Murder at 1217 – This first offering in Lisa and David's new detective series is an excellent whodunnit. Of course, this book also introduces the many diverse characters who will continue their roles in each Strickland Files mystery. We believe you will soon feel a part of the extended family that is The Strickland Files.Murder at 1217 is set in Nashville, Tennessee, appropriately known as Music City. Captain of Detectives Dan Strickland investigates the murder of a young oriental ...

A “come from away” exploring love, loneliness, and adventure in remote NewfoundlandPart memoir, part nature writing, part love story, Bay of Hope is an occasionally comical, often adversarial, and always emotional story about the five years ecologist David Ward lived in an isolated Newfoundland community; of how he ended up there, worked, survived the elements, and coped with loneliness and a lack of intimacy. But this book is also a story about David’s 78...

Jim Harrison grew up on the prairies, played Junior in Saskatchewan, and pro with the Bruins, Leafs, Hawks, and Oilers. Three years before a former teammate equaled the mark, Harrison set one of the most enduring and seemingly unreachable records in professional hockey with three goals and seven helpers on January 30, 1973. And almost nobody remembers.This is Harrison’s story: the games he played, the agent who stole from him, the woman he mourned, the fights he fought, and the friends he ...

Jingle Bell Rock is the story (not really a biography) of Bobby Helms the 50's Pop/Country icon who sang this monstrous hit song.Bobby was there during the birth of Rock n' Roll. His records were burned. His songs were considered more of that "New York" JUNGLE BEAT sweeping the planet and destroying America's teens.Merely mentioning the word ROCK in a Christmas song in those days was considered akin to blasphemy. He played many shows where the contract actually stipulated: ...

The Topanginu Warrior is not a politically correct version of what transpired on the plantations of the South during the 19th Century - This story, saga if you will, is told with all of the warts intact and the lost hope of the African American culture told as it truly was. To us there is no other way to tell it. It was ugly, it was debasing and it was fraught with wrenching heartbreak and untold danger - however, out of that turmoil emerged a powerful force that helped shape the America w...

Get ready to try some really great recipes. They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, that is probably true. Lisa is one of the best cooks I have ever known. I should know, I'm her husband and eat her food every day. I'm not sure how the kids really feel, now grown and with their own lives. I do know however, if they are within fifty miles and it's close to mealtime; they seem to just drop in for no apparent reason.By the way, Lisa IS a Tennessee Girl. What I have a...

Ron Barr was an ordinary guy, living a mundane and ordinary life – he was happy with that life and expected, nor wanted, any more from his existence. He had a loving wife, and two beautiful children, they were the very apple of his eye.That all changed one night in Bonita Springs, Florida. Ron was (kidnapped) swept away to another world – a place he called the RECEPTOR planet. What he found and experienced there changed his life forever.I am but the lowly chronicler of thes...

There are many kinds of lies. The white lie which is supposedly harmless; it is usually told to protect, help, or to keep from hurting someone's feelings.The lie of deception, it is a lie used frequently and is the easiest lie to tell without realization of its consequences.The vertical lie which advances one's stature no matter whom it hurts. It is a vicious and venomous lie that destroys; then there is the HORIZONTAL LIE and it is the most common.It is a lie of co...

This book tells the tale of an unforeseen caving disaster which occurred in the tranquil and picturesque Derbyshire village of Castleton back in 1959, and how the widespread publicity surrounding this event attracted international media attention.

David Ward has spent most of his life travelling the globe, with travel, cars, and music as his guiding passions. In 2007, fate—or perhaps just a strong drink—brought him together with a 2003 Brabus smart car (equipped with a radio!). This unlikely pairing led him into the thrilling world of competitive rallies, as they took on a prestigious European event and won, earning them a spot in car enthusiasts’ hearts.Not content to stop there, David and his trusty smart car embarked on m...

First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, residents, and native-born. They range from Joseph Conrad and Olive Schreiner, through Laurens van der Post, Karen Blixen and Evelyn Waugh, to more recent writers like Nadine Gordimer, Andre Brink and J.M. Coetzee.Such writers have frequently been faced with feelings of alienation, marginality, exile, self-consciousness, and egoism. It is only in this sense- that th...

A Powerful Plea for ChangeEvery day, workers leave their homes with the simple expectation of returning. Yet far too many never do. The Faces of Safety and Those Left Behind When Tragedy Strikes exposes the devastating truth behind workplace fatalities-the truth we rarely confront until it is too late.This book is a plea. A warning. A call to conscience.Behind every incident report is a human being with a name, a family, and a futur...