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A Flight First; Orville Wright's Life; A Love Story

by Jane Healy

Philosopher of Stories

by David Herman

A philosophy professor named Herbert Blauer seeks to pioneer a new field of study he dubs "story philosophy," in part to make sense of his own life story, with all its twists and turns. He morphs from a struggling student into a former faculty member who, having been rejected for tenure, tries to retransform himself yet again--but into what? Blauer imagines a reciprocation of romantic love, writes a personal ethic about the difficulty of knowing what to value, undertakes graduate study after... more

The Lost Safari

by Mark DaSilva

A family trip to Africa turns into a nightmare when 15 year old Jake and his parents become stranded when their rental car becomes stuck. They face lions, hyenas, and even deadly rhino poachers as they try to survive the night alone without any guns, cell phones or park ranger help.

Coronach

by Kimberley Jordan Reeman

SCOTLAND, JULY 1746: an army of occupation ravages the Highlands, committing atrocities with consequences that will reverberate across generations. From this bloody cataclysm, the battle-hardened English soldier Mordaunt saves an infant who will become his heiress and his obsession; and on his shattered estate a traumatised Franco-Scottish laird, Ewen Stirling, offers refuge to a boy damaged by unspeakable horror. These lives, bound by fate, unfold against the turbulence of the eighteenth ce... more

Catching Dreams and Letting Them Go

by Tim Seid

Joe and Denise Cole are an average couple enjoying life until Denise is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. While Joe is seeking to achieve his goals in life, he must devote more and more of his time to caring for his spouse. Joe develops an app called DreamCatcher intended to detect dream sharing. Meanwhile, their life's journey presents them with greater obstacles to overcome. Joe lives out one of his lifelong dreams of pedaling across the U.P. of Michigan. As Denise's health deterio... more

Milo Does Not Like Mornings: A Tiny Ninja Book

by Sasha Graham

For every parent who has ever struggled to get a kid out of bed in the morning, and for every kid who has ever struggled to stay there! Milo is a boy who loves to run, and jump, and climb, and laugh, and swing. But NOT in the morning. In the morning, Milo doesn't like to move a muscle. When Milo's mom tells him that she has an important meeting in the morning, Milo PROMISES her that she can count on him. But when the sun comes up, will Milo listen to his Tiny Ninja or will he stay f... more

Monty and the Monster

by Rhonda Smiley

When seventh grader Monty Hyde moves for the fourth time in two years, it’s the same old story. New neighborhood, new school, new bullies. With his dad working all the time and his older brother too popular to notice, he’s the lonely outcast yet again. That is, until he discovers a mysterious replication serum in his basement and decides to make a friend. From scratch. But when his creation turns out to be a stinky, hairy eight-foot-tall monster that might be snacking on the locals, Monty kno... more

Founding Stones

by Abbe Rolnick

Trouble simmers in a small Pacific Northwest town when generation of secrets collide. Hannah, the daughter of the largest berry farmer in the county, searches for her voice after her twin sister dies from cancer. She jumps into the controversy around immigrant worker a the farm, and naively causes further problems. Her boyfriend Luis, forced to live without his deported family, seeks his place within the American dream. His elderly friend Joseph, an undocumented immigrant from Russian, eme... more

To Hold the Throne: A Novel of the Last Maccabee Princess and King Herod the Great

by Joni Okun

Historical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disrupts the longstanding Maccabee Dynasty of Judea when he crowns Mariamne's new husband, Herod the Great, as King, setting off a firestorm of power-grabbing, betray... more

Call Me Mora

by Cachline Etienne

Things aren't always what they seem... Mora has never been the social type. In fact, she enjoys being invisible and out of the limelight. With a scholarship to maintain, Mora’s goal for the year is to stay out of trouble, get good grades and maybe, just maybe catch the eye of her long-time crush Stefano. When Mora miraculously catches the eye of Stefano, everything begins to change. Soon, she’d introduced to a world of friends, partying and glamour. With her newfound popularity Mora’s confi... more

The Gap: Fort Indiantown

by John Witherow

To fly. A childhood fantasy fulfilled, a lifelong goal accomplished. Fresh from rotary-wing flight school, 22-year-old Lieutenant Mark Ashford arrives for his first duty assignment at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, wanting nothing more than to master the art of flight. But he learns quickly that he’s in the awkward position of overseeing pilots with vastly superior skills and experience. Mark is persistently thwarted by one of these men―Vietnam veteran Nick Trent―who displays no regard for... more

The Judge Merit Golfing Club

by Matt Hargrove

"The toe of his right boot was twisted into the black earth as he stared into the distance and had no thoughts about anything. Not the past, not the future, not the trouble behind him, not where he was at, and certainly not his next destination." - Sam Stallings was a young man growing up at the end of the nineteenth century... with no place to call home and a vision that most people would consider foolish and unattainable, especially for someone of his age and background. An array ... more

To Hold the Throne

by Joni Okun

Historical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disrupts the longstanding Maccabee Dynasty of Judea when he crowns Mariamne's new husband, Herod the Great, as King, setting off a firestorm of power-grabbing, betrayal... more

Christmas Voices

by John Callas

John Daily’s hard-sighted focus on his success has blinded him to the bigger picture. In spite of all the successful things he has done in business, in spite of all the wealth and prestige he has accumulated for himself, there is a gaping void at the center of his existence. John Daily knows the proverbial price of everything and the value of nothing. He buys the package because of the way it looks, not because of what’s inside. He has a loving wife and picture-book kids, but he’s incapable o... more

Sepp Rehab: Restoration

by helmut s.

In Rehab & Restoration Sepp is surviving yet another meeting with 'the end of life as he understands it' with the help of his 'Guardian Angel." He works hard but struggles. After several attempts to get a grip on life, he realizes that he has no control and therefore gives up to win. When everything is going Sepp's way, and a good friend needs a favor, Sepp agrees to skipper the 72foot MY-Seefahrt down south to Puerto Vallarta. Coming back Sepp has to start over, and he does.

A Long Time Gone

by Charles Souby

What happens to an Ivy League grad who’s slated to go to work for his father as a Washington mining lobbyist, only to find his life’s values chipped away by an unrequited love and a growing fascination with spirituality and the environment? Before returning home to greet his father on his deathbed, Jeffrey Woodward hopes to face gnawing fears and figure out what matters in his life by traveling to the Yukon Territory of 1982 with only a backpack, guitar and his thumb. What he discovers on his jo... more

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