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Flew Too High

by Louie Mandrapilias

A southern gay college boy sets out for the Big Apple where a demonic Svengali lures the naïve student into the underworld of international drug smuggling. Upon arriving in Bombay, Louie — now rechristened Eli — detours to the mind-expanding ashram of guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Netflix’s "Wild, Wild Country") and explores new possibilities. Guided by a flawed moral compass, he’s trapped in purgatory: Is it too late to walk away, or is he fated to follow in the nefarious footsteps of his father... more

I Saved You, Now Do the Dishes. Love, Your Caregiver The Other Side of Cancer

by Carrie Severson

Author and motivational speaker Carrie Severson spent years learning how to heal from her experience with burnout and medical challenges. But none of that prepared her for the overwhelming responsibilities she would face when she stepped into the role of her husband’s caregiver and advocate after he was diagnosed with cancer. Carrie candidly shares her frustrations with healthcare professionals and her struggles with caregiving burnout. She also highlights the essential role of caregiving an... more

Around Vancouver Island on my Kayak

by Felipe Behrens

This book is tells the story of a one-thousand-mile solo kayak circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. It’s rich in detail with vivid storytelling that brings together Island history from West Coast Native peoples to Captain Cook, George Vancouver and the towns, outports and parks of today’s Vancouver Island. It’s also replete with fascinating accounts of the flora, fauna, hydrology, and geology of one of the world’s most exotic destinations. It also includes a host of beguiling and often wacky ch... more

Out and Back

by Curtis Smith

Synopsis Wanting to break from the mundane life we had settled into, my loving wife, our two adorable boys, our faithful dog, and I embarked on an epic adventure that ultimately changed our lives. I quit my cushy college administrator job and took a position teaching in England. What was supposed to be a one-year and one-country sabbatical turned into a multi-year and multi-country journey that took us around the world. We didn’t know what we were doing but figured it out along the w... more

How Can You Tell If a Lawyer is Lying?

by Mark Joseph Neary

From a small town to a small college; from the Big Ten to the big city; this is the story of Mark Neary. A tail ender of the baby boom generation, he stumbles through a life and world beyond his dreams, expectations, and understanding. While living around the world, or at least in every state in the Midwest which starts with an "I", he gathers stories great and small which all add up to a life full of joy, heartache, and all the other emotions that make us human. Or at least humanoid.

What's Next: An Expanded 21st Century Time Statue Harvest

by Robert F Morgan

Time is a place. Each moment is a statue in time, always rooted in that time and that place. Visits include Singapore, Guam, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, San Francisco, and Albuquerque. In this book of a lifespan revisit to international time statues from the first quarter of the 21st Century, they are followed by ones that may come after.

A China Story: Growing Up in Mao's Cultural Revolution

by Ying Qian

In her award-winning memoir, Ying Qian gives a first-hand account of Mao's deadly Cultural Revolution and shares her emotional journey of uncovering the truth of the murder of her father, a renowned nuclear weapons expert, by the Chinese military during that period.

On a summer day in 2010, Ying Qian returns to Beijing from America to visit her family and receives information on how her father was killed during the Cultural Revolution 40 years earlier. The revelation forces her to w... more

Listening to Chopin While Fighting Nazis

by Alex Charns

"A deeply revealing, intimate account of a family’s Polish history… As a six-year-old boy, Charns came across a book named ‘I Survived Hitler’s Hell’ by A.P. Gwiazdowski and became curious about his family’s Polish history. As he grows older, he begins to wonder about his family’s claim about risking their lives for their Jewish neighbors in Suwalki, Poland, during WWII and his maternal grandfather Alexander Peter Gwiazdowski’s antisemitic... more

Δρ Κύπρος Χρυσοστομίδης

by Kypros Chrysostomides

Σε μια ιδιαίτερα κρίσιμη για την παγκόσμια κοι- νότητα/ανθρωπότητα, την Ευρώπη, την Κύπρο και το Κυπριακό, περίοδο και συγκυρία αμφι- σβήτησης Αρχών και Αξιών -που προσδιόρισαν τη μεταπολεμική διεθνή δικαιοταξία- το ανά χεί- ρας πόνημα του Κύπρου Χρυσοστομίδη αποτε- λεί μια ακόμα αφορμή/ευκαιρία για τον επιβαλ- λόμενο αναστοχασμό όσον αφορά το μέλλον της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, μέσα στο αενάως με- ταβαλλόμενο διεθνές περιβάλλον. Και από αυτή τη σκοπιά, η έκδοση αυτή συνιστά ένα ιδιαίτερο γεγονός,... more

Endure

by Kelly McCoy

Grief after losing a child, sibling, or grandchild is a rugged journey, marked by a profound emptiness and a life forever changed. In this deeply personal collection, Kelly McCoy- who lost his son, Cooper, at 23- invites readers to join him in navigating the terrain of loss, resilience, and rugged hope. Through reflections on shadow casting, crane migrations, and the hard work of spiritual edgework, Kelly offers companionship for those facing the brutal beauty of grief. This book doesn't promise... more

RUNTHEMUSIC

by ed tar

Two years into moving to Los Angeles, married with one child and another to come, Ed Tar had just quit his steady job to become an Independent producer of corporate films and live shows. And the phone wasn't ringing. Such was the first rocky step in the remarkable journey detailed in these pages, a journey that, much like two musical cords finding harmony, chronicles the professional and the personal, the creative and the technical, the intimate and the inspirational. With his wife, Pat, ... more

Burden of Truth: A Path to Justice for My Family and Community

by Robby Carrier Bethel and Kim Malcolm

In the heart of rural Louisiana, a courageous woman takes a stand against injustice, corruption, and the weight of history to recover her family's property and dignity. As a child, Robby Carrier Bethel knew there were secrets about her family’s farmland, but she would work for more than 20 years to learn the whole truth behind the secrets. This is the story of Robby’s search for justice for her ancestors and her children, fighting one of the world’s largest oil companies and prominent white f... more

In the Lamplight

by Olivier Humbert

In the Lamplight reawakens the voice of Félix Le Molt, the author’s great-grandfather, through the rediscovery of his book of poems La Vie qui passe written one hundred years ago. The poet lived in an era of French history referred to as La Belle Époque, a fascinating time of great artistic and technological achievement, social and cultural change, and political turmoil. Importantly, its promise, potential, and perils are a reflection of our own era and can serve as both guide and warning. How w... more

Bad Dreams

by Jenny Noa

Jenny Noa’s debut essay collection examines the origins of her creative aspirations, the obstacles that have always stood in the way, and the painful, lengthy process of letting those dreams go.

The Infallible Fortune Teller

by John Goodall

Tehran, 1969: The best stories are true stories: The author is posted on a temporary assignment to Iran to estimate the costs of one of the Shah’s most prestigious construction projects. Following his arrival, John receives an unexpected invitation to the races where he catches sight of a breathtakingly beautiful Sophia Loren-look-alike young woman sitting with her friends who, to his utter astonishment appear to be pointing at him. Stunned by her appearance, and bewildered by their attentio... more

My Black Girlfriend

by Irwin Greenstein

MY BLACK GIRLFRIEND is the thrilling account of writer Irwin Greenstein, who after enjoying a high-flying urban life, finds himself living in the Southern Bible Belt town of Thomasville, Georgia where his wife of fifty years dies from cancer. It’s a fish-out-of-water story that touches on grief and the cultural and religious challenges of a Baby Boomer man finding himself single in an alien, and even hostile, environment. MY BLACK GIRLFRIEND shatters all preconceptions of online dating and s... more

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