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Rare Encounter: A War Novel

by J.K. Hall

Roger Lincoln Shinn is an esteemed professor of social ethics at a prestigious New York institution. Known only to his wife, he had faced the unspeakable as a combat infantryman in the Second World War. But two decades later during the Vietnam War, Shinn reveals to stunned students his astounding story as a soldier and prisoner of war, and those of a defiant captain in his outfit who ruptures the boundaries of conventional warfare. On a converted ocean liner en route to fight the Nazi army in... more

The Tree in the Town Square: And Other Short Stories

by Sam Calvo

THE TREE IN THE TOWN SQUARE will not only expedite the world's understanding of those living with a perpetually plagued mind, but will also open a door for you to step inside of one. With unconventional, but elegant prose, Calvo delivers a striking embodiment into his deepest and darkest thoughts through this collection of immersive short stories. A first date at a restaurant, an afternoon lunch with grandparents, a late-night phone call; the beauty of the narrative and Calvo's brilliance bring ... more

The Charlottesville Diaries: Love, Literature and Life at Uva: 1976-81

by Peter Gunter

Chris Merton began college at the University of Virginia in the late 1970s with typical concerns: earn good grades, find the right girlfriend, and possibly join a fraternity. But Chris's real dream is to become a great writer—a goal that commits him to recording his entire life as truthfully as possible. His commitment to honesty causes him to explore his relationships with his family and girlfriends, his prejudices and shortcomings, and his childhood in his racially divided hometown of Charlott... more

Boychik

by Laurie Boris

In 1930s Brooklyn, in the depths of the Great Depression, the son of a deli man dreams of making it big in Hollywood. A rich girl with family secrets fantasizes about a life in service to the unfortunate. When their worlds collide, they’re tempted by an unlikely and forbidden romance that could cast dark shadows over their bright futures.

Broken

by Erica Noble

When Ezra discovers that his much-loved daughter Sadie moves about with weakness and twisted legs, he does everything possible to keep away the institutions that wish to claim her, so that can live a normal life. But when you are broken and abnormal, how much of a normal life can be lived? This is a question Sadie must wrestle with for her entire life, leading to a bitter hatred and rejection of herself. Kieran is a boy with white eyes and a kind soul. Having aided a disabled girl at a soiree... more

Greetings from Asbury Park

by Luigina Vecchione

Fifteen-year-old Mariella yearns for a new life. Since the Germans arrived in Rome, food has been scarce, and danger lurks around every corner. On top of that, she’s haunted by a childhood tragedy and weighed down with the responsibility of caring for her siblings. Everything feels impossible. But when she meets Jack, a handsome American soldier with a crooked smile, her future doesn’t seem so dark. She gives him a tour of the famed Colosseum, then takes him to dinner with her family. Despite th... more

Under the Weeping Willow

by Jenny Knipfer

Just as Robin Holcomb settles into married life with her husband, Willis, on his aunt and uncle’s farm in Wisconsin, WWI calls Willis away. With an unknown future and a child on the way, Robin makes the best of life among people she barely knows.

After the birth of her child, Robin struggles with depression and battles to overcome her inner demons before despair and hopelessness drive her to attempt to take her own life. Will Robin survive her dive into postpartum depression, let ... more

Jalan Jalan

by Mike Stoner

Winner of the Guardian Self-published Book of the Month. A story of travel, loss, reinvention, a little quantum physics and a persistent dead girlfriend. Newbie travels to Indonesia to reinvent himself and forget his past. His girlfriend has died and he wants no more painful reminders, no more memories, no more missing her. The trouble is, she's followed him there. Club-land bosses, prostitutes, shaman, damaged expats, they all help with his reinvention. The local mushrooms, jungle gras... more

Eto takoy gorod - Sankt Petersburg (Russian Edition)

by Ekaterina Yakovina

You admire of the city Saint Petersburg, Russia. You have traveled in the city or you desire to make this travel in the future? So this book for you. This particular city, its beauty, and the emotions also gave rise to the author's deep feelings in response. The author describes history and different seasons of St. Petersburg. You will understand emotions of the St. Petersburg citizens and for what they love this special city.

The Caged Bird Sings: A Young Man's Untold War Chronicles

by James Channing Shaw and Cal Orey

SHORT SYNOPSIS: THE CAGED BIRD SINGS \tby James Channing Shaw and Cal Orey In Nazi-occupied France, Benjamin Cohen, a young gifted musician, becomes obsessed with studying the fifty-five-bell carillon in the Catholic Rouen cathedral. Forced by his father to see a child psychiatrist, he learns to express his emotions through diary entries and seeks companionship through his pet cockatiel, Frère Jacques. Benjamin cannot share with his family the joys of his new un-Jewish instrument or the lov... more

Rite of Passage

by Leslie Allen

An unexpected turn of events leads to an adventure to places never explored.

Hot Air

by Charlie Suisman

It's summer in Arnold Falls, where's the more than enough hot air to go around and. Will order be restored in this most disorderly town? Probably, but, as always in Arnold Falls, they'll take the long way home and they will definitely stop for doughnuts.

Five Hundred Moons

by Buzz Anderson

They all saw it at once. A wooden craft of sorts—as long as an ancient redwood, as tall as a river alder. It moved not with the wind but across it.

“Look! There are men riding atop the giant craft! Some climb near the top of wooden poles. Others pull on thick twine. They are adorned in strange capes and wear odd coverings on their heads. They must be gods from the land beyond the setting sun!”

Charquin lifted his hand high above his head in greeting. His fellow t... more

A Heart Worth Healing

by Cara Devlin

Doctor Elliot “Ellie” Lennox defied society rules when she became a physician, but after a tragic mistake leaves her reputation in tatters, she has no choice but to travel west to the only place willing to have her: the rugged Rocky Mountain mining town of Sage Canyon, Colorado. It isn’t exactly a warm welcome. Sage Canyon’s mayor believed he’d hired a man, and he insists Ellie cannot possibly stay. However, giving up isn’t in her blood. As she settles into the precarious role as town physici... more

The Last Rhino War: A Journey of Survival

by Rory Johnston

This is a story of one man, Mike Delport, a professional hunter, and his journey as he is caught up in in the unspeakable violence of the illegal rhino horn trade to his redemption through love and newfound commitment to conservation. At his hunting ranch in South Africa, times are tough. Hunting of rhino has just been banned, cutting off Mike’s income. Rhino poaching is on the rise just as his income is falling. Mike is forced to consider illegally selling the horns to a crime syndicat... more

I Met Her Before

by Chandra Moyer

What if you found out your perfect childhood wasn’t so perfect? What if parts were so terrible you couldn't even remember... until now? Marcia Thompson has always had happy memories of growing up an Air Force brat in the Philippines. Sure, her father could be controlling, but she loved living on base and exploring the jungles with her siblings. Today, she and her husband, Tony, have worked hard to give their children an equally content military childhood in Hawaii. But when th... more

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