a deep and everlasting love―a love unlike any he has ever known before― after having his heart crushed twice. This well written and heart touching novel blends Don’s “ending too soon” previous loves with Jill’s insecurities from past abuse and a present stalker. They find an all-encompassing relationship, and together are able to put their past behind them and look forward to an exciting future together.

Socrates 2000

 

by John Anderson

 

 

The little book with the big idea. Can a story change the world? The universe? This author answers in the affirmative. This book is his attempt to do so. Dare bare witness?

 

Fire in the Rain

 

by Paul Cox

 

 

 

Justin Mabry was looking for a quiet town to recuperate from his divorce and raise his twelve-year-old son. Clark Fork was tucked away in the Rocky Mountains of North Idaho and seemed to offer the simplicity and solitude he desperately needed. But Mabry soon discovered his troubles were far from over. 

 

Tavio's Girls

 

by L. B. Washington

 

 

Tavio's Girls is about loyalty and trust. It reminds us that even though we may have lost much in our lives, there's still so much we have to gain.

Business as Usual

by David Mazzotta

 

 

Something is rotten at consulting giant Can-Am, Ltd.

Jake, the junior partner and world-renowned management guru, is busy lamenting his estranged son and playing domestic politics with his socially ambitious wife. Jim, a young corporate golden boy, is busy lamenting his lost, carefree, slacker years and trying to bed the boss's daughter.

wrong all along

by Daisy Jordan

 

 

 

What some readers have to say about Wrong All Along and Spin the Bottle: "Wow...so realistic it's scary!" "Jill and Todd are, like, the best characters ever!" "Literally the best books I ever read...It's everyday life!" "I couldn't stop reading." "I love the first two books, and I can't wait till the next two!"

 

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare  

 

Fully Annotated from an

Oxfordian Perspective    

by Richard F. Whalen

 

 

This Oxfordian Shakespeare Series presents for the first time fully annotated editions informed by the view that the plays were written by Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford—a view that reveals their true meaning and significance not only for his contemporaries but also for today’s readers and playgoers.

 
 

Up Dog Street and

Left on Shadows

by Iris Optaciana

 

 

How to justify the madness that takes hold from Raspado de Coco to Agua Dulce, when Jura, Carlo Cristiano’s dog, is rescued by the Coast Guard and ends up in the hands of the boys from Übertown?

Yes, it was a foreseeable tragedy, given South Florida’s isolated evolution. Decades of benevolent Yankee neglect and liberal pandering have fostered a new man ...

 
  Glitz of the Hamptons

by Janet Berg

 

 

An aging man on a sentimental journey through the famous Hamptons finds that

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

A parody and short story for readers of all ages!

 
Paradigm Lost

by Hank Davis

 

 

The FBI agent said all she had to do was sign some papers. She let him into her house. He declined the Danish. He declined the coffee. And then he shot her. Several times. Retired Agent Frank Talbot is fighting a receding hairline, former colleagues, a controversial past and an unidentified antagonist who’s leaving a trail of empty wallets and ruined lives across present day South Florida.

 

Death

in Daytona

by Steven Grimes

 

 

Doc, a long-haired, tattooed ER doctor, plans on a relaxing week of warm breezes, palm trees and hot women at Daytona Bike Week with his best friend, Bear. But the trip is anything but relaxing. Two brothers, white supremacy fanatics, have come to Florida to commit acts of ghastly domestic terrorism…

 
Games End

by Vic Sandel

 

 

“…a good, fast-paced, catchy mystery…has a special spark…well-written and well-edited…I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.”—Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review

After their daring rescue of a young girl, while helping to destroy a terrorist plot to take over military and government computers, Greg Norman and Morgan Hilliard settle in for a well-needed rest. A time to resume their lives and define their budding relationship.

 

The Crusade of the Faithless

by Kyle DePew

 

 

Three millennia from now, the people of Earth have been driven out by an unknown race of monsters. Those who have settled the world of Corterra have lived in relative peace for centuries, but now a new adversary has come.

 

Hombrecito's Search  

by W. Michael Farmer

 

 

The thrilling, provocative sequel to Hombrecito's War

"...a period western that really gives you the creak of leather and the smell of gunpowder.” —Craig Johnson, author of The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, and Kindness Goes Unpunished

  

The Anna Journal

by John Robert Dodd

 

 

Anna was not much to look at, and she did not read. This last fact disqualified her as a candidate for marriage…or so he thought. When his girlfriend of a year announces she is pregnant, an indecisive young man struggles to reconcile his flight of fancies with reality.

Twilight of One

by Nina R. Schluntz

 

 

For centuries, Dragons and Metamorphs tore Dragon Island apart with war, until a sorcerer created a horrible plague to ravage the ‘morphs. But when Dee, a surviving Metamorph child, finds himself free of the island—and the dragons’ imprisonment—he doesn’t know how to control the disease running through his veins.

 

Masha's Forest 

by Georg Meri-Akri

 

 

It began in World War II. A Ukranian family with two young boys, violently uprooted by soldiers, flees across Europe, struggling to survive and reach America. Aboard a flight to Berlin years later, one of those boys recalls the displaced existence of his family and the unsettling times.

 

A New Odyssey

By Frank Hughes, Jr.

 

 

Meet Ulysses McHugh, the typical twenty-something guy wondering where he’s going in life and how he’s going to get there. Is a purple minivan his best means of travel? He's got his two best friends, a good-paying job, a hopeless infatuation with a nameless beauty from the train station, and a rock in his pocket. So on a long, event-filled journey Ulysses goes to discover who he is and who he wants to be.

Across Time:

  Mystery of the Great Sphinx

By O.J. Harp III

 

 

"Rich with history and imagination, a perfect blend of fact and fiction." —Editor, www.Books2Mention.com

U-1706

By Rene D. Egle

 

 

November 1944

Germany is losing World War II. In a last, desperate attempt to turn the tide, German High Command send a U-boat loaded with the latest in weapons technology and uranium to meet with the Japanese in the Philippine Sea. U-1706 also carries highly sensitive documents.

 

A Modern Scop

Tells Beowulf

By Amy Hager

 

 

 

Beowulf: the Ancient Hero

A thousand years ago, a warrior prince sailed to Denmark to battle a monster plaguing the mead hall of the Danish king. For 12 years the Danes endured its nightly attacks, but none could kill the beast. To the fabled hall comes Beowulf.

   

Beyond Jack Squat

By Pat Frank

 

 

 

Jackie O'Riley never had life handed him on a platter. For one thing, he was born in a time of poverty and uncertainty, when most Americans could barely stay alive and keep a roof over their heads.

 

The Winding Road 

by  W. Edmund Hood

 

 

During the last century, South Korea transitioned from a shadowy corner of the mysterious orient to the economic powerhouse it is today. The Winding Road tells the story of a man who lived through those times, starting out helping his father in a rice paddy in a sleepy, rural town, living through a vicious war, and finally traveling to the U.S. Ung Ho Chang's story cries out to be heard.

really good friends 

  by Daisy Jordan

 

 

For Jill Sherer, high school’s shaping up to be better than she could’ve imagined. From the first week of cheerleading practice, she and her best friends Hillary and Lorylyn are included in a circle of popular girls who open the door to a world of exciting social possibilities. And on the first day of school, Jill meets Todd – hot, smart, athletic, funny, and a flirt – the boy of her dreams.

  Article 5

by Isabelle Assante

 

 

Death row inmate Mikey Strenton tells his life story, as courtroom scenes unfold and others give testimony — the mother of a victim, the prison chaplain, lawyers, prosecutors, prison guards, and other inmates of death row. Their collective expression of suffering leads to a moving indictment of a method of justice which leaves blood on everyone’s hands.

 

       

Uncle Sam's Gal 

 by Colin Peck

 

 

It is 1915, World War I is blazing across Europe, and New York socialite Eliza Pearse travels to London in pursuit of her errant fiance, Maxwell. On her odyssey to England, she will survive one of the biggest tragedies of the Great War, encounter Irish terrorists and get herself entangled in the quaint, clandestine world of Enrico Albyvendie of the British secret service.

The Seven Doors

by R. Daniel Noyes

 

 

THE SEVEN DOORS . . . Brought together under curious circumstances, Berkeley doctoral student Nick Summers is enthusiastically befriended by a mysterious philosophy professor.    With the help of a young physicist, Emily, the three discover a secret message hidden within an unusual object found near Stonehenge.

 

The Sparta Series

by Kristin Kochsmeier

 

 

In a small town called Sparta, colorful people live, and strange things happen...

 “Murder in Sparta” - a man is unjustly accused of a crime he didn't commit. Will the real killer get away?

Be[(com)ing] Real

by Megan Noelle

 

 

“…full of surprises…exceptional…”                        — Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review

Best friends, Donna DiSimone and Kenny George, have been out of touch since their first couple years out of college. So a call from Kenny out of the blue thrills Donna so much (especially now that she actually has something exciting to tell him) that she barely has time to realize that this is not a happy, routine catch-up call before blurting out her good news.

Empty Nest,

Full Hookups

 by Debbie Holland

 

 

If you’ve ever dreamed of a “someday” life on the road, read the adventures of Grey and Destin Hall, a baby boomer couple who have their happily-ever-after life rudely interrupted by a factory downsizing.

Out of the Darkness

by Michael Clinton Oliver

 

 

“Shows a pitch-perfect ear for the cadences of the modern, rural South. Fast-paced and well written, Out of the Darkness exposes the nether world of methamphetamine addiction and its effect on a prominent southern family. A thoroughly enjoyable read.”                —Inman Majors, author of Wonderdog

“...a compelling read about the harsh realities of drug use in rural life.” —Janice Lynn, award winning author of Jane Millionaire.

Back from Bora Bora

By Sondra Luger

 

 

Eve Nelson is thirty, head of sales at the New York money management firm of Williams, Wetcliff, and Snell, and bored with her career. She would consider marriage, which would thrill her insistent, widowed mother, but as a "plain Jane" who gets the respect, but not the eye, of men like handsome Bill Wetcliff, her chances are slim.

The Scrapbook

by Peggy Baker

 

 

Scrapbooks tell our stories about our girlfriends, our children, our parents, our boyfriends, and our husbands.

This novel celebrates the art of scrap booking and our memories of those who have touched our lives.

Sacred Ground

by Timothy Hollins

 

 

Tired of the noisy, fast-paced city life, Telisha Austin, a well-learned and decorated detective in San Diego, California, moves back to her native state in Mississippi, and settles in Arielleville. Soon she’s assigned to the suicide case of Joseph Reed Jr., a local businessman labeled introvert, the son of a prominent family in Arielleville. While trying to tie up the many loose ends in her investigation, Austin is quickly engulfed in a bizarre world of murder, betrayal, kidnapping, and a heated love-triangle that just might jeopardize her case—and her life.

Demon

by Craig W. Tweedie

 

 

 

Neil has been bullied since as far back as he can remember. One evening, he is beaten near death over an altercation that took place earlier that day in school. In his delusion, he is met by Luharen, a six-hundred-year-old demon that offers Neil unlimited power and vengeance.

A Safe Position

by Kathleen M. Burke

 

 

Why is there a shortage of teachers in the United States? It’s time for America’s educators to speak out about the obstacles preventing them from achieving their goals.

    

The First Atheist

by Eric Polfliet

 

 

 

“... one of the most interesting and well-written books I’ve read in sometime. – Sort of like The DaVinci Code and just as disturbing. A ‘must read’ for anyone...” — Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review

Charvaka, sweet talker, ladies’ man, godless libertine, was the First Atheist. Many have been disgusted at the mention of his name because he liked to eat, drink, and fornicate. He was also known for questioning the authority of the Brahmin priests.

Azriel:

The Angel Chronicles

  by Mark D. Chevalier

 

 

If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out. —Aristotle

What would you do if one day you discovered that you weren’t always human? How would you react, knowing that God had punished you? How would you reconcile yourself with the knowledge that you had been friends with the Devil himself before the Great War in Heaven?

Blood and Bond

by Kae Cheatham

 

 

 

Eddie CloudRunner, rancher and teacher in a small Wyoming community, is bothered by hallucinations that seem to parallel the area's sudden environmental problems.

  An Inexact Life

 by Gerald Warren

 

 

It’s been close to three years since Roman's been home, and it probably would have been longer had his good friend not gotten into an accident. Being sick of his perverted uncle, who makes bi-weekly trips to the strip club, is just the beginning.

A Celebration of Love

 by Saldanha Murphy Ridley

 

 

Veronica “Nikki" Jones is a young beautiful sister and soon-to-be college grad. At the age of 16, she ran away from an abusive and alcoholic father, and relocated to Atlanta to begin a new life. However, after the death of her father, she learns of the birth of her baby sister, MiKayla, and prepares to take on the unexpected task of single parenthood.

Young Vampire:

Lamia of Akkad

by Birde Williams

 

 

 

Long ago...

...in ancient Mesopotamia,

lives a young boy called Uraby, who wants nothing more than to be sixteen at last.  His plans are cut short, however, when many complications land him alone and homeless in the distant Akkad...

The Spectre of Death Rode the Land

by Lois Glass Webb

 

 

When Civil War comes to the wilderness of Southeast Missouri, John Gordon decrees the family will remain neutral, continue raising corn and hogs. Family duty demands that sons, Stuart and Riley, stay at the plow while their friends ride off to find General Price. Frustrated, Stuart leaves in the night to join a local unit. When the Union Army imposes martial law, the independent farmer becomes a partisan ranger out to protect home and hearth.

Night Café

Martin Foster

 

 

The Night Café is located in the town of Arles, France. In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh moved to Arles from Paris to paint the beautiful landscape. Some of his well-known works from Arles were Sunflowers and Trees in Bloom.

Showdown at Apache Gold

 

by Gene Scott Freese

 

 

This is the story of two men, a white and an Apache, driven by fate in the modern West. Descendants of famous historical figures General George Crook and Geronimo, the men are as much at odds with their own heritage as they are with each other.

  

Jaded

 

by Carla Gibson

 

 

 

A crisscrossed tale of seduction, trickery, hidden plots and powerful emotions...—Midwest Book Review

Dr. Erin Tyler’s past catches up with her the day her British rock musician boyfriend, Steve, leaves on business to Ireland. Her ex-fiancé, Chris, is in New York City to attend a conference organized by his mentor, Alec Winterhalter, who has decided Erin is perfect marriage material for Chris’ skyrocketing design career.

 

Geronimo Stone

 

by Craig Stevens & Michael Moore

 

 

 

In this searing drama, learn the seven attributes of “The Mobile of Excellent Management.” This, the 1st story in the Geronimo Stone Series, takes place at an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee. The once-prosperous company is in chaos when its patriarch, Robert “Geronimo” Stone becomes ill and dies. His family survives the profound personal loss only to face a hostile business war.

Voices From a Far Field

 

by Calvin Bowden

 

 

 

Heck Tennel returns after 65 years to small Texas town he fled when 18, leaving behind a destitute family and a girl he loved. Found by girl’s aunt, he is urged to return for critical message. Aunt has died, but message can be found in special place known only to him and Gloria in l934.

King Arthur

and His Ribald (K)nights

 

by Art Banta

 

 

 

King Arthur. Camelot. Might for Right. These are some of best-known, best-loved legends in our culture. Yet, do we really know the tales of King Arthur, as they were first told? 

Death in Sturgis

 

by Steven Grimes

 

 

 

Every year half a million people converge on Sturgis, South Dakota, and the beautiful, historic Black Hills for the largest and most famous motorcycle rally in the world. This year a murderer joins them and carries out his cold-blooded plans in the midst of hard-core bikers as well as good-hearted weekend riders.

Before All Dignity Is Lost

 

by Norman Beaupré

 

 

What would you do if you suddenly discovered you had AIDS? What would you think? This is the epistolary story of a young man who suffers through the ignominy of AIDS and dies from it at age 34.

 

 

 

A Reason to Die

 

by Sal DeStefano

 

 

 

For John Covello, the news couldn't get much worse. John had made his demolitions company the third largest in America, but after an implosion accident killed a six-year-old boy, his life fell apart. So when John learns he has pancreatic cancer, his only regret is knowing his wife and daughters will be left penniless after he dies.

 

 

Fairbodys vs the Fanatics

 

by Alan Neidle

 

 

 

Martin Fairbody, a proper American diplomat, and his wife, Beverly, a woman who is intimidated by no one, blunder into caves under Turkey and discover the world's oldest democracy where there is a unique system for coping with fanaticism. They are blamed for catastrophic rock slides in the caves.

Greek Mischief

 

by Frank Pialorsi

 

 

 

Opening at the scene of a royal wedding in 1995, Greek Mischief chronicles the military coup d’etat in Greece in the late sixties that resulted in a seven-year dictatorship. Based on true events, this novel grew from the author’s experiences with the Fulbright Foundation in Athens during the period and continued interest in the exiled royal family and other international personalities of the time, some of whom are still making news.

The Unfinished Symphony

 

by Irene S. Czarnecki

 

 

 

Following on the heels of her book for young readers, The Sleeping Knight, Irene S. Czarnecki's latest book, also set in Poland, will delight those readers who enjoy historical novels with all the pathos of world wars and ill-starred loves. The Unfinished Symphony, a family saga, takes us on an epic journey into the private lives of the Poczatek clan from the early 1800s through to the recent past.

Below the Surface

 

by Frances R. Kubitz

 

 

 

Two people meet on a mountain in Cinque Terre, Italy, over a stolen cluster of white grapes. He the thief, is an American psychiatrist, and she, is an Italian vintner, the owner of the stolen grapes.

Murder in the Rimocks

 

by Gladys Smith

 

 

 

Four months have passed since Fred Nighthawk, a ranger for the Bureau of Land Management, vanished in Paiute Valley. Now, vandals have destroyed Indian petroglyphs in the remote area. Marcie Gibbs, an archeologist turned Special Agent for the BLM, is given her first assignment as an officer—look for a possible connection between the vandalism and Fred's disappearance.

Story of a Newark Girl

 

by Jane Statlander

 

 

 

"...a magnificent discovery ...makes one feel that they have stumbled onto a treasure trove of a life....Stadtlander creates a world that is both carefully observed and beautifully felt....Any fan of Philip Roth's fiction will appreciate this...similar ... yet...female story....Some of the descriptions are so vividly described that one feels they are in her world, watching as the action unfolds - the births of her children, the feel of a slap, the softness of a kiss, the heartbreak of disease and death....an interesting and important book, in which readers will find new layers of meaning at each re-reading."  —Diana Schwaeble, The Hudson Reporter

Words of Mass Destruction

 

by Edina Gottlieb Frankel

& Leo Gottlieb

 

 

 

Too many times in our lives, we have heard of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Wars of Mass Destruction, and now here comes Words of Mass Destruction. All are powerful weapons that need to be eradicated, in order for our world to survive in peace and harmony.

Lords of the Jaguar:

 A Story of the Mayan People

 

by Greg Stallion

 

 

 

 

Red Paw Jaguar is a Mayan trader. A noble by birth, he bears the title of Lord. With the confidence of kings, he expands an empire of trade began by his father that encompasses two continents.

   

Cats in a Chowder

 

by Fred j Schneider

 

 

 

Schneider has given us a viciously funny book that does to the experiences of manhood, war and 60's Catholicism what blenders do to spirits—with a resulting cocktail worthy of being served to the likes of Twain, David Foster Wallace, and John Kennedy Toole. A blurb can't hack it—read this book! —Michael C. Delisa, Author of Cinderella Man

Beyond Anger

 

by Steve Cooper

 

 

 

Illegally committed to a mental hospital in Boston by her wealthy husband, recently discharged Jenna Masters must now try to put her life back together. But the answers to the puzzle pieces of her life don't come easily.

Cry Watercolors

 

by Carlos Alvarado

 

 

 

A romantic introspective literary adventure; a coming of age story of a middle age man, whose emotions he has buried by projecting them onto the characters he writes about.

  Nympholeptic in New York 

Carol Kellogg

 

 

"Nympholeptic in New York: Pretty lady seeks man of any age, height, weight, color, creed, shoe size, ethnic origin, political party affiliation, or tax bracket who can tell her in what room the most important event of Western civilization occurred. Dinner’s on her."

   

Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

 

by Connie Lapallo

 

 

 

Prosperity in Virginia sounded promising. Then Joan learned she would have to leave one daughter behind in England. Even that she could bear. But a hurricane at sea, the Starving Time, Indian wars...  

   

Worse Than a Thief

 

by J. Tracksler

 

 

 

The charming shores of Kittery, Maine were rocked by the brutal murders of two women. A year later, the crimes have not been solved and Chief Alexander Bridge is pulling out what's left of his hair. Meanwhile, Regina Sabatino Fornier's husband has left her for a younger blonde.

Timshel

 

by Marcia P. Adams

 

 

 

Anna Christoff Alstrom is the daughter of a prominent Atlanta surgeon, the step-daughter of a respected Atlanta art mentor, and a student at Emory University when she meets and is captivated by the most sought after pianist in the artistic world: Andriano Parenti.

Deathroll

 

by Ian Brown

 

 

 

In the backwoods of east Texas, a revered member of a close-knit rural community is senselessly killed. As her killer contemplates his fate, a murder charge is the least of his worries.

The Dark Knight of Lancashire

 

by P.J. Kerti

 

 

 

 

Deborah McMasters' life was full of misery. She’d lost her beloved father to a war brought about by a half-crazed British tyrant. It was hard not to resent her family, who had fled to the very lands where the tyrant reined supreme.

 

Desired Haven

 

by Alan O’Reilly

 

 

Through Dangers, Toils and Snares... "Seems like trouble's your middle name, McGrath." It’s easy to understand why Matron said that. Nursing Officer Colleen McGrath, who trained with Anne (n) Linton*, saw plenty of trouble during the war.

Mentioned in the Will

by Paula Anne Ervin

 

 

Meet Dennis Whitehead. He endured a bitter childhood, watched his mother work herself to an early grave, and is determined to "never be poor again." One day, Dennis meets a librarian named Sara. Drawn to her laughter and gentle spirit, he begins to fall in love with her. He reveals his secret fear—that he has inherited his father's alcoholism—and vows to stay away from drinking.

Hard Money

 

by Jerry Eitel

 

 

 

Tough-minded loan broker, Jim Stedman finds Hard Money for losers, occasionally throwing in his own, but not without a price. When he invests in an art gallery run by the conniving Richard Solo, Stedman decides to teach him a lesson.

SeaReach:

Power of the Waves

 

 by Gregory Kreis &

Caroline Morrison

 

 

 

"I've been aching to read some really good fantasy and SeaReach: Power of the Waves definitely didn't disappoint me.I was enthralled from the first page to the last."—Tami Brady, TCM Reviews

The Eleventh Man

 

by Paul Cox

 

 

 

Jason Burkhart lost his wife in a tragic accident in San Francisco. To find peace, he moves to the high deserts of Nevada and, swearing he will never again work as a paramedic, tries his hand at ranching.

 

The Ocean's Breath

 

 by J.E. Dougherty

 

 

 

The Ocean's Breath represents the spirit of ceaseless change that inspires creation and the reevaluation of meaning and percep

 

Stars of David

 

 by Beth Schorr Jaffe

 

 

 

"Beth Schorr Jaffe nails the damage secrets foment in a family. And she does it with a freshness, passion, and prose so exquisitely precise, her words feel like a gift. I couldn't put Stars of David down." Patricia Volk, author of STUFFED:Adventures of a Restaurant Family

Stars of David is a compelling story exploring the dangerous secrets of one man—a cantor renowned in the New York City Jewish community—who causes trauma and nearly unbearable pain for his family's next generation.

 

Legacy of Eden

 

 by Richard S. Chin

 

 

 

 

The biblical Enoch comes face-to-face with Adam and Eve in the concluding sequel to Far From Heaven.  As the world continues its depraved ways, he first seeks a cure from the mysterious Watchers for his beloved Edni’s physical ailments.

 

Beware the Wolves:

A Soviet WWII Story

 

 by Victor Moss

 

 

 

Beware the Wolves: A Soviet WWII Story is destined to be a best seller. The book is a great read, a page-turner, and truly hard to put down. The author put his heart and soul into writing it. I recommend this book. Ray Kogovsek-Former United States Congressman-Honorary Consul to the Republic of Slovenia

 

 

All Fisherman Are Liars...

...Believe It!

 

 by David Reifsnyder

 

 

 

“All Fishermen…” is a series of stories about the passion for angling and how my own life has been affected by it, one way or another.

 

Caribbean Storm

 

by Colin Peck

 

 

Oscar Albyvendie grew up in a world of wealth and privilege in England of the 1930's.At Oxford University, his interest in the fair sex begins to exceed that of his studies and heralds an obsession with women.

 

The Tree Talker

 

 by Bill McCutchen

 

 

 

 

No palace awaited Cyrl Henson’s birth. The Great Depression was easy on nobody, but small towns like his had it worst.The struggle between good folks and not-so-good proved a constant distraction for resilient people just trying to make ends meet.

 

Punjab Nights

 by Robert E. Burns

 

 

 

The “Land” is a fictional Pakistan, and the “Five Rivers” are those of the Indus Basin.  The time is the late 1960s, when attempts at representative government have faded and the military and police are moving into permanent dominance amidst a debilitating brew of tribal strife, the heroin trade, a flourishing black market, and a corruption-inducing system of central planning and controls.

 

Public Ed

 

 by Jack Bartley

 

 

 

The tiny tourist town of Inanow Bay is home to Ed McCleary, an award-winning high school biology teacher becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his life.  Administrators, politicians, and students seem to be conspiring to make teaching more difficult.

 

Deterrent

 

by Deborah Greenspan

 

based on a screenplay by

Scott Van Gundy

 

 

 

“This book has an aura about it very similar to that of Pulp Fiction or the newly acclaimed movie, Crash. We don’t want to give any more of it away. Read it and you’ll find yourself with plenty to think about.”                   —Anne Kersten, Twist And Shout

Someone you love is brutally tortured and killed. The murderer is captured, tried and sentenced to death. But is the killer’s death enough, or would you want revenge?  Would you want to be the executioner?

 

 

The Painter

 

by Adam Sigal

 

 

 

Who is the painter?  In this dark, twisting tale, we follow the lives of three seemingly unrelated men as they deal with such horrors as drug addiction, homelessness, and abuse.They are all on the brink of total failure when, by a series of coincidences, they each come into contact with a mysterious painting.

 

Neck Deep

 

by Ken Barnett

 

 

 

In 1993, Ken Barnett broke a family tradition by becoming an EMT instead of staying in construction.  Neck Deep is his gripping story of life as a flight paramedic, building a helicopter operation where there had been none while overcoming the often daunting, sometimes strange obstacles he and his colleagues face in their daily efforts to preserve human life.

 
Super Train               

by Robert J. Cooper

 

 

 

New "Super Train" To Connect UK With European Mainland, South Korea With JapanInspired by the need to transport people and materials in large quantities safely at high speeds, the brainchild of Dr. Richard Broan will ride bridges spanning the gulfs between island nations and their mainlands.

 

Fighting Time

 

 by Oskar Frakfurt

 

 

Eternal youth is the ancient dream of mankind. So no wonder passion explodes when the “immortality gene” is discovered in a California lab.But just as Dr. Mark Cornberg and his colleagues are on the edge of success, the data and vials are stolen. The scientists must recover, now racing an unknown and dangerous enemy.

 

Manchu

 

 by Ivan L. Brackin

 

 

In the early 1930s, the last Emperor of China struggles to retain his throne... as the Japanese military plots to establish its own imperial system in their puppet state of Manchukuo. Caught in the webs of intrigue is a Japanese woman of noble birth, Hiro Saga.

 

The Sobs of Autumn’s Violins

 

 by A.R. Homer

 

 

May, 1944:  The world holds its breath-  The Allies prepare to launch their all-important invasion of Europe. The invasion plan is a secret that must be kept at all costs, but the secret is beset from all sides: a sleeper spy in England, a disaster during an invasion rehearsal, a double-dealing French Resistance leader, a ruthlessly-obsessed Gestapo head.

 
Chandler’s Destiny

By C. Boy

 

 

 

The Civil War is still a fresh wound on the nation and the West a beckoning dawn, as Red Chandler helps his father clear the huge cypress trees from the swamps of central Louisiana.When his father is killed in a logging accident, an older brother moves his mother to the farm, and Red knows it’s time to leave. 

 

The Victorian Ghost

 by M. L. Angell

 

 

 

Driving along a lonely stretch of road in the north Georgia Mountains, private investigator James Mitchell swerves to avoid hitting a young lady......only to have her mysteriously vanish into the woods. Stopping to repair his flat tire, he discovers a diamond ring with an inscription: "To Sara, with Love."

 

Stay Out of My Business!

 

 by Georgia Hooker McNeill

 

 

 

There are some secrets being kept among a small circle of friends in Cedar Creek—secrets that, if shared, could change the lives of everyone involved.

 

Executing Mozart

 by Michael Elking

 

 

 

Harvard, England, the monarchy, and a double helix of music and politics are the chords that reverberate through this literary thriller.  HARVARD. A freshman arrives from England and sets the great university afire with his bipolar genius and random sexuality. But love and death and a mind exploding with music leaves Harvard’s Mozart searching to become someone else . . . .

 

Hombrecito's War

 

 by W. Michael Farmer

 

 

 

 

FINALIST

2006 SPUR AWARDS

 Best First Novel

 It is historical fact that Albert Fountain—tough frontiersman, well-known territorial political figure, newspaper publisher, respected attorney...

"A well written story about renge in the Southwest territory portraying the life and times of a true Apache Warrior adopting a young boy and teaching him the skills of survival as an Apache in the late 1800's. The author depicts actual places of the terrain with modern and historical aspects it puts the reader in specific parts of the territory with vivid reality. I would highly recommend this book to readers of historical fiction. "- Liz Chavez, Tribal Librarian, Mescalero Apache Tribe

 

The Great Despiser

 

by Jim Mahoney

 

 

 

Brad' is the central character and first-person narrator of Professor Mahoney's new novel, The Great Despiser. A nineteen-year-old student, he is on a determined quest for authentic communication. "Why ask why?" we are driven apart by our lack of understanding. This book presents a long-term solution—'dialectical discourse'—a way of talking, in depth, about even our most sensitive differences—without arguing.

 
 

 

Beyond All Desiring

 by Judith Laura

 

 

 

 

 

Finalist, USA Book News 2006 Book Awards

Finalist, Media Darlings 2006 Word/Work Book Awards

"Beyond All Desiring is a terrific read, an unusual book about an unusual woman."Internet Book List

 Sara has secrets, some kept since she was a girl. When Sara's niece, Janice, is notified that her sharp-witted aunt, now in her 80s, hasn't been seen for several days, Janice's panicky drive to find out what's happened begins our journey of discovering that Sara has led a life very different from what her relatives and friends assume.

Secrets Told to Strangers

 

by Frances Kubitz

 

 

At a reception in Great Falls, Montana, timber magnate Nelson DeWill meets Dr. Laura Patterson and finesses her into a short love affair and quick wedding.But with marriage, possession becomes obsession. Laura’s life develops a chaotic mixture of lies, betrayal, and oppressive control.

Near Death on Nantucket

 

 by Peter Clayton

 

 

 

Cyndy Vorester’s whole life as Nantucket’s resident astronomer changes when her violent car crash results in a Near Death Experience. As a scientist, Cyndy is confused and frightened to discover she has been transformed into a whole new person. Somehow she has become a “Chosen One.”

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