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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stacey Patton penned this memoir describing her tumultuous childhood growing up first in a state institution and…
then in a fractured foster family. She makes a strong case to illustrate how the brutal legacy of slavery continues to affect African-American families today. 2008.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where…
the only other Indian is the school mascot. Junior and Senior High. 2008.
For ten days in the L.A. hills, as the United States invades Iraq, middle-aged movie director Max and his lover…
Elena idly visit with friends and family. They watch movies and debate topics such as their diets, lovers, and politics. Includes strong language and sex. 2007.
Minister Francine Amen dismissed a young woman's claim of sexual abuse by her pastor. When the young woman commits suicide,…
Francine returns home to face up to her past mistakes and all of the people she has betrayed, including her sister Dawn. But will Dawn ever trust Francine again? 2006.
Something big is about to happen - the intelligence community is certain of it. Exactly what will happen and where…
is open to wild speculation. To date, it has been impossible to infiltrate Al Qaeda, but now a daring new plan is in the works. A notorious Afghan named Izmat Khan, held at Guantanamo Bay for five years, is finally going to be released - or is he? Meanwhile, Iraq-born Colonel Mike Martin begins his impossibly dangerous mission. 2006.
Johnny Vermillion and the Prairie Rose Repertory Company bring culture to hardscrabble towns like Purgatory, Diablo and Spunk. The rustlers…
stop rustlin' and the six-shooters stop shootin' when there's a little Shakespeare to appreciate. But don't turn your back on these thespians. While they're regaling you with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' on stage, they're also using the distraction to swipe every last penny from your local bank. 2006.
Mid-1800s. Liberty Fish, sixteen-year-old son of New York abolitionists and grandson of South Carolina slaveholders, joins the Union army. When…
Liberty’s mother dies, he deserts to find his grandparents’ plantation. Grandfather Asa practices bizarre racial experiments and kidnaps Liberty. Includes strong language, sex, and violence. 2006.
A brutally beaten warrior arrives at Castle Calon and Lady Morwenna cannot deny her feelings for him despite her suspicion…
that he is the lover who betrayed her years ago. Rumours of a murderer fill the castle and the true identity of the stranger must be unveiled. 2006.
Galloping toward his Mexican pursuers, Johnny Anthem reaches down to rescue his unhorsed brother Vin--who instead pistol-whips Johnny, steals his…
horse, and leaves him for dead. Nine months later, Johnny escapes the brutality of the Mexican silver mines only to discover that his fiancée Rose has married Vin. Minutes after the ceremony, Johnny confronts the newlyweds and triggers a chain reaction of explosive events. But how will this confrontation affect Johnny's future and the future of those he holds most dear? 2005.
Doc Ford agrees to help a woman whose teenage daughter’s grave has been desecrated. Fifteen years earlier, the girl had…
discovered an ancient Calusa Indian medallion before committing suicide. Now someone wants it enough to go to murderous lengths. 2005.
This program goes one step further than the typical 10-step plan for achieving success. As Scheinfld demonstrates, the 11th and…
most vital step for each of us is learning to tap the invisible network and connect with our Inner CEOs. 2004.
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends…
them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers. Followed by "The Blue Djinn of Babylon". Grades 5-8. 2004.
Ranger privates Andy Pickard and Farley Brackett deliver prisoner Jayce Landon to southeast Texas to stand trial for Ned Hopper’s…
murder. The killing has reignited a longstanding feud between the two families, catching Andy and Farley dangerously in the middle. Sequel to "Ranger’s Trail"; followed by "Jericho's road". 2004.
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of…
a club where he had gone to dance. Junior High. 2004.
The author tells the story of Benjamin "Webb" Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and…
thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Also contains a heretofore unreleased collection of Webb's letters. 2003.
An adventurous tomboy since childhood, big city reporter Colleen Collins admits she knows next to nothing about cooking and the…
intricacies of food preparation. So she's not happy when she's given an assignment writing articles about rural Texas cooking. Arriving in the charming town of San Saline in the Texas hill country, Colleen has just a few days to cook up a tasty story. 2003.
Simon Jester's past is full of secrets. Ony his step-children, 12-year-old Alice and her older brother Boone, know the true…
darkness that lies in his heart. When terror invades their lives, the two children are forced to attempt daring escapes and acts of betrayal in order to survive. 2003.
In 1787, desperate to leave England, Jessa Winter marries a wounded American, Noah McClellan. She expects to become a widow…
and escape to his homeland. But she hasn't counted on Noah's will to survive - nor his desire to make her his wife in body as well as name. 2003.
For eighteen years Roger McKenzie has led a gospel singing group, The Triumphant Voices of Praise. But The Voices have…
failed to win commercial or critical success. When Roger's leadership is questioned, personal problems threaten to tear the group's close bond apart. 2002.