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Madam May: A Tale of Madams, Morphine, Moonshine and Murder

by Janet Hogan Chapman, Ed. D.

Madam May is pure Southern drama with a touch of humor and spice. In spite of her foibles, you will find yourself cheering for May as she strives to become an independent woman in early 1900s Atlanta. Madam May, A Tale of Madams, Morphine, Moonshine, and Murder is based on true events in the life of the author’s paternal grandmother. Set in Atlanta in the early 1900s, there were few options for a poor, rural, uneducated woman but Willie May Wheeler Collis Stamper Hogan Cobb was willing to do... more

FaceTime

by Ian Creese

When people get together, what do they talk about? Romance, adventure, intrigue, our changing world? Whether you are a social media lover or Facebook-hater, you are likely to have got into at least one heated debate about its effect on us all. So why the long wait for the World’s first Facebook novel? In FaceTime, the social network’s senior management and the footsoldiers at its Silicon Valley campus both feature. An academic expert on Victorian land law, a regular London family and modern-d... more

Vietnam Blues

by D. R. Van Wye

In the final years of the Vietnam War, as the United States cuts troop strength, American military advisors and their allies face Viet Cong spies and guerilla fighters building up forces for the massive Easter Offensive. Even while engaged in combat in the difficult terrain of the Mekong Delta, the adversaries struggle with doubts, fears, loss and despair as grim events unfold to an unexpected conclusion.The author was a military advisor where the story takes place. He holds the Combat Infantrym... more

Saving Ben Tre

by D. R. Van Wye

Facing a team of determined Viet Cong insurgents, American infantrymen struggle to acquit themselves honorably. Fate pushes Lieutenant Van Howe into the Vietnam War, and luck, or lack of it, leads him to Ben Tre, a city in the Mekong Delta. Destined to serve in combat operations as as advisor to a South Vietnamese battalion, he is a key player in a cat and mouse conflict with a team of crafty and experienced Viet Cong fighters. As he struggles to stay alive he is plagued by deep angst and confli... more

Once in a Forest

by Adriana Pernetz

Once in a Forest is a timeless narrative, both amusing and insightful — a perfect tool for teaching children the value of friendship and camaraderie in life.

Animals in the forest are having a hard time accepting each other's differences. One day, an unlikely friendship shows the forest that differences are what the woodland creatures need to bring happiness to all.

Bun E. Learns to Count in French

by Cynthia S. Wildridge

Can a bunny learn to count? He was a long way from home . . . and he was very hungry!

The artistry of this tale, told in watercolors and calligraphy, captures the magic of the first adventure of Bun E. Boniface, in a land where "nothing is impossible, to a valiant heart!"

A Dream Life

by Patrick J. Suraci

In 1961, homosexuality is a crime punishable by up to sixteen years in prison. That doesn't stop soldiers Philip Greco and John Fitzgerald from falling in love. The two men are serving in the U.S. Army in Germany in Berlin Crisis. They become friends at first, and then slowly and tentatively, their relationship blossoms. Working around the obstacles in their path, Philip and John travel through Europe together and discover their dream place to live after their discharge, Majorca. When John is di... more

The World's Greatest Mousetrap

by B.C.R. Fegan

When Reginald finds a mouse in his bookstore, he will stop at nothing to catch the pesky critter. Even if it means building the world's greatest mousetrap. Unfortunately for Reginald, the mouse always seems to be one step ahead.

Pippin and the River of Wonders: A Voice for Wildlife

by Stacey Gerhart

Nobody Knows the Stories of the Animals like Pippin... The wildlife lawbreakers get more than they bargain for when Pippin and her friends unite to protect the baby animals in the wetlands. It’s an imperfect world, but Pippin understands the struggles of the wildlife. Her single, almost secret, superpower is to interpret animal languages. When Pippin and her animal friends unite their special skills in this hilarious adventure, they are empowered to protect the wetlands and wildlife from the la... more

They Called Him Yeshua: The Story of the Young Jesus

by Donald L. Brake with Shelly Beach

They Called Him Yeshua is more than an ordinary fictional account of lives of biblical characters; it also recounts possibilities about what Jesus was like and what He experienced as a divine being voluntarily housed in a human body. This novel help us imagine how His family reacted to Jesus as He grew and followed His path from self-awareness to His divine mission on earth.

Damiana's Reprieve

by Martha Batiz

Damiana’s Reprieve is a novella that gives a candid look at a young opera singer—what happens backstage before and during performances, and what happens when unexpected turns in life leave one facing the not-so-cliché reality that the show must go on. Damiana is the lead in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and leading up to the opening day’s performance a sequence of unexpected events—from a surprise family reunion that forces her to analyze her past, to facing the consequences of the domest... more

Plaza Requiem: Stories at the Edge of Ordinary Lives

by Martha Batiz

Plaza Requiem: Stories at the Edge of Ordinary Lives is a collection of short stories that feature strong female characters who are trapped in violent relationships, facing dangerous political situations, or learning to live with the pain of betrayal.

An Ocean of Thoughts: One Man's Journey from Self-Destruction to Self-Realization

by David Jones

Despite a childhood of privilege and a college degree, Tony Joppa was stuck in extended adolescence fueled by drugs, alcohol, and apathy. After a drunk-drivingaccident lands him in jail, Joppa begins his journey to sobriety and self-realization. That journey takes him across the country, around the world, and deeply inward, where his life changes thanks to the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, Buddhism, and the many teachers he meets along the way.

The Flyaways

by A.R. Hadley

Holly’s life changes the moment she steps foot into his classroom. Set in Daytona Beach and spanning two semesters of college, is the story of bright, young student, Holly Kerr, her beautiful Professor Kelley Nicolo and the forbidden games they play when they fall in love … despite his marriage and their vast differences. Or maybe they’re more alike than they realize. Souls searching day and night, never resting … flyaways lost and looking for a place to land. The Flyaways is a 30,000 w... more

Dusk and Ember

by Robert Jacoby

Can a life come apart and be rebuilt in one night? 19-year-old Richard Issych is about to find out. One friend is dead—murdered by another friend—and all Richard wants to do is get to the wake, come home, and start a new life. But for one life to begin another must end. Since graduating high school the year before and not knowing how to live, or even if he wants to live, Richard has wandered into the graveyard shift at a local foundry, a hellish world of molten metal, rote work, and no prospe... more

Great Dates with Some Late Greats

by David Finkle

A series of adventures now begin for several unsuspecting people, who, while enduring the mundane tasks of daily life, are greeted by incarnations of celebrities, athletes, poets, politicians, and an evil dictator, to name a few. Author David Finkle is a critic who has written about theater, music, and books throughout his career. He is also a keen observer of human behavior, and his stories reflect that by placing ordinary people in extraordinary situations. His new collection, GREAT DATES WI... more

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