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Featured Releases
A New York Lady in Helldorado
V.C. Williams (Vicki Mastriani Walker
There are many books and movies about the OK Corral and the men and women made famous because of those deadly thirty seconds. But there is another whose life was deeply impacted by that event. A NEW YORK LADY IN HELLDORADO, this story with true crime appeal tells about the first woman to win a case in the US Supreme Court without a man's help. Sarah Herring, now forgotten, didn't get there overnight. It took hard work and guts.
100 Western Women
Jan Cleere
History books record scant contributions women made in settling and developing the new territory of Arizona. Yet women were an integral part of civilizing the rough, rowdy, often dangerous land. For more than ten years, Jan Cleere has written about the women who influenced the growth and development of Arizona in her column "Western Women" that appears monthly in the Arizona Daily Star newspaper. The famous, infamous and those not so well known are featured, each with a compelling story of surviving and thriving under less-than-ideal circumstances.
A Work in Process
Carolyn Golden
In A Work in Process, Carolyn Golden tells the story of how her love for art and desire for personal growth took her on an emotional adventure across the continent of Europe and then back to the U.S. It is a great guide for artists as well as a story about how one person changed her life by facing up to some of her biggest fears.
Bigfoot Buddy
David Anderson Swift
A young boy named Jake lives near Klamath Lake, Oregon, and is determined to discover whether Bigfoot is real and as dangerous as everyone claims. He embarks on an adventure to find this elusive creature, and along the way, Jake and Bigfoot become best friends. He can hardly believe the wonderful, whimsical realm where Bigfoot resides. In this delightful book, children learn about the power and importance of imagination.
Hidden Appearances
Michelle D. Bates
After years of dealing with a bad situation, Marie Mason has finally found a way out. New to the Chicagoland area, she seeks to find peace of mind and maybe even love. The job she has landed at the prestigious law firm of Phillips Winston & Gavens has given her a new lease on life. Marie is enjoying living in Chicago and has even made a good friend. For once, she is finally happy, but how long will her happiness last before her past comes back to haunt her?
House of Cards
C.S. Kading and Tony Fuentes
They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Try telling that to the quarreling Fairy King and Queen tearing holes in reality.
As the city's ShardKeeper, Tamara Lyn Hunter knows the rules: don't take sides, don't play favorites, and definitely don't fall in love with the heir to a Fae-Kin Court. But when a centuries-old feud between Oberon and Tatiyana explodes over a stolen child, Tam's world turns upside down.
In The Line Of Fire
Michelle D. Bates
Life in Chicago is turning out to be fantastic for Marie. She has a great job, a new close friend, and an exciting new relationship with David. As she enjoys her new life, all her past problems seem to disappear. Everything is going smoothly until a visiting attorney turns out to be her abusive ex-fiancé. Marie's world could be turned upside down in the blink of an eye. Will she manage to avoid him, or will she finally come face to face with her past?
Operation Tollbooth
Kip Cassino
There were plans for using nuclear weapons in Vietnam, and soldiers were actually trained for the mission. “Operation Tollbooth” depicts a nuclear strike on the Ho Chi Minh Trail that might have taken place, through the eyes of a young Army lieutenant caught up in the event.
Spider's Wyrd
Adrienne Miles
Shot down in the backcountry of the planet she was deployed to protect, starfighter Ulla Thorsdaughter wants only to get back to civilization so she can get back in the sky.
The Fates have other plans. Thrown into an unfamiliar culture, Ulla struggles to control her newly emergent psi powers and come to terms with the secrets that fuel her recurring nightmares. Not to mention fitting into her new-found community. One that thinks she is their greatest hope.
Ulla begs to differ.
Talking White Owl
Valerie Hagenbush
When fifteen-year-old Viktor Talking White Owl wins a prestigious academic scholarship from Ohio State University, it draws the attention of an alliance of multi-tribal leaders known as the Council of First Nations. The young Lakota student, born on a poor South Dakota reservation, has the potential for influencing a new generation of Native activists. Viktor's achievements have not gone unnoticed by another group.
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.
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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