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The Case of Two Left Shoes
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99This is the story of Daniel Jorgensen, a lieutenant colonel and Chief of Investigations of the Army Criminal Investigations Element (CIE) in the Virginia area command. Dan has been working in the CIE since before the end of World War Two. His success at finding criminals and eliminating them has made the friends and family, of those he has sent to prison, very angry with him. Their attempts on his life and his family have been to kill him or stop his investigations.
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What Happens Now
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Major General Daniel Jorgensen and his family are back in Knoxville, Colorado where Dan is ROTC instructor at Knoxville College. Dan is hoping that the attacks on himself and his family are over. But having put over 200 in prison, and some on death row, for murder and a variety of other serious crimes, plus 10 dead, do you suppose that their might be a number of people after my head? Dan and his wife Grace are prepared for most attacks on their family. You would think that with the death rate of attackers during their attacks on Dan and family, that the attacks would drop off. Time will tell.
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Selectively Lawless
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99This is the story of the son of a sharecropping lay minister who, at age 14, walks off the Texas cotton field his family is working on and tells his brother he is never picking cotton again. For the next 18 months he travels halfway across the country and up the Pacific Coast honing his skills as a gambler. At the end of that time he returns to his family driving a new Buick Roadster with $18,000 in his pocket. The money bank rolls his bootlegging enterprise.
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The Spanish Teacher
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Winner of the Gival Press Novel Award
“…De la Cuesta’s novel maintains an accumulating power which holds onto a reader’s attention not only through the forceful figure of Ordóñez, but by demonstrating acutely how ordinary lives are impacted by the underlying social and political landscape. Compelling reading.”
-Tom Tolnay, publisher,
Birch Brook Press and author of Selling America and This Is the Forest Primeval
“Barbara de la Cuesta’s The Spanish Teacher has everything to thrill you-pace, a great balance of description, gesture and action, charmed, perfectly-tuned dialogue, and most notably, a character we follow as closely and sympathetically as if we were living right there inside the story with him… So many books show us a character who seems to capably hang and move like marionettes from the strings of a fairly competent puppeteer, but rarely do we see a full drama like this, where every bit of the writing extends from, grows out of, is part and parcel with the author’s complete realization of and connection to her character…”
-Don Berger, judge for the Gival Press Novel Award
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Boys of Babylon
Price range: $3.99 through $10.30There is a small tourist trap in the Northern Midwest. A trap may be exactly what it is. People go for the fudge, but is it good enough to risk their lives for? In Midwestern fashion, dark secrets are covered up and disguised as quaint diners, candy shops, and beautiful vacation homes. During the summer of 2004, like every year, tourists make their way into town. However, this year, six pubescent boys take advantage of several unsuspecting vacationers, sending them to a watery grave on a popular recreational river. This rite of passage turns on the town when tragedy strikes one of their own. The children’s parents are forced to come face to face with the sadistic games of their once “sweet angels.” But how does one handle a child without coming to terms with such a twisted reality in a place where no one wants to confront their demons?
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Scheldestroom: A Century of Sailing Adventure in Resilience, Courage, Fun and Determination
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Keith Paulusse, is a Dutch-born Australian writer with a background in social psychology. Paulusse’s passion lies in social justice and helping
disadvantaged people. For the past ten years, he has operated a tuition-free School of Languages, an English language course for migrant learners, refugees and Australians with literacy handicaps.
In 2015 he published his first book Vertrek a journey of his and other Dutch families in Postwar Australia. Followed by ‘ Big Bunches At the
Jamfactory’ a vibrant chronicle of activism, spirit and perseverance during the heady days of HIV/AIDS. His best selling book India Through
Virgin Eyes, was published in 2020.
Keith Paulusse, een in Nederland geboren Australische schrijver met een achtergrond in sociale psychologie. Paulusse’s passie ligt in sociale rechtvaardigheid en het helpen van kansarme mensen. De afgelopen tien jaar heeft hij een collegegeldvrije School of Languages beheerd, een Engelse taalcursus voor migrantenleerlingen, vluchtelingen en Australiërs met alfabetiseringsproblemen.
In 2015 publiceerde hij zijn eerste boek Vertrek een odyssee van zijn en andere Nederlandse gezinnen in het naoorlogse Australië. Het werd gevolgd door ‘Big Bunches At the Jamfactory’, een levendige kroniek over activisme, geest en doorzettingsvermogen tijdens de onstuimige dagen van hiv / aids. Zijn bestverkopende boek India Through Virgin Eyes verscheen in 2020. -
Boston Darkens
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99The Kenyan runner was the favorite to win this year’s Boston Marathon. At least that’s what the sports broadcaster blurted on Ben’s car radio. He was on the Mass Pike, making his way through heavy traffic. Just a few more miles to go. Suddenly a shockwave of energy burst through the air. Ben’s car shut down.
Dumbfounded, he held tight to the steering wheel. What the fuck, he thought. His Honda Accord was new. He turned the ignition switch over, but there was nothing. He tried the lights, windows, and door, but again nothing. It was just dead as a doornail. “Damn,” he muttered and grinned. After a minute he looked around him. It wasn’t rush-hour traffic. He was in a huge parking lot.
Jessica, Ben’s daughter, was in her classroom. As a high school student, she was coming down the home stretch. Her whole life was ahead of her. The teacher was beginning the first lesson. Click the lights, and computers went off. “Stay calm” the teacher said. Seconds turned into minutes. A student raised his hand.
He had to go to the bathroom. Confusion and anxiety set in. The principal was beside himself. What was the protocol for this? There was no cell phone reception, and the police or fire departments weren’t showing up. Minutes turned into hours. Action was required. Would he make the wrong decision? Would he endanger lives? Would he be sued? His pay grade was high but not high enough for this.
Ben, Alice (his wife), Randy (his son), and Jessica were living the American dream. They were now confronted by an evil act of aggression, a life-changing event for this wholesome family, their neighbors, and everyone within hundreds of miles. This drama portrays a family’s efforts to survive. In their struggle, they are joined together by an unlikely collection of heroes—Ben, his shy teenage daughter, Jessica, and her friend Vivian. He has a rebellious son named Randy and an eccentric recluse of a neighbor who’s an intellectually challenged adult. There is a neighborhood construction contractor, a keen, quiet-spoken hip Native American father a fair-play, Easy Rider biker dude, a couple of “fly by the seat of their pants” local cops, the Massachusetts Turnpike, and of course Randy’s lovingly restored classic: a 1958 Buick. You’ll have to read it to believe it.
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Boston Flickers
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99Jessica had been bicycling hard for two hours in a desperate attempt to be with her boyfriend Joshua. Her father had basically forbidden any further contact. With nothing else to live for, she was on a dangerous journey. It was bad enough to drive through this lawless countryside in a vintage car. Alone, on a bicycle, it was almost unthinkable. Exhausted, she laid down on the side of the road and made peace with the Lord.
An EMP blast has littered most roads in the eastern U.S. with stalled cars, their modern computer-based ignitions fried beyond repair. Ben Randall had formed a survival collaborative with his neighbors. They had to venture out for food, water and medicines while trying to avoid local gangs of thugs. Local governments were operating with skeletons crews at best. Officer Ryan was one of the few Massachusetts State Police officers who had transportation and was able to remain at his post. As a member of Ben’s collaborative, he coordinated the formation of a new collaborative. It took an hour’s drive with the non-computerized antique Buick that Ben’s son Randy had lovingly restored.
Daniel was the leader of the new collaborative. He was a talented man who spoke a number of languages, was a decent musician, and had the natural gift to be a good salesman. Trouble is, he is not a hands-on guy. Starting in the mix in the new collaborative was Daniel’s wife, who is often at odds with him, and his son Joshua. Ah, Joshua, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Leaving college early, Joshua’s dreams were like those of his dad. He was also gifted with the gab, loved sales and meeting people. He too was worldly, spoke several languages, and come across as a handsome, confident young man.
When the two collaborative meet, it is the encounter of Jessica and Joshua that sets off a tangled journey through danger, survival and love. It inflicts family wounds and eventually pushes the two lovers to leave for “tent city”. Like the first book, “Boston Darkens”, you will find this story fast paced, and captivating to the end.
“Boston Flickers” is a story of family conflict, friends, and romance, mixed-in with the wit of a unique cast of characters.