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The Sun Singer

by Coti De Laine

When his prayers go unanswered and Vivian dies in childbirth, journalist Ethan Tellinger curses God, turning his back on a life of faith. Five years later, their son is diagnosed with a terminal disease and given a few months left to live. Desperate to find a cure, Ethan follows up on an anonymous tip of a miracle worker living in a Palestinian refugee camp. To the locals he is known as the Forever Man, but when Ethan arrives in Jenin on the auspices of a human interest story, he is shocked ... more

The Growing Season

by JANE LORENZINI

In 1889, twenty-seven-year-old Belle Carson tends the gardens of world-renowned inventor Thomas Edison on his winter estate in Fort Myers, Florida. He and his family rarely visit, but when a friend of the Edisons' drops in, she convinces Belle to join an agricultural movement sweeping the South - tomato clubs for girls. But just as Belle is blossoming as a mentor and mother figure, her romantic relationship and the precious tomato crop wither on the vine. Can Belle prove to the girls that every ... more

The Day that Changed Long Island

by Luciano Sabatini PhD

A middle-aged couple with three young children are longtime residents and homeowners in the community of Massapequa, New York. When Superstorm Sandy makes landfall on Long Island on the evening of October 29, 2012, their stable, productive and serene lifestyle is suddenly shattered. As the storm surge floods their home, along with the homes of thousands of others living in coastal communities, they struggle to survive and then recover as one crisis seems to follow another. During the many trial... more

Tomcats Killers of Innocence

by Patsy Shook

Sarah was 17 when she was raped and forced to marry Frank honley, her rapist. She was told, “a child born out of wedlock will forever be called a bastard, and no self respecting boy will ever marry you.” Honley was a member of the Army Security Agency, and handled top secret information. He was a closet spy and psychopath who saw marriage and a child as cover for his actions. Trapped for years in the marriage, Sarah began having nightmares. She dreamed she was in a large multilevel house atte... more

Lonely Riders

by Michael D. Dennis

Embark on a journey of heart-pounding suspense and mind-bending twists with "Lonely Riders," the captivating novel by author Michael D. Dennis. In the sprawling city of Los Angeles, Kyle Whalen's life takes an unexpected turn as he navigates the chaos of love, loss, and a reality-shattering experiment.

Shorty Blue

by R. Lee Walker

Shorty Blue is an ingenious fictitious story that covers the dynamics of human interactions when a loved-one dies. The story explores the rivalry and conflicts that family members face with issues that may go unresolved for years. I challenge you to enjoy this fascinating journey in human emotions. This story may someday be considered an urban classic. – R. Lee Walker

The Three Layers of a Moment, Book 3 of The Pioneer Ranch Saga

by Samar Reine

Guided by a profound quote that echoes through the Pioneer Ranch family, “There are three layers to a moment—your experience, your awareness of the experience, and your interpretation of it,” Bryce must reinterpret her past as the family chooses their true legacy. Are they the historic ranch they fought so hard to save or are they the “blood and paint” they’d become? An accomplished showjumper and veterinarian, Bryce is haunted by the loss of her brother, who’d tormented her. She strives to r... more

Railroading 978-1-304-88739-9

by Tom Boon

As a retired freight train engineer, Tom presents a unique perspective on what it's like to work in the rail industry. The book opens with Tom operating a motorcar and continues to the day he and his conductor rescued a fully loaded Amtrak train that was stuck between snow drifts in the Columbia River Gorge. Railroading puts the reader in the locomotive cab, and in the union hall, as Tom influences railroad policy during his thirty-nine year career.

Logos

by Nicholas Nikita

After witnessing the brutal death of his parents, a young caveboy is roaming through a barren, parched land with nothing but his newborn brother strapped to his chest.

Unwilling to accept his loss, the boy sets out on a dangerous path to reach the home of the gods—a mountain looming in the distance—in search of a way to reunite with his parents. But the grief-stricken journey to the mountain is also a violent exile into adulthood, and the mountain holds secrets the gods are ... more

Lose Yourself

by Vince Wetzel

It’s The Final Game of the Season… All Star Brett Austen has a chance to secure the first .400 batting average for a season in more than 80 years. But increasing pressure and his own hubris threaten the apex of his career. Meanwhile… A sideline reporter wrestles with a choice between career and her mom in crisis. A retiring usher takes in his final game before moving in with his son’s family. A lanky 15-year-old can’t understand his future stepdad while pining for a girl from scho... more

The Road to Moresco

by Mark Jamilkowski

A poignant family saga from 1900s Italy weaving a spellbinding tale of resilience..

Paradise on the Pike

by Sarah Angleton

A historical mystery set against the backdrop of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Paradise on the Pike is the story of German immigrant Max who works as a zookeeper at Hagenbeck's animal concession on the Pike at the fairgrounds where animals roam free, people are on exhibit, and the investigation of a grisly murder threatens the future of the concession, the fair, and the woman he loves.

A UNITARY THEORY OF NUCLEAR, ELECTROMAGNETIC AND GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS

by Baltateanu Traian

This book contains a theory that explains the physical meaning of: relativity, gravity, mass, inertia, the notion of antiparticle and antimatter, gravitational waves, the fine structure constant, the formation and stability of atomic nuclei. The theory provides researchers with the tools to create the structural model for all the nuclei of atoms and their isotopes, to calculate the resonance energy and frequency of nuclear couplings and nuclear reaction potentials. The dipolar properties of nu... more

Adam & Yves

by Edward B Cone

ADAM AND YVES meet by chance over an abandoned piano in Greenwich Village and fall in love just before same-sex marriage becomes legal. Yves is a down-to-earth Canadian musician, while Adam is a Park Avenue–bred architect, and his family offers endless opinions on their budding relationship. Throw in one gorgeous Greek goddess and free-spirited Pietro aka Treachery, who poses nude, plays piano, and has complicated relationships with several of the characters, and you have a veritable comedy of m... more

Long Journey Home

by Michael R. Lane

From “Case 121” and “Silver Anniversary” to “Coma,” “The Last Serious Man,” and “Fogbound,” Long Journey Home takes the reader on distinctive, eclectic, winding journeys through the astonishing complexities of devotion, relationships, longing, lust, and love with a dash of detective mysteries tossed in for additional spice.

In Freedom's Shadow

by Robert Hilliard

John Scobell risked everything to escape slavery at the outset of the Civil War. He thought he'd made his way to freedom – until the moment he was recruited and sent back to the Confederacy as an undercover Union spy. Can Scobell avoid capture and certain death at the hands of brutal Rebel spy hunters? Will he find the one object that can break the Confederate codes and earn his emancipation? Or will he remain forever in freedom's shadow? 'In Freedom's Shadow' is based on the heroic true s... more

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