Their father says he’ll never cut his tree down. The bird calls are calming, The shade is soothing, The tree is for tying. It’s his knotting tree. Based on experiences shared by Robert Prado da Fonseca, macrame artist in Brazil, this story reminds us of the importance of family traditions, such as art forms, in … Read more
Navigating the stormy seas of the 1960s wasn’t easy, especially if Vietnam was on your horizon. Ignoring his 2-S selective service deferment, Conor Patrick McKall volunteers for the draft, and Uncle Sam promptly deposits him in the Big Green Machine. Six months later McKall is walking point in jungles, rice paddies, and rubber plantations. In … Read more
This is the story of Perry Barnes, a multi-talented man who made one bad teenage mistake in the weeks leading up to his high school graduation in 1942. On a lark he “borrowed” some jewelry that wasn’t technically his. The local judge took it personally and gave Perry the choice of an assignment to a … Read more
Dive into the heart of a war-torn land where beauty and brutality collide in Sketches from the Periphery, a stunning debut novel by MP Summers. Set against the volatile backdrop of Darfur in 2005, this gripping tale follows Alexander Barr, a young American contractor thrust into the chaos of the African Union Peacekeeping Mission. From … Read more
Introverted backpacker Jeremy wanders off trail and discovers an eccentric, otherworldly town nestled in a mountain basin. The people he finds there are pleasant, but a little bit peculiar. He befriends a reticent doctor and his wife, who is struggling with dementia, and Margery, who regularly leaps from a cliff in death-defying bungee jumps. Why, … Read more
Life had never been easy for Clover. With the loss of her mother at birth and her grandmother’s descent into dementia, she felt like she was constantly dodging curveballs. But nothing could have prepared her for the devastating heartbreak of losing her best friend and soulmate, Elliot. Crushed by grief, Clover is encouraged by her … Read more
WARNING: This book is not for everyone. If you believe the foundation principles of Conventional Medicine are beyond question, this book is not for you. If you have the conviction that chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation are the only possible treatments for cancer, please do not buy this book. Breast Cancer Is a Misdiagnosis explores the … Read more