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Rags and Riches

by Susanna Elliott-Newth

Rags and Riches invites readers into a delightful collection of short stories filled with laughter and wit. From whimsical articles to heartfelt poems, readers can immerse themselves in the memorable moments that shape our lives. Many stories bring to life the eclectic guests that have crossed the author's threshold, while others shine a spotlight on the charming exchanges shared with an incredibly vivacious granddaughter. Articles used to be written on rags, which would be posted around the to... more

Zeru Zeru Girl

by Barbara Kerr

Alex, a ten-month-old girl with albinism, is stolen from her mother's arms and raised by adoptive parents in Southern California. Seth, born a black Jew in rural Ethiopia, is flown to Israel during Operation Solomon to begin a new life at the age of ten. Kaj, raised in a small, impoverished village in Tanzania is apprenticed to his healer/witch doctor grandfather until he learns that the old man has fallen in with a crime syndicate. The life journeys of these three disparate characters come tog... more

w(hine) and Cheese

by S Atzeni

Social engagements are the cornerstone of the college experience. Unfortunately, this is not one of them. A broken heart, something to prove, and discounted dairy products create a perfect storm of disaster at a party where the wine is actually a dollar store garbage can mixed with unidentified blue liquid. A campus novel mostly off-campus, W(h)ine and Cheese is a story of friendship, privilege, and bad ideas. In their next One 'n Done installment since The Legend of Dave Bradley: ... more

The Tender Silver Stars

by Pamela Stockwell

In 1972, change is sweeping the world, but it isn't coming fast enough to South Carolina. Not for Triss, anyway. She has always wanted to become an attorney, but her influential grandfather who raised her won't hear of it. She attempts to go it on her own-until she commits an impetuous act that threatens to derail her life. Everlove, the daughter of a working-class family, is not looking for change, but it finds her anyway. She has always followed the rules-until one day she doesn't and blows up... more

Adventures with the Memory Man

by menalcus lankford

A kind of psychological and literary thriller, this novel features a vibrant and soul-hungry group living in a formerly abandoned, now passionately revived village railway station. These include a sassy, sexy ex-high school teacher seeking a new life while hiding away from her vengeful husband, a boy just out of college looking for something better than being the son of a crude and manipulative billionaire, a salesman desperately promoting an invention to revolutionize the American home, and an... more

Dancing with Dragons

by Jenni Ogden

From Jenni Ogden, author of multiple-award-winning A Drop in the Ocean, comes another evocative story of friendship, coral reefs, and marine conservation for book-club readers.

It is the late 1970s and teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live with their parents on their isolated property on Western Australia’s Coral Coast. Intensively trained for a career as a professional ballet dancer by her mother, once a Principal Dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Gaia ... more

Cînd eram prietenă cu timpul

by Lucia Verman

„Când eram prietenă cu timpul” este o colecție de proză scurtă și poezie, un minunat „jurnal al fericirii”. Cele peste 50 de episoade literare reprezintă un memorial al vieții emigrantului român plecat demult cu trupul din țară dar încă rămas cu sufletul acolo, deși nu s-ar fi întors, neam, acasă! Vom găsi aici alegoria, în istorioara amuzantă a copacului Gigel care refuză cu obstinație să moară, dar si poezie de o reală infuzie metaforică... more

Portrait of a Hollow Man

by Orlando Chavez

The Desperate Trials of Phineas Mann

by Mark Anthony Powers

Pulmonary and critical care specialist Dr. Phineas Mann is fighting a losing battle with a severe, progressive form of Parkinson’s disease. He is accepted into a novel trial to insert programmed stem cells into his brain. This experimental treatment is his last desperate hope to reverse his debilitating Parkinson’s symptoms. While grappling with his own declining health, Phineas is asked to consult on a difficult case. The patient is conservative congressman Quentin Tate, whose misdiagnosed ... more

The Importance of Wives

by Keira Morgan

Recently orphaned Duchess Anne of Brittany is not quite 12, yet her situation could not be more perilous. She is a girl, she has just inherited one of the richest duchies in Europe—and enemies surround her. It is 1488, and men do not believe that women can rule. The French want to seize her duchy. Across the channel, the English hover, ready to attack. And Anne’s guardians want her power for themselves. They plot to marry her to their chosen candidate, and rule in her stead. It is the traditi... more

The Council

by T. C. Weber

Luther Smith, a newly elected county councilman, is determined to make a difference for his constituents. Unfortunately, he’s ill-prepared for the corruption, incompetence, and lunacy of his fellow councilmembers. Lisa Hogan, a down-on-her-luck single mom and avid naturalist, discovers that developers plan to raze the last tract of forest in the county. Facing a dysfunctional bureaucracy, corrupt politicians, and lazy journalists, Luther and Lisa form a growing bond as they attempt to navigate t... more

Crockettville

by Matthew Minson

David Crockett, an outdoors averse, administrative drone in a multinational energy conglomerate (oil company) is sent by his deranged, nudist CEO to purchase the remote West Texas town of Crockettville and secure its extraordinary wind resources. Why? Because his boss erroneously assumes that Crockett must be related to the famous Davy Crockett and his lesser-known brother, Milburn, the lone accountant at the Alamo. (Not a real person) At first horrified by the place and its bizarre residents, h... more

GirlChild

by Morenike'

The Singleton family of Huguenot Island, South Carolina are a proud but humble one. They work tirelessly to drive the legacy of their once enslaved ancestors through ownership of a restaurant and land. All in all, life seems fulfilling for the Gullah family but Sparrow Singleton is not happy. She is tired of being ridiculed for her native creole and she is fed up with bad spirits leeching off her innocent little sister at night while she stands by powerless. At the ripe age of eighteen, Sparrow ... more

You Can't Go Home Again

by Christian Hendrix

After four years abroad, Lenoir Adams has come home. But something is different. As her friends and family attempt to adjust to this stranger, Lenoir’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic. She spends her days preaching about “the light” and her nights meeting with mysterious new friends. As the news cycle continues round-the-clock in a post- 9/11 world, her circle increasingly agonizes over her path, and rationale. The heartbreak and regrets from the past come to a head, as does Lenoir’s ... more

Anna's Shadow

by Ingrid McCarthy

Sofia Rossi, a Canadian-Italian orthopedic surgeon on leave from Doctors Without Borders and staying with family in Verona, is volunteering at the Club di Giulietta―Juliet's Club―to answer letters written by star-crossed lovers seeking advice in matters of the heart.

"Memories have huge staying power," Sofia writes in answer to Luke Miller's letter. "Without them, life would lack color and vibrancy."

When Luke Miller, a man in his late seventies, unexpe... more

A Hopeless Dawn

by Jill George

1841. In the misty moors overlooking the tiny fishing town of Port Quin, young Effy Pengelly has a nagging feeling something terrible is about to happen. She knows she has a gift of the "dark arts" handed down from her grandmother, but doesn't know what it means and couldn't foretell that she would get drawn into a dangerous love triangle with Cade, her emotional long time friend and William, the newcomer. The ancient church seems to try to give her a warning but she doesn't understand what's... more

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