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Fiction
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Lemonade Revealed
By Will Chluho
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A young boy, shipwrecked and amnesiac, finds himself through relationships with three very different father figures.
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The Girl And The Raven
By Pauline Gruber
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When Lucy’s heroin-addict mother died, she came into her true inheritance – strange powers, stranger friends, and some very dangerous enemies.
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The Tournament
By Kenneth Kirkeby
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Vietnam veteran and Wall Street stockbroker Jim Nielsen flies down to the Bahamas to take part in a fishing tournament. As their plane flies over the Little Cay Club, Jim catches a glimpse of the classic sportfisherman, The Katherine H., and is immediately thrown back to memories of his time with the owner’s daughter, the girl he loved as a youth, Inez Hutchinson.
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The Cards Of Life And Death
By Colleen Gleason
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A malpractice lawyer finds love and deadly secrets in a small town in Maine after her psychic great-aunt’s death.
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Faith As A Substance
By Michael King
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FAITH AS A SUBSTANCE is the story of James Little and his spiritual journey from his grade school years to his young adulthood. His Christian values are tested from the schoolyard through his teen years until he makes a firm commitment to live his faith, placing his life in Divine hands.
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The Shop Of Shades And Secrets
By Colleen Gleason
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Fiona Murphy is a slightly scatterbrained, flighty, woman who is bequeathed an antique shop after a one-off, chance meeting with the owner who dies shortly their meeting. Enter one H. Gideon Nath III, straight-laced, uptight lawyer in charge of reading Nevio Valente’s will.
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Quincy and Buck
By Camille Matthews
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When Quincy is finally taken on a trail ride, he overcomes his fear of the desert but also proves to be good role model for the bully, Buck.
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Poetic Potpourri
By Marc Mullo
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POETIC POTPOURRI is a collection of 21 poems that speak to the Marc Mullo’s diverse experiences and interests, including sports, feelings and North American countries. The poet admits he suffers from depression, and this book of poetry is a brave attempt at sharing his feelings, mostly positive, with the world.
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Night Flares: Six Tales Of The Vietnam War
By Robert M. Pacholik
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The stories emanating from any war tell of inhumane treatments on both sides. These five thinly fictionalized tales and one word poem are no exception – and they seem to describe truth as the journalist-author and his Vietnamese comrades in arms experienced it.
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Wide Awake
By Shelly Crane
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WIDE AWAKE follows a teenage girl as she wakes up from a coma that has lasted six months and tries to remember who she is while inevitably creating a new identity for herself.
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Autumn For Dragonflies
By Theresa Sweet
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A quiet, everyday romance about a somewhat-naïve freshman co-ed who’s being courted by two men – her tutor and her choir director.
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Split Rock Road
By James McAllen
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The 20 original short stories contained in SPLIT ROCK ROAD are a diverse look at humanity. The stories themselves cover a range of circumstances and situations. Ranging from flash fiction to short story length, the recurring themes such as love and loss and human frailties —are threaded throughout as a consistent unifier.
