Jan 27
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED! Sienna is a hardworking sheep farmer in the outback of South Australia whose quick action saves a family from a dangerous situation after a tornado tears through the state. The media attention that follows brings her more than just hero status. Sienna meets the love of her life, Marcus, but …
Jan 27
AN INTRIGUING ALTERNATE HISTORY OF WWI August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies east against Russia instead of west to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history. Gray Tide in …
Jan 24
The Giant Chinchilla of Oz is an exciting, funny, thought-provoking and clever mixture of L. Frank Baum, Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth), and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Eleven-year old Jason Brandt meets Harvey the Squid (a retired cab driver), and Button-Bright (who can’t remember his real name), and acquires a pet Expanding Giant Chinchilla …
Jan 24
AN ENDEARING AUDIOBOOK FOR CHILDREN Charlie is an adorable young horse. He wants to be a famous racehorse like his dad, Charles the Great. But he doesn’t like to focus on his work. He’d rather munch on flowers. Who helps him progress toward his big dream? What happens when he has trouble on the racetrack? …
Jan 21
VINTAGE SCIENCE FICTION BY VISIONARY WOMEN Written between 1931 and 1979, these 13 stories show how different women have, in different eras, envisioned the future of their sex. Selecting its contents from lesser known writers, Future Eves presents Leslie F. Stone’s novelette “The Conquest of Gola” (1931), an encounter with Earth males told from the …
Jan 19
FROM RIVERBOAT GAMBLER TO FRONTIER BANKER An Engaging Post Civil War Saga In 1866, Matt Draper is full of ambition but without money or family to help him succeed. On the Western frontier of an ever-expanding America, toiling as a riverboat gambler seems like the best option to raise enough capital to realize his dream …
Jan 18
THE FEMALE NERO WOLFE ! Message from a Corpse is a masterpiece from the pen of Golden Age mystery novelist Sam Merwin, Jr. When writer Breck Barnum finds himself framed for murder, he soon realizes the slaying is connected to the autobiography of a world-famous financier he had ghosted. But the unfinished manuscript has disappeared, …
Jan 17
IMMIGRANT’S SON, SCHOLAR, AUTHOR & CLASSICAL MUSICIAN Solly’s dream is for his son Teddy to one day become a concert violinist. Eventually he comes to understand and to endure the heartbreak of knowing that the dream never will be realized. As Solly watches, life takes Teddy from gifted violin student to adult engineer and scientist, …
Jan 16
IT’S NOT ABOUT POWER. IT’S ABOUT LOVE. The historic port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, has a special charm, due at least in part to its resident witches. For decades, raven-maned Marguerite and red-headed Beryl have lived among its hard-working inhabitants, making magic and mischief. Love and sex fuel their supernatural abilities, but duality limits their power. …
Jan 16
AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF CIVIL WAR EVENTSA Great Story for Alternate History Fans! In the spring of 1861, the bombardment of Fort Sumter might have ended with the garrison’s rapid surrender and their dignified return to the North. Instead, the fort was laid completely to waste when its armory was struck, with the loss of …
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