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Small: The Little We Need for Happiness Jane Anne Staw Known as someone who worried about every little thing, always anticipated the worst possible outcome, and generally allowed her thoughts to get far ahead of life's actual circumstance, author Jane Anne Staw was one day inspired to think small. Her inspiration led her to... |
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A Year of Living Kindly Donna Cameron Being kind is something most of us do when it’s easy and when it suits us. Being kind when we don’t feel like it, or when all of our buttons are being pushed, is hard. But that’s also when it’s most needed; that’s when it can defuse anger and even violence, when it can restore civility in our personal and... |
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First Responder James Summers Centrally located between Malibu Creek and Topanga state parks is a lonely stretch of road the locals refer to as the ‘Mulholland Dieway’. Here first responders frequently rally to save those unfortunate enough to find themselves stranded and in need of assistance. For years... |
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Heart in Dixie Nicholas Bouler A new political novel, for America's new politics. In 1972 a segregationist southern governor ran in the Democratic Presidential primaries, before dropping out of the race. Primaries had been held in 15 states. He had won five. Heart in Dixie is a fictional description of the movement that began... |
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Yellow Dog Chronicle R. M. Smith When my great grandparents started up the Oregon Trail in 1875, two hundred thousand people had gone before them. Part of the story is that my great grandparents never got to Oregon. Neither did the twenty thousand who ended up in unmarked graves. Our story begins with... |
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Discovery Leslie Schweitzer Miller Discovery intertwines one of the most notorious historical intrigues of the last century with a contemporary romance of sweeping emotional intensity, illuminating the frailties of human relationships, the impact of the past—and the power of love. Abbé François Bérenger... |
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UFOs and God Michael R. Lane UFOs and God is not single-themed but a medley of characters kayaking their way through the erratic channels of life. Some of these stories are sharp edged and made to cut you emotionally to the quick. Others are inviting like a warm cozy room on a bitter cold day. In "Wake Up," a... |
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Darkness in Malaga Paul S. Bradley Crime Mystery novel set in Andalusia, Spain. In the narrow channel between Spain and Morocco, a Guardia-Civil patrol-boat discovers a small dinghy crammed with African migrants. They are towed into Algeciras and detained. By the following day, the majority have absconded. Further... |
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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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The Hamilton Affair Elizabeth Cobbs Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth... |
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Mad About Men Madelyn Morgan Mad About Men is: - A (mostly) true, laugh-out-loud account of a successful executive single mother's search for love. - "Racy, raw, sometimes vulgar, always hilarious," according to a guy in Chapter 32 who actually read it. - An account of dating and sex from a liberated, confident... |
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Fourteen Leslie Johansen Nack After her mother and father divorce at age seven, Leslie quickly learns the hard lessons of being Dad's favorite. The abuse begins at age nine and doesn't end until she begins to fight back at Fourteen. Her father, a larger-than-life Norwegian, assumed full custody of Leslie and her two sisters and move... |
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The Idea of Socialism The idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet today it seems to have lost much of its appeal. Despite growing discontent, many would hesitate to invoke socialism when it comes to envisioning life... |
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Shadow's Way Barbara Frances Prepare to be spellbound. Barbara Frances' long-awaited third novel, "Shadow's Way," takes you to the coastal, deep South, where the past and the present mingle in a gothic tale of insanity, murder, and sexual intrigue. You'll meet the beautiful Elaine Chauvier, former... |
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Rubbing Stones Nancy Burkey Dr. Jane O'Neil, an American psychiatry professor, books her family on a rafting trip down the Zambezi River, seeking redirection and reconnection with her troubled son. Katura Masaku, a smart but impulsive teenager in Botswana, sneaks across the border to Victoria Falls, naively confident... |
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A Fighting Chance As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given her family’s modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a... |
