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AMIGOS is a farcical, often satirical, novel that pokes and pulls at American culture in particular and world culture in general. Hump Ureaker and his crippled, mute partner Josh Randall head south to rescue the brothers Smith and Jones not without the odd bit of misadventure, muddle, and misfortune. Both detective story and saga, sometimes slapstick then again droll, often bawdy, the tale acknowledges the persistence and ingenuity of the conquistadors and inquisitors of the planet. If the meek are to inherit the earth, they had best get a move on.

(Book 3 in the Magic in Paradise series) Following the relaunch of their hit Hawaiian show, Mai Tai’s and Magic, magician Jacques L’Astaire and his wife visit their friends Geoffrey and Grace Morrison for the holidays in London. While there, Geoffrey, an agent with Interpol, enlists Jacques’ aid with a case he is working on. Upon Jacques and Chanelle’s return home to Las Vegas, Geoffrey wants Jacques to go undercover to help catch an art theft and smuggling ring. Jacques enters a world of deception, half-truths and sexual intrigue as he practices the Art of Illusion.

From the mountains of Wyoming, a river flows across Montana, scattering seeds along the way. Somewhere on the eastern plateau of the Great Northern Plains, the last of the seeds wash up onto the river bank. There, in a foreign habitat, they take root and grow into tall, white-barked trees crowned by yellow leaves. Indian legend calls it the Spirit Grove. In 1879, homesteader Silas Rye, discovers the unlikely grove and claims the land on which they stand. Weathering years of drought and hardship, he creates Aspen Grove Ranch. His granddaughter, Fanny, struggles to hold onto the ranch through two World Wars, the Vietnam conflict, and the attack on 9/11. Drawing her strength from the mystic ...

Are you familiar with the Bible and its stories? Could there have been alternative outcomes to many of the Bible’s tales? These stories take a look at the world’s most famous book from an altogether different angle! The Bible is the world’s best known book and the original best seller, reaching homes all across the world and acting as a reference for billions of Christians. The stories within it are some of the best known as well, and even if you aren’t a regular church attender you are likely to have heard them or have some passing knowledge of many. Inside this book, Behind The Scenes of Biblical Turning Points, author Floyd Larck takes a somewhat different look at what may have ha ...

Bertie: The Best Stuttering King is a children’s story about a timid, stuttering prince who is thrust unexpectedly on the throne of England and becomes one of the best kings of the 20th Century. A history book in rhyme for children and children who stutter, this story highlights England’s most reluctant monarch, King George VI, and his early struggles with stuttering, knock knees, and bullying – topics still relevant today.

This book is a saga of a French widow and her child, on an ocean journey to America, their adventures, and her loves and losses along the way. This tale explores personal courage, family bonds, and the unexpected power of love.

"Watership Down for whales." - Ben Loory In Cetus Finalis, all the characters are whales. Everything happens underwater. And to honor whale song, all of the whale dialogue is rendered in poetry. Enjoy this wonderful, otherworldly tale of journey and song. From the back cover: "One winter, a female pod of Atlantic gray whales find themselves alone at the equatorial mating grounds. Searching for their absent bulls, they quest through a submarine world ringing with the ancient calls of mysterious leviathans."

Champions: The Ten is a Contemporary Fantasy novel that explores polytheism in a modern world where magic and mundane societies coexist openly. Charles knew that becoming the champion of the god of Law was a dangerous position when he accepted, but he never imagined he’d be so deeply over his head. Despite only having been a mage for two years, he must contend with a whirlwind of doomsday cults, abuse of power in the mundane world, deadly divine politics, and prophetic mages voluntarily institutionalizing themselves all while navigating his feelings for a mysterious new friend. And now a colleague is asking him, the Champion of Law, to be an accessory to a felony. He most definitely d ...