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From the mind of a retired harpsichord psychologist, HA! (Humanity's Absurdities) touches upon the meaning of life in much the same way that a misplaced moist towelette does not. HA! is a sardonic parody, rife with irony, satire, and lampoons of every-day drivel-laden gibberish. Complete with a glossary of insightful and meaningless original vernacular, this volume will exercise your mind and keep you laughing, grinning, or smirkingly amused as you try to discern fiction from fabrication or mere... more

The Judges

by Eric J. Matluck

"You can't win unless you're judged." So somebody tells Mary Sorabi, and Mary is no stranger to being judged. She's a young woman, half-Indian, half-Chinese, who's a classical pianist, and plays the kind of music, music from the twentieth century, that most people hate. But that's her passion. When she wins a prestigious competition, her life changes, but rather than fill her with a sense of pride and accomplishment, it fills her with feelings of fear and claustrophobia because, suddenly... more

The Unsealing

by Robert Brighton

Love, Lust, and Murder in the Gilded Age ... Buffalo, New York, 1901 ... a muscular, young city, Queen of the Lakes ... The Electric City ... where the money spent to build Newport mansions and Park Avenue townhouses is made, plays host to the world’s greatest fair, the Pan-American Exposition and its 8,000,000 guests ... And less than a mile from the great spectacle, a web of love, lust, and intrigue is forming among the young, elite Ashwood Set. Alicia and Edward Miller may be one of Ashwood’s... more

River of the Red Earth People

by Fred Cardin

Andy Vincent is in high school in Wisconsin in 1964. He lives in a terrible home. He is a decent, sensitive boy who is sociable, has a number of friends including some who are close friends. But at home he withdraws into himself, into his imagination, to escape the fury and warfare of his parents. He falls in love with Sara Roberts, but their love lasts only a year. Her father is transferred to a job in California. Andy is devastated when she leaves. He runs away from home, drives alone t... more

The Desert Kingdom

by Richard Hampton

The Desert Kingdom follows a group of Egypt’s best warriors on a mission to free a kingdom that is in charge of the majority of trails and passages to the East of Egypt from the iron grip of an army comprised of mercenaries, disgruntled warriors that were thrown out of their country’s army, and who turned raiders and robbers from many armies. These are the men without souls, without heart, without pity. Torture, murder, rape, theft, and the burning of villages, towns, and cities f... more

Blown Cover

by Peter J. Azzole

The Navy and the CIA desperately needed unique, critical intelligence about hints of Soviet anti-ship and ballistic missile threats being brought to Cuba.
Putting a radio-intercept operator into Cuba was one way to gain insights, otherwise unavailable, into Soviet activities there. U.S. Navy Communications Technician First Class Salvador Conte had the long list of skills to pull it off, and he volunteered without hesitation.
Salvador quickly learned that it was an arduous miss... more

Driving Toward Destiny

by Stuart Scott

Jack Higgins is feeling suffocated and increasingly disillusioned by the political climate in America. It is 1971, and many young men his age are being conscripted into the army, and Jack is convinced that he will be next. His strict parents wholeheartedly believe he should fulfill his American duty, but Jack has other plans. His high school friend, “Wild” Bill, is attending university in Berlin. It just so happens that he has space for another roommate. After a disagreement with his parents an... more

The Great Gatsby and the Zombies

by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Wayne Soini

Nick Carraway, veteran, must overcome Lost Generation apathy to deal with an imminent zombie apocalypse that no one in Gatsby's circle will take seriously, any more than Commander in Chief Calvin Coolidge. High stakes surround the defense of West Egg. Sadly, Gatsby dies at the end.

Divine Julius

by Jacek Bocheński

"Would you like to become a god? This is perfectly doable."
So starts this fascinating glimpse into the minds of Julius Caesar and his opponents, written in the award-winning brisk style imitating Caesar's own. The book takes the format of a modern reader commenting on historical documents. Rather than follow chronological order of events, the book is divided into four parts, each dedicated to a different aspect of Caesar's political strategy: Cruelty, Ben... more

The Sword Swallower and a Chico Kid

by Gary Robinson

A fifteen-year-old youth escapes a toxic home and joins the circus. For five decades, the Sword Swallower (Duke Reynolds) embarks on a journey shared with the oddest characters in our society. He learned to swallow swords while traveling with the circus freaks across the United States. He later found himself in prison, where he received a degree in musical theory from Julliard. After a terrible accident ended his career while performing on live Television, the 40-year methamphetamine addict a... more

A Good Boy

by Robert M Tucker

A GOOD BOY is the fascinating and riveting story of a likeable, and often confused, young man’s quest to become “a worthy human being” that plunges the reader into the underside of social normalcy, American excess, sociopathic behaviors, greed, depravity, suspense, and the nature of friendship.

With rising tension, John Birkhoff’s journey to acquire understanding and to be “morally straight,” is challenged at every turn by John’s bo... more

The Last Laird of Sapelo

by T. M. Brown

By the end of 1865, not long after General William T. Sherman’s famous march through Georgia, history records, but for a few exceptions, all the freed Geechee slaves and their families returned to their homes on Sapelo Island, one of Georgia’s storied barrier islands abandoned shortly after the war broke out. The Last Laird of Sapelo offers a historically accurate, dramatic story shedding light on the Spalding family’s near-forgotten legacy on the once prosperous island and why four-hundred free... more

Dive Bartender: Flowers in the Desert

by T.K. O'Neill

It’s 1977 and Frank Ford is running from his life and for his life. Following the suspicious suicide of his brother Ray and Frank’s own role in the death of twin sisters clearly culpable in Ray’s demise, he hits the road for the promised land, California–with a dog-eared paperback copy of Kerouac’s On the Road as his roadmap. True to its protagonist’s journey, Frank makes a stop in Denver to look up an old friend–in his case high school buddy and former Arizona Amateur Tennis Champion, Larry... more

Two'fer

by Catherine Anne Terrick

Noah and Kaleb are best friends growing up in hard times. They live on adjoining farms, and both families are suffering greatly. Kaleb's dad has died, leaving Kaleb to take on the role of the provider at just seventeen years of age; the weight of caring for his five siblings and his mom is staggering. Noah, at only fourteen, has witnessed the daily verbal and physical abuse of his mother at the hands of his drunken step-dad. They realize that life on the farm is not an option. They must go whe... more

Adira: Journey to Freedom (Adira: Journey to Freedom Book and Study)

by Lynne Modranski

When King Artaxerxes' cupbearer traveled to Jerusalem, it affected more people than you might have imagined. The Bible tells us Nehemiah's brother, Hanani, made the long journey with him, but what about his sister-in-law? And suppose he had a niece named Adira. Born in Susa, thirteen-year-old Adira doesn't consider herself a slave nor a resident of Jerusalem. She struggles with her family's faith and her parents calling the holy city home home. What will it take for Nehemiah's niece to unders... more

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