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LUZ, book i: comings and goings

by Luis Gonzalez

Cuba, August 1994, where a shocking event is currently unfolding. For the first time in 35 years, Cubans are openly revolting against Castro’s regime and, likewise, the government is not stopping anyone from leaving the island. But this time nobody is coming by to pick anyone up. This time there is no boatlift as during the Mariel Crisis. Those who want to flee the country are free to do so, as long as they take to the sea in their inner tubes and contraptions and homemade rafts. Nineteen year-... more

Welcome to Foxyland: Great Adventures of Little Foxycat: English Edition (Volume 1)

by Wald Peterson

The curious and imaginative Foxycat must explore his village to find the ingredients needed for his mother to bake his favorite dessert, in this delightful, fully illustrated children’s book.

Battlefields

by Vance N. Smith

From the outside, the middle-class James family appears better off than many African-Americans living in Los Angeles—but what appears to be a fairy-tale home turns out to be a breeding ground for despair. Between his inattentive, alcoholic father and his abusive, emotionally unstable mother, Wilson grows up never knowing the selflessness of real love and the resulting void makes him vulnerable to a predator at the formative age of thirteen. Attracted to other males since childhood, Wilson now fa... more

Journey to Polonia, Book One, The Polish Americans

by Geraldine Prusko

This debut novel describes the lives of Polish immigrants who came to the United States at the end of the 19th century, starting new lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The book is set in the 1960s, but it also highlights the history of Poland in the late 1800s, when it existed mainly in the minds of its people because the country did not exist. Like the narrator’s ancestors, Poles found community in the Milwaukee neighborhoods and Roman Catholic churches where they could speak their language an... more

Twelve Months of Heaven

by Sam T. Coleman

Sam T. Coleman's literary novel, a moving tale of a man and his lifelong battle against fate, chronicles the journey of the protagonist, Maxwell Bodaway, through love, hope, despair, and lasting friendships stretched over the span of his lifetime. Set in three different continents, from the bustling cities of China to the jungles of the Amazon, Maxwell tries to redraw the lines of his destiny as he tries to keep his love for Katherine Bodaway alive.

THE WHIPPING CHILD

by fatima abdallah

Maryama seems to always be in the wrong relationships for the right reasons. Too concerned for others and unable to chart a course for her won life, Maryama continuously becomes perplexed with how indifferent the world is. Will she continue staying shocked with the lack of emotions displayed by people she hold close to her heart. Or will she define herself, set her own goals and move on with her life. Though she is having a difficult time putting back the pieces of her and getting her life back... more

Romeo is Homeless

by Julie Frayn

Yearning for more than pig slop and hand-me-downs, August Bailey runs away from the farm. But in the big city, reality and fantasy don’t mix. When her money runs out, seventeen-year-old Reese rescues her. He has electric eyes, a gentleman’s heart—and a heroin addiction. When they fall in love, August wants to save him from his horrid existence. But the truth behind his pain is more than she can bear. Could their love ruin her life?

It Isn't Cheating if He's Dead

by Julie Frayn

After four long years, Jemima Stone’s missing fiancé is found dead. Hot detective Finn Wight is on the case – and in Jemima’s bed. Then she meets a homeless man whose secrets could change everything. Can feeding the downtrodden and finding new love mend a broken heart?

Beauty and the Barber

by Emmanuel Sullivan

Butterfly loved her doting Uncle Sammie, who taught her how to cut hair. She’s happy developing her modeling career while styling hair, when she finds out that Uncle Sammie is dead--and has left his barbershop to her. What seems like a blessing soon turns into a nightmare. The neglected barbershop needs a lot of work, is taken over by churchgoers on Sundays, and has angry upstairs tenants. Worse, Kelwyn, the charming and handsome owner of the hair salon across the street, seems determined to... more

How To Game People Without Even Trying: A Daughter's Legacy

by Elizabeth Cooke

"How To Game People Without Even Trying...ADaughter's Legacy" is the true story (fictionalized) of the murder of Saul Mammon, an international financier, with connections on the highest levels; in the Soviet Union, Washington DC, Paris, Israel. An American, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., of modest background, he climbs the ladder to power. He is brilliant, with a strong, dark side that ultimately leads to his death, followed by a massive cover-up surrounding it. Told from the perspective of an only ... more

The Texicans

by Jinx Schwartz

An epic tale of Texas inspired by the author's own Texan roots, The Texicans is a saga of a frontier family's courage in the face of tumultous historical events. The Stockman family immigrate to Spanish Texas in 1806, only to find themselves inexorably drawn into the bitter conflict between Mexico and Spain. Joining forces with a dashing young Royalist deserter, Miguel Gonzales, they join in the battle to free Mexico and Texas from Spanish rule. Rewarded as heroes of Mexico these Texicans find... more

Land of Mountains

by Jinx Schwartz

A ten-year-old's new home on an exotic Caribbean island proves so fascinating she quickly forgets she didn't want to leave Texas. After all, where better than a jungle world teeming with voodoo, mystery, and a really pesky zombie, to indulge her favorite pastime: snooping. In this humorous mystery, award-winning author Jinx Schwartz transports the reader to another time and place where rivers, and little girls, ran wild and free.

The Hospital Train

by Simon Hardman Lea

Trails in the Sand

by P.C. Zick

Caroline Carlisle loved Simon from the moment she first laid eyes on him when she was nine years old. Unfortunately, he married her older sister, and thus set a southern family on a collision course with its past. As Caroline starts to report on the oil spill threatening the sea turtles on Florida's Panhandle beaches, she begins to uncover the secret of her own mother's past. With Caroline's sharpened reporter skills, she digs until she brings all the secrets to light, including her own.

General Houston's Little Spy: A Texas Revolution Story

by Cara Skinner

Young Samantha Russell wants only to marry her fiance, Danny Autry, and move to Texas. But once there, they find themselves caught up in the Texan settlers' struggle against the Mexican dictator, Santa Anna, and his tyrannical rule. After tragedy strikes at the fall of the Alamo, Samantha vows to seek revenge. General Houston's Little Spy follows Samantha as she embarks on a dangerous mission to assist General Sam Houston and his small fledgling army in their fight against Santa A... more

The Journal/978-1-936746-34-7

by Beth Harlow

When Mary gave a journal to her fiancé when he left for war in 1861, neither of them had any idea how many hands would write in the little book over the next four years. The little book travels from soldier to soldier throughout the Civil War, crossing battle lines several times to reflect the thoughts of men on both sides of the war. Each man who writes in the book is in a different place in his relationship with God, and each finds help from the words others have written. The sounds of ... more

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