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White Man's Disease

By Paul C. Thornton

As a black man, Paul Thornton had broken barriers and disproved some stereotypes of the time to attain a life many did not think possible for someone like him. In his book titled White Man's Disease, Paul narrates his amazing life journey, from his earliest...

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Lessons In Gravity

A new-adult, Yosemite National Park rock climbing romance
By Megan Westfield

Megan Westfield’s Lessons In Gravity is a sweet romance centered on rock climbing. Three years ago the heroine, April Stephens, watched her daredevil pilot father fall to a fiery death. Though so much time has passed, she’s never gotten over his death. It doesn’t help...

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Sketches of a Black Cat

Story of a night flying WWII pilot and artist
By Ron Miner

Sketches of a Black Cat by Ron Miner is a non-fiction military book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy learning more about World War II and the Navy Black Cats. The book is a first person...

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Depravity

By Emilie J. Howard

Depravity by Emilie J. Howard is a sensational story that explores the life of a farming community and the intangible threads that keep the people in the community together, its pulse, fears, and struggle to survive against impossible odds. Set in the late 1970s, this...

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Wendall's Lullaby

By Kip Koelsch

According to the website www.thoughtco.com, “Mass strandings of dolphins are far less common than mass strandings of whales” and “there are many theories about why whales and dolphins sometimes swim into shallow water and end up stranding themselves on beaches in various parts of the...

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Leaving Everest

By Megan Westfield

Leaving Everest by Megan Westfield takes readers to one of the most famous mountains on the planet (Mount Everest, if the title doesn't already give it away!). The story of Emily's seventh summit climb is more than just a mountain story, though. The 20-year-old young...

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Joe Dreamer and His Easter Bunny

By Karlene Stewart

Joe Dreamer and His Easter Bunny is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Karlene Stewart and illustrated by Telmo Sampaio. Joe Dreamer loved springtime. For one thing, his birthday was celebrated during that season, but even more exciting for Joe was the Easter...

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Woman

A Collection of Short Stories
By V.P. Evans

Five stories. Five amazing and enlightening stories about various means of suppression of women. These stories are told in the first person by women who have been forced into marriage as children, raped, or had their bodies mutilated by procedures that are customary in some...

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Delphys Rising

By Kip Koelsch

Delphys Rising by Kip Koelsch follows on from the author’s first book, Wendall’s Lullaby, and tells the story of one man’s determination and obsession to communicate with dolphins. It has always been known that dolphins are highly intelligent and that they communicate with one another...

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Sparrow Beach

By Shelby Raebeck

Set in Long Island’s East End, Sparrow Beach by Shelby Raebeck shows the strain felt by locals as they try to keep up with the powerful force of commercialization while also exploring family relationships. As the real estate industry continues to grow, Willie, the oldest...

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Murder at Stonehenge

A Daniel "Hawk" Fishinghawk Mystery
By Gary D Conrad

Murder at Stonehenge: A Daniel “Hawk” Fishinghawk Mystery by Gary D Conrad is a delectable tale of murder and mystery featuring the intrepid detective Daniel “Hawk” Fishinghawk as he accepts an invitation from Scotland Yard to investigate murders at Stonehenge and Salisbury. But his reputation...

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Fishermen's Court

By Andrew Wolfendon

Fishermen's Court by Andrew Wolfendon is a thriller about how one mistake can change a whole life. Finn Carroll just about survives on his meager income. A failed artist and a failed human, at least in his eyes, the last thing Finn expected when he...

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A Forged Affair

Life is a Journey Book 2
By Mary Ann

A Forged Affair is the second book in the Life is a Journey series by MAF Clarke Scott and a great story for readers looking for mild romance and adventure. Adventurous and a woman with a large heart, Nikki Ballantyne is a workaholic — and...

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Fourth of July

By Robert E. Kearns

Fourth of July is a short work by Robert E. Kearns which follows the story of an Irishman named Myles. Married and the father of an infant, he struggles to provide for his family during the Great Famine. Although he’s luckier than many and works...

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Pretty

A Memoir
By Karen Vorbeck Williams

Pretty: A Memoir by Karen Vorbeck Williams takes us back to middle America in the 1950s when the author was growing up in the small town of Grand Junction, Colorado, seemingly in the perfect '50s family. Williams, however, knew that beneath the smiling perfection things...

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Four Bears in a Box

By Dreama Denver

Beyond the interesting celebrity connection, there is a fascinating backstory to Four Bears in a Box, written by Dreama Denver and illustrated by Ashley Belote. Although not necessary for appreciating the highly polished rhyming scheme and exquisitely created art partnered to tell a most imaginative...

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Legacy of Lies

By Janet K Shawgo

"Once you enter into the service of Aaron Caydon, you will never truly be free…" Years have passed. Some believe that Aaron Caydon is really dead while others believe he’s in hiding. Then, several individuals are called up to ‘service’ as Caydon has a mission...

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Stepping Stones

A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Transformation
By Marilea C. Rabasa

Stepping Stones: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Transformation by Marilea C. Rabasa is a compelling memoir with themes that are captured in the title. Meet Marilea, a woman born to a life of ease, growing up in a family that has a long history...

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Sitto's Kitchen

A Treasury of Syrian Family Recipes Taught from Mother to Daughter for Over 100 Years
By Janice Jweid Reed

We tend to take for granted what we enjoyed in our youth: time spent with grandparents, learning Grandma’s traditional recipes, and pottering about together in the kitchen. There is love involved in the making of food, the serving of it, and the enjoyment of eating...

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Lordly Wadson

Two comic novelettes and three other entertainments featuring Lordly Wadson, all set in 1930s Bermuda
By Jonathan Land Evans

In Lordly Wadson, Jonathan Land Evans has written a most light-hearted, delightful, funny, and laid-back book. The main character, Lordly Wadson, is quirky, laid-back, and inclined to let people think that he is not very intelligent. However, nothing misses the eye of Lordly Wadson who...