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The Alchemist of Aleppo
Kristina Makansi (Marie K. Savage)
We were young. You were dying. And I was desperate. So, I rearranged the world.
When Michael Samaan and Kat Musgrave meet by the display case of a fourteenth century glass goblet at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, they know immediately that they are deeply connected—to each other and to the goblet. But neither one understands what that connection means. Through a series of uncovered books and recovered memories, Michael, a British art historian, and Kat, an American geneticist, work together to peel back the layers of history—and their past lives—to find answers.
Vanished Voices
Cynthia Lang
When actor Elle Tuckerman loses her voice and her role off-Broadway, she flees to Tucson to help her ailing, enigmatic mother. Adjusting to her new reality as well as the unfamiliar Southwestern landscape, she works with asylum seekers, their pasts treacherous, their futures uncertain. Elle grows curious about her own family’s stories. Do past voices reverberate in the air? Can they help her find her way forward? Across the centuries—in Maine, Ohio, and Tucson—families’ lives intertwine in scenes of relocation, transportation, and change.
Men in Books Aren't Better
Amanda Nelson and Lisa-Marie Potter
Pressured by her looming deadline and an unfinished
romance manuscript, author Molly Covington applies her immersive research skills and goes all in. She hires a male companion for inspiration during three days of research in Las Vegas.
Enter sexy, confident Jared Washington—an extreme sports enthusiast and relationship skeptic who moonlights as a Plus One male companion. Molly’s contract puts him within arm’s reach of buying his own business and making his dreams come true.
Big Ears Jack and Friends
Earl Vincent de Berge
Big Ears Jack and Friends is a collection of tall tales featuring
extraordinary animals and plants from the Sonoran Desert of Baja California. It is a literary experience for young readers that can help ignite a passion for the natural world.
This new young adult fantasy book is an enchanting collection of 15 short fantasy stories celebrating the wild animals and plants that live in the hottest desert in the Americas, on the narrowest peninsula in the world, Baja California, Mexico. The main character in these charming stories is Big Ears Jack: a very big jackrabbit with huge ears -- and magical powers to use for good! Jack is the king of desert kindness, a good friend to all desert critters.
The Preacher Goes to Babylon
Jan Bear
A man wakes up on the beach with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He does know he’s afraid of people of the north. He sets out on a journey to discover not only where he is but also who he is and who are the monsters chasing him.
The Preacher Goes to Babylon is a Bronze Age spaghetti western about a man on a mission from God, as well as annoying requests from other gods, and he’s not happy about any of them. Any similarity to the Book of Jonah is mostly accidental.
Whispers in the Canyon
Gifford MacShane
Damaged almost beyond hope, a young woman is offered safety—by the man who killed her brother.
1880s Arizona Territory: Shunned by the village for her outlaw brother's deeds, Jesse is not sorry to hear he's been killed while robbing a bank. Strangely enough it's Adam Donovan, the man who shot him, who brings her the news. Even more strange is this newcomer's offer to help put her ranch back on solid footing.
Bear: A True Story
Susanne Severeid
Bear: A True Story, How A Big Yellow Dog Nobody Wanted Helped Kids Learn To Read follows Bear, a rescue mutt in her senior years, who becomes a beloved therapy dog for students with intellectual and physical disabilities. With Bear in their classroom, many children began reading for the first time. Bear and her students celebrate birthdays, school events, holidays, Special Olympics, and more.
Bear: A True Story touches our hearts with unconditional love and reaffirms the magical bond between kids and dogs.
Grandma McBee, How Slow Can She Be?
Judy Danko Basham
Meet Grandma McBee, a wonderful and energetic
elderly lady who, while moving slowly, loves life at her own enchanting speed! Grandma McBee is not your typical grandmother; she radiates style, class, and a personality that refuses to be slowed by age.
The Adventures of Grandma McBee takes young readers on a pleasant journey demonstrating that age is only a number when it comes to enjoying life. Whether you're reading to your child at bedtime or telling stories with your grandchildren, The Adventures of Grandma McBee is the ideal book for bridging generations. It's a beautiful reminder that love, laughter, and adventure never grow old.
The Night Bird
TJ Boyer and Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer
US Marshall Jay Adams is home with his wife when there's a knock on his front door. His son and two other US Marshalls come to get him. They are calling him back to field duty to track down a man that some are calling a mad scientist. People have been killed,
buildings destroyed, and government secrets are missing.
The government wants US Marshall Jay Adams to lead the team. Before he retired, he almost always got his man. He, with his son, and his son's team, board a specially designed airship--a dirigible. They go after one of the wealthiest men in the world, Doctor Sky.
Misfits Abroad
Martine Robinson Beachboard
A new environment in the Old World broadened the author’s perspectives. This collection of essays introduces colorful people and places encountered in Europe. The stories center on a time spent living and working with military communities in Germany and traveling further abroad. The author balances the appeal of an unusual circumstance with the resonance of universal human experience. The reader will identify with the Misfits and the missteps they make when immersed in a new culture.
Finding Zachariah In a Community Garden
Nancy Hicks Marshall
Who knew a feral cat named Sebastian could observe and share so many different insights about human behavior- all within a formerly abandoned lot?
FINDING ZACHARIAH allows you to capture the spirit of what is possible in a community garden. While this remarkable story is fiction, it is based on true events. Imagine a veteran with PTSD, who has fallen into homelessness and thinks alcohol is his only friend - only to find a true friend in a feral cat, Sebastian. Then, imagine a family suffering from losing their dad to violence.
The Bible & The Tarot
Gil Stafford
“This may be the wisest Tarot book ever written.”
—Lisa Freinkel Tishman, author of Mindful Tarot
“Gil Stafford has become my preferred guide to the woo and the weird, both of which are inseparable from Christian faith.” —Jessica Mesman, The Christian Century
A portal for those interested in the Bible and curious about the Tarot, for both those who read the Bible daily and those who know little about it but aren’t averse to it, Gil Stafford’s The Bible and the Tarot: A Personal Pilgrimage of Discovery was published by Monkfish Book Publishing Company in September, 2024.
Winslow Scarecrow
Stephen G. Bowling
He’s friendly as can be! But when his kindness causes a stir, can this cornfield guardian use his noggin to make everyone happy?
Winslow the scarecrow wouldn’t hurt a fly. Full of song and wearing a silly hat, the bespectacled fellow stretches out his arms and welcomes the crows to rest their weary wings. But he’s shocked when the other straw-filled-scarers get upset because they think he’s falling down on the job.
Listening to his brightly dressed pals argue over what is proper, he thinks hard to come up with a better way. And hoping to find an agreeable solution, he spies the fallen corn on the ground going to waste and the kernel of an idea begins to sprout. Can Winslow protect the farmer’s crops and still welcome the rascally rooks?
The Trouble With Roommates
Kristina Makansi (Marie K. Savage)
Three years after the kiss of a lifetime in a public parking lot followed by months of online and in-real-life stalking and misogynistic bullying from tech bro Gabriel Landon's fan boys, journalist Aria Turner returns home from a year abroad in London just as the world starts to shut down due to Covid-19. Problem is, her condo has been subleased to her arch nemesis: Gabriel Landon. And just when Gabriel is getting his feet back under him, mending fences with his sister, and starting a new business in New York City, a new unwanted roommate for his subleased condo shows up: Aria Turner.
Las Bugambilias: A Biliingual Queer Novel
Lalo León
Lalo León brings his Millennialist perspective to his debut novel Las Bugambilias – A bilingual queer novel, touching on themes of faith, culture, identity, and sexuality.
Michael closes his eyes, and he can see it clear as day. The dream that has been plaguing him for the past 2 years, seductively haunting him even in his waking hours. He describes what it looks like every Saturday to Pastor Roberts during their special appointments, hoping that through practice he can kill the fantasy within him before it can bleed out into his real life.
Just a Little Off ... A Memoir
Rose Garlasco PhD.
What happens when the pieces of the puzzle don't fit or are missing altogether?
Despite being loved by her family, Rose spent much of her childhood and adolescence feeling disconnected from them. Something was missing, but what was it?
In her ethnic German family, Rose was the first to be born in the United States. Her family immigrated from Yugoslavia and Romania after World War II, leaving behind their home, family and friends. They kept silent about the trauma they endured, desperately protecting themselves and her form their past.
Yen For Murder
Jeanne Burrows-Johnson
Honolulu journalist Natalie Seachrist experiences a vision of a Buddhist minister meditating at her altar. When a sharp sound crashes into her consciousness, Natalie watches as the woman falls to the floor. Later, while browsing through an antique auction brochure, Natalie and her life partner retired homicide detective Ke'oni Hewitt see a statue of an ancient Shakyamuni Buddha, which he realizes was stolen during the now cold case that haunted the end of his career with the Honolulu Police Department.
Valentine's Dinner at Wren & Wolf
Mary Specker Stone
Valentine's Dinner at Wren & Wolf is a story of love: naïve and stubborn, stumbling, unforgiving, passionate, and, at times, disconsolate. Maddening love between neurodiverse partners who long to understand one another. Frayed love between divorced spouses trying to raise children amicably. Parental love, where generational wounds threaten to become dams that block life's fluid possibilities. Self-love is here, too, the spiritual labors of aligning heart and mind. And, love for the feverish world.
Your Undercover Brother: An Able Body Mystery
J. Salvatore Domino
Able Body, the private investigator with the funny name, operates a small suburban detective agency. Struggling to make ends meet in a shady line of work, he pays his bills following cheating spouses and catching small-time criminals.
While he waits for his big score, Able lives an unglamorous lifestyle consisting of late-night stakeouts, cold coffee, and stale donuts. His life takes a perilous turn when his former girlfriend, the wife of a prominent lawyer, and a woman he has tried for ten years to forget, asks him to help find her husband’s murderer.
Peace & War
David Anderson Swift
It was the Sixties, a time of Peace, Love, and War. The Sixties was when a real Consciousness Revolution was taking place in America, one that literally changed the world. This is a historical fiction novel based on true events about a young man growing up in the turbulent Sixties who must choose between Peace or War when he discovers that the 'peace and love' movement wasn't always so peaceful or so loving. Would he take his anger into the streets as so many of his friends were doing, or would he remain faithful to the values that had led him into the 'peace & love' movement?
Experience that glorious time when the hippies became our nation's heroes, preventing the potential for an armed revolution from taking place.
Zada 5: Path Of The One
R D Moreno
2024 International Impact Book Awards winner for Science Fiction/Fantasy - Space Adventures.
2024 Global Book Awards, a Silver Medal in the category Action & Adventure - Fantasy
Moreno expertly leverages classic genre tropes, especially the "Chosen One" motif. Connor is a relatable and complex protagonist, evolving from a young warrior into a figure of prophecy. His internal conflicts, including self-doubt and the burden of expectations, enrich his character, and his visions not only foreshadow future events but also reflect his growth and the pivotal choices he faces.
The Presence of Conflict Audio Book
Elvis Bray
The Presence of Conflict is a sequel to Elvis’ first novel, The Presence of Justice. His protagonist, Andy Hanson, has graduated from West Point Military Academy, Ranger School, and Escape and Evasion School.
The book starts as Hanson is landing at his Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan, and ends when his tour is cut short because of injuries sustained in battle. The book goes back and forth between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Arizona. It has most of your favorite characters from The Presence of Justice and many new characters from the war zone.
The Merchant of Texas
Harald Lutz Bruckner
Abramof, aged 106, relates the story of his turbulent life to his great-grandson, Daniel, an aspiring writer. Events shared with the reader commence on the morning of the second anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war. A tale of intrigue takes the reader through the fall and rise of a family in two worlds, the exciting account playing out in Austin, Texas, and Jerusalem, Israel.
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