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Our Planets: Moons, Myths, & More by Derek R. King & Julie L. Kusma
YA and Teen Educational Science Astronomy
From the first page to the last, Our Planets takes you on a journey through our magnificent Universe. Our Planets offers a fun way to learn and explore the solar system. As you flip through each page, dare to imagine the beauty that each celestial object provides.
Your first stop on this planetary voyage will be in the Milky Way Galaxy, where you will observe unique constellations and other galactic objects.
You’ll be guided through the solar system, where you’ll be introduced to the different types of planets. Each planet is unique in its composition; some may be uninhabitable, while others may suggest the possibility of life.
Next, you’ll meet past and present astronomers and what they are most famous for.
At the end of your glorious planetary journey, you’ll find coloring book pages, a board game, and a passport game. Links to additional learning resources are also provided.
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Release Date: June 17, 2022
From the first page to the last, Our Planets takes you on a journey through our magnificent Universe. Our Planets offers a fun way to learn and explore the solar system. As you flip through each page, dare to imagine the beauty that each celestial object provides.
Your first stop on this planetary voyage will be in the Milky Way Galaxy, where you will observe unique constellations and other galactic objects.
You’ll be guided through the solar system, where you’ll be introduced to the different types of planets. Each planet is unique in its composition; some may be uninhabitable, while others may suggest the possibility of life.
Next, you’ll meet past and present astronomers and what they are most famous for.
At the end of your glorious planetary journey, you’ll find coloring book pages, a board game, and a passport game. Links to additional learning resources are also provided.
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Release Date: June 17, 2022
The Poetry Mouse by Derek R. King & Julie L. Kusma
Children's Storybook
Evie believes there is more to life than taking care of her house and baking for her friends. She’s not like the other mice. She has a different path; her purpose is to write poetry.
Being a mouse, she longs for the simplicity of nature. So, every day she sneaks past the woods and into the meadow where she writes her inspired words. She might even find encouragement from a friend to submit her poems.
This is Evie's story of finding her authentic self, becoming brave enough to do what she loves, and ultimately sharing her gift with the world as The Poetry Mouse.
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Release Date: June 2, 2022
Evie believes there is more to life than taking care of her house and baking for her friends. She’s not like the other mice. She has a different path; her purpose is to write poetry.
Being a mouse, she longs for the simplicity of nature. So, every day she sneaks past the woods and into the meadow where she writes her inspired words. She might even find encouragement from a friend to submit her poems.
This is Evie's story of finding her authentic self, becoming brave enough to do what she loves, and ultimately sharing her gift with the world as The Poetry Mouse.
Amazon.com
Release Date: June 2, 2022
Once Upon a Kiss by Selena Robins
Contemporary Romance
Jason O'Neil has one job—and it isn't falling in love with a local…
Known as the Master of Acquisitions and armed with savvy and charisma, acquiring Sabrina Monroe's land for a golf resort is an easy purchase.
His strategy is sound until the tenacious and unyielding landowner literally throws a wrench into his plans when a mix-up leads him to assume the identity of a handyman.
He's determined to succeed where other land developers have failed, trading in his designer briefcase for a tool case and concocting clever ways to hide his utter lack of handyman skills. Being attracted to her is a setback, getting involved is a complication, falling in love was never part of the plan.
Sabrina Monroe doesn't ask for much…
A steady income, a reliable car, uninterrupted naps, logical explanations for the mystical happenings in her life, and a force field around her land that repels people who threaten her sanity—especially the entitled suits who want to convert her family's property into an overpriced golf resort. A man she could trust would be a bonus.
Caught somewhere between fate and Murphy's law, Sabrina finds herself falling for the handyman, who appeared on her doorstep out of thin air. Stranger things have happened. She should know.
Jason and Sabrina both want the same thing—her land…and each other. Can their desires transcend the forces that work against them? Especially when the truth is revealed …
Sassy, reflective and uplifting, ONCE UPON A KISS is a sensually sweet—with dashes of cayenne heat, romantic comedy with an added touch of mysticism.
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Release Date: March 8, 2022
Jason O'Neil has one job—and it isn't falling in love with a local…
Known as the Master of Acquisitions and armed with savvy and charisma, acquiring Sabrina Monroe's land for a golf resort is an easy purchase.
His strategy is sound until the tenacious and unyielding landowner literally throws a wrench into his plans when a mix-up leads him to assume the identity of a handyman.
He's determined to succeed where other land developers have failed, trading in his designer briefcase for a tool case and concocting clever ways to hide his utter lack of handyman skills. Being attracted to her is a setback, getting involved is a complication, falling in love was never part of the plan.
Sabrina Monroe doesn't ask for much…
A steady income, a reliable car, uninterrupted naps, logical explanations for the mystical happenings in her life, and a force field around her land that repels people who threaten her sanity—especially the entitled suits who want to convert her family's property into an overpriced golf resort. A man she could trust would be a bonus.
Caught somewhere between fate and Murphy's law, Sabrina finds herself falling for the handyman, who appeared on her doorstep out of thin air. Stranger things have happened. She should know.
Jason and Sabrina both want the same thing—her land…and each other. Can their desires transcend the forces that work against them? Especially when the truth is revealed …
Sassy, reflective and uplifting, ONCE UPON A KISS is a sensually sweet—with dashes of cayenne heat, romantic comedy with an added touch of mysticism.
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Release Date: March 8, 2022
Murder Most Academic: The 2nd Harley Broder Mystery by Harry Boehm
Mystery
On January 17, 1991, Simon Kramer, Professor of English at the prestigious Claiborne University in New Orleans, is discovered by the Department secretary hanging from a beam in his office. He is naked, wearing panty hose and very dead. The police note the knocked over stool nearby and conclude death by autoerotic asphyxiation, sanitized to "death by misadventure." Kramer's decades younger wife, Mignon, believes her husband was not a pervert and was murdered. She hires Harley Broder, former academic now private investigator, to look into the sordid underpinnings of the Claiborne University English Department, chaired by her husband, to sort out the truth. He's given the cover of "cleaning out her husband's office" so he can delve into who might have wanted Simon Kramer dead.
It doesn't take long for Harley to find that virtually everyone in the department had an excellent reason to want the chairman dead. On top of vicious departmental infighting and complicated sexual liaisons, a colorful group of misfits comprising the "Palm Leaf Poetry Reading Society," which meets regularly at the Oak Street bar The Palm Leaf, seems to have been intertwined with Simon during the last six months of his life. The group is led by Greg Muldive, a rail thin, alcoholic former academic nursing glasses of Scotch and grudges against the whole of Academe, his inamorata, Gloria Prejean, and hanger-on John Canizarro.
Harley, who lives with his beloved beagle Raindrop in a rented Uptown shotgun house, finds himself shunted all over Uptown New Orleans and involved in a later murder investigation, preempted into a bizarre funeral extravaganza featuring the Olympia Brass Band, a streetcar ride to the Gondola tower left over from the 1984 World's Fair, a harrowing cable gondola ride 360 feet above the mile-wide Mississippi, and various other misadventures. His friend Millie Jefferson, first Black woman detective in the NOPD, maintains a wary relationship with Broder.
When most of the strings have been untangled and Broder has a fairly clear idea of whether Simon's dead was planned and who might be responsible, events come to a climactic denouement. Rich in odd characters and bizarre behaviors, this mystery should be one that academics and non-academics can enjoy.
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Release Date: February 9, 2022
On January 17, 1991, Simon Kramer, Professor of English at the prestigious Claiborne University in New Orleans, is discovered by the Department secretary hanging from a beam in his office. He is naked, wearing panty hose and very dead. The police note the knocked over stool nearby and conclude death by autoerotic asphyxiation, sanitized to "death by misadventure." Kramer's decades younger wife, Mignon, believes her husband was not a pervert and was murdered. She hires Harley Broder, former academic now private investigator, to look into the sordid underpinnings of the Claiborne University English Department, chaired by her husband, to sort out the truth. He's given the cover of "cleaning out her husband's office" so he can delve into who might have wanted Simon Kramer dead.
It doesn't take long for Harley to find that virtually everyone in the department had an excellent reason to want the chairman dead. On top of vicious departmental infighting and complicated sexual liaisons, a colorful group of misfits comprising the "Palm Leaf Poetry Reading Society," which meets regularly at the Oak Street bar The Palm Leaf, seems to have been intertwined with Simon during the last six months of his life. The group is led by Greg Muldive, a rail thin, alcoholic former academic nursing glasses of Scotch and grudges against the whole of Academe, his inamorata, Gloria Prejean, and hanger-on John Canizarro.
Harley, who lives with his beloved beagle Raindrop in a rented Uptown shotgun house, finds himself shunted all over Uptown New Orleans and involved in a later murder investigation, preempted into a bizarre funeral extravaganza featuring the Olympia Brass Band, a streetcar ride to the Gondola tower left over from the 1984 World's Fair, a harrowing cable gondola ride 360 feet above the mile-wide Mississippi, and various other misadventures. His friend Millie Jefferson, first Black woman detective in the NOPD, maintains a wary relationship with Broder.
When most of the strings have been untangled and Broder has a fairly clear idea of whether Simon's dead was planned and who might be responsible, events come to a climactic denouement. Rich in odd characters and bizarre behaviors, this mystery should be one that academics and non-academics can enjoy.
Amazon.com
Release Date: February 9, 2022
Grief Is Love - A Memoir of Surviving Bereavement by Mary Deal
Memoir
After losing her long-term partner, through poetry and essay, the author shares the turmoil and often-times bewildering depths of her grief.
This memoir exposes the spectrum of emotions with which those suffering loss will become familiar or already experience. The author holds back nothing of her odyssey of despair. Her experiences and much she has learned to help herself provides other survivors a chance to see that they are not alone. Though everyone’s grief is different, still all grief is surprisingly similar in its basis. Hope is found in familiarity with another’s grief and no one should endure the bereavement process alone.
Following the author’s progression through relentless sorrow and finally redemption lets others know there is validation for their emotional suffering. An easing of the pain occurs as the memory of loss takes its place among all other memories of the life shared with departed loved ones. This memoir offers helpful advice for survivors who endure their grief till the puzzle of life meshes back together again in a new pattern.
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Release Date: February 8, 2022
After losing her long-term partner, through poetry and essay, the author shares the turmoil and often-times bewildering depths of her grief.
This memoir exposes the spectrum of emotions with which those suffering loss will become familiar or already experience. The author holds back nothing of her odyssey of despair. Her experiences and much she has learned to help herself provides other survivors a chance to see that they are not alone. Though everyone’s grief is different, still all grief is surprisingly similar in its basis. Hope is found in familiarity with another’s grief and no one should endure the bereavement process alone.
Following the author’s progression through relentless sorrow and finally redemption lets others know there is validation for their emotional suffering. An easing of the pain occurs as the memory of loss takes its place among all other memories of the life shared with departed loved ones. This memoir offers helpful advice for survivors who endure their grief till the puzzle of life meshes back together again in a new pattern.
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Release Date: February 8, 2022
The Nuclear Zoo by JD Hancock
Historical Fiction
The year is 1976, and a Cold War exists between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US maintains top-secret tactical nuclear arsenals at remote sites throughout West Germany to deter a Soviet attack. Soldiers at these sites live with the threat of invasion and are in danger of attack from highly trained, highly motivated terrorist organizations. The soldiers are young, isolated Americans in the British sector with little to pass the time except for sex, drugs, and alcohol. A chance meeting between a beautiful young German and a disgruntled soldier leads a terrorist organization to their holy grail, a nuclear bomb. Trained by the PLO and helped by their alluring seductress, the most dangerous terrorists in Europe devise a plan to steal a nuke from a top-secret storage site. Embers that could ignite WW III are smoldering in central Germany. Dan Nadler, a young private, finds himself thrust between the hardened terrorists and the possibility of a nuclear war. The green recruit, thrown into the fight of his life, needs to find out quickly if he is up to the challenge.
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Release Date: January 31, 2022
The year is 1976, and a Cold War exists between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US maintains top-secret tactical nuclear arsenals at remote sites throughout West Germany to deter a Soviet attack. Soldiers at these sites live with the threat of invasion and are in danger of attack from highly trained, highly motivated terrorist organizations. The soldiers are young, isolated Americans in the British sector with little to pass the time except for sex, drugs, and alcohol. A chance meeting between a beautiful young German and a disgruntled soldier leads a terrorist organization to their holy grail, a nuclear bomb. Trained by the PLO and helped by their alluring seductress, the most dangerous terrorists in Europe devise a plan to steal a nuke from a top-secret storage site. Embers that could ignite WW III are smoldering in central Germany. Dan Nadler, a young private, finds himself thrust between the hardened terrorists and the possibility of a nuclear war. The green recruit, thrown into the fight of his life, needs to find out quickly if he is up to the challenge.
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Release Date: January 31, 2022
No Place Like Home (Mischievous Malamute Mystery Series, Book 7) by Harley Christensen
Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Look around your street. At your neighbors. You may occasionally wave to one another, but do you truly know them? Perhaps you don’t want to. Because what goes on behind their closed doors is not any of your business.
Until it is.
~~~
Arianna Jackson’s best friend, Leah, is missing. Her car is abandoned at the airport. Her key possessions are still present. Blood is dripping from the trunk. A lot of it.
Her last known sighting was at a club she would never frequent — one where people are lured to after-parties at vacation rental properties in seemingly quiet, normal neighborhoods.
That is, until girls begin to go missing when the party is over. And others turn up dead.
In order to track Leah’s path, AJ must elicit assistance from several unlikely sources who are at odds with one another, many of whom are known to have ulterior motives. Along the way, she must not only rely on these sources, she must decipher the truth from the lies in an underground world where silence is a non-negotiable. And the cost of admission may just be her life.
While based on fiction, No Place Like Home addresses questions we are currently facing:
Are you aware of what is going on in your own neighborhood? What are you willing to risk to keep your loved ones safe? Join AJ in this suspense-filled, edge-of-your-seat thriller as she races to find her best friend and bring her home. Alive.
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Release Date: January 10, 2022
Look around your street. At your neighbors. You may occasionally wave to one another, but do you truly know them? Perhaps you don’t want to. Because what goes on behind their closed doors is not any of your business.
Until it is.
~~~
Arianna Jackson’s best friend, Leah, is missing. Her car is abandoned at the airport. Her key possessions are still present. Blood is dripping from the trunk. A lot of it.
Her last known sighting was at a club she would never frequent — one where people are lured to after-parties at vacation rental properties in seemingly quiet, normal neighborhoods.
That is, until girls begin to go missing when the party is over. And others turn up dead.
In order to track Leah’s path, AJ must elicit assistance from several unlikely sources who are at odds with one another, many of whom are known to have ulterior motives. Along the way, she must not only rely on these sources, she must decipher the truth from the lies in an underground world where silence is a non-negotiable. And the cost of admission may just be her life.
While based on fiction, No Place Like Home addresses questions we are currently facing:
Are you aware of what is going on in your own neighborhood? What are you willing to risk to keep your loved ones safe? Join AJ in this suspense-filled, edge-of-your-seat thriller as she races to find her best friend and bring her home. Alive.
Amazon.com
Release Date: January 10, 2022
Santa Baby: two studs & baby makes three by BL Wilson
Fiction, LGBTQ Romance, Lesbian Romance
Normally cool, calm, and collected Percy Burnette is in trouble. Her life is falling apart. After she assaulted one of her best friends and shot her ex-fiancée, she is losing control of her world. All she feels is a burning rage. She has no idea where it’s coming from or how to stop her craziness towards folks that she thought she loved. While awaiting arraignment within the city’s correction system, she has a one-stand with her cellmate a woman she’s known for less than 24 hours. Before entering the correction system, she conducts an affair with her arresting officer Detective Mary Bethune (MB) Collins.
Now, Percy has done her time in the corrections system. She suspects MB of cheating with one of the rookie detectives she’s required to train. However, MB is not playing around. MB is falling in love with Percy but doesn’t know how to tell her. They had agreed at the beginning of the relationship, they were in it for companionship and safe sex. Percy means more than that and MB wants to show her with a special gift of love.
Will Percy accept this life-changing gift, or will she give in to the loss of control she feels when her back is to the wall? Find out in Santa Baby, two studs & baby makes three.
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Release Date: December 2, 2021
Normally cool, calm, and collected Percy Burnette is in trouble. Her life is falling apart. After she assaulted one of her best friends and shot her ex-fiancée, she is losing control of her world. All she feels is a burning rage. She has no idea where it’s coming from or how to stop her craziness towards folks that she thought she loved. While awaiting arraignment within the city’s correction system, she has a one-stand with her cellmate a woman she’s known for less than 24 hours. Before entering the correction system, she conducts an affair with her arresting officer Detective Mary Bethune (MB) Collins.
Now, Percy has done her time in the corrections system. She suspects MB of cheating with one of the rookie detectives she’s required to train. However, MB is not playing around. MB is falling in love with Percy but doesn’t know how to tell her. They had agreed at the beginning of the relationship, they were in it for companionship and safe sex. Percy means more than that and MB wants to show her with a special gift of love.
Will Percy accept this life-changing gift, or will she give in to the loss of control she feels when her back is to the wall? Find out in Santa Baby, two studs & baby makes three.
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Release Date: December 2, 2021
The Devil Plays for Keeps by Alicia
Christian Fiction, Urban Fiction
Lamar and Janice met in church and started dating. After accepting an invitation to visit Lamar’s family home, Janice discovers something wonderful but concerning. When Janice leaves her family, church, and career, to be with her husband, she finds that her new life isn't what she thought it would be. Five members of the Chisolm family pull up a chair to play cards with the devil when Janice and another family member make a decision that exposes shocking family secrets. Will this tight-knit family be able to forgive? Who will get to keep it all once the devil displays its hand?
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Release Date: October 28, 2021
Lamar and Janice met in church and started dating. After accepting an invitation to visit Lamar’s family home, Janice discovers something wonderful but concerning. When Janice leaves her family, church, and career, to be with her husband, she finds that her new life isn't what she thought it would be. Five members of the Chisolm family pull up a chair to play cards with the devil when Janice and another family member make a decision that exposes shocking family secrets. Will this tight-knit family be able to forgive? Who will get to keep it all once the devil displays its hand?
Amazon.com
Release Date: October 28, 2021
American Conspiracy by M.J. Polelle
Political Thriller
The presumed president-elect has been assassinated. The fate of the United States is at stake when the election is thrown into Congress for resolution. And Det. Jim Murphy becomes the scapegoat when the country is thrown into a constitutional crisis. His shame is even more profound now that Bryan, his rivalrous brother, from the Justice Department has come to investigate. Throwing himself into his own investigation of the mysterious murders of gangbangers, Jim uncovers a coup attempt by a Big Pharma tycoon to oust the "backdoor:" president chosen by the House of Representatives. Jim must unite with his brother and the "backdoor" president to stop the coup.
"A stellar novel of action, adventure, and intrigue." --- Steve Berry, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author
"...[A] novel with twists and turns that will keep readers hooked." ---KIRKUS REVIEWS
"...[A] solidly thought-provoking, action-packed story that's hard to predict or put down.,"---MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
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Release Date: July 23, 2021
The presumed president-elect has been assassinated. The fate of the United States is at stake when the election is thrown into Congress for resolution. And Det. Jim Murphy becomes the scapegoat when the country is thrown into a constitutional crisis. His shame is even more profound now that Bryan, his rivalrous brother, from the Justice Department has come to investigate. Throwing himself into his own investigation of the mysterious murders of gangbangers, Jim uncovers a coup attempt by a Big Pharma tycoon to oust the "backdoor:" president chosen by the House of Representatives. Jim must unite with his brother and the "backdoor" president to stop the coup.
"A stellar novel of action, adventure, and intrigue." --- Steve Berry, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author
"...[A] novel with twists and turns that will keep readers hooked." ---KIRKUS REVIEWS
"...[A] solidly thought-provoking, action-packed story that's hard to predict or put down.,"---MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Amazon.com
Release Date: July 23, 2021
Loveda Brown - Summer Storm by Jolie Tunnell
Historical Cozy Mystery Series
A train robbery gone awry catapults a gang of outlaws into Idyllwild where they settle on a new target.
In the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, Loveda Brown's guests stir up a perfect storm. One has a secret, one has a plan, and one has a grudge worth killing over. As she unravels the truth, Loveda must betray the people she loves in order to protect them, and nothing less than a local legend can light her way to redemption.
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Release Date: July 4, 2021
A train robbery gone awry catapults a gang of outlaws into Idyllwild where they settle on a new target.
In the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, Loveda Brown's guests stir up a perfect storm. One has a secret, one has a plan, and one has a grudge worth killing over. As she unravels the truth, Loveda must betray the people she loves in order to protect them, and nothing less than a local legend can light her way to redemption.
Amazon.com
Release Date: July 4, 2021
Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel by Alice McVeigh
Historical Fiction, Romance
Sixteen-year-old Susan Smithson – clever but capricious – has just been expelled from her London school. Her guardian sends her into the country for "safety."
However, after two proposals, a death, an unexpected bequest and a still more unexpected elopement, Susan finds herself in more trouble than ever...
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Release Date: June 30, 2021
Sixteen-year-old Susan Smithson – clever but capricious – has just been expelled from her London school. Her guardian sends her into the country for "safety."
However, after two proposals, a death, an unexpected bequest and a still more unexpected elopement, Susan finds herself in more trouble than ever...
Amazon.com
Release Date: June 30, 2021
