Fiction. THE WAR JOURNAL OF LILA ANN SMITH is based on a true story of the invasion and subsequent occupation of the Island of Attu by the Japanese during World War II. This action was followed by the removal of the occupants of Attu to another island near Japan. Irving Warner, after 25 years of research, after interviewing as many survivors as possible, developed this novel focusing on the single Caucasian woman who lived through this, a woman whose husband was killed during the invasion ...

This novel is a virtual time machine that takes the reader back to 11th century England—the time of Saxon domination before and after the disastrous Battle of Hastings in 1066.Step directly into the footsteps of Cuthwin of Alnwick. There are few “great men or women” in this historical novel, but instead the story of an ordinary man and his wife who work to survive.Cuthwin, who dictates his story around his 85th year of life, scrupulously avoided people of great power and st...

The Life and Travels of Saint Cuthwin is a story of deep love and desperate survival in 11th Century England, a story told by a man named Cuthwin, born a peasant, who faced horror after horror in order to live for 85 years, at which time he told his story to a young monk who wrote it down. He wanted to tell his story – warts and all – since he had been informed that the Church was considering naming him as a Saint, an honor which Cuthwin absolutely denied. He attempted to discredit any suc...

Fiction. Irving Warner has come up with a remarkable and wildly comicnovel about an obese man who escapes from a so-called weight-lossinstitution and is pursued by the police, the state patrol, and numerousbounty hunters. All these have been set after him by Wagner'sbillionaire mother, whom he refers to as the Salmon Queen. "Buy it,read it, save it, reread it, but don't ever lend it out. You might notget it back"--John Hill, screenwriter of Quigley Down Under.

In "Vergilius," Bacheller tells the story of a Roman physician named Vergilius who lives during the time of Jesus Christ. Set against the backdrop of ancient Rome, the novel explores Vergilius's journey of spiritual awakening and his encounters with various characters and events that lead him to witness the life and teachings of Jesus.Through Vergilius's perspective, Bacheller likely delves into themes of faith, redemption, and the search for truth in a tumultuous and uncertain world. The ...

From the very earliest days New England, first as a colony then as many of the founding states of America, has seemed genteel, almost reserved in its ambitions and the way it presents itself to the world. This volume will disavow you of that notion in short order. The imaginations and pens of such luminaries as Washington Irving, Willa Cather, H P Lovecraft, Sarah Orne Jewett and others bring many views and experiences from this small region of the United States.1 - Stories Set in ...