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Word of God, Word of Man" combines the wisdom of the Bible along with that of man on a wide variety of topics and areas of interest to everyone. For each of seventy different topics it compares what God has said in His Word versus what men and women have said in popular quotations, along with a commentary of the author's personal experience to enlighten and inspire the reader. The audience for "Word of God, Word of Man" is not limited to an...

Horizontal Collaborator takes place in Europe, from the turn of the twentieth century through World War 1. We are introduced to the eccentric lifestyle of the Hungarian nobility, and is sharply contrasted to the childhood of Gabrielle Violette Clary, an illegitimate peasant born in the countryside of Lorraine in France. Violette becomes a streetwise Parisienne, reveling in the unconventional café life of the period. She scratches out a livi...

Life Descending/Ascending is a significant work of lyrical, cerebral poetry that reveals seven universal experiences in life, from crime, politics and death to nature, ephemera, creativity, and love. From a clandestine attempt at theft to a final acceptance of life's convoluted and challenging path, in a burst of "Song, " Life: Descending / Ascending covers much ground with thistle and wildflowers. Shapiro's second collection of poems is a rar...

Be warned--these poems might inspire you to pick up a pen and write a poem of your own! These poems spill out from the imagination of a woman who travels through love, marriage, loss, and the decades that lead to aging. Through some of these travels she is accompanied by Chloe, a golden retriever mix. The author muses about her mother and stepfather, her deceased father, old boyfriends, and loneliness. The ease at which our lives could be over...

The Letter(TM) by Jerry Yellin confronts that quality in a novel in which two men are destined for conflict from their first meeting at age 13, continuing as one accepts his personal vision of a peaceful and inclusive God to become a rabbi while the other pursues a life of political and personal conquest that seems at first to be impossible to reconcile with his Protestant Christian faith. Religion is a comfort, if not a beacon, for Yellin's r...

Interview With A Boomer Living Through A Phenomenon Do you can recall where you were, what you were doing, and who you were doing it with when President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King was assassinated. With so much of our personal history past and the heroes of our lives disappearing, it's time to remember when: to examine our formative years, young adolescence, and our experience as young adults in unprecedented times. Can ...

As we begin this history of the Flynn family, it is appropriate to introduce ourselves. We are Henry Flynn, Jr. (1931-aft2012) and Mary Patricia "Pat" Flynn Kyser (1934-aft2012), the son and daughter of Henry Flynn, Sr. (1902-1971) and Lettie Olean Tracy Flynn (1902-1949). Our youngest sister, Carol Ray Flynn Harrell (1936-2008) of Amarillo, TX, died 21 Jan 2008. We were raised in Port Arthur, TX. Our father came to Port Arthur with The Tex...

Bitter Sweet What are lyrics in a song? A message, a story, a release of emotion. Take away the music leave the voice and you have a poem. Enter my book named "Bittersweet" a silent symphony of words, just like lyrics to a song. Dark, sweet and bitter. We all need to stop and be thankful for what we have and know that we are all not that different from one another. Give me a chance to show you a ray of hope, and shed light on what we hav...

HOT ICE Your strength may become a weakness or the other way around. Inked in endurance and new found strength HOT ICE tests your limits and asks you how much you can really tolerate. From the harshness and redemption of Fire and the vulnerability and strength of Ice. Prepare for another sensational experience. Author Sahira Javaid lives in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. She has been writing poetry since she was fifteen.

The Balkans and Mideast, a region very much in the news, is the setting for this action novel which takes place in the not too distant future. The secular pro western government of Turkey has been overthrown in a violent revolution and replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist regime. Her fanatical leader, General Muhammad Kemal, has contrived a devious plan to restore the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and unite the Islamic world under his evil ru...

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Child Finder Revelation North Korean terrorists kidnap an Ambassador's daughters, and Patrick O'Donnell must rescue them. But just who are these girls, and why do the President and the Pope want them returned at any cost? Child Finder: Revelation is the highly-anticipated conclusion to the Child Finder Trilogy. The Library Journal called the series' first novel, Child Finder, "a compelling debut novel, " and, "a real find, " and placed it...

Book One: "Way of the Wizards(TM)" Series Fifteen wizards who live in a barren place need to find apprentices to pass on their knowledge of magic and wizardry before they die. The first problem they face is remembering how to speak, as they currently use only telepathic communication. This gave me a fun way of introducing each of them and a glimpse into their characters. They send out seven wizards into the world who each bring back an a...

Grown Men Don't Cry As the popular jocks in the one-stoplight town of Bristol, New Hampshire, Ben Chase and Jimmy Keller are best friends whose unique creativity and bold personalities make for some hilarious-and heart-wrenching-stories. Laughter doesn't make up for pain inflicted by their dysfunctional families, but it certainly creates some unforgettable memories. Growing up, Ben has viewed his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as not...

A young soldier, presumed dead for 25 years, returns to the US from Vietnam with the help of the underground church to face a wife he thought he'd lost, a daughter he didn't know he had, and what he remembers as a fractured family who must accept a half-Vietnamese daughter he would not leave behind. My Biblical Fiction books are: Journey to the Well (the woman of Samaria) Martha Mary Magdalene Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate Rut...

Some People Deserve To Die Guilt for a despicable and immoral act forces Alan Davies into a life of crime and violence and transforms him from an innocent sixteen year old boy into a merciless, yet sympathetic, protagonist who dispenses brutal justice to those he holds responsible for the death of his sister and destroying his life.

Gray Ghost While on a fly fishing vacation to Andros Island in the Bahamas, narcotics detectives Dix and Petersen discover their fishing guides were killed when a sudden blast of gunfire fractured their speedboat, Gray Ghost. Local gossip has it that Gray Ghost went to the ocean floor with a hundred million dollars' worth of cocaine in the hull. Dix and Petersen, against their better judgment, are drawn into helping their island friends e...

Ollie and Roy work hard toward a good home, but year after year, as drought destroys crops, and doctor bills arrive, Roy goes to other states to find work so they can pay the mortgage and survive. Ollie and the children work the farm, plowing and harvesting, while he is away. Book 3 of the Ollie's Angel Series

The Land of Honey A transporting tale of love, disaster, and redemption, a tumultuous journey where nothing happens quite as they expected. The Land of Honey is pure delight. --Elaine Neil Orr - Author of A Different Sun Dissatisfied with the status quo Zimako desired something more, he is determined to find a new life for his family in Canada. Although it will break the hearts of those he would leave behind, he convinces his wife Anul...