A Dental Odyssey

The author's recollections are a rare look inside Dentistry, within a meaningful and entertaining historic framework. The level of detail is unstinting and refreshing, providing health consumers with satisfying nuggets of solid information. Selden's message is clear: valuable benefits accrue when the patient becomes an informed partner with the Doctor, especially in interpreting symptoms. Within a towering Rocky Mountain ski resort, we are drawn into the arcane world of dental decay, from its cause to its epidemic levels during the Middle Ages--along with the Bubonic plague, dental infections defined those tragic European years. The fascinating history of acupuncture, and its introduction to American Medicine and Dentistry is detailed and exciting. Selden highlights this section by telling how he amazingly stops a patient's agonizing toothache with his first use of acupuncture. The inner world of root canal therapy, seen through an operating microscope, provides clarity and understanding. The very moving account of Selden's failure to successfully treat an important tooth for a patient, leads to her consoling him; a rare reversal of roles. Reaching back to Dental School days, we hear how the confrontation with cadavers, along with their noxious odors, challenges the determination of some to follow this career. Truly, an uplifting and enlightning Dental Odyssey.

A Dental Odyssey
Dr. Howard Seldon
ISBN No. 978-098413427-4
Price: $19.95 US, $21.95 CAN



An Unfinished House

An Unfinished House 

Steel yourselves readers, because nothing you have ever read can prepare you for An Unfinished House, K. Patrick Malone's most harrowing and uncompromising foray yet into the darkness of both the natural and supernatural, and New York Book Festival 2009 Fiction First Runner Up. Michael Golden, a hard working, everyday family man and builder comes home from work one evening to find that his shy home maker wife has been killed in a car accident leaving him with two small children in the historic old colonial house they'd just bought. But something no one could have ever imagined happens when an outlaw biker arrives on his doorstep with a secret so devastating that it rocks An Unfinished House and those who live there to the very core of their existence; tearing the face off of human emotion and redefining the meaning of the word "love" with a haunting that will peel the paint off your walls and an ending that will leave you . . .shattered. Feel welcome, readers, come into An Unfinished House, comforted by the smell of cinnamon baking in the kitchen and ducks swimming on the placid lake out back. But be warned, you will not leave the same way because, by the end, everything you ever thought you knew about life, death and love will have changed completely. No one comes away from Unfinished . . untouched. And as such, the author, K. Patrick Malone and publisher, A-Argus Books, attach a five hanky warning alert as part of this disclaimer.

An Unfinished House
K. Patrick Malone
ISBN No. 978-0-9819075-8-1
ISBN No. 0-9819075-8-X
15.95 US, 18.95 CAN


Blood Line

Blood Line

A gripping mystery begins to unfold in the mile-high city. A young journalist discovers herself drawn into murky waters. A C.I.A. investigaton begins to unravel and two people become the center of it all.
Charlene Morgan enver expected her life to change so drastically. A new job in a new town should come with exciting perks. Instead, she finds herself embroiled in a steamy affair with an enigma from her past and deep into an investigation that turns deadly.
Nicholas Devon is a successful bachelor, living a charmed life until his past walks through his office door. Unexpectely, he finds himself trying to protect his future while running from his disturbing past. A beautiful woman may be all that stands between insanity and salvation.

Blood Line
Samantha Shu
ISBN No. 978-0-9841342-4-3
19.95 US, 21.95 CAN



Bloodthirsty

Bloodthirsty

For Agent Timber Byrne of the FBI this case was just another situation where she must appease the locals. That is, until she realizes that the locals are lead by Detective Robin Blake, of the Denver police department's homocide squad; a murder cop and a blast from her past.
As bodies start piling up, Detective Blake and Special Agent Byrne are forced to put their past aside and find a bloodthirsty killer. One crisis after another pushes these two professionals towards a cataclysmic finale. Will these two stubborn, yet brilliant, minds come together to solve the most important case of their careeers? Or will they run, choosing a safer place where their passions no longer rob them of cognizant thought?
Revisit Nick Devon, Charlene Morgan, Danielle Devon and a host of familiar characters from previous Shu novels. Discover what startling evnt happens next, while following along on their most recent adventure.

Bloodthirsty
Samantha Shu
ISBN No. 978-0-9842596-9-4
19.95 US, 21.95 CAN



Calum

Calum

'Who am I?' 'Where am I?' 'Why am I here?' With these questions Calum roused himself, touching his bloody head that had no memory of his whereabouts. Is That Me? He asked himself, seeing his reflection in the water of the clear, clean pond. Bemused, he found himself in front of a large door that lured him into entering. Unable to resist that impulse, Calum found himself drawn deeper into the mysterious cavern, where he received a most startling charge: "We have searched for you, Calum, searched for someone who has the ability. You must save GAIA from the evil that comes for her." Thus begins the saga of GAIA, as Calum, a young lad, is designated to be the savior of this unknown planet. The only positive is that he will have the aid of a series of dubious gods with varied mystical powers, in addition to a young race of GAIAns that may or may be of help. Would that be enough? And who is the enemy that had gods of their own?

Calum
Matthew Hamilton
ISBN No. 978-0-9841342-1-2
ISBN No. 0-9841342-1-2
19.99 US, 21.99 CAN



Calumet

Calumet

Klan vs Lawman. Company thugs vs union organizers. Miner vs miner. Citizen vs citizen. At stake is not only the working condi-tions in the ore mines, but also the town of Calumet, the sticking point to the Klan as the hooded miscreants attempt to control the entire territory. Calumet must fall. So long as the citizens of Calumet hold out against the Klan...

Calumet
Duane Schwartz
ISBN No. 978-0-9841342-9-8
Price: $18.95 US, $21.95 CAN



Charlie Ford Meets X

Charlie Ford Meets X

Charlie is moving on. Formerly America's sexiest nanny, Charlie is well on her way to becoming America's hottest secret agent. Charlie is tough. Nothing they could throw at her in the torturous spy school could deter her from becoming a top agent and the right hand to Jack, her beloved Secret Agent Man. Nothing, that is, until Muslim terrorists made the mistake of kidnapping Charlie's close friend and former ward, Bella. Spy school would have to wait, and so would Jack, as Charlie dons her war-paint and picks up her rifle, determined to save her friend.
The terrorists were totally unaware that hot on their trail pursued an ex-soldier, one of the Army's best snipers. The kidnappers were about to feel the wrath of an angry woman-an expert with her favorite weapon.
Tagging along were a few friends who wouldn't let Charlie face the terrorists alone; among the friends was Jack's brother-who also wanted Charlie-as well as, to Charlie's great chagrin, her former commander and lover!

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Charlie Ford Meets X
J.D. Tynan
ISBN No. 978-0-9819075-9-8
ISBN No. 0-9819075-9-8
$19.99 US, $21.99 CAN



GETAWAY MONEY

GETAWAY MONEY

Icily applauding every conflict between bone-deep isms, Death inexorably beckons from a front-row seat. Someone's killing jockeys and scaring hell out of the rest of them. "Retired" FBI operative "Jace" Maxwell pondered a possible nationwide connection between the deaths of several topnotch jockeys. Then, Enrique Mendoza's horrifically mutilated corpse is pulled from a reservoir in the Midwestern town of Mercury. Instinctively, the local police force's lone detective, Lt. Bob Huber, brims with vengeful territorialism. Even so, he quickly realizes that his department is ill-equiped to skillfully investigate the heinous nature of this seemingly lead-free crime and gladly accepts Maxwell's offer of help. Blending into the barn area at Mercury Downs as a stable groom and hot-walker, Maxwell discovers that Mendoza's murder is likely linked to the only winning ticket for a $1.72-million Twin-Trifecta payoff. Assuming that Mendoza's murderer also is responsible for other jockeys' deaths, Maxwell and Huber profile a psychological trap to lure the remorseless killer back into the Mercury area. The trouble is, their plan must involve a gallery of track-side women and men whose contributions are vital, but which could involve a fate as maliciously Mendoza's. Unbeknownst to anyone, Richard Pierce, known as The Talon, had decided that the "Mendoza job" would be his last. Yet, antagonized by internal perfection and uncompromising self-esteem, he wrestles with returning to Mercury to put his indelible stamp of fear on those who seem bent upon defying his previous message. Evisioning this to be but a brief detour before vanishing forever, The Talon cunningly presumes that he can be more open and reckless than ever before.

GETAWAY MONEY
James "Kip" Joule
ISBN No. 978-098413423-6
Price: $19.95 US, $21.95 CAN



Hybrid

Hybrid

Think you've read it all? Brace yourself! There's a "new" dawn on the horizon. Julian, Max, and Emily open a "new" door into the unreal. Theirs becomes a journey that will leave readers mesmerized with its unexpected twists and turns. Prepare as a "new" generation of vampires is discovered. These vampires could be friends, neighbors or even family. Reed's first in a series is guaranteed to leave readers tied to their seats, unable to put the book down until the very last page. And totally unprepared for Hybrid's shocking ending...

Hybrid
Angie L Reed
ISBN No. 978-0-9823050-8-9
ISBN No. 0-9823050-8-7
19.95 US, 21.95 CAN



In The Devil's Pocket

In The Devil's Pocket

Decades ago, a chain of events began deep in the Appalachian Mountains that will terrorize the country for decades to come. John Bayley emerges from the aftermath to sieze his place in history. For generations before his birth, John was bred from evil. Evil rears its child with the cruelest of human nature, and John is molded into a spiteful, master manipulator. Unaware of his destiny, John chooses to become a minister. John's golden tongue raises him to idol status. His newfound power becomes an addiction and he is willing to do anything to feed it. John's mind loses sight of the truth. Unable to judge himself, he believes that he is the right hand of God and destined to destroy the world using untinkable means. John accomplishes the impossible and wreaks havoc across the countryside until the remnants of good stand against him. Desperation and bloody sacrifice crumbles John's empire even faster than it rose. The predator quickly becomes the prey. John runs for his life, refusing to accept his heritage every step of the way. Abandoned and out of options, John can no longer hide from his true destiny. Does mankind triump over evil, or is John just another link in the chain that tightens around our souls?

In The Devil's Pocket
Michel T. Henry
ISBN No. 978-0-9819075-2-9
ISBN No. 0-9819075-2-0
$18.95 US, $21.95 CAN



Life Isn't Just Passing Me By...It's Running Me Over!

Life Isn't Just Passing Me By...It's Running Me Over!

A down-in-the-trenches, hilarious send-up of everyday events that most people rarely take the time to notice. Life is hard, but funny, too, and even at its most painful life has to be laughed at, lest the spirit suffer in silent agony. This book tells it like it is, while illuminating current events with a glow that stems from Kismoky's wonderfully unique perspective.

A sidesplitting look at the raw side of everyday existance, and a kind - yet stern - reminder to lighten up whenever possible.

Life Isn't Just Passing Me By...It's Running Me Over!
Michelle Kismoky
ISBN No. 978-0-9841342-5-0
ISBN No. 0-9841342-5-5
$16.95 US, $19.95 CAN



Martina's Living Stories From Africa

With deep roots into the very continent that spawned mankind, the Wise Woman of Kenya reaches out to remind us that we are all human and that we must treat others as we would have them treat us. Grandma Martina uses her homespun parables to instill in our consciousness the principle that bigotry and bias have no place in our lives and that hatred is evil and we must accept others, even if they look different. Martina’s epistles gently prod us as humans to be better, live better, love better and behave in a better way to all mankind.

Martina's Living Stories from Africa
Author: Millycent Sifuna
Illustrated by Eric Nyamor
Childrens
ISBN No: 978-0-9823050-9-6, 0-97823050-9-5
Price: US $16.95, CAN $19.95



Meg and Scottie's Adventures

Meg and Scottie's Adventures

Meg and Scottie are young girls who form a tight bond after going through a traumatic experience together as young children. When they become teenagers, they continue to grow closer together and father away from normality. Meg meets another unusual teenager; a boy who says he's in danger. Scottie, being a great best friend, follows Meg into the adventure of their lives when Meg decides to help the boy. The three teenagers' adventures are thrilling, and the characters add a touch of humor, making for an even more entertaining story. Along the way they meet interesting adults with remarkable pasts. The three teenagers' relationships with each other and with the adults in their lives adds complexity to the plot. Their bond with each other shows the importance of standing with the ones you love when they need help, even when you believe they're crazy. It shows that sometimes it is important especially when you KNOW they're crazy. Follow the continuing plot about the lives of these three young people as they deal with their futures. These teens have deep spirits for the unusual and their adventures never really end. Even as they grow older and their lives take different directions, they continue to keep their lives entertaining, and persist on thriving on the edge of insanity into adulthood, when their lives rejoin. Who knows what will happen next?

Meg & Scottie's Adventures
REBEKAH BRAUN
ISBN No. 978-098190750-5
Price: $16.99 US, $18.99 CAN



No Greater Love

No Greater Love

This is the story of my husband's slow decline into complete physical dependency and mental distress during the last two and a half years of his life. The times he remembers who I am, the times he even forgets who he is. The funny things he does or says, always the big tease; the times he is aware of his dementia and cries in torment of his helplessness. The agony we feel for him as he becomes more debilitated. He doesn't want to live this way, being a burden to me; yet doesn't really want to die and leave me. He often begs me to kill him and come with him. My daughter, Kathy, moves in with me to help care for him; her siblings are still supportive and call or visit regularly. Our son, Larry, devised a way of transporting him to several family functions, securing him in the transport chair in the back of his utility van. We are on Hospice assistance--they are a Godsend. He witnessed the worse hurricane season we had in many years without being aware of it. He missed the weddings of three of our grandchildren the summer of 2003. Those three weddings and two trips to the Cocoa Beach Motel, where our large family celebrated Thanksgivings, are the only respite I take from him in the three years before he dies. Don lay in a comatose condition the last few days. I am wakened about one a.m. that morning, his breathing pattern has changed, from pre-death 'spiking' to gasping with a slight gurgle. Two of my daughters sit with me next to his bed talking and even making jokes. He would have loved to be in on that. Even as he lies there in death, he is beautiful. I will never forget the sound of his voice calling my name or the vision of my children following his hearse as he is transported out the door. Goodbye, Don, I'll always love you. Thanks for a wonderful life.

No Greater Love
Ann McDeed
ISBN No. 978-098425965-6
Price: $21.95 US, $23.95 CAN



Serenity's Sight

Serenity's Sight

Serenity Ann Waltz's life has always had its challenges. Born to unwed teen parents in a small town in Minnesota could have, in itself, been disastrous. Things always seemed to work out though; her parents married when of age and with the support of Serenity's grandparents, were able to go to college and make a better life for their daughter. They believe in letting Serenity express her individuality and keeping an open and honest relationship, or Serenity has always been lead to believe. But on Serenity's thirteenth birthday, she sees something which will change their lives forever. She sees people no one else can see, and hears voices no one else can hear. While trying to unravel this new mystery in her life, and convincing herself she is not crazy, she falls into a web of deception and lies mingled with truth, and the destiny her family has been trying desperately to deny. Its enough to put anyone in the loony bin. In spite of all her new found problems, she also has to defend herself from the school bully, and maintain healthy relationships with her friends, not to mention, one of her childhood friends, David, and herself have seemed to make a deeper connection.

About the Author: Cynthia Sisco was born on Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in 1977. After many moves she landed in Princeton Minnesota, a very small town on the outskirts of the western suburbs of the Twin Cities. She lives in a little farm house with her husband and six children. She raises chickens and loves cats, a Siamese in particular named Teeny. She keeps herself involved with the local community and enjoys being an active member in an organization which helps assist with the challenges of raising awareness in young minds about how to become productive members of society. She believes regardless of any stereotype you are placed in, you should always be yourself. She is also attending college to earn her Bachelors of Science in Human Resources Management. This will enable her to reach toward the goal of helping troubled teens and others who need help. Otherwise, Cynthia's favorite past time is reading, she loves to garden and play with her kids. Cynthia believes that by setting a structure of family honesty, the challenges in the real world will be a lot easier.

Serenity's Sight
Cynthia Sisco
ISBN No. 978-09841342-2-9
Price: $18.99 US, $21.9* CAN


Simplicity

Simplicity

Driven, beautiful Alexis Sinclair lives her life to the fullest, following her dreams of managing a big company. But when her world is torn apart by a storm, everything she has ever known disappears. Now, marooned on an island with a group of men, Alexis must learn to live in a world made up of simple things. Letting go of every known convenience, she comes to realize how insignificant her live has become. Filled with unrequited love for her rescuer, she must battle demons buried deep inside and she must look within herself and her faith to find the strength needed to survive. Strong and influential, Jacob Peterson has done all he can to survive.When fate turned the tables on him, he learned to cope with the inevitable. Plagued by his past and secrets buried there, Jacob exerts rigid control, refusing to succumb to the joys, and torturous pain, of strong emotions. Without considering love - a gift he believes he may never receive - he chooses to live by a strict set of rules. But when a strange beautiful woman washes up on his beach, the walls he has put up long ago begin to crumble. Is she a punishment sent from God to torment his weary soul? Or is she a gift sent from above, there to teach him how to trust? Who is this woman? And how will he stop himself from losing his heart? Will he learn to forgive the past in order to save the woman he loves?

Simplicity
Valia Lind
ISBN No. 978-098425968-7
Price: $19.99 US, $22.99 CAN



THE CRYSTAL LOCKET- Secrets of the Hidden Pyramids

THE CRYSTAL LOCKET- Secrets of the Hidden Pyramids

13-year old twins Andrew and Kristine Taylor continue their journey with the Crystal Locket, which they first discovered in present-day Virginia. This time they find themselves in ancient Crete, a highly advanced civilization with indoor plumbing and awe-inspiring architecture, as well as in the fabled city of Atlantis. In Crete, they face their dreaded nemesis Chimera, where things are not as they seem and the mysteries run deep. This time their challenges are harder, their enemies more cunning, and their will even stronger as they again battle the forces that could destroy the world....but will they be able to thwart their enemies in time?

The Crystal Locket: Secrets of the Hidden Pyramids
Julia Lawrence
ISBN No. 978-0-9842596-7-0
Price: $18.95 US, $21.95 CAN


The Death of a Bookie

The Death of a Bookie

No one had seen anyone or heard a sound when the body of Louis-the-snake Billings, the number one bookie in Hollywood, was dropped on the floor smack in the middle of Jacob Schreiber's office, a private detective. Law enforcement agencies believed Tony Padilla had snuffed out Louis Billings. Jacob Schreiber did not. Could he prove it? Information from a former client helps Jacob uncover a national security flaw. The FBI and the private eye bring an end to the smuggling of military weapons to foreign agents. As a little league coach, Jacob found that time spent with children always brought him back to the real values in life. A young mother with a 9-year-old son led him to the beginning of a romance that would not last. Being a former Marine, Jacob Schreiber never gave up. He solved crimes in a way that made him friends on one side and many enemies on the other.

The Death of a Bookie
Author: Guy Beaulieu
hard-boiled detective
ISBN No: 978-0-9842596-4-9

Price:US $19.99 CAN $21.99

The Summer of my Fourteenth Year

It was Memorial Day weekend, 1963. James, an almost-fourteen-year-old, relatively shy, moderately nerdy, horny and soon-to-be ninth grader in a small central Florida town needed to start mowing yards to earn enough money to buy his first car when he turned sixteen. That was the beginning of the bizarre "dream" summer that introduced James to Mrs. Root Beer Lady, Monica (the knock-dead-georgeous blond woman with ample breasts), Mrs. Chyspo, and the old man, all of whom changed into reptilian alien things that tried to kill and eat him at every turn. There was also Cookie, the hot little "cookie" whose father ran the burger joint across from the service station that James' father operated and where James often helped out. There were the Kiches, the nosy next-door neighbors and their son, Kevin-the neighborhood bully. We can't forget James' best friend, Roger, who had in his possession the "girlie" magazine, which got 'read' a lot that summer. If you remember being an adolescent with a vivid imagination, being anxious to grow up, getting your first car, and starting to date for real; but who also had to work hard, save your money and help around the house, then you'll enjoy this dream journey with James.

The Summer of My Fourteenth Year
Jim Meaders
ISBN No. 978-098413422-9
Price: $18.99 US, $21.99 CAN



Thoughts Can Be Murder

Thoughts Can Be Murder

A former policeman, convicted of being a mole, is found shot to death. The mayor of Scranton, PA, running for reelection, is furious and slams the police to solve this crime quickly to make him look better. But matters only get worse as an upstanding citizen, wife and mother is missing and all leads fail to bring results. Sammi Evans and her husband, Detective Dave Patterson, are called in. Together, they get results. Sammi has a special talent and Dave knows how to work with her. But how does she get the unsuspecting mayor to realize that he has spies working in his inner circle? Sammi is brought into meetings and parties that have her mingling with the 'Mob' figures and listening intently for anything she can pick up. No one can hide from her, but even so, it takes time for her to get all the information. Will it be soon enough? Sammi discovers the mayor and his wife are in danger. With a plot having been foiled in the past, the 'Mob' is upset that their timetable is falling behind. They must get back on schedule at all costs and the mayor and his wife are in the way. Can anyone save them? Surprisingly, some people show up who were counted out long ago. But will they follow Sammi's lead and save the mayor and his wife, and wreck the stronghold that is being created around the city of Scranton? Is there enough time to bring down this evil group?

Thoughts Can Be Murder
Jeanne L Drouillard
ISBN No. 978-098425966-3
Price: $18.95 US, $21.95 CAN



Trouble

Trouble

Not since James Dean brought Jim Stark to life has a manuscript such as "Trouble" been penned. Reminiscent of the stirring '50's when "Rebel Without a Cause", "The Wild One", and "Blackboard Jungle" sprang the rebellious teen-ager phenomenon on the unsuspecting public, "Trouble" brings another anti-hero to life. Unlike Dean, Brando or Morrow, Paciaffi is no actor, and the events in his shocking manuscript are not movie scenes, but a real-life setting, complete with real people and real action. No hero, Paciaffi will shock you, he will stun you, and he may even offend a few of you, but he will certainly entertain you. Not for the timid, "Trouble" does contain a few (but only the few necessary) adult words that are not for gratuitous profanity, but are a part of today's younger generation along with sex, drugs and alcohol.

Trouble
Tom Paciaffi
ISBN No. 978-098413420-5
Price: $19.95 US, $21.95 CAN