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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

The Invisible Moon

by J.Robert DiFulgo

Twenty years of PTSD have passed and Bryan is still unable to put the pieces of his past together, unaware that a portion of his life has been blotted out. Joining the navy, serving in Vietnam and being pulled by the undercurrent of life would shatter all his beliefs; lead him to a threshold of truth and transform him into being a stronger person than he could ever have realized. It is only now that he can begin to relive the ordeal in order to dispel the ghosts and horrors of the past. Love, Wa... more

Zamm Boola

by Scott Chally

Pirate Bear

by Sonya Annita Song

A swashbuckling tale about Pirate Bear and his tyrannical encounters until one fateful day...

O Pirate Bear, the baddest bear
And ruler of the seas,
He took the things he wanted
And not once did he say please.

Sailors trembled when they saw him
For they really had no clue
If he'd make them swab the poop deck
Or he'd turn them into stew.

YEAR OF THE MONKEY

by Ron Argo

TET, 1968. Saigon. Acclaimed as one of the most important novels of the Vietnam War [San Diego Union], Year of the Monkey takes us into the savage jungles where death waits in every paddyfield. It as well delves into the apocalyptic world of political corruption where friendship and betrayal become unavoidable, where murder and love are common as body counts. It is the gripping story of two American soldiers trapped in a sinister web of cold-blooded murder during the shattering Tet Offensive, th... more

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