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February Fourteen: 2/14

by María Felicia Kelley

February Fourteen: 2/14 (a Valentine's Day title) is the first installment of the illustrated children’s book series, Celebrate the HoliDates®, honoring American holidays and celebrations. Its sub-genre is elementary education and social science, customs, and traditions. This series is recommended for pre-kindergarten "Pre-K" through sixth-grade students. Ways to celebrate Valentine's Day are the focus, geared to preschoolers and young elementary readers.... more

Back Home Again

by DL Larson

Back Home Again, a Family Saga, setting is Kentucky, 1850. Francis Frailey has a new wife, and he has to make the trip to meet her family in Louisville. Simple, really. They would join his brother-in-law Joe and family on a steamboat, and be at their destination in a few days... How could he have forgotten the boat trip from his childhood? The nightmarish memory of his uncle abusing him? Or the memory of his mother pretending all was well? How could he make his wife happy yet not go down that u... more

Punk Disco Bohemian

by Arya F. Jenkins

Brief synopsis: Punk Disco Bohemian is a literary transgressive novel and queer multicultural coming-of-age story set in 1970s Provincetown; full of literary and musical allusions, it celebrates literature, music and a unique time and place. Longer synopsis: It's 1973 and seventeen-year old, multicultural Ali is on the run from suburbia, since her best friend has left for college and home has turned into a nightmare, with a druggy brother and a mother who has hooked up with another man si... more

Floating Underwater

by Tracy Shawn

Part psychological fiction and part mystical fiction with a dash of magical realism, Floating Underwater follows a woman’s astonishing journey through the extraordinary and, ultimately, to her own self-actualization and power. Fearful that her lifelong premonitions not only predict the future but can also change its very course, Paloma Leary is devastated when her latest vision foretelling a third miscarriage comes true. Falling into a mystifying world of increasingly bizarre phenomena, ... more

Sloppy

by Jasmine Farrell

"Life is full of choices, so choose wisely . . ."

Classic preacher's kid, Roxanne felt like the oddball growing up.By age 22, she found herself engaged to a man she didn't love. Johnson was the type of man who had to have all the focus on him. When he felt the world was neglecting him, he took his anger out on Roxanne. She couldn't see herself spending the rest of her life chained to a self-centered man who only wanted to please himself.Will Roxanne be ... more

Broken Pieces of God

by Davd B. Seaburn

Crippling unemployment and a life-threatening illness push Eddy and Gayle toward life’s dark edge where they hope a Statue of Jesus, the IRS, some magical thinking, and family ties will save the day.

Eddy, a supervisor for a cable company, loses his job. Gayle, a tax accountant, is recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Unemployment, failed chemotherapy, and no insurance bring them to life’s precipice. Desperate, Eddy turns to a statue of Jesus, seeking a miracle, while Gay... more

Historia: Ciencia y Ficción

by Jesús A. Diez Canseco

Experiencias de un profesor universitario que en sus sueños viaja a través del tiempo para presenciar trascendentales eventos históricos. La novela presenta los viajes como ficción y los eventos históricos como ciencia.

El Tío Gustavo

by Jesús A. Diez Canseco

Novela biográfica del tío Gustavo. Temas costumbristas y eventos sociales, políticos y económicos del Perú entre fines del siglo XIX y mediados del XX. Vida familiar del personaje.

Secrets of a Dutch Baroness

by Eirian J Williams

A young Dutch baroness and her scientist husband hold a secret.It could lead Nazi Germany into developing atomic weapons, capable of annihilating London,New York and Moscow.Having already escaped from Franco's Spain in 1936, they are forced to flee from Belgium by the invading German army in 1940.Hunted across France, the Pyrénées and Spain, they must survive and trust no one. Pursuing them on behalf of the Third Reich is the Baroness' childhood neighbour, now a high-ranking SS Officer, followed... more

The Law Student, the Learned Driver, and the Mopol

by Michael Akerele

A law student, while entering a taxi in Nigeria, was accosted by a police officer who alleged that the taxi driver had breached a road traffic rule. It took a convincing argument from the driver to get them off the hook.

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by The Guidezilla

Twitch TV is one of the largest TV streaming platforms where you can enjoy high-quality content of the various categories. So, whether you’re a sportsperson or a movie lover, Twitch TV will be the ideal option for you. In this discussion, we’re going to talk about how you can easily activate the Twitch TV application on various devices. The working of Twitch TV is very compatible which easily supports working in many types of devices like Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, And Xbox. https://ww... more

Of Bears at Fridges, Drinking Planes and Cinderella's Shoe

by Jordis Tumby

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by Aruna M. Lepore

Peanut is a young penguin with a special gift of singing. He has one problem. He wants to share this gift by singing to the other penguins on his shore but he only sings at night, which annoys the other penguins that want to sleep. With his family's support he tries to find a way to make everyone, including himself happy.

An Elf's Journey Home

by Kristen Denzer

An Elf's Journey Home shares one elf's story about his love for his family and how all he really wants is to stay with his family forever. Get a rare glimpse inside the mind of an elf. Learn about his excitement as he waits to be promoted to scout, his feelings on being apart from his family most of the year, and how all he really wants for Christmas is to stay with them year-round. This rhyming children's picture book provides children the opportunity to choose to keep their elf as a family mem... more

The Scent of a Storm

by Annette Oppenlander

Eastern Prussia, 1944: Young lovers Annie and Werner are separated from each other when he is drafted into Hitler’s Volkssturm. While the SS orders Werner to remove the dead bodies of frozen refugees from Königsberg’s streets, Annie discovers she is pregnant. As she urgently awaits Werner’s return, rumors of the advancing Red Army mount and with it, alarming reports of what they do to women. Running for their lives, Annie and her mother embark on a life-threatening journey west. Even before they... more

Broken-Down Heroes of the Western Night

by Stephen Kozeniewski

Hardcharging army lieutenant Bickham Deth's only desire is to lead soldiers in combat. In the bloody winter of 2006, he expects to finally earn his baptism by fire on the streets of Kabul or Baghdad.

Instead, he finds himself trapped in Oklahoma on funeral detail.

Deth is honored to pay tribute to the veterans of Vietnam and World War II, but his patience is pushed to the breaking point by incompetent morticians, squabbling family members, and a mishap with the color... more

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