Shine
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Author: Miko Standish
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: September 17, 2021
A story about a powerful witch who faces the challenge of realizing that life is not always about her, and her magic is only going to get her so far. Rizza will have to navigate the realm, even the parts she is not used to in order to solve a mysterious murder that places her in an uncomfortable position, and maybe even into marriage.
Ancient Eyes in Adolescent Faces
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Author: Alisa Palser
Genre: Poetry
Publication date: June 24, 2021
Ancient Eyes in Adolescent Faces is a collection of poetry by Alisa Palser separated by the canyons of time, shaping the poems as they flow through the book. Ancient Eyes in Adolescent Faces touches on the fabric of Christianity and spirituality through the magically crafted verses Palser shares.
The Only Way Home
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Author: Ryan Mitchel Collins
Genre: Literary fiction
Publication date: February 9, 2021
Waking from the nightmare his life has become, Charlie Porter finds himself in heaven on earth. His work and life lead him to the island of Kauai with the past dragging behind constant reminders of how he got to where he is. He attempts to make sense of his changing world and life through the lens of the places and people that got him to where he is and where he is going.
Heart and Sole: The Road I Chose
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Author: David Stewart
Genre: Nonfiction
Publication date: March 31, 2021
In April 1988, a 37-year-old restaurant manager embarked on a 1,600 mile trek from Wyoming to Nashville, Tennessee, in hopes of singing on the stage of country music’s Grand Ole Opry.
Back Kingdom Road House
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Author: Shellie Leger
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: October 31, 2021
When twins Liza and Elspeth de Kooning wake in the cold Vermont pre-dawn light to their mother's cataclysmic scream, the eight-year-olds know their lives have changed indelibly and forever. With their father buried and their possessions tossed into shoe boxes and garbage bags, the twins and their young mother head south to the wealthy suburbs of College Park, MD to stay with Uncle Doug. Here they encounter the brittle veneer of the nouveau riche, their stuck-up cousins and their uncle's docile alcoholic wife Kitty. Enter their mother's sister Serena who rescues them-a Wiccan in purple velvet whose past is besmirched with lengthy visits to the psyche ward. The four take off on a sticky September day to manage a failing B and B on the fringes of the Maine Appalachians. Here Liza's up against rural poverty and her bourgeoning sexuality as a young gay woman. If that's not enough, her mom and aunt share a lover who possesses an eerie resemblance to her dead father and her twin befriends a rogue bear who visits their house to eat their garbage. But it's her twin's radical acceptance of their quirky lives in the lonely woods that alienates Liza from all that was once good. At 30, Liza desperately wants to mend the rift in her family, but her guilt of having disappeared so many years before gets in her way.
Lamb White Days
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Author: Ralph Bland
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: November 25, 2021
Lamb White Days is a magical realism trilogy about a young man’s adventures and character development from three stages of his life. Beginning in 1962 and ending in 1970, the novel concerns the coming of age of Robinson Bell, a Southern boy the reader first meets at the age of twelve. From this opening part of the trilogy, Robinson progresses to age fifteen and eventually to his senior year of high school, chronicling his break from his family and familiar surroundings and his transition into a college freshman away from home for the first time. Between his growing sense of isolation, his ongoing discovery of the wicked ways of the world and its sometimes unexpected kindnesses, and his unceasing search for his own unique place upon the mystical earth of his existence, Robinson Bell discovers himself growing up to become the fellow he never thought he’d be.
The Leaving Time
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Author: P Edmonds Young
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: March 1, 2022
Stories are the legends we tell ourselves while sitting around campfires early in the morning, steam rising in coils from coffee cups scented with wood smoke, dripping fog wet beyond the rim of what we see; the creations of myths told and collective extrapolations remembered, limited only by our vision. Yesterday and today blend and twine into one, only to be pulled apart as the dichotomy of their existence is merged. Spiraling ever outward, their memories are carried on the winds, carried to the west, the south, over the edge of the world and back. The winds of spirits gone and of those yet to come. What we dream today, we dream tomorrow for their existence is the same. There is no contextual difference. No separate language. And so the winds that blow across the mountains and plains today commingle with those whose existence began before their stories were born, dancing as they do so through the night. A night of songs. A night of dreaming and distance. A night wherein the ghosts of everything commune as one, forever seeking dissolution from the boundaries of the civilized world beyond...
Bartered for a Price
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Author: Lorine Gray
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: June 1, 2022
Tantalized by his shocking touch…
Carrying responsibility for her struggling worldwide company and her father, Angelica Watson, is headstrong and competitive. She has worked hard to become a successful businesswoman, and she won’t let the frustratingly sexy tycoon, Julio Suarez, disrupt her plans. She needs his money, not his kiss. But one night in the Argentinian’s arms, and she’s lost…
Me, My Selfie, and I
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Author: Brian C. Johnson
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publication date: May 1, 2022
Nahim Lightbourne finds himself as the only black student at an exclusive
private school. His peers have a funny way of showing their friendliness with all their racial jokes and jibes. Nahim feels alone until his high school hires it’s first black teacher. He must learn how to bear up against the tide—until a class lesson goes awry.
The Re-Wilding of Womxn: Release Your Inner Wild to Live the Life of Your Dreams
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Author: Dr. Aimee Callahan
Genre: Women's Literature
Publication date: June 1, 2022
The #MeToo movement revolutionized women to come forward united in courage. For the first time in decades, we saw women everywhere taking back their identities transforming from victims to survivors. So, what's next? It's time for the #MeNext Movement! To avoid backslide women have an opportunity to move forward in empowering solidarity. Babes, we GOT this!
Bodies
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Author: Brandon McQuade
Genre: Poetry
Publication date: June 15, 2022
In Bodies Brandon McQuade explores the plurality of love and loss, tenderness and violence. Drawing from connections between people and animals, celestial bodies and bodies of water, McQuade deftly blends the narrative and the lyric, the physical and the superficial, the ordinary and the extraordinary. Authentic, raw, perceptive and beautiful in their subtle complexity, these poems are to be read repeatedly.
The Italian's Duty-Bound Bride
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Author: Lorine Gray
Genre: Romance
Publication date: December 19, 2022
Disillusioned by her husband, Maddie Adams flies back to Italy at the request of Santo Barrella's dying grandmother. Santo had betrayed their marriage vows and trust in the arms of another woman. The red-hot desire is strong, she can't resist him, and finds herself at the mercy of his relentless touch. Unexpectantly, Maddie inherits the Casa de Barrella, his ancestral home, attached with one stipulation. Produce an heir...
Autumn Nightmare
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Author: Janet Lintemuth and John Opskar
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publication date: September 15, 2022
Jake Corde and his brothers own and operate an investigation and security company. So when a series of horrific murders plague Chicago it’s no surprise the Captain of the Chicago police call on them to consult in the investigation. Jake meets the medical examiner and the two pair up, determined to stop the serial killer or die trying.
The Butcher of Casper
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Author: Benjamin Mailloux
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publication date: July 20, 2022
Clyde Holding wishes for a better life. Stuck at dead-end retail job at Martins, Clyde does his work, leaves, and repeats the process for the next day. One night filling the Arts and Crafts section, Clyde comes across a pair of Crochet Hooks. Clyde takes them home, only to realize that he can create whatever he wants and desires. This begins Clyde's problems, as he begins to see a ghost girl named Serena and is attached to the Hooks. When Clyde's store is attacked, he uses his powers in self defense. Clyde expects to be hailed a hero, until corrupt Sherriff Mark Durn believes Clyde to be the murderer. Now on the run, Clyde creates a fortress for himself and waits out Mark and his army. Clyde wants to prove himself innocent, however, how can he do that when an entire city wants to kill him? Forced to prove his innocence, Clyde realizes that more blood must be spilled in order for the citizens of Casper, MA, to believe him. If there are any left. Thus begins the story of Clyde Holding, who became known as the Butcher of Casper.
Little Hawaii
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Author: Eugene M. Gagliano
Genre: Children's
Publication date: February 7, 2022
Follow along on a colorful journey through the Hawaiian islands, learning about the people and things that live there.
Young children will enjoy learning about Hawaii through the colorful photos and catchy rhymes of this little book.
Sweet Distraction
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Author: Neesa Lee
Genre: Romance
Publication date: February 14, 2023
Self-proclaimed bachelor Dillon Hanley is happy with his life until he meets Jill Baxter and her single mother who live next door to his mother in Mankato, Minnesota. From the first meeting, his life spirals out of control.
As his attraction with Jill develops into something, Dillon must deal with the reality that he is barreling headlong into the very thing he’s spent his life avoiding, marriage and parenthood.
More than Four Seasons
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Author: Gene Gagliano
Genre: Poetry
Publication date: September 25, 2021
In Wyoming Poet Laureate Gene Gagliano's second collection, 'More than Four Seasons' - take a journey of the heart, the joys and sorrows of life, its challenges and triumphs. Revel in nature's carousel of seasons, the little things and the grand. Prepare to see the everyday in a new light. Enhanced by beautiful photography, you'll want to read the book over and over.
The Gift of the Waters
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Author: Ryan Mitchel Collins
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publication date: July 1, 2023
Indian Inspector James McLaughlin finds himself recently removed from a fateful order to arrest Sitting Bull, which led to the famous warrior and medicine man’s death at the hands of his own Sioux people. McLaughlin is now tasked with brokering a deal between the Shoshone and Arapahoe in newly formed Wyoming. The two tribes are traditional enemies but find themselves as neighbors on the reservation and partners in a potential deal to sell part of their land that includes the sacred waters. McLaughlin must use his knowledge of the West and his mistakes of the past to broker a deal that is fair and upheld by both sides of the deal, no matter the stakes.
The Range Detective
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Author: Warren Wendover
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: July 23, 2023
Gabriel Brindle is nearly out of options. He's a former bull rider, a wannabe rancher wiped out by the blizzard of '87, a former water truck driver for methane drillers.
His next try is an on-line and mail order course offered by Drummond Detective. The alternative is getting licensed to sell real estate. "But I've got my principles, such as they are," he says.
He is retained by a rancher whose summer fattened, hold-over, steers are the target of night rustlers. His plan is to get evidence that the county sheriff can't ignore, pick up his fee, and on to the next case-just like the movies.
But in life, Gabriel's story, doesn't follow a script. He's a beginner, at the bottom of the learning curve, finding his way. His new career is not like the movies at all.
My Veggie Friends
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Author: Gene Gagliano
Genre: Children's Poetry
Publication date: March 10, 2023
The verses are witty and entertaining! Coupled with his original artwork, it will spark your child's imagination. Who knew garden crops had stories to tell? Mr. Gagliano has captured the whimsical spirit of each vegetable character with his artistic style and poetic flare. My Veggie Friends is an amusing book of poetry for families to enjoy together.
Fast Car
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Author: Ralph Bland
Genre: Fiction
Publication date: March 14, 2023
Ralph Bland's thirteenth novel, Fast Car, is the story of the friendship shared between an older man in his fifties and a young man closing fast on his thirties in current day Nashville, Tennessee. The two meet while working as automobile mechanics for an elite foreign car repair shop that caters mostly to the wealthy; the younger, Leonard Wright, is the nephew of the owner and a recent rehabilitation graduate from a bout with drugs and theft of company funds from his previous place of employment, and the elder, Sam Thornton, is an ex-con from peddling drugs back in his college days and the owner of a battered 1965 Sunbeam Tiger that has seen better days but is his lifetime pride and joy, having inherited it as a young boy after his father's death. Leonard takes a job with his uncle as a means of finding himself a better standing and an escape from his failed former existence, while Sam arrives under mysterious circumstances to work at John Wright's business as an elite mechanic with a special know-how of repairing expensive foreign cars.Fast Car is the story of two men and a car that once was a classic, and how sometimes portions and sections of hopes and wishes have to be sorted through and decided upon to discover which to keep and which to let go. It is a coming-of-age story and a study of class differences, romance, and the inevitable abandonment of dreams.Ralph Bland is the author of thirteen novels and three collections of short stories and novellas. He is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and lives with his wife, dogs, his Frank Sinatra music collection, and an eccentric MG on the outskirts of Music City, USA.