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SHRUG: A Novel

by Lisa Braver Moss

Martha Goldenthal isn't your typical 1960s Berkeley radical. Her rebellion isn’t sex, drugs, or rock ’n’ roll―it’s doing well at Berkeley High and planning for college. Her father, Jules, is a raging batterer who, because of his own insecurities, hates academia. Not that her off-the-rails mother, Willa, is much better. Meanwhile, Jules’s classical record store, located directly across the street from the UC Berkeley campus, is ground zero for riots and tear gas. No wonder Martha has a nervous ti... more

ON 174th STREET...The World of Willie Mittleman

by Mel Weiser

It's the Great Depression of the 1930s........

America is struggling, but kids in the nation's urban centers still have their imaginative street games, their city adventures and their hilarious scrapes with friends and foes alike.

The Bronx, in New York City, is Willie's playground, and 174th Street is his crucible. It's here that he laughs and cries and looks to his family for the courage he needs to meet his daily challenges. Can he face the ho... more

Thrivers: An LP Novel (Franco Book 2)

by Tom Sheridan

Two Tonio Francos. TJ and Franco. One on a stage. One in a cage. Both in a rage.

TJ. Falling for Kamara Day. On a college campus gone cray. The seniors caught in the culture war crossfire. TJ himself on fire. Burning in five different directions like he’s all of One Direction. Big brother to Kyd. Fraternity VP. Intern in NYC. Rappin to Drag’s beats. And. That f***ing demon he can’t defeat. The one pushing him to the ledge. At Jersey’s northeastern edge... more

In the Shadow of Salem

by Donna B Gawell

In the Shadow of Salem is a historical novel about the life of Mehitabel Braybrooke, a Puritan woman born in 1652 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Mehitabel is accused of crimes−the first for arson and the second for witchcraft. History has not been kind to Mehitabel, but what was the real story behind her scurrilous reputation? Would she ever be redeemed from her lifelong curse? Or was Mehitabel as wicked as her numerous Essex Court Records imply?

Why horses don't drink tea on Thursdays

by Ul Makise

Funny and inspiring book which teaches us how to to fix angry shoes, what to do if you meet a duck stuck in a truck and lots of other useful things.

Marvin's Garden

by Joseph Brisben

When she was growing up, all Madge Duckworth wanted was to marry a man who was going places. She found that in her husband, Marvin, a farmer, but then she discovered she had married a sadist, a glutton, and man so greedy that he cheats his brother out of his family’s estate and disowns his own son. Madge’s life runs on terror-filled inertia with horrible beatings at Marvin’s hands. The only pleasant things in her life are her job in the telephone company in Pond Creek, OK, her friendship with Ma... more

The Streets: An LP Novel (Franco Book 1)

by Tom Sheridan

A mixed martial artist has an upcoming fight. That can make things right. He just wants to train. Hop an NJ Transit train. Do some work in Newark. Rep his fight team and his fans across the nation. Outlast that international sensation. Hopefully raise a victorious glove. Maybe get back with his love.

But he’s feelin the heat. On Jersey’s streets. They docked his dock job. He owes a favor to The Frog. And his teen son T's bein bullied. His plan’s all gett... more

Money Matters A Novel

by Brian Finney

At once a painful coming-of-age novel, an exciting amateur sleuth tale and an intriguing narrative involving social issues (immigration and wealth disparity), Money Matters has mystery at its core. This emotionally charged debut novel is firmly embedded in Los Angeles culture over the 2010 mid-term election. Jenny, the 27-year-old inexperienced protagonist, faced with the tragic disappearance of a friend, is forced to take on financial tycoons, corrupt politicians and the treacherous Baja drug c... more

Advancing the Retreat: A Comedy

by Elena Louise Richmond

April March wants nothing more than to be left alone to putter in her garden but her husband has joined the church across the street and April gets pulled into the schemes and mischief of the congregation. The minister’s wife has a secret; the minister has a different secret. Down the street a new friend of April’s knows both their secrets. Meanwhile there’s a squirrel loose in the church, a loan to pay off, a sacrilegious calendar-- meant to be a fundraiser-- that outrages the minister’s wif... more

People You've Been Before, not a memoir

by Tim Jollymore

In recovery circles, it's called denial. In public office, they say it's politic. In marriage, if undiscovered, it's saving face, if found out, lies of the very worst kind. And written in a memoir? Well, a writer might call it fiction. In a single day in April, famed author, Elmoe Mattila, “reveals” through his latest book the first year of his sober life spent in the company of an outrageous band of ne'er-do-wells and misfits, culminating in sorrow, disillusionment, and some very good for... more

Lake Stories and Other Tales

by Tim Jollymore

Inspired by waters and wolves, these stories charm the reader with affection for their natural settings. Follow the wold tracks through this collection that reflects on the foibles of human nature. Life's challenges are told with humor and heartfelt sentiment that set you on your own path, lighted by the rising full moon, down to the lake shore, where waters lap your toes. A collection of eleven short stories.

Whose Back Was Stabbed?: FDR's Secret War on Japan

by Koichi Mera

This is a book that will change the American perception of the Pacific War. One important question is: Who actually started the Pacific War? By examining recently discovered facts revealed through the declassification of official documents, the decoding of secret communications between the Soviet Union and its operatives, and findings from American and Japanese writers in recent decades, the author clarifies the role played by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and members of his cabinet in pushing... more

Walter and Mike Get Their Own Fun Park Pool to Play In

by Kathleen Morrissey

Kids and Alligators both love to play in the water, but the two don't normally mix. Find out what Happens when two little Alligators want to join the kids playing in a fun pool at a resort in Florida. Walter and Mike just want to see the fun, but they get more than they bargained for. Their excitement starts when four kids find the Alligators staring at them, but what happens to the alligators and the kids leads to a surprise ending.

The MisreadBible: Genesis

by J. R. Eldridge

A collection of twisted Bible tales from the warped mind of J. R. Eldridge. Drawing from his fascination with religion and mythology, Eldridge takes the reader on a journey from the creation of the universe to the arrival of the Israelites in Egypt in this blasphemously funny retelling of the Book of Genesis.

A lonely deity creates the universe in his mother’s basement and makes a little clay man who falls in love with his own rib. After the humans engage in some freaky angel sex,... more

Suffer the Little Children

by WALTER T HUGHES

Months after five-year-old Amy completes chemotherapy for leukemia she is found to have AIDS acquired from blood transfusions. More devastating than the disease is the social isolation that follows. Amy dwindles to emaciation and demise. Her father, a young country doctor, returns to medical training and overcomes social, cultural and academic hurdles to achieve success in AIDS research.

One Time Winner: The Empress Emeritus Zinabar

by John R. Carden

The setting of the book is a gigantic interstellar monarchy called the Interstellar Condominium of Planets and Empires, (ICOPE), ruled by an Emperor and Empress; with two chambers of a legislature to pass laws. One fateful day the Emperor unexpectedly dies. The Empress, instead of staying on the Capital Planet called Empire Prime, chooses to leave her home planet and resettle on a planet far, far away from the Empire. The planet she happens to choose is Earth.The ultra-advanced medical technolog... more

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