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Bread and Butter: Poems of the Spirit
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99From an early age, I wrote an occasional poem about many varied subjects. I love nature and animals, thus in my youth, I wrote about the world around me. As I got into high school and beyond, I began writing a little more regularly and began to narrow my themes to the religious. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the mainstay of my life, thus the majority of my poems are religious in nature. Jesus Christ is the Bread of life and this concept is reflected in my title, the butter in life, is everything else!
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The Arkansas Lawyer
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99The Arkansas Lawyer is a meticulously detailed account of one family’s long and frustrating sojourn through the loopholes, disappointments and deceits of a labyrinthine legal system, in innocent pursuit of an equitable estate disbursement according to their beloved uncle’s documented financial wishes. Anyone who has ever had to endure the injustice of our current court system, which focuses more on “what is legal” than “what is right,” will draw comfort from this well-written case in point. Beginning with a glimpse into the lives of a family the reader will come to truly care about, and moving on to an unintentional clerical error compounded by a corporation’s unscrupulous moves to cover their ass-ets, a well-intentioned lawyer’s early misunderstanding of a simple situational fix, the lower court judge’s careless findings, state Supreme Court efforts to countermand those rulings, monies unjustly obtained and devoured by greedy in-laws, and ultimately the whisking away of a large portion of an inheritance by an incomprehensibly self-serving attorney, this account is fast-paced and never dull. The story is backed with revealing email chains and court documents that will be of interest to laymen and legal professionals alike. Join The Arkansas Lawyer on a unique roller coaster ride through a prevalent and important aspect of our lives
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La travesía a Hangtown Haven
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Cómo un grupo de voluntarios comprometidos liderados por un ingeniero aeroespacial retirado construyó un refugio para personas sin hogar en una comunidad de la ebre del oro y cómo la élite nanciera y del poder lo cerró. ¿Fue porque Hangtown Haven fue un éxito inesperado?
¿Cómo se puede construir un refugio exitoso para personas sin hogar que sea legal, práctico y económico sin costo para el contribuyente? Un grupo de voluntarios sin hogar liderados por un ingeniero aeroespacial retirado junto con corporaciones sin nes de lucro e iglesias preocupadas se lanzaron a la refriega e hicieron precisamente eso. Pero no sin cometer errores y correr riesgos por el camino. Nadie podría haber predicho lo controvertido que sería brindar refugio a nuestros vecinos que no tenían un lugar donde vivir. “Vamos a construir un refugio para perros moderno con $7 millones, pero no se molesten en pedirle al condado o a la ciudad ni un centavo para ayudar a nuestros ciudadanos
sin hogar”.
Entonces, la verdadera pregunta es: “¿Cómo se construye un refugio para personas sin hogar que funcione y sea aceptable para toda la comunidad sólo con donaciones?” Este libro cuenta la historia del esfuerzo de una comunidad de la Sierra para responder esta pregunta y cómo su éxito demostró que se podía hacer; sin embargo, su éxito también puso al poder de la ciudad en su contra.
Cuando se hizo evidente que el refugio era un éxito y que las personas sin hogar prosperaban, la estructura de poder de la ciudad se unió y lo cerró, expulsando a cuarenta hombres y mujeres sin hogar de su refugio en medio del invierno sin un lugar donde vivir.
Pero el genio ya ha salido de la botella y los ocupantes de este pequeño pueblo minero de oro saben cómo hacerlo la próxima vez. Están dispuestos a intentarlo de nuevo hasta tener éxito, aunque todos los intereses empresariales, políticos y de poder estén decididos a impedirlo. Esta historia cuenta cómo se hizo, cómo se puede hacer y cómo evitar errores graves en el camino.
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Called to Be ME
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Life’s unpleasant events and other people’s opinions can sometimes cause you to lose sight of who you are. God has called you and purposed you from your mother’s womb. God designed everything about you for His glory, and He destined you according to His purpose. You will not be fulfilled in life until you are being who you were created to be.
Called to Be ME is a work inspired by the Holy Spirit that will cause you to rise and become the you the Creator fashioned you to be. It seeks to help you find yourself and thereby find your purpose, your passion, and your power for life. It serves as a faith-inspired guide and journal intended to help you know yourself better and understand the inherent qualities that distinguish you from others: Who are you? Why were you created? It’s time for you to go on an expedition to discover yourself. Get ready to unfold God’s greatest and most valuable treasure-you!
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The Squiggly Kids
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Peggy Seeney Caranda is an author and illustrator.
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Snippets: Invitation to Celebrate Life New Orleans Style
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Snippets is a collection of very short scenes in the author’s life, that help the reader to recall similar moments in their own life. Over fifty snippets recount memories from childhood to old age. Topics range the gambit from preschool experiences to on the job memorable moments to hard-to-forget death scenes. Along the way, you are treated to first-hand accounts of fishers dodging bees and alligators. You have a front row seat as the author catches snakes and sells them for profit. You skate with him on a bridge over the Mississippi and ride falling trees. You watch in horror while little boys scare their mother with a dozen lizards. You go behind the scenes to see how New Orleans’ traditions get started. You scramble for Mardi throes and watch mature adults turn into children. Along the way, you are introduced to another way to look at life.
The book concludes with a postscript, an essay on the origin of New Orleans’ popular culture. It is the distillation of years of research on the demography and history of the City. It brings together in one place, the authors own work and the very best studies on the uniqueness of New Orleans.
The unmistakable message in the book is that life is meant for living. From the silliest scenes of two young boys stealing a large bean bag in front of a merchant to the more sobering episodes of death and dying, you meet life. Whether simply amusing or dramatic. each snip of life depicted is a message of hope and joy. Each snippet is a moment in time, a solitary note that points to an eternal song. The reader is asked to enter the song in celebration of life New Orleans style; forsake forgetfulness and watch for the rainbow.
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The Passage: A New Beginning
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99This story unfolds when a young psychic woman, Kelly Brown, begins searching for the meaning of a premonition that came to her in a dream and has kept haunting her, surrounding the
death of the previous owner of a beautiful 1900 antebellum home she has recently purchased. Unknown to her, she becomes a key player in an unsuspecting game of revenge as this bitter, unsettled spirit draws her deep into its hold on her while laying a plan for the revenge for his murderer. Kelly is being used as a pawn for this unsettled spirit’s revenge until she is pushed too far. When that happens, she reaches for her inner self to draw strength upon. She holds strong to her spiritual dedication, and in the end, she brings the spirit of the vengeful man and the spirit of his murderer together in union. -
Bill Hoatson Present’s “Professor Johnson’s” Life Lessons
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99“Bill Hoatson Presents “Professor Johnson’s” Life Lessons” is a compelling ode to the transformative power of parenthood. Through poignant storytelling and profound insights, Hoatson invites readers on a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment, reminding us all of the extraordinary opportunity we have to shape the future through the love and guidance we provide to the next generation. The book is a must-read for anyone who believes in the limitless potential of children and the profound impact of positive parenting.
-Rebecca Holmes
“Bill Hoatson Presents “Professor Johnson’s” Life Lessons” by Bill Hoatson is a beacon of wisdom and compassion in the realm of parenting literature… Hoatson’s rich narrative, infused with personal anecdotes and insightful reflections, offers a treasure trove of guidance for parents at every stage of the journey. His emphasis on the pivotal role of early childhood experiences in shaping a child’s future underscores the book’s relevance and urgency in today’s world….
-Mary West
Bill Hoatson’s writing skills in “Professor Johnson’s Life Lessons” are nothing short of exceptional, deserving recognition in the literary world. His ability to craft a narrative that seamlessly blends personal anecdotes, profound insights and practical advice is truly commendable. Hoatson’s writing style is both engaging and accessible, making complex topics such as parenting and child development easily understandable to a wide audience. He has a gift for storytelling, drawing readers in with vivid descriptions and relatable experiences that resonate deeply.
-Katniss Meagan
I believe that Bill Hoatson’s book on successful parenting is valuable for everybody, but especially for teenagers and young adults… Mr. Hoatson has had forty years of experience teaching children at all grade levels in economically challenged areas of North Florida and Southern Georgia and his experience is needed by those aspiring to raise children.
-Alonzo Harvin
Parenting Instructor
Re-entry Coordinator
Federal Prison System – 15 Years
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From Blunder to Blessing
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Born at the edge of an open-pit copper mine in New Mexico, Jan Thomas comes from a background of working-class people, cultural Christians, but not committed believers. Growing up, he had influences and experiences causing doubts about himself and his ability to become more than his environment would have predicted. Influenced by teachers, Air Force buddies, and others, he began to trust God to do in him what he could not do for himself. As a youngster he thought he had no academic ability, but got BA and MDiv degrees. As a pastor he felt like a failure and began a career working in prisons. Struggling with life, he continued to try to serve. He married Fern, a widow with two children, and they had another child together. He became an administrator after only a few years; but his codependent nature, the desire to fit in, and to be liked at any cost nearly cost him his life. An old alcohol issue came back, at a time he was involved in two of the most amazing ministries of the twenty-first century, Celebrate Recovery and Kairos. Retiring in 1997, he began using CR in the prison he retired from. He was asked to help get the program into jails and prisons and became the first national director of Celebrate Recovery Inside. Celebrate Recovery Inside stretches across the United States and Canada as well as in many nations elsewhere. His own struggles have helped him become dedicated to the purpose God intended for him from the beginning. His ministry was not as a pastor but to those, like him, who struggled with life’s issues. When he stopped teaching and started the healing process for himself, God helped him to stop blundering and begin to see more of God’s blessing. He also used material from a course he taught at the New Mexico Corrections Academy to develop a curriculum for Christian communication to be used in the program called: How to Say What You Mean: Without Being Mean. His life has been one of service to people who struggle and find real help and meaning from a relationship with Jesus Christ. His autobiography is called: From Blunder to Blessing.
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Melvin The Fantastic Bird
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Peggy Seeney Caranda is an illustrator and author.
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Going Postal: 2nd Edition
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Willie Roy Hargis worked for the Postal Service for 32 years. He began his Postal career as a City Letter Carrier in 1967. In January 1973, while carrying mail he enrolled at Tarrant County Junior College, attending night classes. After receiving a promotion in 1975 to Building Services Supervisor, he began working nights and enrolled at Texas Wesleyan College. He graduated from Texas Wesleyans College in December 1978, with a degree in Business Administration.
Mr. Hargis worked as a City Letter Carrier, a Carrier Technician, Building Service Supervisor, as an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor, a Labor Relations Assistant, Injury Compensation Supervisor, Delivery Service Supervisor, Station Superintendent, Station Manager, Ad Hoc EEO Investigator, and Labor Relations Representative.
In 1988, the Fort Worth office became a District Office, and the Labor Relations Representative position was upgraded to Manager. Mr. Hargis remained in that position until retirement in 1999. In addition, to his Postal career, Mr. Hargis graduated from Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, NC in 1966, and served his country as an Army Special Forces, Green Beret, Paratrooper.
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Murder and Mayhem in Cedar Falls
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99John Brennon, a college professor of astronomy, and Denise Cole, a college professor of music, both dabble in helping the police solve crimes of almost any kind. They live in Cedar Falls, a small Midwestern town that has crimes of rape and murder to solve, with a coven of witches to muddy up the water.
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The Grottos of Barigoule: A Novel
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99In April of 1545, a horrific massacre of more than 3,000 “heretics” in southern France occurred. In one small village, twenty-five women and children hid in a secret grotto in the hills above town. But they were betrayed. Royal and papal troops built a fire in the mouth of the grotto and murdered them all by suffocation. So much is an established historical fact.
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The Journey to Hangtown Haven
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99How a group of committed volunteers led by a retired aerospace engineer built a homeless shelter in a gold rush community and how the power and financial elite closed it down. Was it because Hangtown Haven was an unexpected success?
How does one build a successful homeless shelter that is legal, practical and economical at no cost to the taxpayer? A group of homeless volunteers led by a retired aerospace engineer along with non-profit corporations and concerned churches jumped into the fray and did just that. Not, however, without making mistakes and ruffling feathers along the way. No one could have predicted how controversial it would be to provide shelter to our neighbors who had no place to live. “We are going to build a modern dog shelter with $7 million, but don’t bother asking the county or the city for one penny to help our homeless citizens.”
So, the real question is, “How do you build a homeless shelter that works and is acceptable to the entire community with donations only?” This book tells the story of one Sierra community’s eff ort to answer this question and how its success proved that it could be done, however its success also turned the city’s power establishment against it.
When it was obvious that the shelter was a success and homeless people were thriving, the city’s power structure got together and closed it down throwing forty homeless men and women out of their shelter in the middle of winter with no place to live.
But the genie is out of the bottle now and the occupants of this small gold mining town know how to do it the next time. They are prepared to try again until they are successful even though all of the business, political and power interests are determined to stop it. Th is story tells how it was done, how it can be done and how to avoid serious mistakes along the way.
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The Religion That Was Changed By Its Own Priesthood
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Lennart Wingardh is a Swedish and American citizen who was born in Cuba, where he educated until age eleven, when the family moved to Sweden. After graduating in Telecommunications Engineering, he joined Ericsson, the Telecom giant and worked with Latin America up to the level of General manager in Mexico. In 1980 he switched over to Motorola in Chicago, with whom he pioneered the entry of Cellular in Latin America. In Argentina Lennart became known as the father of cellular. Upon retirement in 1998, Lennart began to study the ancient prophecies of God that always interested him that are found in scriptures, specifically in the Jewish Bible (Old Testament), the Book of Revelation, the Qur’an and more. In doing so he became interested in matters about religion – specifically the ones of Abrahamic origin – that led him to write this remarkable book that reveals without a doubt that one of the religions was changed by its priesthood that’s a no-no with serious consequences for its priesthoods as well as for its followers.
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How Humanity Lost the Natural Way of Walking and Ended Up with Poor Posture and Back Pain: A Comprehensive Research into Contemporary and Centuries Old Books and Paintings Showing How
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99How many times as we were growing up were we told to “put your shoes on”? It sounded like a sensible idea. Ever since durable footwear became more widely accessible a few generations ago, individuals have valued the protection they provide. It changed the way people walked since they were no longer concerned about the discomfort of walking on rough or pointy surfaces.
You’ll notice that your walk changes from walking in shoes to walking barefoot. When you walk barefoot, you take extra care to land on your toes so they can act as shock absorbers. You most likely walk erratically in shoes, stomping on the ground and landing on your heel because you’re afraid of stepping on something sharp. You are aware that your shoes will keep your feet safe. However, wearing shoes more often and going barefoot or in light shoes less has had an unanticipated effect on most people’s poor posture and back pain.
Discover a tried-and-true, yet mostly ignored, healthy walking technique by reading this book.