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Browse all authors List your book | The CommitteeTerry E. Hill New Orleans voodoo and American politics collide when the secret society behind the country's most powerful figures decide the United States is ready for the first female president. They use the power of a century-old black candle, mysticism, manipulation and murder to ensure their candidate... |
 | Wet: Part OneS. Jackson Rivera Sheltered and overprotected her whole life, Rhees is still innocent and childlike. Paul isn't. He's traveled the world, running from his past, a past he’s not proud of and refuses to talk about. When he reaches the small, Caribbean island on the dive bum circuit, he’s found home. He buys... |
 | Seniors SleuthJ.J. Chow Winston Wong used to test video games but has left his downward spiraling career to follow in the footsteps of Encyclopedia Brown, his favorite childhood detective. When the Pennysaver misprints his new job title, adding an extra "s" to his listing, Winston becomes a "Seniors Sleuth." He... |
 | Hotel MoscowTalia Carner From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a mesmerizing, thought-provoking novel that tells the riveting story of an American woman—the daughter of Holocaust survivors—who travels to Russia shortly after the fall of communism, and finds herself embroiled in a perilous mafia... |
 | The Great Divide In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America's growing problem. With his signature blend of clarity and passion, Stiglitz argues that inequality is a choice... |
 | Murdering LawyersLarry Fine In the novel Murdering Lawyers you will find Marc Wilson, a jobless young attorney, once idealistic but now willing to bend a few rules to help his career. After a few minutes of dishonesty begin paying shocking dividends, he becomes a litigator at a prestigious international law firm, finds himself... |
 | Tommy Gun WinterNathan Gorenstein This is the true tale of two brothers, sons of a successful Jewish contractor, who along with an MIT graduate and a minister's daughter once competed for headlines with John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie and Clyde. The gang was led by the angry, violent, yet often charismatic... |
 | Bitter BronxJerome Charyn In Bitter Bronx, one of our most gifted and original novelists depicts a world before and after modern urban renewal destroyed the gritty sanctity of a land made famous by Ruth, Gehrig, and Joltin' Joe. Bitter Bronx is suffused with the texture and nostalgia of a lost time and place, combining a keen eye... |
 | Ethical EmpowermentArthur D. Schwartz Ethics has long been burdened with a certain perplexity: Is self-interest or altruism the primary ethical imperative? When either perspective is blind to the legitimate interests of the other viewpoint, self-negating exceptions invariably emerge. Thus, philosophical arguments such as Ayn Rand's... |
 | Blood on the EarthJohn Laví In a rush one morning, a college professor drives over a boy on a bike, killing him. When the boy turns out to be the son of a mobster, the professor pays the ultimate price. He disappears, permanently. His death leads to more revenge killings. To stop them from escalating, the... |
 | Saving Phoebe MurrowHerta Feely Have you ever tried to be the perfect mother? Isabel, a DC lawyer, does everything she can to keep Phoebe from harm, but fails when the mysterious Shane appears on Facebook and flirts with her teenage daughter. A story about the timeless struggle between... |
 | Peter & LisaCharles Katz and Linda Baron Katz A children’s book about two different mental illnesses, depression and mania, Peter and Lisa makes it easier for children to understand these mental conditions. It is a story about two people affected with such illness and how they got better and recovered through the... |
 | The Royal WeHeather Cocks and Jessica Morgan American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister, Lacey, has always been the romantic who fantasized about glamour and royalty, fame and fortune. Yet it's Bex who seeks adventure at Oxford and finds herself living down the hall from Prince... |
 | Revising GenesisJames Quatro It might seem inconceivable that the Book of Genesis would need revising after all these millennia. But that is exactly what this author shows using the latest methods and evidence available, including a literary analysis of the Genesis text, testimony from the most ancient... |
 | Forget Me NotJacqueline Falcomer Alex, the storyteller in Forget Me Not unfurls the multicolored banner that is his family history. In vivid and rich narration, from his grandfather's bull fighting ranch in Mexico and his father's chiropractic education in Iowa, to his own search for self and the woman he cannot forget, Alex... |
 | The Sixth Extinction Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact... |
