A King's Task
by
A. V.
Wedhorn
Volume 2 of the Kingdom Chronicles
Pain wracked the knight
champion as he slowly pulled his body out of the icy water and
onto the frozen shore. Blood ran off his back forming a murky
pool under him. Gasping, he coughed up a bloody froth from his
burning lungs. Bertravis Liolbane wasn’t sure why he was still
alive. Lifting his face out of the mud, he stared forlornly back
in the direction he had came. I should have stayed, he
thought miserably. My king and queen died and yet I live.
He saw no movement in the smoldering remains. He must have been
mistaken. With a heavy heart Bertravis dismissed his surge of
hope. For a moment, he thought he had seen a figure clutching
something staggering out of the flames.
A King's Task,
Volume 2 of The Kingdom Chronicles, delves deep into the
minds and motivations of a treacherous race, a power hungry
Regent, his pet wizard, and their revenge-seeking knight
champion, as they plot through deceit and deception to
take control of the Fourteen Kingdoms. Join Damien
Daverge, his best friend, Logan Longshadow, Kendle Stonebreaker,
son of the powerful Hill Dwarves, Alyssa, the magical Cleric of
Dar, Cassica Essen, battlemage supreme, and others as they
battle to put the rightful heir of the Fourteen Kingdoms on the
Throne and rise above the worst, do what is necessary and right
while pledging their lives no matter the cost.. Strong
characters in this story present a positive message of
responsibility and commitment to principle and honor.
A King’s Task is
the fantastic continuation of the story that began in A
King’s Quest. This is an excellent adventure that stays
in the true vein of the genre and teaches the reader some
important lessons about life. Stay tuned for A King's
Court, Vol. 3 of the Kingdom Chronicles as the epic
story continues.
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15, 2011***
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An Eternity of Shadow, A Collection of Vampire Diaries,
by Andrea Van Scoyoc
Book 2 in The Dante's Vampire Diary Series
…which
continues this most unique and mesmerizing tale.
Rife with adventure, thrills, romance,
heartache and a bit of the Supernatural, this book is the follow
up to the long and anxiously awaited first book of this
engaging, fictional Vampire series!
A must-read for all Vampire aficionados and
those who love a bit of the dark and macabre with their romance…
***EBOOK AVAILABLE THROUGH
AMAZON, JANUARY 2, 2012***
Kingdom in the Balance
by Debra Killeen
Volume 5 of the series The Myrridian Cycle
Chaos comes to Myrridia’s
immediate neighbors when the King of Esterlyn passes away after
a long illness and the 2-year-old King of Wyckendom is murdered
in his cradle, on the same day. The heir to Esterlyn,
12-year-old Frederich DiStephane, is abducted as his uncle
prepares to usurp the throne, while an unexpected heir to
Wyckendom, Katharine Severinson, appears at that royal castle.
In the midst of these events, Frederich’s young friends mount a
search party, uncaring of the potential dangers to themselves,
and traverse the length of Myrridia in pursuit. Shadows of past
events continue to threaten the present as those with power in
Myrridia work to rescue Frederich and aid him in claiming his
inheritance, amid discovery of new Magical talents.
Is belief in a just cause and determination enough to overcome
seemingly impossible odds, or does it take more, including a
willingness to sacrifice oneself?
PRICE $17.00
FINAL BOOK IN THE SERIES
Mice Don't Taste Like Chicken
by Scott Heydt
Sixth grade can be a zoo. Drew Harrington hopes so. He and his
best friend, Jackson Harris, can’t wait to join Bridgeton
Elementary’s legendary teacher, Mr. Cross, in a classroom
inhabited by cantankerous lizards, an elusive iguana, and a
13-foot Burmese python named Prometheus. Will this year be as
predictable as the past five? Or will this be the year that
makes Drew realize mice don’t taste like chicken?
Mice Don’t
Taste Like Chicken
is an enjoyable story about how students can learn from more
than just textbooks—like from reptiles, for example. Scott
Heydt’s voice makes for an authentic read with a relatable main
character—I should know, only being a few years out of middle
school myself! Also, you might learn a thing or two about
pythons and Nile monitors (or, like me, you might learn that
there is such a thing as a Nile Monitor)!
~Kieryn
Nicolas, teenage author of Rain
PRICE:
$13.00
Abner the Clown
by Jeffrey Breslauer
"I wanted to be anything but Abner!"
This is the lament of Abner the Clown as he tells
young readers in rhyme how his clown friends helped him to be
proud of who he is. Abner the Clown, a newly released picture
book written by Jeffrey Breslauer, is the first in an ongoing
series. This book not only helps children who are struggling
with their self-esteem, but it has been brought to the author's
attention by a children's therapist that this whimsical tale of
Abner the Clown would also be a great aid to youngsters in her
grief counseling group.
The book also includes a studio quality read-along CD
of Jeffrey performing the voices of Abner and the Ringmaster;
allowing the child and the parent to follow along with the
story. This format is similar to Scholastic's Clifford and
Franklin the Turtle series, the Random House Beginner Books by
Dr. Seuss and The Berenstein Bears series.
As a professional actor and voice-over artist, Jeffrey
is experienced in reading to children and has performed
extensively in children's theatre in New York, Florida and many
cities in between.
PRICE: $24.99
THE
SOURCE by
Diana
Bastine
When
Caitlin Flynn discovers a strange-looking man near a cave in the
west of Ireland, her quiet summer holidays take a detour. She
first suspects he’s a vampire, but soon learns that his story is
far more wondrous and unusual. He’s on a quest to save his
people from extinction – and he needs Caitlin’s help!
But
others are interested in thwarting the mysterious stranger’s
plans and gaining power for themselves. Can Caitlin and
Fortescue find the Goddess Star and save the Source – and
therefore all of Hamelyn?
PRICE: $15.00
The Vampire's Tomb Mystery Dwight Christopher Kemper
Funerals...for
most of us, the trappings of the funeral parlor and the finality
of the cemetery commemorates the end, but for an actor like
Armand Tesla, who was best remembered for his vampire roles, a
funeral is only the beginning. Armand Tesla was to be buried in
his vampire costume, but obviously the aged star of stage and
screen horror was not yet ready to ring down the final
curtain. No, it would not be nearly so easy to bury such a
restless corpse. So be prepared for a case of a body that won't
stay put and the tale of a struggling young movie director with
more ambition than talent who turns up missing at the vampire's
last bow. Indeed, my friends, this will prove to be just the
kind of case that only a psychic Hollywood detective like
Charles Criswell King, aided by Famous Monster Forrest J
Ackerman, can solve. So, gentle reader, be prepared for a tale
of creaking doors and empty coffins, of gunshots in the night
and damsels in distress, all part of "The Vampire's Tomb
Mystery."
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Forrest J Ackerman, the initial J does not have
a period after it. That is how Forry wrote his name.)
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Hey Mister,
Will It Fly?
Robert A.
Benjamin
If
you have spent much time around model airplanes over the
past twenty five years or so, you will probably already
recognize the name Robert A. Benjamin. Bob published his
first article in the old Model Builder magazine in 1983.
Pick up any U.S. model magazine today and the chances are very
good that Bob has written material for that title or that of the
current magazine’s predecessor. He has published over thirty
articles featuring original designs or gas-to-electric
conversions of popular kits, and many more including product
reviews, event reports and how-to info. Bob wrote and directed
the video program All Because Of Model Airplanes that has
been used for years as the signature presentation at the
National Aeromodeling Museum in Muncie, Indiana, as well as the
instructional series Getting Started In Electric Flight
and several other specialized titles produced for the AMA. He is
also the artist behind that long series of aircraft
paintings that appeared on the covers of Model Builder
and Model Aviation magazines during the ‘80’s and ‘90’s.
In 1990 Bob began his career as a dedicated RC Scale
competitor as one of a tiny handful of model builders who
pioneered the use of electric power head-to-head with
traditional engine powered models. Since then he has managed to
become the first modeler ever to compete using electric
power at the U.S. Scale Masters, at TOP GUN, and in 2002 as a
member of Team USA at the World F4C (RC Scale) Championships in
Toronto, Canada. There has never been an electric
categoryat any of those events. In 2006 he was inducted
into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame.
It was not always like that. Bob Benjamin’s life with model
airplanes goes back to the late 1940’s. He has had his fair
share of experience as the little boy hanging over the flying
field fence and as the kid who scratched and saved for months to
put a McCoy 35 on a Ringmaster. From classic
stick-and-tissue rubber jobs to RC scale electric ducted fan
jets, Bob has been there and done that. He knows what it feels
like to fly a model by sheer force of will on a second-hand,
third-rate radio and he knows what it feels like to have
the very best RC systems in the world for the asking as a
factory sponsored master modeler. The only thing Bob Benjamin
never learned was how to give up. Hey Mister, Will It Fly?
is his personal story of how it all happened.
Price:
$10.00
The Devil's
Playground
Michael D'Ambrosio Book
Three of the Space Frontier Series
The
war with the Weevil takes on epic proportions as Will, Shanna
and the rest of the crew try to stave off a major offensive when
three new formidable opponents surface abroad and at home.
Will’s diplomatic skills fail him as he is forced to be the
aggressor instead of the peacemaker. The delicate balance
between king and warrior has been tilted. Will must decide who
can be saved and who must be sacrificed before all is lost. Look
for the fourth and last book of the Space Frontiers Series,
The Galaxy of the Damned, due out in 2011 as Will tries to
end the galactic war once and for all with desperate measures.
Night Creeps *
Fractured Time *
Twisted Fate * Dark Horizons
The Space Frontier Series: The Eye of Icarus & Dangerous Liaisons
Price:
$15.00
NEVER SAY, "I'm on a diet."
George Gressell
Finally
for the first time, a book on weight reduction that puts you in
total control of what you eat.
After relearning some basic facts about:
•
nutrition,
•
the mental side of weight loss,
•
why you have trouble losing,
•
and much more,
you will then be guided through a step by step program starting
with:
“How much should I eat anyway?”
Then you will design your own diet, based on your needs, tastes
and goals. Do you want to maintain your weight? Lose over a
period of time? Or perhaps lose a little faster?
PRICE: $10.00
Priestess Awakening
by Debra Killeen
Volume Four of The Myrridian Cycle
While the Kingdom of Myrridia
celebrates the wedding of their young king, the spirit of a
slain Magical practitioner is resurrected in neighboring
Wyckendom.
Since Myrridia’s Archbishop
Edward Fitzroy no longer has any Magical abilities, it falls on
the shoulders of Princess Allyson Claybourne, sister of
Myrridia’s king, to battle this enemy. But unknown to many in
Myrridia, Allyson is following an unorthodox Magical path – one
completely unacceptable to Myrridia’s Church.
Meanwhile, Allyson’s brother,
King Robert Claybourne, has his own foe to meet on the field of
battle – King Nicholas II of Wyckendom – who will stop at
nothing to acquire Myrridia.
In desperate times, heroes come
forward...willing to do whatever it takes....even if it means
paying the ultimate price.
PRICE: $15.00
Listen to an excerpt of An Unlikely Duke Audio Edition:
The Myrridian Cycle by
Debra Killeen
An Unlikely Duke
Volume 1
A
Prince in Need
Volume 2
Legacy
of an Archbishop Volume 3
Point of Reference - Nomad's Land by
Jay Allen Adams
Real
scientific possibilities exist as comic disaster, human
arrogance, adventure and survival take place in Point of
Reference - Nomad's Land. After discovering an unlimited
Faster-Than-Light cosmic power source, three friends and
scientific colleagues embark on a fantastic journey. Aboard
their vessel the Nomad, they are instantly transported to
worlds within worlds inside the mysterious infinite
universe hidden deep within atomic particles. Intertwined with
new friendships, marriage and the birth of their half alien
child, the new team of seven become heroes winning a desperate
race to save an alien world from the effects of a rogue
asteroid. But as their once utopian world turns bitterly against
them, the seven heroes soon find themselves in a race against
time to escape the evil clutches of an ungrateful world. Forced
into exile, they return to Earth and secretly continue their
inner-world quests from deep within an underground crystal
cavern. Erased from existence, their very survival depends on
the beachhead of infinity they have established as their
point of reference.
PRICE: $14.95
The Hypnotist
by
Gordon Snider
In
1906, San Francisco has reached the peak of its golden age.
Fortunes have created a society that attracts European opera
singers and cordon bleu chefs. It is a world defined by elegant
balls, oysters, and champagne. But there are darker sides to the
city as well. One of these darker places is The Mission district
south of Market Street houses tenements where shanties huddle
together and rats plague the streets. And nearby sits Chinatown,
an endless warren of dark alleys that offers gambling,
prostitution, and opium, all controlled by vicious gangs, called
tongs. Into these disparate worlds steps Marta Baldwin, a young
woman who has shunned her own social background to help the
poor. She is confronted by a hypnotist, a man who hypnotizes
young women from the tenements and delivers them to the tongs in
Chinatown to work in their brothels. Marta escapes his hypnotic
trance, but when her assistant, Missy, disappears, Marta
realizes she has been taken by the evil man who confronted her.
She seeks the help of Byron Wagner, one of San Francisco's most
prominent citizens. Marta finds herself drawn to Byron but knows
his high social standing prevents any possibility of a
relationship between them. This is confirmed when Marta
discovers Byron having an intimate conversation with Lillie
Collins, the daughter of one of the city's most elite families.
Marta is flushed with jealousy. However, Lillie defies social
customs, and her rebellious nature fits naturally with Marta's.
Despite her envy, the two women become close friends. Marta is
caught up in a whirlwind of opulent balls, opium dens and
brothels, and police raids in Chinatown. She cannot deny her
feelings for Byron, but she must save Missy and protect her new
friends from harm. For lurking in the background is the
hypnotist. He has become obsessed with Marta and will use all
his guile to ensnare her. When he threatens those she loves,
Marta is determined to stop him, even at her own peril. Will her
boldness entrap her? If so, how can she hope to escape the man's
hypnotic embrace? Then the earth moves, and nothing will ever be
the same again.
PRICE
$15.00
Click the titles to see Gordon Snider's other
books:
Amanda
Wilkes has her summer completely planned – work at the
veterinary hospital, ride at Rough and Ready Stable, and hang
out with her best friend Samantha. But when she loses her job
to the boss’s nephew and Samantha takes a position as a working
student in another state, Amanda realizes that this summer is
going to be anything but predictable. Before leaving town,
Samantha asks Amanda to promise her two things. The first
request is that Amanda takes care of Samantha’s new upper level
event horse prospect, Indefensible. While a talented and
fearless jumper, Indy has the reputation of being unpredictable
and a danger to his rider. Amanda is thrilled to have the
chance to work with the horse she has been in love with
since the first time she saw him. However, she soon learns that
her love is not enough to prevent Indy’s bad behavior from
surfacing. Samantha’s second request is that Amanda be kind to
Justin, the pre-vet student who took her position at the
veterinary hospital. Having sworn to hate the person who took
her job, Amanda is dismayed to find herself drawn to the
handsome and charming Justin, and with the encouragement of her
friends and family, she begins to develop a relationship with
him that goes beyond simple friendship. As she struggles with
her feelings of loneliness in Samantha’s absence and the mixed
emotions of her first real love interest, Amanda also struggles to
unravel the source of and cure for Indy’s dangerous behavior.
She knows that his future as an event horse can only be secured
if he becomes a safe, reliable mount and she will soon discover
that his very life depends upon it.
PRICE: $12.00
A
Visit to Heaven
by Tom Te-Wu Ma
A
Visit to Heaven is a collection of
four stories by acclaimed writer Tom Te-Wu Ma.
“A Visit to Heaven” is
a riveting tale of Tai-lin and his four girlfriends: Pin-pin,
who yearns to leave China for America; Ze-chen, a fairy who
takes Tai-lin on a trip to Heaven and becomes his first lover;
Xin-di, who explains to him the world of ghosts; and Donna
Jones, his nurse at the psychiatric facility Tai-lin is sent to
when his story of dying and being reincarnated in the recently
deceased body of American James W. Cubin is not believed. Donna
later becomes Tai-lin’s wife and they become parents under a
remarkable set of unbelievable but true circumstances.
In “Uncle Du”
we meet 92-year-old Da-ye, born in a poor farmer’s home who
became an experienced Chinese soldier, eventually made his way
to the U.S. to attend the University of Michigan and later
become an American citizen, an accountant and a hotel owner who
married his childhood sweetheart Fu-lin. His story is one of
perseverance and a steadfast strength of character. You will
laugh and cry as Uncle Du’s story unfolds and come to admire a
man with a dream. “Wallet” shows Mr. Wang, a
retired 40-year Chinese government employee that he is not at
all like his beloved actor Bruce Lee but is instead a person he
never imagined he would become.
"Cigarette Butt” pits Tony Chen
against the suspicions of his wife Silvia who learns that it is
best not to jump to conclusions on the basis of flimsy evidence.
PRICE:
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Cocaine Jungle
by F.W. Brown
Will Bentley
was a twice-elected Governor of the state of Kansas and one term
President of the United States. Six months ago, Bentley and his
politically-oriented wife vacated the White House after an
unsuccessful bid for a second term. Two hours ago, the New York
Times hit the street with bold headlines: EX-PRESIDENT
ASSASSINATED. A sniper's bullet had reduced Will Bentley to a
crumpled blood-drenched heap at the entrance of the plush Pork
Barrel Restaurant in lower Manhattan. As Governor, it was
rumored that Will Bentley had done business with shadowy people
in South America. It had involved providing secret cover for
cocaine shipments flown from Colombia to Donaldson Air Field
near Topeka. The alleged cocaine operation was never
investigated. After Bentley won the Presidential campaign, those
rumors went away. If he had been involved in any illegal cocaine
deals, apparently he’d gotten away with it….or had he?
PRICE: $14.00
I Promised You Daisies
Book 2 in the series Imperfectly Ordinary
by Robert A. Benjamin
For
all of us who came of age during the time of Woodstock, hippies
and Vietnam, our paths into adult life were more perilous than
they might have been a few innocent years earlier. In 1966,
although I had never heard a gun fired in anger, I was among the
walking wounded of those days of political, intellectual and
moral conflict. I was a fresh-faced, eager high school graduate
about to embark on my journey of college, choosing a profession,
and marrying my steady girl. No matter their sincerity, all of
those dreams were broken and shattered. I faced difficult
choices. I bore guilt I never imagined. I realized I had never
learned how to give up.
I Promised You Daisies
is the second volume of my trilogy Imperfectly Ordinary.
As a sequel to A Gift of Dreams, this is the story of my
attempt to make sense of life during the disrupted decade that
followed my boyhood in a contented traditional New England
village. I recount meeting studious, serious-minded Karen
Sandstrom, our discovery that we shared just about every opinion
in life that mattered, and our student marriage. We were
convinced our mutual support would enable us to accomplish more
good things in the world than we might have managed on our own.
But would that be enough to sustain our growing love?
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SEPARATIST BY GORDON SNIDER
Legacy of the Archbishop by Debra Killeen
Volume Three of the Myrridian Cycle
The
peace of winter is broken in the Kingdom of Myrridia by the
murder of Archbishop Francis McHenry. Even before the search
for Francis’s slayer begins, Bishop Edward Fitzroy achieves his
life’s ambition: the position of Primate of Myrridia. Edward’s
satisfaction is short-lived when he is confronted by a ghost
from his past – his seminary rival and now Dark adept Aldric
Smithson. Aldric harbors old resentments and will stop at
nothing to attain his ambition: the destruction of
Myrridia’s Church and Edward Fitzroy, whose Magic may not
prove powerful enough to stop Aldric.
With power comes responsibility.
But who is
responsible for the fate of the innocent when those with power
run amok?
PRICE $15.00
Dangerous Liaisons
by Michael D'Ambrosio
Book Two of the Space Frontier Series
Will, Shanna, Jack, and
Maya, are back with all-new adventures waiting for you to
discover in Dangerous Liaisons, Book Two of the Space Frontier
Series. Read The Eye of Icarus, Book One which introduces Will
Saris, the son of Billy Brock, hero of the Fractured Time
Series.
When King Tenemon’s
demise leaves the alien alliance in shambles, Will is betrayed
by an unlikely team member who is orchestrating a major coup.
Will and the mega ship Leviathan with its perfect power
source are the targets of an enemy more dangerous and foreboding
than any they’ve encountered. The stakes are high as Will relies
on untested friendships and alliances to back him as he attempts
to unravel the mystery behind the threats to his new alliance.
PRICE: $15.00
Ellis House
by Maria Channell
Jolted
awake from a recurring nightmare, clinical psychologist, Grace
Morgan rushes to Ellis House to de-escalate Emily Rowan, a
suicidal client who was admitted to the facility several hours
earlier. Grace quickly learns that managing unstable
clients are the least of her worries at Ellis House, the group home for
emotionally disturbed children where she recently accepted
employment. Recent budget cuts and long hours exacerbate the
conflict between the residential staff and the mental health
professionals. Although she acknowledges the frustration among
the staff, she does not understand the overt hostility directed
towards her from a newly hired therapist who constantly defies
her authority.
Barbara Levy, the residential director of the group home, is
also adversarial, intent on seeing Grace and the clinical
program fail. But why, and what is her real agenda? Despite
Barbara’s bullying, Grace finds unlikely support for her in Corrine
Duschene, a residential shift supervisor. Suspiciously, Corrine
disappears the night she discloses to Grace a longstanding
pattern of corrupt practices at the group home. The police
investigation changes from missing persons to homicide when
Corrine’s frozen remains are found several months later.
Price: $12.95
O.Y.L.
by Scott Heydt
A tall-majestic apple tree manages to grow in Jenna
Durstine’s apartment complex, where even blades of grass are at a
premium. Nearby in third-period English at Grayson High, where
Jenna is a freshman, her infatuation grows for someone who her
mother has warned can only lead her to heartbreak.
Jenna’s journey to present day has not been easy. Born to teen
parents. Along with her mother, a victim of a neglecting and
abusive father. Forced to be her own caretaker at a pivotal time in
her life.
Back to relative normalcy and stronger for the experience, the time
is ripe for Jenna to focus on herself—and on coming clean about her
feelings, despite her mother’s warnings, to the object of her
affection. A once ordinary, overlooked tree now becomes a symbol
for Jenna’s desires. Even in her dreams, the perfect apple lingers
just beyond her fingertips as she searches for a way to say, “I love
you."
But when an intruder invades campus, putting Jenna’s newfound love
in the center, Jenna must face her haunting past, must forgive her
mother for the unforgivable, and must ultimately decide if love that
is out of her league is worth the climb.
PRICE:
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A Boy With A
Red Parcelby Steven Haderlie
When sixth grader Jeremy Chase meets a strange
visitor who wants to transport him to the mysterious land of
Teradawn, Jeremy thinks nothing of it. Then his younger sister
Sandy is mistakenly taken instead. Jeremy and Priscilla, Sandy’s
twin, find a way to Teradawn where they are desperate to rescue
their sister and return home.
In Teradawn, those who claim to be their friends seem
less and less friendly. Their enemies continue to grow in number,
and their only hope for rescuing Sandy is to master the elusive
power of the Language. Meanwhile, they must grapple with the most
pressing question of all: who has kidnapped Sandy, and why?
PRICE:
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Ring
Dragonz by Mister
Rengerz
All Henry, Walsh, and Peter wanted was to win the Junior
International Robotics Competition. They never wanted to clash with undead whale zombies, or battle
six-foot-tall skeleton key soldiers or even contend with a
minotaur disguised as a Siamese cat. But these three fifth graders will have to do all that and more
when a Ring Dragon kidnaps Henry's sister, Anne Mai.
PRICE: $12.95
Perhaps You Do Not Know Who I Am
by
Rebecca Kopp DiPiazza
Through
a veil of tears, I said to a physician, “Perhaps you do not know
who I am.” Thus, the title of this book was born. Within a
twenty-four hour period from the onset of abdominal pain,
urgency, and frequency to urinate, I became physically
incapacitated.
I share my journey from the onset of
the symptoms as I search for a medical diagnosis. The search
took ten months, and visits with eight doctors to arrive at
several diagnoses. The diagnoses are Interstitial Cystitis,
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bulging
Disc, and Depression.
Each day I lived in fear and
apprehension. My illness was invisible, my symptoms were
invisible, and I felt invisible. My pain and deterioration were
not validated. I was challenged mentally as I began to doubt
myself. Deep inside, I knew that there must be a great gift in
this challenge. I have always believed that within every
adversity there is indeed a spiritual gift. Indeed, I found more
than one gift.
It is my hope that sharing my story
will give hope and inspiration to others who are facing a
drastic life style change or illness. I believe my story would
be helpful to medical and mental professionals as well.
PRICE $9.95
A Prince
In Need by Debra Killeen (Author of An Unlikely Duke-Vol. 1)Volume 2 of the
Myrridian Cycle
When past sins bleed into the present, and the
victims seek vengeance upon the perpetrators, how long is it before
far enough becomes too far? After King Reginald Claybourne of Myrridia is slain in Rhennsbury’s
most prosperous brothel, the big question is whether the motive is
political or personal. His son and daughter, Robert and
Allyson, seek the help of Chris McCabe and Helen Lattimore, to aid
in finding the guilty party, an unknown, dark-clad assailant, and to
learn if the killing will stop.
But Chris and Helen have more problems than Reginald’s death . . . . . the
arrival of two unexpected visitors from Dr. McCabe
's
home dimension. One of their visitors encounters a
sorceress, Cecelia Falkes, who threatens Chris’s persona of
Christian Lattimore, and then Robert. But does Cecelia have a
connection to Reginald’s death, and if so, is the man who killed the
king working with her, to avenge the slaughter of her family by
Reginald and his army a few years prior?
PRICE:
$15.00
The Dragon Child
by C. K. Miller
Book One of the
Noirfonika Series
The shores of Emturke Sea have been battlegrounds between Athelstan
and the Black Serpent raiders for over three thousand years. Keatep
Dreki-Fiatal, a soldier stationed at the outpost of Daram, is given
the opportunity to escape this brutal life for a season as she is
assigned to escort a Noblewoman to the capital of Athelstan. Peace
is short-lived when her charge is assassinated and Keatep discovers
she has inherited the curse of the Royal Lineage. Through trials and
betrayal, she learns it is she who is the only hope
for the four Kingdoms of Kelperah.
PRICE:
$15.00
Switcher
by Diane Mayer Christiansen
Samantha
Schmealy is no one special, really. In thirteen years, she has lived
a quiet life with her parents on their family farm. Nothing out of
the ordinary has ever happened to her, unless you count the strange
goings-on at a neighbor's house a mile away. She has friends
and enjoys school, but likes summer vacation even better. Yes,
everything is quite normal for Sam...that is, until her parents find
out about her ability to transform or switch into a sleek, black
cat. There is only one thing to be done. Sam must be sent away for
readjustment. Follow her journey through fear and anger to discovery
and self acceptance as Sam and her new friends unravel
the secrets
of St.
Levitius.
You
might even say that being different is just fine...in fact it's
downright amazing!
PRICE$12.95
The Eye of Icarus
by Michael D'Ambrosio
Book One of the Space Frontier Series
Will
Saris, an ambitious and young officer in the Space Fleet, embarks on
his first mission alone with one directive – be discrete. He
disobeys that directive and sets off a chain of events that not only
change his life but much of the universe as well. The Eye of Icarus,
Book One in the Space Frontier Series, starts off with
edge-of-the-seat action, heart-throbbing romance, and chilling
suspense where Will Saris goes from a rookie officer and boy to a
mature master manipulator of the alien races. The Eye of Icarus is
the long awaited follow-up to D’Ambrosio’s Fractured Time Trilogy as
Will Saris, son of Fractured Time’s Billy Brock, proves to be much
like his father as he weaves his own thrilling and romantic
adventures in a hostile universe.
PRICE: $15.00
Tales of Tanglewood: The Lon Dubh Whistle
by Scott Michael Kessman
Tales of Tanglewood: The Lon Dubh Whistle
melds together influences of Celtic and Irish mythology with
modern-day folklore, and is a fantasy novel to be enjoyed and
cherished by all ages. Within the pages of this tome you’ll
find the adventures of Colin, a child who is fully aware of the
hidden world of myth and wonder hiding within the woods just beyond
his home, long kept secret by old magic. Only the fey magic
which runs through Colin’s veins has enabled him to find what others
cannot; the Tanglewood, the ‘wood within the woods’. Full of odd
characters and fey beings, the Tanglewood is a world of magnificent
folklore come to life. As Colin begins to explore the
Tanglewood, he’ll find friendship with the ferrish Ailfrid, the
elfin girl Deidre, and Doc Muffingrow, a wise druid. Colin will also
find that there is much magic in himself, as well as dangerous
enemies who’ll not let him find solace in the wood so easily. Ailil,
King of the Sprites and ruler of The Below, has laid claim to
Colin’s spirit, and Colin will need the help of his friends and
quite a bit of magic to save himself. The Tanglewood is
a place like no other, and Colin is a boy like no other. Throughout
his adventures, he’ll uncover the secret of the fey blood within
him, and help dispel the poisonous corruption and hidden dangers
that threaten the inhabitants of the wood and the Tanglewood
itself.
PRICE: $12.50
The Dictator's Astrologer
by Roberleigh H. Claigh
Hitler
pressed a button, the elevator doors slid open and they ascended
a 6,000 foot shaft through the heart of the mountain to Eagle’s
Nest, his secret observatory. Astrological symbols were painted
on the walls, and the Zodiac was rendered on a high ceiling of
deep blue glass. “I call this room the Chamber of Stars,” he said
to Afra.
“But why am I here?” she asked.
“Reichfuhrer Himmler has acquainted me with your astrological
expertise,” he explained. “And I would like to know if you
foresee anything significant in my future.”
The Dictator’s Astrologer, a historical novel, is based on the
life of Afra Waesch, a real astrologer in Nazi Germany. Though
the dark forces, personified by Hitler, destroy Germany, a still
higher power protects Afra from the treachery of the Hitler
regime. Surviving several attempts on her life, Afra develops
into a master spiritual astrologer with psychic abilities of
clairvoyance and astral travel. But would she have the strength
to tell the Fuhrer what she read in his stars? Contains
the star charts of Hitler's Cabinet, niece,
Geli, and girlfriend, Eva Braun.
PRICE:
$12.95
The Cowgirl and The Colts
by Paul Travers
In 1959 Carolyn Clark and her pony Dixie rode into the pages of
football history as the first female mascot in professional
football. Carolyn was an accomplished horsewoman by the age
of ten and daughter of the legendary jockey Willie Clark. She
dreamed of starting a riding academy for handicapped children. Her
fame as a Baltimore Colt created a touching story of faith, family,
friendship and football. This is her story – a look at life in the
1950’s, professional football, horses, and rock and roll as seen
through the eyes of a young cowgirl.
“The
Baltimore Colts were a complete team...that was not just the players
but the fans. What would that team have been without Carolyn and
Dixie? They were special part of that team, the magical and fragile
bond between players and fans." Raymond Berry, Baltimore
Colts 1955-1967, 1958 and 1959 World Championship teams, Pro
Football Hall of Fame 1973
PRICE: $15.00
The Separatist
by Gordon Snider (Author of Sigourney's Quest and The Hypnotist)
Meet journalist Julia Rice, who is sought
out by a mysterious Mr. Anderson with the promise of giving her a
very interesting story that would definitely help her career. Julia
follows her curiosity and meets with Mr. Anderson. At first
she is taken back by his ways but something makes her continue to
meet with him as he begins to reveal a story that goes back into
time and one that seems to have some connections with one she is
working on in present day. A connection perhaps with her own life
and a story that will definitely bring her to the brink of extreme
danger, yet give her the story of a lifetime. Mr. Anderson was at
one time a Separatist, hired for a case that would change his life
forever. The
Separatist is based on a Japanese custom where people hire such a
specialist to end relationships. This might involve a spouse, a
lover, a business partner, or any other kind of personal
relationship. The idea is to create a situation that is so
embarrassing to the “mark” that he or she will agree to severe the
relationship without public displays of discord, publicity, or court
proceedings.
This
is the story he must reveal to our Julia that will in turn change
her life. Just who is this mystery man, Mr. Anderson, and why has he
chosen Julia to confide the details of the evil he knows and the
people involved? Will Julia come out of this alive or has Mr.
Anderson put them in a situation that will end both of their lives?
PRICE: $15.00
A Gift of Dreams
by Robert A Benjamin Book
One of the
Trilogy, Imperfectly Ordinary
When
you were a kid, did they call you names? They did it to me all
the time. It hadn’t taken anyone I knew very long to figure out
that I was what you called smart, so I got used to
hearing teacher’s pet and bookworm and sissy
and others I’d rather not remember. As we got older I progressed
to being called weird and queer...before any of us
guessed what that really meant..., and eventually just plain
asshole. Clearly something was wrong and it was not at all
difficult to believe hints beyond counting that whatever it was,
the fault lay with me. It did not help when my elders more or
less joined in. My strict grandmother Victoria liked to make
sure I was close enough to overhear her grumbling about how
that boy is too smart for his own good, and though I had
long since learned to avoid what adults in those days called
being fresh-mouthed, I also knew that certain kinds of
questions would never fail to prompt my mother to snap don’t
you get started being a smart aleck with me. I didn’t get
it. Didn’t everyone my age have an interest in everything?
Couldn’t everyone just pick up whatever books might be
lying around and start reading? Couldn’t everyone always
get good grades without having to try very hard? There was one
name I might have been called that would have helped a lot, but
gifted was not a term you heard much in New England
Puritan society during the ‘40’s and ‘50’s. As far as I was
concerned, the whole notion of gifted children might as
well not have been invented yet. I tried to teach myself to keep
my head down and to work at dreaming up an explanation of life
that might make sense. I learned to exist as the boy who was
merely tolerated at the fringe of juvenile society as I
knew it, where sadness was just one of the facts of life,
but I never learned how to give up, and without truly realizing
what was happening, I set about discovering that there was
indeed plenty of joy in life, too, if you knew where to
look for it. From time to time I dared to hope I was about to
get it all right. I didn’t. Instead, I came to accept that most
of what I thought about myself was probably not true. I got
that part wrong too. In the end it was going to cost me most
of a lifetime to understand what had actually happened to me,
and then to work out what I was supposed to do about it. A
Gift of Dreams is the story of how I began that adventure.
PRICE: $15.00
Shadow in the Rain
byHarriett Ford
A
cub reporter becomes convinced that an innocent man has been
convicted of murder. While she tries to untangle the truth of the
crime and free him from prison, she is stalked by a killer and
challenged to free herself from her own prison of grief and love
again. Based on an actual crime in Rockford, Illinois, the book
includes an addendum by nationally known forensics scientist,
Arthur Chancellor, who states, "There is not enough
evidence--motive, weapon, or witness accounts--to convict Ted Kuhl."
This is a "must read" for those who hope to see changes in the
criminal justice system, those who are hoping to see a new trial for
Ted Kuhl, imprisoned since 1997, and for any person who finds
himself wrongfully accused of a crime.
…which
continues this most unique and mesmerizing tale.
If
you have spent much time around model airplanes over the
past twenty five years or so, you will probably already
recognize the name Robert A. Benjamin. Bob published his
first article in the old Model Builder magazine in 1983.
Pick up any U.S. model magazine today and the chances are very
good that Bob has written material for that title or that of the
current magazine’s predecessor. He has published over thirty
articles featuring original designs or gas-to-electric
conversions of popular kits, and many more including product
reviews, event reports and how-to info. Bob wrote and directed
the video program All Because Of Model Airplanes that has
been used for years as the signature presentation at the
National Aeromodeling Museum in Muncie, Indiana, as well as the
instructional series Getting Started In Electric Flight
and several other specialized titles produced for the AMA. He is
also the artist behind that long series of aircraft
paintings that appeared on the covers of Model Builder
and Model Aviation magazines during the ‘80’s and ‘90’s.
Finally
for the first time, a book on weight reduction that puts you in
total control of what you eat.
In
1906, San Francisco has reached the peak of its golden age.
Fortunes have created a society that attracts European opera
singers and cordon bleu chefs. It is a world defined by elegant
balls, oysters, and champagne. But there are darker sides to the
city as well. One of these darker places is The Mission district
south of Market Street houses tenements where shanties huddle
together and rats plague the streets. And nearby sits Chinatown,
an endless warren of dark alleys that offers gambling,
prostitution, and opium, all controlled by vicious gangs, called
tongs. Into these disparate worlds steps Marta Baldwin, a young
woman who has shunned her own social background to help the
poor. She is confronted by a hypnotist, a man who hypnotizes
young women from the tenements and delivers them to the tongs in
Chinatown to work in their brothels. Marta escapes his hypnotic
trance, but when her assistant, Missy, disappears, Marta
realizes she has been taken by the evil man who confronted her.
She seeks the help of Byron Wagner, one of San Francisco's most
prominent citizens. Marta finds herself drawn to Byron but knows
his high social standing prevents any possibility of a
relationship between them. This is confirmed when Marta
discovers Byron having an intimate conversation with Lillie
Collins, the daughter of one of the city's most elite families.
Marta is flushed with jealousy. However, Lillie defies social
customs, and her rebellious nature fits naturally with Marta's.
Despite her envy, the two women become close friends. Marta is
caught up in a whirlwind of opulent balls, opium dens and
brothels, and police raids in Chinatown. She cannot deny her
feelings for Byron, but she must save Missy and protect her new
friends from harm. For lurking in the background is the
hypnotist. He has become obsessed with Marta and will use all
his guile to ensnare her. When he threatens those she loves,
Marta is determined to stop him, even at her own peril. Will her
boldness entrap her? If so, how can she hope to escape the man's
hypnotic embrace? Then the earth moves, and nothing will ever be
the same again.
Amanda
Wilkes has her summer completely planned – work at the
veterinary hospital, ride at Rough and Ready Stable, and hang
out with her best friend Samantha. But when she loses her job
to the boss’s nephew and Samantha takes a position as a working
student in another state, Amanda realizes that this summer is
going to be anything but predictable. Before leaving town,
Samantha asks Amanda to promise her two things. The first
request is that Amanda takes care of Samantha’s new upper level
event horse prospect, Indefensible. While a talented and
fearless jumper, Indy has the reputation of being unpredictable
and a danger to his rider. Amanda is thrilled to have the
chance to work with the horse she has been in love with
since the first time she saw him. However, she soon learns that
her love is not enough to prevent Indy’s bad behavior from
surfacing. Samantha’s second request is that Amanda be kind to
Justin, the pre-vet student who took her position at the
veterinary hospital. Having sworn to hate the person who took
her job, Amanda is dismayed to find herself drawn to the
handsome and charming Justin, and with the encouragement of her
friends and family, she begins to develop a relationship with
him that goes beyond simple friendship. As she struggles with
her feelings of loneliness in Samantha’s absence and the mixed
emotions of her first real love interest, Amanda also struggles to
unravel the source of and cure for Indy’s dangerous behavior.
She knows that his future as an event horse can only be secured
if he becomes a safe, reliable mount and she will soon discover
that his very life depends upon it.
A
Visit to Heaven is a collection of
four stories by acclaimed writer Tom Te-Wu Ma.
“A Visit to Heaven” is
a riveting tale of Tai-lin and his four girlfriends: Pin-pin,
who yearns to leave China for America; Ze-chen, a fairy who
takes Tai-lin on a trip to Heaven and becomes his first lover;
Xin-di, who explains to him the world of ghosts; and Donna
Jones, his nurse at the psychiatric facility Tai-lin is sent to
when his story of dying and being reincarnated in the recently
deceased body of American James W. Cubin is not believed. Donna
later becomes Tai-lin’s wife and they become parents under a
remarkable set of unbelievable but true circumstances.
In “Uncle Du”
we meet 92-year-old Da-ye, born in a poor farmer’s home who
became an experienced Chinese soldier, eventually made his way
to the U.S. to attend the University of Michigan and later
become an American citizen, an accountant and a hotel owner who
married his childhood sweetheart Fu-lin. His story is one of
perseverance and a steadfast strength of character. You will
laugh and cry as Uncle Du’s story unfolds and come to admire a
man with a dream. “Wallet” shows Mr. Wang, a
retired 40-year Chinese government employee that he is not at
all like his beloved actor Bruce Lee but is instead a person he
never imagined he would become
For
all of us who came of age during the time of Woodstock, hippies
and Vietnam, our paths into adult life were more perilous than
they might have been a few innocent years earlier. In 1966,
although I had never heard a gun fired in anger, I was among the
walking wounded of those days of political, intellectual and
moral conflict. I was a fresh-faced, eager high school graduate
about to embark on my journey of college, choosing a profession,
and marrying my steady girl. No matter their sincerity, all of
those dreams were broken and shattered. I faced difficult
choices. I bore guilt I never imagined. I realized I had never
learned how to give up. 
A tall-majestic apple tree manages to grow in Jenna
Durstine’s apartment complex, where even blades of grass are at a
premium. Nearby in third-period English at Grayson High, where
Jenna is a freshman, her infatuation grows for someone who her
mother has warned can only lead her to heartbreak. 
Samantha
Schmealy is no one special, really. In thirteen years, she has lived
a quiet life with her parents on their family farm. Nothing out of
the ordinary has ever happened to her, unless you count the strange
goings-on at a neighbor's house a mile away. She has friends
and enjoys school, but likes summer vacation even better. Yes,
everything is quite normal for Sam...that is, until her parents find
out about her ability to transform or switch into a sleek, black
cat. There is only one thing to be done. Sam must be sent away for
readjustment. Follow her journey through fear and anger to discovery
and self acceptance as Sam and her new friends unravel
the secrets
of St.
Levitius. 
When
you were a kid, did they call you names? They did it to me all
the time. It hadn’t taken anyone I knew very long to figure out
that I was what you called smart, so I got used to
hearing teacher’s pet and bookworm and sissy
and others I’d rather not remember. As we got older I progressed
to being called weird and queer...before any of us
guessed what that really meant..., and eventually just plain
asshole. Clearly something was wrong and it was not at all
difficult to believe hints beyond counting that whatever it was,
the fault lay with me. It did not help when my elders more or
less joined in. My strict grandmother Victoria liked to make
sure I was close enough to overhear her grumbling about how
that boy is too smart for his own good, and though I had
long since learned to avoid what adults in those days called
being fresh-mouthed, I also knew that certain kinds of
questions would never fail to prompt my mother to snap don’t
you get started being a smart aleck with me. I didn’t get
it. Didn’t everyone my age have an interest in everything?
Couldn’t everyone just pick up whatever books might be
lying around and start reading? Couldn’t everyone always
get good grades without having to try very hard? There was one
name I might have been called that would have helped a lot, but
gifted was not a term you heard much in New England
Puritan society during the ‘40’s and ‘50’s. As far as I was
concerned, the whole notion of gifted children might as
well not have been invented yet. I tried to teach myself to keep
my head down and to work at dreaming up an explanation of life
that might make sense. I learned to exist as the boy who was
merely tolerated at the fringe of juvenile society as I
knew it, where sadness was just one of the facts of life,
but I never learned how to give up, and without truly realizing
what was happening, I set about discovering that there was
indeed plenty of joy in life, too, if you knew where to
look for it. From time to time I dared to hope I was about to
get it all right. I didn’t. Instead, I came to accept that most
of what I thought about myself was probably not true. I got
that part wrong too. In the end it was going to cost me most
of a lifetime to understand what had actually happened to me,
and then to work out what I was supposed to do about it. A
Gift of Dreams is the story of how I began that adventure. 
A
cub reporter becomes convinced that an innocent man has been
convicted of murder. While she tries to untangle the truth of the
crime and free him from prison, she is stalked by a killer and
challenged to free herself from her own prison of grief and love
again. Based on an actual crime in Rockford, Illinois, the book
includes an addendum by nationally known forensics scientist,
Arthur Chancellor, who states, "There is not enough
evidence--motive, weapon, or witness accounts--to convict Ted Kuhl."
This is a "must read" for those who hope to see changes in the
criminal justice system, those who are hoping to see a new trial for
Ted Kuhl, imprisoned since 1997, and for any person who finds
himself wrongfully accused of a crime.