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Whistleblower: Having Ethics Regardless of the Outcome
Author: Edward R. Lane(Georgia)
Publisher: Dr Rock Press
ISBN: 978-0-692-14588-3
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Title: Whistleblower: Having Ethics Regardless of the Outcome
Pages: 92
Formats: Available in paperback or eBook
Paperback: $12.99
eBook: $2.99
SUMMARY
“This book details my story as the focus of a whistle-blower case that garnered national attention and was eventually ruled in my favor by the US Supreme Court.” Edward Roscoe Lane is a dedicated professional with over thirty years of experience working in different areas of the criminal justice arena. He received his Master of Public Administration Degree from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville Alabama. Mr. Lane worked for Alabama department of corrections for over fourteen years before working with the Alabama pardons and parole department for over seven years. He became the Director of Community Intensive Treatment for Youth (C.I.T.Y), a juvenile program operated by Central Alabama Community College.
Decoding the Phoenix
Author: MD Tchaves (New York)
Publisher: Shoot for the Stars Publishing
ISBN: 978-0692922828
Card Catalogue Number: 2017949660
Title: Decoding the Phoenix
Pages: 288
Formats: Available in paperback or eBook
Paperback: $12.99
eBook: $3.99
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In the vein of Dan Brown, MD Tchaves takes the reader on an electrifying hunt for what is real and what is possible, encountering along the way politics, conspiracy, fringe medicine, history, and language, and what it means to survive—thrive, even—when you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Decoding the Phoenix is a 50,000-word thriller that proves that love and humor may not be the answer, but that without these variables there is no worthy solution to any challenging problem or improbable situation.
Labors of an Epic Punk
Author: Mark and Sheri Dursin (Conneticut)
Publisher: Twin Wizards Press
ISBN: 978-0-9988336-0-6
Card Catalogue Control Number: 2017914376
Title: Labors of an Epic Punk
Pages: 306
Size: 6×9
Weight: 1.2lbs
Formats: Available in paperback or eBook
Paperback: $16.99
eBook: $3.99
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Mac is an epic punk. No wonder: after his dad went off to fight in the Trojan War and never came back, Mac spent his childhood evading his mom’s scumbag suitors—all one-hundred-and-eight of them. Of course, he turned out this way—a moody, friendless sixteen-year-old who blows off work, alienates everyone at school, and pulls pranks. But when he trains a flock of birds to defecate on the headmaster, Mac (short for Telemachus) goes too far. The administrators give him an ultimatum: prove that he’s truly the son of Odysseus by doing something heroic—or get out. A school story that just so happens to take place 3,000 years ago, Labors of an Epic Punk is a tale of friendship and transformation, regret and redemption, and a reminder to us all that even heroes need to survive adolescence.
Four Months in Brighton Park (Wisconsin)
Author: Larry Ehrhorn
Publisher: Madijean Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-6929284-6-2
Card Catalogue Control Number: 2017915977
Pages: 252
Size: 6×9
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Weight: 15.7 ounces
Paperback: $12.99
ebook: $2.99
KIRKUS REVIEW
Debut novelist Ehrhorn works impressive CPR on a trope that has been done to death: the Sturm und Drang of surviving high school.
In 1960s-era Chicago, Talbot High School senior Kelly Elliott is living not the dream, but the nightmare. His acne is all but terminal; he has never had a date; he has just wised off to Joe Swedarsky, the class bully–and that’s just the start of his torments. His single mother, left by his feckless father years ago, has a sometime lover who is a cheater and dangerously abusive. His high school teachers are the typical mixed and sometimes-sadistic bag. There are the usual high school embarrassments, as when Kelly lets loose the fart heard ’round the gym right in front of Laura LeDuc, head cheerleader who seems so sweet but–he finally learns–is a player, a manipulator. He does find love, after a fashion, with Linda Martinsen, who is worthy of it. His real connection, however, is with Mary Harker (aka Ginny Dare), a stripper who understands him, anchors him, comforts him. These lessons are painful but necessary. Senior year does come to a merciful end, finding a newly reflective Kelly, a Kelly who has found a real measure of understanding and acceptance of hard truths. Ehrhorn writes well. One finds sentences like, “The series of life’s dominoes were continuing their cascade” to describe Kelly’s hapless, up-and-down life. The chapters are almost self-contained episodes, each contributing to Kelly’s education. An interesting point is that it is the women–Kelly’s mom, Linda Martinsen, and especially Mary Harker–who are his most valuable teachers, while the males–Swedarsky, Kelly’s long-gone father, the abusive Dan Phillips, and others–are the anti role models. The most poignant passages are those between Kelly and Mary Harker. The stripper with a heart of gold is a tired and strained cliché, but Ehrhorn pulls it off beautifully and tenderly. What finally happens to Mary is a godawful kick in the gut but absolutely faithful to the story.
Rings true without being clichéd, a neat trick.
Gym Class Hero
Author: Martin Parks Kalmbach
Publisher: SoTol Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9993597-0-9
Card Catalogue Control Number: 2017915209
Pages: 332
Formats: Available in paperback or eBook
Paperback: $14.99
eBook: $3.99
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Life is throwing a lot at Stevie Kalkannes as he begins his Junior year at Jackson High School. As basketball season approaches in northern Ohio, Stevie wonders whether he should return to playing a game he loves after being the star of the team in junior high, then giving it up in defiance of an overbearing father, a bombastic sports talk show host now divorced from Stevie’s mother – and a very critical older brother, a former star player at Stevie’s school. Gym Class Hero captures the emotions of a high school basketball player as he weaves his way in and out of trouble, often caused by his spurious and irreverent comments directed at coaches and teachers, and his inability to make clutch free throws in the games waning seconds. Adding to Stevie’s high school quandaries is a budding romance with a devilish fickle transfer student. A dating novice, Stevie contemplates whether he should continue to date her as she both boosts and undermines his confidence. Stevie turns to two new friends he meets through his Food and Fitness class for help, mature H.S. Senior girls Alison and Jillian who take him under their wing to advise him about girlfriends, love, mindfulness, and to his surprise, give him basketball tips to improve his game.
In Service of His Master
Author: Balbir Singh Ragi
Publisher: Warwick Group International
ISBN: 978-0-9991117-1-0
Card Catalogue Number: 2017909748
Title: In Service of His Master
Pages: 328
Formats: Available in hardcover, paperback or eBook
Hardcover:
Paperback:$14.99
eBook: $3.99
SUMMARY:
Set in the backdrop of the racial tensions of the sixties, In Service of His Master describes one man’s dream to unite and build a place of worship for his community. After traveling to Britain, Dharam Singh Ragi strives to realize his dream of equal rights, for his community and family in a new country.
Narrated by Dharam Singh’s teenage son, Balbir Singh lifts the cover off of the little known history of how a flourishing Sikh community fought to establish themselves in Britain barely fifteen years after the independence of India and the partition of their homeland of Punjab into two. At the height of change, the Sikhs must learn to live as equals with those considered to be their masters little over a decade earlier. Now, in the season of change, the British must soon learn to accept the people from the colonies as equals.
The Moon and the Stars
Author: R. Calhoun Sargent & Thelonius Fix
Publisher: No Doubt Imagination Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-692-1142-2-3
Card Catalogue Number: 2018948408
Title: The Moon and Stars
Pages: 294
Formats: Available in hardcover, paperback or eBook
Hardcover:
Paperback:$14.99
eBook: $2.99
SUMMARY:
Fifteen year old Dakota Dagger is on the fast track to self discovery. Living on the Greek island of Santorini soon becomes a vague memory when his parent’s plane crashes, leaving Dak an orphan. That is until his maternal grandparents introduce him to his Sioux heritage. Financial hardships, falling in love for the first time and depression leads Dak to discover his inherited ability to capture photographic images through his unique perspective. The Moon and Stars–A Tale of Dak Rising entertains, teaches and reminds us that the rite of passage is always an adventure.