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iCandidate David and Michelle Gardner It is the most divisive election campaign in U.S. history and the Republican and Democratic Party presidential nominees are locked in an ugly fight to capture the public’s trust. It’s a familiar story; one paints himself as a political outsider, the other... |
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Tough Karma: A Race Against Time Laura Simmons From the Author of Little Bits of Karma comes a chilling new tale of loss, tragedy, psychic warfare, and eternal love. Amber Macklin's world is cruelly shattered when she loses her baby girl three months after her husband's sudden death. Her cousin, Bryce, comes to her... |
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Inheritance Rachel Adair Alhanna is devastated by the violent loss of her loving parents. Alone and submerged in a torturous grief she learns of an Inheritance. An estate in Northern Ireland, dominated by a monstrous Tower, what awaits inside may unlock her destiny. Yet a dark malevolent force pursues her as she begins on... |
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The Fire Next Time At once an evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of racial injustice, this book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, exhorting Americans to attack the legacy of racism... |
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Mountain Green Corporate Blue L.J. Saunders Mountain Green Corporate Blue looks at love from varying angles and its consequences. There is parental love that decompensates into parental control and changes the course of Jane Dickenson's life and that of each of her children. Romantic love is called into question... |
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Clown William Robin Elno When William's father kicks him out of his Kansas home, no one--including William--thinks he'll amount to much. William suffers from an ailment that causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Of course, this is strange behavior to folks on the frontier. Needless to say, it's tough for William to make friends... |
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Double Suns - Twisted Mirrors: Episode I Charley Blackwolf There was an abundance of life on the planets when the flickering of the star first signaled the beginning of its death. Many looked upward in despondence and desperately prayed for deliverance from the unfeeling cruelty of the darkening star as shadows begin to... |
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The Gem Connection Michael R. Lane Clinton Windell is murdered and robbed of twenty million dollars in uncut gems. C. J. Cavanaugh is hired to root out the murderers. There's only one catch. C. J. and his partner must keep mum they're working the case. Between the killers, Homicide Detective Pendleton, and their... |
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My Sister, My Daughter, and Me Shirley Rose Webb Three crazy, fun-loving Hispanic women (Tres Señoritas Locas) who had big dreams of making a better life for themselves. The first, with her irrepressible sense of humor, struggled mightily with some very wise and very foolish choices along the way. The second, with... |
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Some Thoughts on God and Other Things Jerome Gleich Our cities, states, countries, and seemingly the whole world, seem to be coming apart at the seams. While many of us live in relative comfort, the wars, killing, economic strife, lack of morals, decency, and just common sense, take a heavy toll on our spirits and psyches... |
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The Clothes That Make You L.S. Kilroy It's 1967, the world is changing - and so is a quiet misfit named Sally Fiore. After the sudden death of her father, Sally turns to comfort in the small things – her beloved books, her new interest in sewing, and her slight infatuation with the handsome, young custodian at... |
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Beneath the Shadow of the Cross Geoffrey A. Cratch Brody James Edwards thought the worst thing that could happen to him was to lose his dream of playing major league baseball, because of surgery on his pitching arm. He drops out of college and joins the Marine Corps. In Afghanistan the horrors of war proved even... |
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Karl Marx As the 19th century unfolded, its inhabitants had to come to terms with an unparalleled range of economic, political, religious and intellectual challenges. Distances shrank, new towns sprang up, and inventions transformed the industrial landscape. In the aftermath of Waterloo, a European... |
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Chinese Pearl Patrick Aaron Chinese Pearl starts in the year 1917 in Nanking China with the birth of Zhu, an albino with psychic abilities, who is adopted by the midwife Xiulan and her husband Shu. The child is a welcome blessing into this couples life and becomes an asset to their business, an apothecary, as her... |
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The New Jim Crow Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack... |
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Memories of a Mad Man Don Spector Mad Men. Don Spector didn’t just watch them on television. He was one of them. Starting in a Madison Avenue ad agency in the ‘60’s, he actually lived the life captured in the TV show. In "Memories of a Mad Man" he shares with us an unforgettable era filled with humor... |
