Chasing the Dream

Chasing the Dream

by Kathleen Haun In Kathleen Haun's fifth book, she invites us into the ramshackle mining camps of the 1848 California gold rush during a time in history that changed the state, the country and the world in dramatic and unexpected ways. When enterprising women heard that miners would pay for good food, they traveled to the [...]
For The Love Of Opera

For The Love Of Opera

by George W. Fellows Opera is theater. The idea of acting out a story with music and movement is as old as humankind. The Greeks paved the way with their theatrical presentations, and by the time of the Italian Renaissance all the ingredients for opera were taking shape. Around 1600 Claudio Monteverdi composed the great [...]
Dear Carrie

Dear Carrie

by Kathleen Haun Letters written in 1878 by a young woman new to the West, and found in an old trunk in the twenty-first century, reveal the daily life of a bygone era in the towns along the Eastern Sierra of California. Revealed are the early pioneers who settled this part of the state, the early [...]
True Devotion to Mary

True Devotion to Mary

by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort This book is a new English translation of a classic 18th century French work by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. It is THE seminal treatise on Marian devotion, a must read for anyone wishing to delve more deeply into the core of Catholic spirituality and the eternal quest for [...]
Sham

Sham

by Mary Walsh An American champion at heart, "The Magnificent Sham" achieved an unofficial record for the second-fastest time in the history of the Kentucky Derby. He remains second only to the legendary Secretariat. Ironically, challenging Secretariat for the 1973 Triple Crown abruptly shattered his quest for fame and almost ended his life. This compelling book [...]
No Trees for Shade

No Trees for Shade

by Kathleen Haun Kathleen's fourth historical novel once again gives the reader an opportunity to escape into the events that played out in the pioneer towns along the Eastern Sierra. If you ever wondered what it was like to live in the infamous town of Bodie, California during its exciting and fateful peak years, you [...]
The Little Girl Who Missed the Train

The Little Girl Who Missed the Train

by Ole Romer During World War Two, the chance discovery of a little Jewish girl hidden at a Munich train station while the rest of her family were sent off to a concentration camp, leads two very politically opposite students to partner in an epic and reckless quest as they gradually fall in love with each [...]
The Medium who Baffled Houdini

The Medium who Baffled Houdini

by Elaine M. Kuzmeskus "Houdini the Magician Stumped," proclaimed the Boston Herald in 1924. Who was this medium who baffled Houdini? None other than Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon. "Margery the Medium" made headlines throughout the 1920s. She captivated not only Harvard professors, but the editors of Scientific American with her [...]
The Iron Men of Metz

The Iron Men of Metz

by Tobias O. Vogt The Iron Men of Metz is a colorful collection of oral histories offered in their entirety. The book begins with the circumstances leading up to World War II and an overview of the African, European and Pacific Theaters of Operation. An outline of the division's actions carries the reader along the blazing [...]
Vinyl Lives On

Vinyl Lives On

by James P. Goss Vinyl Lives On spotlights several well known musician/collectors and includes in-depth interviews with sixteen U.S. music retailers. Featured musicians: Theo Dasbach - singer/songwriter/pianist; Founder, Rock and Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi Ray Benson - singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer; Co-Founder, Asleep at the Wheel Henry Rollins - singer/songwriter/actor/radio show host; Black Flag, Rollins Band Bill Frisell - [...]
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