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The extra ordinary life of an extra ordinary bear
Price range: $3.99 through $27.99Richard Henry was born, raised and educated in New York City. After his service in the United States Marine Corps, which included a tour in Viet Nam, he returned to New York where he worked as a teacher and coordinator of Alternative High Schools.
In 1983, he moved to Oklahoma to serve as the Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution for four counties under the direction of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court. In 1990, he moved to California and set up a training program for formally incarcerated youth. In 1992, he served as the “Economic and Business Development Coordinator” for military base closures.
He published his first book of poetry, “Beyond the Skull” in 1976. His novel, “Of Days Gone By” was first published in 1990, followed
by his second novel, “Short Timer” in 2002. His third book, “The Extraordinary Life of an Extraordinary Bear” was published in 2023.
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Illusive Innocence
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Henry and Barby are neighbors, classmates, and more. Barby’s family is affluent and well-to-do, while Henry’s family leads a simple life on a small income. Feelings of ambivalence pervade young Henry’s adolescence as he becomes involved with both Barby and her sister. Brandy, Barby’s older sister, seduces Henry, and their secret sexual escapades entrap them in a love they try to ignore. As Henry struggles to endure the love of two sisters, college and careers carry them into adulthood. Then tragedy strikes, and the two families unite as they try to hold on to some kind of normalcy. These were the innocent years. The two teenagers sat and talked while warming themselves. “Henry, I hate you.” Henry looked at Barby bewildered.” What did I do now?” Barby reached out and pulled his hair over his head covering his face. “Your hair looks nicer than mine. I refuse to associate with a boy who has hair like that. It’s bad enough that it’s longer but it looks nicer too!” He looked at her rolling his eyes back and forth. “So wash it once in a while.” She slapped him across his shoulder with her open palm. “Ouch,” she said. “Now you are trying to hurt me.” Her face broke into a repressed grin. “Barby, you hit me, 1 didn’t hit you.” She pouted now, sticking out her bottom lip. “Do you think I’m pretty?” Henry put his hands over his face hiding his response. “I think Brandy is pretty,” he said in a low voice-almost a whisper.
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Just A Day dream
Price range: $3.99 through $15.50Two men from different culture once had everything one could ask for, were now broke and down. Murphy Wayne Bower was white and from the United States. From whiskey and women, Murphy knew he was at the bottom while setting in a cheap run down motel room in west Fort Worth that rented by the day, week or month. He was now living off of what he made working day labor, but his booze and cigarettes were costing him more than food and lodging. From a old Soldier of Fortune magazine his life was about to change. Omar Le Blanca was black and lived in Paris. First he lost his son to an American war, that’s when the hard, drinking and dope smoking started. Then if that was not enough he lost his wife and daughter they where in a bad car crash. That tore him apart sending him into a downward spiral. After seeing a young woman over dose and die by his side he realized he had to turn his life around. When they were brought together they found their lives depended on each other for what lay ahead. Murphy and his side kick Omar would get into some of the wildest adventures on and out of this world that required more than been buddy’s
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Dream No More: Rise of a Lion: Book II
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99“Dream No More: Rise of a Lion – Book 2” continues in this second installment of the epic Sci-Fi, High Fantasy novel. Following the hero’s quest of a young black boy named Lyone, his party presses onward towards the truth of his dislocation and the captivity of his family by an all-powerful sorceress. Along their quest, the party finds themselves caught in the middle of a Nation States’ massive invasion campaign, victimized by a shadow organization, and hunted by the deadly sorceress herself. Dior takes the role of instructor, teaching Lyone and Lisa the skills necessary to journey forth upon the planet of Ni.
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Remembering ZEOLA
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99The stories Zeola told about herself show aspects of her character that was budding at age four and five, for example learning to clean and care for her home and to beautify it. After marriage, she expressed her love for husband and children as she labored daily to take care of them. Preparing three meals daily, washing and cleaning as well as teaching and training her children to work and care for the home are all expressions of her love without using words. She loved her home and cultivated many flowers and trees on the outside. She worked hard to clean and beautify the home on the inside too. For example, she made curtains for the windows and doilies for many tabletops, cushions for chairs and tablecloths for tables. She and Brenda partnered to make quilts and bedspreads for the beds. The church and community were very important to her, and she gave herself to teaching children in Sunday School classes. She loved to sing and worked with the children’s choir at church for many years. Her devotion to Jesus Christ was shown in the zeal with which she took on tasks such as tending to the sick about her and helping those who were in some kind of need. Many of the examples I recount bring to light her service to others. She persisted in the face of multiple trials and afflictions; always getting up and trying again without giving up under their weight. When I began to think about her legacy, I rejoice as I look back over her life and realize that she developed enduring faith and Christian character through all of these things. She chose not to grow bitter because of them, but to submit to God’s will and to press toward victory that would someday be hers.
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Lizla, The Daughter Of Isis
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99Lizla, the Daughter of Isis, is a psychic princess whom we see evolving through her coming of age experiences which are both mystical and human – describing her own awakening in the flesh and in the Spirit.
The novel is set in the ancient history of the Middle East and projects in to it many timeless issues of spiritual awakening, budding romance, political intrigue and coming of age in difficult – if not chaotic circumstances. It is not a coincidence that this geographic area seems to sustain the same conflicts today, even if many of the cultural parameters have changed.
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My Son Phillipe
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Do you know that mothers never stop loving their kids? They did, do, and will put themselves in great danger to protect their children.
In the memoir My Son Phillipe, the author tells of her saga to rescue her little son, Phillipe, who became trapped in Jerusalem during the Palestinian uprising known as Antifada. Phillipe is one of the first Americans to experience terrorism and its strategies in action. He saw suicidal bombers, smelled the gas of the explosions, and was beaten up, dragged by his hair and starved. Due to tremendous humanitarian efforts of the United States and its allies, the special agent on the terrorism, Nadia Phillips, guided by the war veteran John Koss with the support from President Ronald Reagan and Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, rescued Phillipe from the iron grasp of war that devastated the nations involved.
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DINGS
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99DINGS tells of a mother’s struggle to support her son in the midst of a mysterious condition. Conner’s school believes that he is not ready for promotion into the third grade. His teacher recommends that he repeat the second grade. Conner’s dad is on a combat tour in 2006-7 Iraq; the adults in the boy’s life assume that stress and anxiety about his father serving in a combat theater have interfered with his school achievement. Meanwhile, Sandra is embittered; she is forced to deal with her son’s problem alone.
A psychologist identifies Conner’s anxieties and works to alleviate the child’s stress. But, the boy’s actual condition eludes the adults. He has unrecognized blank outs-his friends think that he acts “weird” sometimes.
Sandra’s husband returns from war, but all is not well. He has changed. She recognizes PTSD symptoms-Sam drinks more, snaps at the family and he has bad dreams-yet, he denies that anything is wrong. Sandra’s emotional stresses mount. She sees that her husband is incapable of emotionally supporting her as they struggle to understand their son’s difficulties; she is uncertain that she can keep her family together.
One night, Conner gets a high fever and he has a convulsion. At the local E.R., he has a brain CT scan and he gets a spinal tap. The doctor suggests to the parents that epilepsy is a possible cause of the convulsion. He refers Conner to a neurologist. Sandra interprets the mere mention of epilepsy as a personal affront. How could her son have such a stigmatizing and debilitating disease? He has never had any seizures before.
All of their lives change when they meet the neurologist. When epilepsy is diagnosed, Conner’s mother is devastated. She questions if her child can be considered normal now-could he ever really lead a normal life?
The reader will accompany this family as they travel their fascinating joint clinical and emotional journey to help their son. Sixty million people worldwide, including three million Americans, are afflicted with epilepsy.
DINGS is fascinating and educational reading for anyone, and especially those touched directly or indirectly by this condition.
For the readers’ convenience, a practical glossary of epilepsy terms and medical information is appended at the end of the book.
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Treasure in the Sand
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Treasure in the Sand centers on Andrea Karr and the alarming series of death that being to happen after her husband James Wood’s fatal hit-and-run accident. Then Andrea receives a mysterious phone call from a stranger telling her to meet him on the beach. There, she discovers another dead body-her husband’s business colleague. Events unfurl rapidly as Andrea finds her shop vandalized and strangers suddenly speaking to her too boldly or throwing pop bottles at her, and her husband’s case detective’s peculiarly rude behavior. But most confusing of all, was when Andrea discovers her husband had been conducting some activities secretly from her, slowly to realize that she did not know him as she thought. Who really was James Woods, and why would anyone kill him? Andrea must find the answers before she becomes the next victim.
Treasures in the Sand packs up a tight coil of suspense that will spring a surprising conclusion for readers.
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Chance of Precipitation
Price range: $3.99 through $21.99After 22 years as a college coach, a new athletic director and a restless alumni group has Randy Albertson ready for a change. His best friend, Adam Chadwick, has a successful car dealership in another state and Randy makes the jump, but not with the backing of his family he soon realizes.
After a promising start a series of calamities befall Adam and Randy is swept up in the tide. After Adam is arrested and charged with fraud, Randy is all that is left to run the lot. The bad press from the charges and the recession cause car sales to lag severely and Randy soon loses everything, including his family.
With everything and everyone gone, Randy finally faces his problems and struggles forward to get back on his feet with the help of his best friend, an old acquittance, and the hope of getting his lost family back.
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The Torch Bearer’s Exorcism
Price range: $3.99 through $20.99Cherie is an unusually private and guarded girl with a nonconforming sense of style. She is in the habit of constantly doubting everything around her. When she meets David during her first week on campus her emotions go into overdrive. He is an outgoing, attractive and popular guy with rather a lot more experience in the world than ingénue Cherie. He’s exactly what she would have asked for if it were possible to wish people into existence. They seem to be two sides of a coin. But does he actually care about her?
Swept up by passion, subterfuge, confusion and magnetism; Cherie must untangle what she feels and whether she can believe his love for her is real.
This is a pre- #metoo story about painful love, being a young woman in a less egalitarian time (the close of the 1980’s), betrayal and overcoming it. Cherie’s story is about learning the hard way that people aren’t always what they seem or what we hoped they would be; about healing and growing into independence.
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Love Bites: Vol. 1
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Love is one of the most profound, mysterious, and complicated emotions known to human beings. There are many types of love, which can be expressed in numerous ways. We seek to establish a means of relating to another to achieve deep and meaningful fulfillment that nurtures and sustains us. Love is commonly experienced by way of a romantic relationship with a partner with whom we feel compatible.
Loving another has many events that can affect us several ways. We can experience joy, anguish, longing, desperation, and confusion. Love Bites illustrates the story of emotions experienced by two people who share a connection unlike any they have ever known and provides a visual perspective to explain feelings that can be difficult to express in words.
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Redux
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99The book is about the way that people feel about the world and what makes it possible. Since it is completely fictional it is not an educational book but a thought on what we know is normal as opposed to what we want to think about as normal. The book does not cover everything but is fun to read and when it is a story is actually interesting to experience. Once in a while a book comes out that is original, and Sean Mckeithen hit a home run on originality with the book Redux. The book is a little long and the editing will be interesting sometimes the voice fails slightly but if it is printed it will be a good book for children.
