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Rainy Day People by Susan C. Haley This is a story of struggle and resilience. It’s rooted in truth and woven into a fresh fictional tapestry that embraces all the ageless qualities and maladies innate in the human psyche. Widowed early, Amber is content, maybe complacent, in solitude. Soothed by a quirky affinity with Nature, and a trust in a larger purpose, she also has a reckless, belligerent side. Ben is an airline pilot turned successful writer caught up in the glitz of L.A. and its pitfalls at the cost of family, health, and direction. They meet by chance (or was it?) and embark on a journey neither was seeking, or prepared for, culminating in an edge-of-the-seat ending that leaves the reader stunned. |
About the Author A widowed mother of two grown sons, a
lover of life, nature, and adventure, Susan Haley turned a passion for
the written word into a purpose and a challenge. With a published
nonfiction work and promising reviews under her belt, she was fortunate
enough to meet professional, award-winning writer, Robert Delany. A
friendship and writing bond formed out of what was, initially, a
mentoring. Rainy Day People is the heartwarming result. Susan resides
and works in Sarasota on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Mr. Delany, to whom
the book is dedicated, passed on shortly after the completion of this
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The Horses of Proud Spirit by Melanie Sue Bowles
It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry. It'll make you wonder why horses have put up with mankind all these years. There are approximately seven million horses in America. Each year, over seventy thousand are abused, abandoned, and fated to slaughter by callous and irresponsible owners. With a heart as big as a pasture, author Melanie Bowles takes some of these horses into her sanctuary called Proud Spirit. Here, horses that arrive listless and broken find a home where they finally know safety. The bond between horse and caretaker does not happen overnight. It hangs by a fine thread of trust that the author earns with endless patience and a full commitment to the well-being of the horses in her care. The horses, some of which have suffered severe abuse, astound her time and again with their ability to trust, return the love they are given, and enjoy the companionship of other horses. You will meet a whole stable full of remarkable horses: |
About the Author Melanie Bowles was born and raised in Michigan and moved to Florida in her early twenties. After acquiring her first horse in 1992 and learning of the mistreatment endured by many horses, she set out to create what would become Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, a fifty-acre facility in Myakka City, Florida, where she and husband Jim have provided peace and shelter to about seventy horses. For over seventeen years, Ms. Bowles has worked alongside her husband as a firefighter/EMT. The Horses of Proud Spirit is her first book. |
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Shadow by Gordon Tucker
This is a story about the Korean War by someone who lived it. It is also a story about courage and hope in the face of adversity.
Mike Ryan, a man without memory,
was found in a cave in North Korea. In a military hospital, he learned
that he was a much decorated infantry soldier who escaped from a North
Korean POW camp. Searching for American lines, he was shot by North
Koreans and repelled by skittish front line GIs. Confused, he found
sanctuary in a cave until discovered and evacuated. His story emerges
painfully, heroically, as he gets to know about the man he was. Then he
learns that his wife has remarried. |
About the Author
Gordon Tucker served during the Korean War (1951,) with Company C, 7th Cavalry (Infantry,) where he was wounded three times and awarded seven combat decorations. He lives in South Florida with his wife, where he plays tennis, goes fishing, and writes. |
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Streetwise:
Mafia Memoirs Coming Summer 2008
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Streetwise: Mafia Memoirs by Russell Vassallo Russell Vassallo’s Streetwise: Mafia Memoirs is an eye-opening look into a world few of us know. Instead of focusing solely on the sensational mob violence depicted by movies and television, Vassallo tells of strong “family” ties, loyalty and respect, and how it felt to grow up as part of this tightly-knit family. Though he fairly discusses the darker side of the Mafia as well, he uses these stories to expose the personalities and hurts of those involved in carrying out the bosses’ orders, causing his reader to look past the crime itself. Penny Woods
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About the Author Mr. Vassallo graduated from Seton Hall School of Law in 1961 and was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence. He is a retired lawyer who has battled colon cancer and is cancer-free at present. He has always been a writer and is also a lover of classic novels. His first two books, Tears and Tales and The Horse With the Golden Mane, have won awards in the USA Booknews contests as well as the Reader Views Literary Writing Contest and the Indies 500 Excellence for Best Book and Best Memoirs. |
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Fiddlers by Ed McBain
Under the masterful hand of writer Ed McBain, the 87th Precinct cops come together once more to conquer big city crime.
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About the Author Over his lifetime, McBain wrote more than 100 novels, short stories, and screenplays. In these works, he helped define the police procedural genre with his gritty urban realism and flesh-and-blood characters. Critics agree that Fiddlers, his last work (McBain died this past July), is a fitting end to his long career—and a rewarding, if not perfect, cap to his 87th Precinct books. |
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The Whitebridge Web by Kathryn Van Heyningen
Emma would rather bake brownies. But saving the life of her best friend requires solving two murders first.
Helping unravel the mystery is naive, local psychic, Emma Lange. Effervescent Emma is happier baking brownies than finding murderers, yet she is compelled to discover how and why her sister-in-law, Piper Thornton's very existence is threatened by Moriah.
Follow this tantalizing story as Emma wends her way through her fearful visions and dreams to unravel the sticky web that threatens the life and sanity of her best friend and reveals Moriah's shocking secret. |
About the Author Kathryn is the daughter and wife of retired army. As such, she feels she’s fortunate that she’s been blessed with the opportunity to travel, to meet new people, to adjust and adapt to an array of environments and believes this background gave her a greater appreciation for other people’s cultures and point-of-view. |
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The House on Slocum Road by Dahris Clair
Driven by dreams and visions, Lottie Winslow moves inevitably toward her ultimate date with destiny. Will a young socialite repress her psychic gift to appease the man she loves, or will she succumb to the mysterious pull of the past and risk losing all she holds dear ~ That's Lottie Winslow's quandary. Strange things are happening to Lottie Winslow. Who is the stranger she sees in the mirror? Why is the same dream invading her sleep night after night? How can she witness an event that hasn't yet happened? Determined to find the answers on her own despite her doubting husband's objections, Lottie embarks upon a relentless search for her identity and familial connection. She makes a discovery in The House on Slocum Road that sparks a chain of events, which lead her to her inevitable date with destiny. |
About the Author Dahris spent a large portion of her life
pursuing a career in music and community theater. Her proudest
achievement was being chosen the official songbird for the Veterans of
WWI in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her favorite theater roll was playing
the zany, lovable MAME for the Opus XXX Theater. The idea for The
House on Slocum Road, was conceived, outlined and shelved for over
twenty years. “I thought it was too far out. Then came Somewhere In
Time, Back to the Future and others. I decided to plunge in and do my
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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The clear light of reason probes the murk of superstition, ignorance and fanaticism that goes by the name of 'organized religion'. |
About the Author Richard Dawkins "has established himself as a biological guru" with the publication of books detailing and expanding upon Darwinian theory, according to Times Literary Supplement contributor Stephen R. L. Clark. Wired Magazine says this "Revolutionary Evolutionist" is "the first true ethologist of the gene". Richard Dawkins "has been concerned to convince the literate public that they must now take evolutionary theory seriously as the context within which to think about ourselves and the world," writes Clark "and he strives to bring his theories to an audience of lay readers through comprehensible analogies and clear writing." |
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Mystery Writing In A Nutshell The World’s Most Concise Guide to Mystery and Suspense Writing By John McAleer and Andrew McAleer
This book is destined to become a classic writing text, much like that other perennial favorite, The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. Instead of focusing on grammar and sentence structure, however, this book concentrates on how to assemble a suspense or mystery novel, from the first, throat-grabbing word, to a final denouement that is both surprising and inevitable. It tells the writer how to create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery. It discusses narrative hooks and back stories. It opens the eyes and the mind to a myriad of ideas that surround a writer every day; the kind of ideas that are certain to hook the reader and reel him in. It covers the details of reality that are absolutely essential for any story. It stresses the importance of those critical components that are required for all genres: credibility and plausibility. Clues, voice, point of view, plot, character development; all are spelled out in a clear and concise writing style that is almost impossible to misinterpret or misunderstand. Indirectly, this book also tells the writer, by example, how to edit, how to hone, and how to polish the words and make them shine by their own inner light. And it does all this in less than seventy pages! The rest of the book includes the authors’ insightful interviews with Rex Stout, Robert Parker, Margaret McLean and William Tapply. If I could give this book a ten-star rating, I would quickly do it. Alas, five is the upper limit, and I will have to accept that. But if you are interested in writing at all, regardless of genre, it is my pleasure to highly recommend Mystery Writing In A Nutshell. It is a joy to read and will surely become one of your ‘desert island’ choices for many years to come.—Russ Heitz |
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the Author Edgar Allan Poe Award winner,
Pulitzer Prize nominee, and best-selling author John McAleer, Ph.D.
(Harvard), taught crime fiction at Mystery
Writing in a Nutshell
is an invaluable resource which takes the writer through the
mystery-writing process from creating suspense and strategizing plot
twists to hiding clues and enriching character development, plus much
more. With this guide to
mystery writing at your elbow, it is only a matter of time before your
novel is afoot!
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