Zaki Aizaz

Laughing at the Sky               Poetry

“Laughing at the Sky is a charming “web of words” whose inspirations range from Lao-tze to Eckhart Tolle to Jack Kerouac. Through a down-pour of lines, fresh tender new growth displays its multiple potentials. The talent is obvious, the energy genuine, the tempo of rapture is in the mode of tomorrow. Zaki Aizaz is “on the plane of the mind”. I am hopeful that one day a giant Sequoia of his poetry will tower toward the sky, laughing or solemn, to shelter our fragile lives.” -Zhang Er, Ph.D.

Gordon E. Abbo  

A Galactic Odyssey                        Science Fiction

Humanity’s return to Earth following the devastating nuclear war has met with catastrophe and forced the survivors to retreat to the thriving human colony on Tau Ceti 2. With the re-colonization of Earth a bust, the Reptons include their human friends in their own colonization plans. With the new generation of Repton starships, the two species can reach every habitable world within a thousand light-years of Tau Ceti. Paul Collins and Heather Dixon are members of the mixed Repton/human crew aboard Te Laposo, the first of these new super ships. Their mission is to seek out planets suitable for habitation and to return to Tau Ceti to report. However, the new hyperdrive still has bugs in it. When the drive malfunctions and hurls them far across the Milky Way, they find themselves more than 50,000 light-years from Tau Ceti with no way to get home. Nor is fixing the hyper-drive their only problem. The local stellar neighbor-hood is full of danger and crowded with other spacefaring species, some of whom are not happy to see them…

A New Beginning                        Science Fiction

The nuclear war that everyone has always feared finally comes to pass after friendly reptilian humanoids, the Reptons, reveal themselves to the people of Planet Earth. Unable to halt the cataclysm, they manage to save a paltry one thousand humans and transport them to the aliens’ home planet in the Tau Ceti system. There the Reptons help the refugees establish a colony to act as a latter-day Noah’s Ark until such time as the Earth can once again be made habitable. Charles Pankin, the leader of the colony, works with Interplanetary Ambassador George Abooli and the Repton rulers to prepare for the day when humanity can return home. With the example of the Reptons’ nearly-utopian society to follow, Pankin believes he can evade the mistakes that almost led to the extinction of the human race. However, the age-old dream of a utopian society once again collides with the imperfections of human nature. The colonists find they must overcome daunting challenges and personal tragedies to achieve their goal of a repopulated and peaceful Earth. Then something else goes wrong.

L. L. Morton   

First Comes Love - Memoir/Biography

Making meaning out of chaos, L. L. Morton shares her unusual life in First Comes Love: The DeProgramming of An Army Wife. This insightful family drama is a backdrop for discovery of self that lies beneath a sea of denial and pain, and misplaced sexual expression – a gripping story.

Gordon E. Abbo  

A Meeting of Two Worlds                        Science Fiction

The nuclear war that everyone has always feared finally comes to pass after friendly reptilian humanoids, the Reptons, reveal themselves to the people of Planet Earth. Unable to halt the cataclysm, they manage to save a paltry one thousand humans and transport them to the aliens’ home planet in the Tau Ceti system. There the Reptons help the refugees establish a colony to act as a latter-day Noah’s Ark until such time as the Earth can once again be made habitable. Charles Pankin, the leader of the colony, works with Interplanetary Ambassador George Abooli and the Repton rulers to prepare for the day when humanity can return home. With the example of the Reptons’ nearly-utopian society to follow, Pankin believes he can evade the mistakes that almost led to the extinction of the human race. However, the age-old dream of a utopian society once again collides with the imperfections of human nature. The colonists find they must overcome daunting challenges and personal tragedies to achieve their goal of a repopulated and peaceful Earth. Then something else goes wrong.

L. L. Morton                  

Love 'N' Stuff - Collection

L. L. Morton’s Love ‘N’ Stuff is a myriad of happy, sad, humorous, and emotive stories. Her characters will grab at your heart strings and leave you wanting more.

Frank Bataillon

Fury in the Wilderness -- Action / Adventure            

Slim -- Western        

Forty Guns West / An Iron Fist With A Velvet Glove -- Western            

Forty Guns West
When the raiders hit the Wagon Train, the troopers were lined up and ready. He had the bugler sound the charge and as they rode forward, they pounced upon the raiders, decimating their ranks...
 

An Iron Fist With A Velvet Glove
The lynch mob gathered in front of the jail and their leader said, “The Marshal can’t kill us all.” John stepped off the walk, jammed his shotgun into the leader’s middle and hissed, “When the first man steps forward, I’m gonna blow this man’s gizzard out his spine. The leader’s face went white and his forehead was covered with perspiration...

Ben Carey, U.S. Marshal -- Action / Adventure            

A Piece of Eight -- Mystery          

Yomi Akinnola

Vessels Unto Honor               Religion

In too much of modern life, people who claim to be religious are not living up to their responsibilities to God. People who should be the Light and Salt of the World are bringing shame and disgrace to His church as they fail to live up to His commandments for us. It is His desire that whosoever be called by the name of the Lord shall be set apart, to be used by the Master as His instrument. When everything a person says and does reflects honor to the Lord, that person can truly be said to be a Vessel Unto Honor.

 
We, as vessels, must strive to meet the standards put down by Jesus Christ at all times, either through ministry of the Word, through the administration of ordinances, or by some other duty that He has called upon us to perform in the expansion of His kingdom here on Earth.
 

That is the timely message of Vessels Unto Honor and one that will benefit all Christians everywhere.

Gordon E. Abbo               

A Meeting of Two Worlds                        Science Fiction

George Abooli, a recently unemployed amateur astronomer, has everything to gain when he encounters the Reptons, a friendly race of reptilian humanoids from the Tau Ceti system. He accepts an invitation to visit their home planet and is taken on an interstellar journey. George marvels at the pristine world and nearly utopian society he discovers. Concerned with humanity’s social problems, he asks his alien hosts to help him introduce their advanced technology to his home world. George’s request fits in with the Reptons’ own plans. They have been studying Earth with cloaked starships for half a century and are ready to reveal their existence to the people of Earth. They appoint George as their ambassador. However, as with any new diplomatic initiative, things do not go as planned…

Nelani Nettrour

Seek God, Book 1: Jesus, the Way - Children's Book  

The path back to God was blocked by sin and disobedience. So God sent his Son Jesus, to become the way back to Him. Seek God and be found by Him.

Frank Bataillon

Sir Guy of Texas -- Western            

Guy Kitrick was a gunfighter. Most men who made their living with a gun died young. Sooner or later, they met someone a little quicker on the draw. Guy had no trouble seeing the handwriting on the wall, which is why he decided to walk away before he, too, was fitted with a pine box. He figured no job was worth his life, no matter how many twenty-dollar Gold Eagles it paid. He hung up his guns and rode north, seeking a place to settle down. He changed his name and prepared to live out his life in peace. However, it was not to be. When he found a damsel in distress, he had to rely on his deadly skills to save his own life, and the life of the woman he had come to love.

Michael J. Livolsi

Hidden Purpose - Mystery / Thriller

John Henning was everything she’d ever dreamed of …

But now, Alexandra Morgan found herself in a horrifying situation for which all of her training and experience in emergency response had never prepared her. On a rainy New Year’s Eve, Alexandra finished her shift and headed home to spend a quiet night alone. While at an intersection, a car in the lane next to her was broadsided. But for her skills as an Emergency Response Technician, John Henning, a successful, young businessman, would have lost his life that night.

After two weeks in a coma, John awakes with his past, including any memory of his father, mother, and fiancée, Jessica, temporarily erased from his mind. His only memory is that of the beautiful face of Alexandra and the way she looked at him for that split second as the light turned to darkness in his mangled Porsche. John’s compulsion to be with Alexandra creates a plot for Jessica’s vengeance. This story of compassion, romance, and revenge will keep readers’ attention and interest until the thrilling, gripping climax!

Ella Mack 

Rubik's Cube - Games

This book assumes that you can already solve the Rubik’s cube. Maybe you’ve only solved it once and you figure that’s enough of an accomplishment. Maybe you’re an accomplished solver who races others to see how fast you can solve it. Maybe you’re like me and you’re not too fast, are kind of bored, and you need new challenges. If you are any of these people, you should find this book enjoyable. You will be amused and challenged by easy to seemingly impossible patterns that you can recreate on your cube. Both 3x3 and 4x4 cube puzzles are included, and unique full-color photographs make the book a true collector’s item.

Frank Bataillon

Blackjack -- Western            

Jim Taylor was a range detective with a habit of dressing all in black, earning him the sobriquet “Blackjack” among the felons and rustlers he tracked and brought to justice  After a career with enough excitement for a lifetime, he decided to hang up his guns and lead the quiet life of a writer, chronicling his adventures in the dime novels of the day.

 However, his peaceful retirement came to an end one day when he met a beautiful lady rancher named Michelle Hayworth, whose ranch was threatened by a gang of rustlers.  A lady in distress was more than sufficient reason for Jim Taylor to put down his pen and strap on his six-shooter.  As the rustlers and their silent partner would soon learn:

Blackjack was back!

The Reluctant Gun -- Western            

The end of the Civil War found Mike Castle, a hero of the Battle of Atlanta, sick of carnage and the stink of death.  Doffing his uniform for the last time, he sought peace in the West with his uncle, a rancher in Colorado. There he found a new life and Jean Lock, a blue-eyed beauty.     

His search for serenity was short lived when he met King Wesley, a land speculator whose gang was threatening to drive those Mike loved from their homes.  Despite his best intentions, Mike soon found himself strapping on his gun, once again facing violence to oppose evil.

Vusi Moloi                

A Goodbye To My Little Troubles - Poetry

William F. Holmes

Mind Over Matter - Futurism

Mind over Matter points the way towards universal prosperity, self-sufficient households, abundant new living space, ideal physical health, and well-balanced, more powerful minds. Humanity can reach these goals by thinking small, assembling life size structures from simple electrical and mechanical parts as small as human cells. Ordinary clothes will soon become bioclothes, structures of biological complexity created through the art of biodesign.

Bioclothes will be adjustable, shape changing fabrics that protect, support, and strengthen our bodies, and even modify our outward appearance. Bioclothes will make telepresence a reality, providing instant travel by “teleforms”, empty, mobile sets of bioclothes. Miniature teleforms will open the micro-world to us, expanding our effective living space a thousand fold. Robotic forms of bioclothes will perform routine tasks swiftly and tirelessly, providing the labor for small scale, family size production, freeing us bit by bit from the need for a job.

Biodesign within the human body will use modified forms of our own nerve and immune cells as “parts” to create a cell care network that examines and repairs our tissues, cell by cell. By judicious stimulation of cell growth in selected parts of the body and brain, plus much physical and mental exercise, each of us can work towards our personal vision of an ideal self.

Cell care networks in the brain will lead to a profound understanding of the relationship between the human mind and the brain that supports it. Humanity will begin to explore a mental universe of unknown reach by extending our present neural structures in new directions. Our journey will continue towards a future barely seen, then beyond to the presently inconceivable, to a time when mental growth will predominate, when we will indeed become “mind over matter”.

Heidi Alfonzo

My Gift To You - Poetry                 

Max Fox                                    Alternate History

American Classic

Imagine a world where the Romans discovered and colonized America some 1500 years before Columbus, a world where the colonists of Americum revolted against Emperor Tacitus rather than King George III, and where the Declaration of Independence was signed on the 4th of Julius 276 AD.
The classical Roman history America might have had.
From discovery to freedom and all things in between.

Nelani Nettrour

Sun Griffins - Children's Book  

The fight between good and evil is eternal and usually unseen by mere mortals.  Join the angels in training and you just may learn something. 

R. D. Cain

Meditations, Quotes and Affirmations - Spirituality / Health

Compiled by Fitness & Life Coach, R. D. Cain, Meditations, Quotes and Affirmations is an aid to meditation.

Cain's interfaith background as a minister has given him a spirituality that embraces ideas that offer different perspectives and broader acceptance of humanity's strength, weaknesses, and foibles. Cain encourages the reader to embrace ideas and premises of a wide range of belief systems by encouraging individual thought and personal accountability.

In this book, he shares words of wisdom that inspire clarity and self awareness.  He makes you think, act, and ultimately, benefit, from the positive outlook that accompanies meditation and contemplation.

He invites you to meditate on the things you desire, to daily affirm that you are worhty of of all the gifts the Universe has to offer.  The book provides visual comfort through photographs and inspirational quotes, as well as providing space to record your own thoughts as you progress toward that higher plane that is only possibly through meditation.

John T. Moriarty

Angela's Valor - Historical Novel 

The race is on across the heartland as two subversive groups vie to assassinate the Mahonys.  Luckily, their plans do not take into account Angela's intelligence and courage.

Brad L. Johnson

The Slightly Whacked Vegetarian Cookbook - Vegetarian

This is not your momma's cookbook. This book offers over 150 recipes, a cooking and spice guide and alternative product information and info on factory farming, additives and genetically modified foods. It will leave you amazed, informed and full. And all of the recipes ARE DELICIOUS!

Tommy

Whispers From My Field Of Dreams - Poetry

Whispers From My Field Of Dreams is a collection of love poetry unlike any other. In his poems, Tommy manages to capture the loneliness and longing that we all feel at some point in our lives, and to celebrate the loves of our life… wives, children, parents, lovers… in his own unique way.

Frank Bataillon

The Saga of  Joe Condon, Lawman-Rancher  -- Western            

Paul Allison, a Treasury Agent, is assigned to a trail town, Abilene, Kansas. He is to ferret out a counterfeit ring. Along the way, he meets a crooked banker, a newspaper man who prints the bogus bills and their henchmen. He befriends a famous gunfighter, an Irish saloon owner and falls in love with a beautiful woman. After several skirmishes, he wraps up the case in a deadly shootout to save his girlfriend.

Scott Gier

Daystar - Science Fiction

Two super alliances compete for the galaxy: the Federation, a constellation of systems centered on Earth, struggles against the Galactic Independence/New Confederacy (GINC) as mankind spreads like a bloody stain, consuming entire planets in a rapacious competition for resources. Some colonies will live, but most will die to fulfill the needs of the core alliances.

A rebel organization, the Planetary Independence Movement (PIM), strives to obstruct the devastation. Its messianic leader, Daniel Enos Callihan, has not been seen for decades, but his sedition continues to hamper the alliances. Each alliance seeks to use Callihan against the other…or else to kill him. His location becomes available—Daystar System.

Duncan, a Federation ground-pounder, leads a penetration team onto the planet and discovers a pre-industrial society unable to defend itself—at least apparently so. A curious energy source leads Duncan to Callihan; but it is the energy source itself that changes everything. The elwar, a race of gentle innocents, possess a power unlike any previously known. It is this power that ultimately makes all the difference.