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25 Contributing
Authors |
Sweet Tea and Afternoon Tales
More Stories from the South
GCWA's 2009 Anthology
Contributors include:
Marlyn Allgood
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Shannon Rule Bardwell
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Betty
Wilson Beamguard
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Lottie Boggan
Susan Budavari
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Linda Chubbuck
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Ed Davis
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Lucy J. Dixon
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Fred Farris
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John M. Floyd
Brenda Gable ▪
Nancy Gotter Gates
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Edward Hartman
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Deborah Ledford
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Philip L. Levin
Denton Loving
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Sylvia Lynch
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Merle L. McCann
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Annie McKee
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Terry I. Miles
Jan Rider Newman
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Richelle Putnam
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Bob Strothers
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Ovid Vickers
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Glanda Widger
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25 Contributing
Authors |
Teacakes and
Afternoon Tales
New Stories from Mississippi
GCWA's 2008 Anthology
Contributors include: Ruth White ▪ Darlin’ Neal
▪ M. L. McCann ▪ Richelle Putnam
▪ Diane Miller ▪ Gary Hoffman
Gwendolyn-Joyce Mintz ▪ Wayne Scheer
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Rebecca Chaney ▪ Dixon Hearne ▪ Cheré Coen
Betty Beamguard ▪ Carl Wayne Hardeman
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Philip L. Levin ▪ Elva Avara
▪ Bob Strother
David J. Holcombe ▪ Brennan Harvey
▪ Dahris
H. Clair ▪ Lottie Boggan
▪ Belle Rollins
Shannon Rule Bardwell ▪ Anne McKee
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Victoria Hobbs Olsen ▪ Ross Gresham
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15 Contributing
Authors |
Pieces of Silver
25th
Anniversary Anthology of the Mississippi Poetry Society, South Branch
Edited by
Elva Avara
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Contributors include:
Jim
Atchley
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Elva Avara
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Nelda Broom
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Patty Butkovich
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Judy Davies
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Marian Eisensmith
Brenda
B. Finnegan
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Charles R. Gates
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Joseph E. Gould
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Helen J. Jarvis
Mary C.
Osterman
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Rev. John Ralph
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Dorothy Rogers
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Voncile Ros
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Carol Tucker
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Elva
Avara |
of Sun and Shadowed Places
A
collection of poems, essays, short stories and lyrics
By Elva
Avara
Elva Ware Avara
is
Mississippi’s Poetry Society’s Poet of the Year. A musician as
well as a poet, Avara has composed hymns and anthems used in her church,
Dantzler Memorial United Methodist, including a commemorative piece
marking Dantzler’s 150th anniversary.
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Judy M.
Babb |
From Hell to
Heaven
12 Steps of Bipolar Spiritual Healing
By Judy M. Babb
I have a disorder called bipolar - not a personality quirk.
Join me as I travel from hell, discovering me through the tribulations -
discovering yourself through the steps. There is more to being bipolar
than just medication. It is impossible to cure because it has many
faces. Read
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Betty
Wilson
Beamguard |
How Many Angels Does It Take:
The remarkable life of Heather
Rose Brooks
By Betty Wilson Beamguard
How Many Angels Does It Take
is the
story of two extraordinary women, Heather Rose Brooks and her mother,
Dr. Janice Strang, plus the people who have helped them throughout
Heather's life. Heather is known for her delightful laugh and, more
recently, for driving a horse-drawn carriage with her feet. Read
more...
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Betty Wilson Beamguard
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Rosalyn
Becker |
Silence
Speaks to Me
By Rosalyn Becker
Becker's poetry in Silence Speaks to Me touches upon the
mystical aspects of nature, humanity, and relationships. Her insights
create a sense of peace, and a union between all beings.
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Nancy
Beeler
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Mama, Are You Listening?
A
Novel-in-Stories
By Nancy Beeler
A
Little Girl – A Small Tennessee Town -- A Host of Colorful Characters
Weave the Words of Carolyn Connelly’s Life Story
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more...
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Dale
Bellard |
The Cajun Bomber's Knock Out Cookbook
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Boxing to Beignets -
By Victoria Hobbs
Olsen and Dale Bellard Sr.
The life story of an undefeated boxer,
Dale Bellard, told in anecdotal short stories beginning in the cotton
fields of Louisiana. Many simple tried-and-true Cajun recipes are
sprinkled among the boxer's international tales of boxing.
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Jerusha
Bosarge |
Inventing Ott:
The Legacy of Arthur C. Guyton
By Jerusha Bosarge
Arthur C. “Ott” Guyton was a home
town hero and a great man of science. Known as the Father of Modern
Cardiovascular Physiology, Dr. Guyton influenced countless medical
students directly through his teaching at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center and as sole author of the best-selling medical textbook
of all time. Many of Dr. Guyton’s peers remember him saying, “If you
need it, and it doesn’t exist, invent it.” Read
more...
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Melissa
Carrigee |
Adventures in Home Building
By Melissa
Carrigee
If
you’re a woman facing the prospect of building a home, you’re probably
dealing with lots of questions and choices. It’s easy to be overwhelmed,
but not necessary! Drawing on her experiences in home construction,
author Melissa Carrigee helps you easily navigate through the process
with Adventures in Home Building: Written From a Woman’s Point of
View. Read more...
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D. H.
Clair |
The House on Slocum Road
By D. H. Clair
As through the lens of a camera, she saw him at the edge of
the driveway, his basket laden with newspapers. He’d stopped to resettle
them. Then, satisfied, he’d stepped on the pedal of his bike and pushed
off into the road. A red sports car rounded the corner, careering down
the empty street. Lottie tried to scream a warning... Read more...
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Charles
Cooper |
The
Riddle of Common Sense
By Charles Cooper
The Riddle
of Common Sense, CB Cooper’s debut political satire reveals a
prophetic view of an ideal communist society, where plenty and equality
drive apathy and laziness. Libertarian ideals are reinforced throughout
the story by displaying the folly of their authoritarian counterparts.
The ideology of the book is masked inside a slapstick science fiction
adventure with clumsy invading aliens and oblivious humans. Read
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The
Druthers Sisters |
The
Book of Druthers
By The Druthers Sisters
Linda Ross Aldy, Annetta
Jean Allred, Ann Homer Cook, Beverly Keaton Smith, and Catherine
Hamilton Stroud
When given your
"druthers," the choices you make can illuminate, enlighten, amuse, and
definitely entertain! A unique way to deepen your relationship with
yourself, friends, and family! Read
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Katrina
Estes-Hill |
My Imagination
By
Katrina Estes-Hill
Author Katrina Estes-Hill
takes us on a young girl's imaginary journey into the outside world.
With her jump rope in hand, she creates a friendly water snake named
Einstein and takes a fascinating ride on a unicorn named Dawn. Using
only her imagination, we watch how a child can fill an entire afternoon
with fun and laughter.
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Brenda Brown
Finnegan |
Missing Persons A Collection of
Poetry
By Brenda Brown
Finnegan
Published by the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc.,
Jackson MS
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John
Freeman |
In the Place of Singing
A Collection of
Poetry By John
Freeman
This is an outstanding work,
beautifully crafted, unified, and powerful. In the first part,
beginning with the plainest of Mississippi settings, the poet tests his
memory to explore his roots and the relationships between past and present
- not in the outworn confessional mode, focused on a solipsistic self, but
as a means of discovery of what goes beyond, and was before, and will be
after, the self, in order to move, gradually, toward a recognizable and
whole inner being.
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Dana Rose
Glore-Gray |
Urevia
Crown of Divinity
By
Dana Rose Glore-Gray
The name Urevia means "One with God" or "One with the Divine."
Urevia is one path out of many spiritual paths. It is not a
religion or a cult. Urevia is meant to be used as a tool to enhance the
quality of life.
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Gary D.
Harrington |
A Time of Innocence, A Time of Confidences
By Gary D.
Harrington
The 60’s: “This is the story of a time in American history
when we as a people divided not only among ourselves but within
ourselves. It is the story of a young man’s experience in that time
and of the battles he fought on the streets of America and on the
battlefields of Vietnam.” G. D.
Harrington
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Wilma
Knox |
The Biloxi Traveler
By Wilma Knox
ACROSS THE
SEAS...
The twists and turns that outside forces and personal
choices produce propel this adventure from the Gulf of Mexico to the North
Atlantic. Young veterinarian, Kerry Allen, grapples with the effects of
her lover, Sheriff Frank Borth, taking an irresistible assignment before
their wedding.
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more...
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L. L.
Lee |
Jude's Bench
By L. L. Lee
Jude returns after a four-year absence to caution
his wife, Chris, against remarrying. Chris is not too happy with Jude’s
sudden reappearance and pushy interference with her engagement to the
new man in her life.
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Lee
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Philip
Levin |
Inheritance
By Philip Levin
Tricia Tracy anticipates
receiving a multimillion dollar Inheritance on her
twenty-fifth birthday in four months. She may not live that long.
In her Corpus Christi
newspaper column, Tracy’s Tidbits, she accuses Lupe Garcia of
murdering his wife. He stalks her and attacks her, her life
saved by Bill, a mysterious sailor. Tricia falls madly in love
with Bill, and breaks up with her boyfriend, Mel, a police
detective. Read more...
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Levin
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Teresa
Lynn |
To
Dismiss With Prejudice
By Teresa Lynn
Eugenie Escousse is a
thirty-nine year old married career woman and her biological clock is
ticking. For the past year she has undergone monthly donor inseminations,
fertility medications, lab tests, and surgery -- all with negative
pregnancy results.
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Thomas
Lynn |
Over the Transom
Confessions of a Wannabe Writer
By Thomas Lynn
Readers will find this to be
an ideal book for all poets and writers, whether beginner or pro.
It is fun from cover to cover and instructive as well as entertaining. It
delves into common problems such as computer glitches, power failures,
deadlines, writer's block, posthumous interviews, peer relationships and
language perils. Read more...
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Celine Rose
Marriotti |
Olivia MacCallister, Who Are You?
By Celine Rose Mariotti
When the story begins, Noel and Bobby have just come to visit
their Uncle Eb who lives in Maine. They had never met him before but
through their correspondence, the two children knew they loved their
Uncle. Read more...
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Rose Mariotti
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Ouida J.
Matturri |
Dear Jon
By Ouida J. Matturri
Dear Jon is the story of a southern woman who lived a
simple life until her husband found greener pastures after their only
child went away to college. No female in her family had ever worked
outside of their own home. No one in her family had ever been divorced.
Forced now to rely on early childhood experiences and lessons learned
from her father and grandmother, Jon is thrown into one disaster and
rescue after another as she tries to get her life back together.
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Barr
McClellan |
Blood, Money & Power
How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K..
By
Barr McClellan
The J.F.K.
assassination shocked the world
and changed history. Now after forty years of silence, the secret
conspiracy is finally revealed in the new book that all America is
talking about…
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Anne B.
McKee |
Historic Photos of Mississippi
Test and Captions by Anne B. McKee
Imagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars
through the Mississippi skies. Beginning in the land of Elvis at Tupelo,
one moves down to the Piney Woods of East Central Mississippi where the
ground is covered with fragrant pine straw and where Choctaw moccasins
once walked the trails. Read more...
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Terry
Miles |
This
One's Gonna Kill Ya
By Terry I. Miles
Lenny
Faison has served six years in Parchman Prison for assault and battery.
During this time he has honed his comedy skills. When he is released, he
hits the comedy circuit and finally is going to get his big break at the
Saenger Theatre in Biloxi, MS.
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Terry I. Miles
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Diane
Miller |
Onesie Delilah
By Diane Miller
Onesie
Delilah is Lilah McAfee’s story, from her birth in 1926 in an
Alabama mill town through three-quarters of a century, against the
backdrop of family and community expectations in a Southland undergoing
dramatic social and economic changes.
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Alexander
Molnar |
Blood Cheaper Than Oil
By Alexander Molnar, Jr.
Noting certain
irregularities, a US Congressional
Committee investigates the oil industry for abusive business methods
and price manipulation. But just hours before an oil company CEO
could testify and reveal a seventy-year-old secret, he is brutally
murdered along with his entire family. With this, “The Circle”
thought their big secret -- the one they’ve been fiercely protecting
all these years -- is safe.
Or so they thought.
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Alexander Molnar
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Sue
Monkress |
The Adventures of Will Walker
A
Marco Polo journey
By Sue Monkress
Join Will,
his Father and crazy Uncle on their exciting journey, recreating
the travels of Marco Polo six centuries earlier! Dangerous sea
crossings and desert adventures keep Will and an awesome new friend
constantly wondering: "What’s around the next corner?? …!!!!"
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Tim
Moseley |
Alice Moseley
Her
Life, Her Art, Her Legacy
By Tim Moseley, Mike Krawcheck and
Dale St. Amant
This beautiful book was designed to celebrate Alice Moseley, a
creative, talented lady, whose paintings were not painted to glorify
old days and ways, but to preserve the memory of the people who
lived in hard times, persevered, and triumphed over their
difficulties. Read more...
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Sarah
Newsom |
Starvin Marvin
By Sarah Newsom & Cheryl Grubbs
A humorous book about the relationship
between a man and wife as they cope with his prostrate cancer.
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more...
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Victoria Hobbs
Olsen |
Carnival Stories
A Mississippi Tale of Healing,
Faith, and Enlightenment.
By Victoria Hobbs
Olsen
As we grow older, we often find
that experiences of our youth--experiences perhaps brushed aside as
inconsequential, or as singular events holding no bearing on our seemingly
limitless future--actually prove to be turning points in our
lives.
The lessons Julia learns over the course of her her brief encounters with
the mysterious Jonathan become increasingly valuable over the years, as
her life progresses. Read
more..
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Lee Green
Pope |
The Twelve Outrageous Dancing
Princesses
or The Mystery of the Worn-Out Slippers
By Lee Green Pope
The Twelve Outrageous Dancing Princesses
started out as a play and was produced at the Biloxi Little Theatre,
Gulfport Little Theatre and the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Over 200
young people performed in the separate casts. The audiences for all
these performances amounted to several thousand young people, parents,
relatives, and friends. Read more...
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Shannon
Rulé |
Original Sin
The
Seven Deadlies Come Home to Roost
Including a story by Shannon Rulé Bardwell
"Original Sin- The Seven Deadlies Come Home to Roost"
is a collection of short stories for each of the seven deadly sins.
Each sin is depicted by an original work of art chosen for the book. The
story "Henry and the Naked Ladies" was contributed by Shannon Rule',
GCWA member. Read more...
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Shannon Rulé
Bardwell
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Ruth
Sanders |
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled:
This Too Shall Pass
By Ruth Sanders
This is a must read book
for government employees, former
government employees, active duty personnel, retired military, and every
tax-paying citizens. Read more...
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Sylvia Smith
Skrmetta |
Giovanna: Angels in Hell
By Sylvia Smith
Skrmetta
From the dungeons of a castle in Naples
to the Italian Alps and the American
occupation of Florence, "Giovanna: Angels in Hell" tells the remarkable
true story of a Jewish-Italian girl who grows into a young woman during
the tumultuous years of World War II.
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Elaine
Stevens |
Chameleon,
hanging by my tale
By Edward Lawrence Fassel
edited & with a
forward by Elaine Stevens
Ed reveals
many colors of his chameleon-like nature in chapters introduced by
his own poetry. It is a beautiful autobiography, overflowing with
anecdotes and revelations. Read more...
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Elaine Stevens
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Ayleene
Thompson |
Dead Cats, Potato Soup & a Naked Man
By Ayleene Thompson
Characters in this selection of short stories range from
jilted brides, cheating husbands, a homosexual young man and an old
woman cooking her last holiday dinner. Then there is Toad, the mentally
challenged boy who knows a thing or two about getting on with life.
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Tommie
Thompson |
The Hair of the Dog
A Poignant Journey Through the World of a
Down and Out Alcoholic
By Tommie Thompson
Somewhere,
children are
crying out for the want of their father; a wife hugs a pillow as she
prays for sleep to temporarily take away her torment. Somewhere, a
parent’s
heart is aching at the thought
of having lost a child to the temptations
of
addiction.
Somewhere, an addict is crying out, “Please, help me!” Read more...
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Jay
Waitkus |
In the Depths of
Shadows
By Jay Waitkus
Jay Waitkus' study of evil is everything a topnotch crime thriller is
supposed to be: engrossing, gritty, and smart. Intriguing characters,
high-stakes conflict, and plenty of duplicity provide the fuel for the
story -- and will keep readers turning pages at a breakneck pace!
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Chariss
Walker |
Make a Joyful Noise
Searching for a Spiritual Path in a Material World
By
Chariss K Walker
It is no coincidence that you have found this book. You may have
read the bible from cover to cover many times, but there are always new
verses to notice each time you read it. There are always new tidbits
tucked here and there that speak to an open and receptive heart. Life,
love, and living are about being open and receptive.
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