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Sexy Lemons (and Other Snacks)

by Nabeel Mohan

Enjoy this saucy (and thoroughly intellectual) journey through the world of food poetry complete with colour illustrations - you'll never look at a tomato in the same way again. Get it for your mum ... or not.

Addicted to Stupidity: a flavor of consciousness

by Voltwain Collective

To All Those Between the Rich on the Left and the Rich on the Right You are Invited To Level the World Welcome to Philosophy Farm and Truth Nursery. Come on in and think awhile with the Fini's and their many friends, neighbors, farm patrons, and, yes, even enemies. The Finis are a three generation Vermont farming family whose daily habits are to laugh, think, farm, and work for the creation of the Common Good for the Good of All. Gramspa and Nina, political refugees of the Spanish Civil W... more

Bluebirds and Nighthawks

by Liam Murphy

This book concerns the lives of an American family caught up in trying to live their lives amid so many crises. These crises are many, both internal and external.

Lovers' Secrets and Revenge

by Elizabeth Upton

How much does family matter? And what if there are unknown details about them? John Callahan visits his beloved grandmother, Annabelle, at her 500-acre estate in Ireland. The peaceful countryside is beautiful, with lush hills that overlook the coastline, so different from Callahan’s home in New York City. After Annabelle dies, Callahan discovers that she’s left everything to him. However, there are some challenges with the staff, where secrets abound, including murder and heightened securi... more

Slovakland

by Helena Kanderka

When it comes to the epic history of Central Europe, the Slovaks were involved in it all, yet little is known of their story. Even Slovak immigrants never talked about the "old country". The captivating history of a Slovak family is finally told here. It begins with a cunning jewel heist and escape from the Hunnic Avars in 791. The characters then survive through the centuries as they become part of Great Moravia, Magyar-controlled Hungary, and finally the mighty Austro-Hungarian... more

Magnolia Song--a saga of the new south

by J. Robert Towery

Magnolia Song is the explosive saga of two Memphis families whose intertwined fates spiral out of control over four generations of heartbreak and renewal. By day, Gator Bates bumps along as the spoiled son of a self-made real estate tycoon; by night, he spins wild slapstick fables to entertain his drunken pals at the exclusive Collegiate Club. Gator lives (mostly) on the scrub pine acreage in northwest Mississippi on which his father and uncle once ran a commercial reptile exhibition. The field... more

Immortal, My Love

by Cynthia C. Scott

Before I met Stephen, I knew absolutely nothing about immortals. Immortal, My Love tells the story of an unnamed narrator who meets her future husband in an art gallery. Stephen is charming, debonair, enigmatic, and an immortal from ancient Africa. Intrigued, the narrator begins a whirlwind romance with him, and soon the two marry. When the newlyweds return to his home in the outskirts of Philadelphia, the narrator is immediately confronted with his past when she meets Alice, the old woman... more

Casualties and Survivors

by Len Joy

Colin, a wealthy, unhappy businessman waits for his wife at Windows on the World and dreams about the only woman he ever loved. (Casualties). Clancy flirts with the young woman who swims laps with him as his stroke-damaged wife waits for him at her nursing home. (Freestyle) A father grieves for his firemen son who died on 9-11. (Without a Trace) Missy has too much drink, falls out of her truck and gets run over by it. Twice. (Happy Hour) A man tries to come to terms with his unloving, dy... more

A Midlife Holiday

by Cary J Hansson

Helen Winters worries the walls are closing in. With her children grown and her husband literally climbing Mt. Everest on her fiftieth birthday, she regrets not taking the more daring paths she dreamed about in her youth. So when a well-meaning gift reveals a depressing image of her future, she takes a leap of faith and jets off to Cyprus for a vacation with her two lifelong friends. Basking in the glorious sunshine and crystal-blue waters while enjoying the attention of handsome European men... more

Bound by Honor

by Regan Walker

The friendship that changed the destiny of a nation… In the waning years of the thirteenth century, two young noblemen form a bond that forever changes their destiny and that of Scotland’s. Their shared pledge of honor would endure for a lifetime to secure power in the Isles for Angus Og Macdonald and a crown for Robert Bruce. This is the story of their friendship, their times and the battle that secured their future. Standing beside them would be two women from Ireland, Áine O’Cahan, the ... more

A Marijuana Man

by Steve Kravetz

A coming of age story. The year is 1966 and young Max Gold is off to freshman year of college, but before it starts, Max and buddy Rodger have a blow out weekend in Austin. It is in Austin his older cousin turn the two on to cannabis, the event would shape Max's life for the next eighteen years, and beyond. Those eighteen years were also the coming of age story of a USA going through it's own maturing growth. Protestors come out in mass to protest a war in Viet Nam, A demand for women rights, ... more

Brutal Beasts

by Craig Buchner

There are places you always call home, their smells rotting or warm or sweet, their bruises just deep enough to forgive until you touch them. There are places you leave that will forever contain you or cling to you or cry out for you. Where the difference between love and disgust is no more distinguishable than the point at which you stop trying to forget. Craig Buchner's Brutal Beasts is a trip to these homes. It opens the door and finds us at the edge of a falls weighing the jump, of a bedr... more

It's Alive!

by Julian David Stone

In the summer of 1931, life was good for Junior Laemmle. Only twenty-three years old, he was the head of all movie production for Universal Pictures, and the studio was flourishing. So much so, he was being promoted to VP. What’s more, his father, Carl, and the studio’s founder, was returning to California for the first time in years to personally present the honor. Or so Junior thought. But instead of being grateful for transforming and catapulting the out-of-date studio into the future, Car... more

The House on Liberty Street

by Frances Rivetti

Notes from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Wee Folk

by George Harvey

Notes from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Wee Folk is a series of essays on Wee Folk of all sorts. It includes discussion of how they interact with human beings, their place in nature, and how they communicate with each other and with human beings. It also covers their cultures and societies, their art and music, and their theatrical works. Some of the discussion goes into specific details, with several essays on their music, the history of counterpoint and harmony, and th... more

Small Stories: A Perfectly Absurd Novel

by Rob Roy O'Keefe

Duncan and Maya Small have just moved to an out-of-the-way town filled with odd characters, quirky customs, and a power-obsessed local official who one day hopes to be declared emperor. Duncan is sharp enough to know something needs to change, and delusional enough to believe he's the one to make it happen. The only thing standing in his way are feral ponies, radical seniors, common sense, and Duncan's inability to do anything without a list.

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