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	Liberty's Quest: The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Pulitzer Prize Winners, James Wright and Franz Wright Liberty's Quest:  The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Pulitzer Prize Winners, James Wright and Franz Wright by Liberty Kovacs, Ph.D., MFT, MSN With generous candor and charm, Liberty Kovacs shares her remarkable story of a woman and a family facing life’s challenges and finding its joys and sense of self. The wife and mother of two Pulitzer Prize winning poets, she reveals her own remarkable life here. As she declares, "I wanted to reveal all the secrets, myths, and superstitions that ran rampant throughout our lives." We travel with her from family roots in Greece to early life in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on to life with poet James Wright in Seattle and Minneapolis, and finally after divorce to San Francisco, remarriage and a career as a family counselor. Taking "the road less traveled," the author gives us a tale of trials, travail, and triumph. It is a joy to the spirit. – Larry Smith, author of Milldust and Roses:  Memoirs $29.95
	Silent Screams from the Hamptons From Tenderness, Tragedy, and Terror To Transformation   Suppressed rage, fear, injustice, and passion—the silent screams associated with a family history of alcohol and drug abuse together with terrorizing violence—was a pattern repeated one episode after another in Christa Jan Ryan’s adult life.  In this true story, Silent Screams from the Hamptons, Ryan sorts through her past to break the dramatic cycle in her personal life.  As a professional landscaper, she exposes us to the eccentricities of the secret lives of her multi-millionaire East Hamptons’ clients.  Her candid and rich storytelling, both inspirational and entertaining, encourages readers to face and overcome the silent screams of their own everyday struggles. $15.95
	TRAVELS IN PLACE: A Journey Into Memory Loss A Poignant Read for Caregivers and Health Professionals Caring for the Elderly This book will make you laugh out loud one minute and cry another.  Travels in Place by Christiane W. Griffin-Wehr is the tender memoir of a daughter’s reflections as she loses her beloved mother to dementia. The work promotes the radical notion that some things in life are not ours to fix–which does not mean that we either run from them or stand helpless amid decline and suffering. Faced with the often heartbreaking, sometimes humorous situations of patients suffering severe memory loss and dementia, the author urges us to leave fruitless efforts to go farther and do more and instead to trust ourselves to be more.     Through her story, the author leads us to understand that as caregivers to patients with Alzheimer’s-like diseases, we may not be able to cure the symptoms, restore past or future, or even always make the present bearable. But we can learn to go deeper into ourselves, explore the evolving relationship more thoroughly where we are, and openly embrace its moments with honesty and love. Thus will the reader find the power to transform even these difficult travels into a life-giving journey.  $16.95
	Fragments of a Forgotten People An Amazing Journey of a Refugee Deported from Poland Fragments of a Forgotten People, a Memoir by Henry Fast “This is the astonishing narrative of a Polish boy caught up in the war. It is inconceivable how anyone could survive such a history, and yet he was not threatened by guns or taken to a concentration camp.  The story is told with humor and grace.” * Henry Helson, Professor Emeritus, University of CA, Berkeley, CA $15.95
	The Quander Quality  An inspirational, educational, and entertaining autobiography, this book demonstrates qualities that are required to meet any of life's challenges.  Quander met the challenges of having diabetes (at a time when it was a considered a stigma and kept secret) and racial prejudice with an inner strength that defied his small stature.  With a prognosis to die by the age of 10 from diabetes, he lived to be 86  - a medical miracle.  Praise for THE QUANDER QUALITY:  The True Story of a Black Trailblazing Diabetic comes from the medical, political, and religious communities.  $24.95
	Yalla! (Let's Go) A Wandering Jew Survives Palestine, Cuba, Jamaica and America  A truly definitive, personally candid, and uniquely captivating biography Yalla! (Let's Go)  A Wandering Jew Survives Palestine, Cuba, Jamaica and America by Alejandro Modena with Colin Ingram is a biography full of twists and turns.  Everyone has a “story,” but some lives are endowed with more than their share of drama and challenges. And sometimes, by dint of extraordinary effort, these challenges become opportunities. Such is the case with the life of Alejandro Modena. $24.95
	Secrets of the Space Age  This intriguing book, SECRETS OF THE SPACE AGE, is an excellent account of events before and after Man walked on the Moon. Behind-the-scene descriptions from insiders are hard to believe, but they fill the gaps in space history. No matter how skilled the writer of history, you are always getting the story second hand.  Here is a chance to go right to the source; these men were there! Little known history (as stated by Wernher von Braun) is that without Author William Winterstein, the United States would NOT have gone to the moon when they did! $24.95
	WAR MOVIES: The Belle and Blade Guide to Classic War Videos Finally, here is a comprehensive war movie guide that reviews in detail dozens of compelling stories about men in the military and at war. Can you name the 25 best combat movies of all time, the ten best WWII movies, the five best military legal dramas, fact-based military scandals, or prisoner-of-war movies? War Movies: The Belle & Blade Guide to Classic War Videos by Gary A. Freitas attempts to do this and much more. Written with the goal of identifying the best war movies ever produced, these reviews promise to stir discussion and provoke debate. $14.95
	FREE (or almost free) Prescription Medications: Where and How to Get Them NEED MEDICATIONS BUT CAN’T AFFORD THE PRICE? This new book offers help!  Highly recommended by The Library Journal, FREE (or Almost Free) Prescription Medications: Where and How to Get Them by David Johnson is a 230-page, step-by-step guide to over 168 assistance programs offering thousands of prescription medicines for free (or almost free) to those who qualify. $19.95
	The Fiddletown Journal An exploration of gold panning adventures in the Mother Load (the Gold Country) in California. With humor, faith, and spirit, The Fiddletown Journal by Edward L. Allum chronicles the daily struggles endured by miners of 1849 and it parodies the miners today. An inspiring story about five men who joined forces to search for gold, the book touches on the history of the California Gold Rush and the many small mining towns. $9.95
	And We Are Doing It Building An Ecovillage Future The father of the ecovillage movement, and chair of Gala Trust, Denmark, tells the personal story of his transformation from financial guru to spiritual warrior supporting the rapidly growing ecovillage movement of sustainable communities as a response to the crisis of commercial globalization, which is threatening to destroy our culture and our environment. $9.95
	Me and My Angel Me and My Angel by Bob Eastman covers 63 years of a life well-lived that circled the globe. His story is focused around 19 incidents when his life - and the lives of those around him - were in danger and an angelic presence stepped in to save him. He calls this intervening presence his "Angel," and he attributes his survival to the age of 82 to her protection and the deeply loving relationship that has grown between them over the years. $11.95
	The Angels Speak An Inspirational True Story A heartwarming and inspiring story about Ann Warner and her divine encounters with the angels. When the angelic beings made their presence known to her, the classical pianist and former music teacher’s dream of becoming a composer was fulfilled. Together they co-created "Angelic Harmonies", a series of peaceful, healing, loving tapes and CDs. $11.95
	A B-17 Gunner's Hell In German Skies Scratch One Rocket Fighter A revealing look at aerial warfare during World War II The Messerschmitt ME 163 “Komet” was the most dangerous production fighter built by the Germans during the Second World War. Yet in 1944, U.S. Air Force Sgt. E.R. Jones managed to shoot a Komet out of the skies over Germany. $10.95
	Big Bad Bodie High Sierra Ghost Town Bodie, California, is the most well-preserved ghost town in the West. It is also a State Historic Park, located at an altitude of 8,369 feet (a mile-and-a-half up) and five miles from the California-Nevada border. The town reached a population of 10,000 in its heyday (from 1877 through 1882), and gold and silver production topped $100 million (based on today's prices). Bodie consists of 175 buildings kept in a "state of arrested decay" by the State, which means they will never be restored, but are prevented from further deterioration through a system of constant repair. $14.95
	Fairy Pudding Born in Florida in 1926, William Joseph Bryan has seen a good portion of the Twentieth Century, and writes accordingly of this experience. He is Emeritus Professor of Music at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, where he has taught Music History, Appreciation and piano for 28 years. Pre-Stonewall riot saw him as Brian Jennings presenting a concert for ONE INSTITUTE in Los Angeles entitled: Music, The Hermaphroditic Art in 1964. Under this pseudonym, various articles and photographs have appeared in early editions of The Advocate including two cover photo stories. He studied at The Juilliard School of Music, the Saint Louis Institute of Music with Leo Sirota, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Conservatoire national de Paris, France. $24.95
	Gestapo USA When Justice Was Blindfolded Could the history books be wrong? The untold story of the German rocket team in America History books say that Russian and American scientists deserve the kudos for developing the technology that launched the first satellite and put man on the moon. In Gestapo U.S.A. you'll find convincing evidence for quite another story:     • The German rocket scientists could have launched an American satellite a year before Sputnik - but the government stopped the project.     • In 1946 the German rocket team had the knowledge to send man to the moon within a decade, but President Kennedy announced in 1961 that we would develop the knowledge. And much more! $25.95
	The Great American Songbook The Stories Behind the Standards Intriguing, Inspiring and Entertaining Stories of the Songs, the Singers and the Composers From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway and Hollywood, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: The Stories Behind the Standards tells the stories of our most popular songs with humor, drama and insight. This is timeless music written in unique ways that is constantly being reinterpreted by each generation. Isaac Stern made this distinction between talent and genius: "A person possesses talent; genius possesses the person." This is a book about singers, musicians, lyricists and composers taking their talent into the atmosphere of immortality. They are fascinating, and they set the standards by which popular music is measured. They may not have lived easy lives, but their creativity drove them to new heights and they changed the face of American music forever $11.95
	Healing Our Schools Real Solutions For Improving Education Healing Our Schools presents refreshing ideas for education reform. This book is unique in education literature because it is written on a personal level and anyone can understand and relate to it. It is geared toward the general public, particularly the millions of parents who are concerned with the state of education in this country. The author believes that America's schools are in critical condition. There is a great need to identify problems in order to find appropriate and effective solutions. The author shares his own experiences in public schools. $11.95
	Hotels No More A Guide to Alternative Lodging This unique directory lists unusual, romantic, fun, and adventurous opportunities for all types of travelers. Tired of the same old chain hotels and motels? Cindy Henke's user-friendly directory, Hotels No More, offers affordable and unique alternative lodging opportunities, including: bed & breakfasts, historic hotels, casinos, chalets, RV parks, campgrounds, spiritual & holistic centers, spas, hot springs, lighthouses, huts, hogans, teepees, bunkhouses, ranches, farmhouses, fishing & hunting camps, nudist retreats, trailer park rentals, private homes, houseboats, covered wagons, and even cabooses! $149.95
	Law Enforcement Street Guide The Law Enforcement Street Guide™ is a quick reference for the law enforcement officer. It is designed to put valuable information at their fingertips quickly. It is laminated throughout and water-resistant. $20.00
	Man Without Bones Riddles from the Oral Tradition He has written children's programs for the BBC, produced programs for children's radio in California, and has directed numerous multimedia performances which blended poetry with dance, music, slides and video. He produced a TV program featureing his nature poems with film and music for PBS, and wrote scripts for drama production in literary festivals in England. As a poet he's worked in schools both in England and in the United States, and had the opportunity to try his riddles on live audiences. $9.95
	Masterful Words If you love words, if you want to expand your vocabulary, if you need to build your communications skills— Masterful Words is for you!     It offers a valuable addition to any reference library.     • Teaches the meaning, derivation, and correct context for wonderful, little-used words in the English language.     • Boosts learning by showing why words mean what they do.     • Illustrates how word parts, such as prefixes and suffixes, can determine meanings.     • Explains the relationship between old words, usually Latin or Greek, and their modern English derivatives.     • Provides an easy-to-use alphabetical listing.     • Gives periodic quizzes that deeply impress learning. $24.95
	Ms Inventor The Remarkable Inventions of Ann Lee Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, is one of the first notable women inventors - a true "mother of invention." She lived a rough but devoted life. She invented many tools, devices, and items (such as flat brooms, clothes pins, rocking chairs, an early "computer", and possibly the circular saw). Many of her inventions still enhance our lives. $10.95
	Protected By The Enemy During the war in early 1940, Hitler ordered French, Russian and Italian POWs to work in the heavy machinery factory owned by Maack’s family. Somehow, perhaps from The Resistance, the French prisoners learned of the bombing raids that would be made at the factory. Knowing that bombs don’t discriminate between friend or foe, the French convinced Maack’s father to apply for a permit to build a bunker – a request sure to arouse the suspicion of The Gestapo. $19.95
	The Beanery A Village Named Orsmby The Louisville and Jefferson County Childrens Home provided a difficult and austere beginning for James W. Settle, D.D.S. However, he also received an excellent education at the Childrens Home and went on to live a full, rich life filled with community service. THE BEANERY is a fascinating, inspiring, and humorous chronicle of his life that includes, among many other things, his experiences in the Navy before WWII and his lifelong love of music. $24.95
	The OPS Story The OPS Story approaches the Cold War with a well-considered balance of history, personal drama, and experience. The violence, suspense and excitement are totally nonfiction. The communist quest for world domination aided by ideologues in America ranged worldwide. It was subtle and clandestine and cost many lives. Many of the Americans serving in the Office of Public Safety ("OPS") died serving their country, defiled by communist propaganda and betrayed by self-serving politicians and ideologues. $24.95
	The Other Side of War "During WWII Herbert M. Youngdahl was an Infantry Platoon Sergeant in the 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa National Guard. He served with the Division throughout the African Campaign, up to the boot of Italy, and north of Rome. The Division set the WWII record of over 500 days in battle and Youngdahl served most of that time with the Division. $9.95
	This Ain't ER A Heart Surgeon's Struggle to Keep the Faith The book begins with a passage from his diary that Patrick Murrah wrote during his application to medical school. In it he speaks in a very idealistic way about his image of the ideal physician. But through the training process, sensitivity begins to dlip away, arrogance sneaks in, anger and frustration are frequent companions, all vastly multiplied by the almost-constant fatigue and the never-ending pressure of trying to make ends meet. From the very beginning, Patrick Murrah decided to document his experiences as they happened -- including his personal struggles to stay married, 'normal' and reasonably similar to the idealistic guy that jumped on to this fast-moving train -- so that his observations would not be altered or softened by hindsight. The results is a unique, real-time look at the training process, a process as brutal, scathing and demeaning as it is beneficial and rewarding. And a process that ultimately results in the best-trained physicians in the world. $14.95
	A Three-Ring Marriage Beyond dysfunction to a dynamic family life Beginning with the turbulent 1960s, this story weaves through the life and uncommon journey of this common man. Parental abuse and neglect, incest, molestation, near death experiences, as well as eventual trouble with the law are only a few of the challenges that had to be overcome before becoming the man (and the father) that Brian is today. The development of his unorthodox family of two wives and seven children is retold with candor and enlightenment. His journey is truly inspirational to all. Regardless of a person’s belief system, background or family structure, there is something in this book for everyone. Everyone who has ever asked, “Do I make a difference?” should read this book. Fathers especially should read the last chapter of this true story. $24.95
	Up Close and Personal Adventures In the Navy Unlike most military biographies, this book is not about warfare and the intense, personal dramas that accompany it. Instead, it focuses on the unusual, humorous, and often bizarre events that occur in wartime that are brought about by the random disbursement of personnel into unexpected situations and places. Although World War II is the backdrop, this is a book about people. It is about how the author’s life and the lives of those around him were influenced and repeatedly turned upside-down by the arbitrary and capricious orders of the U.S. Navy $14.95
	Vision in the Desert a dancer's life How Veseljko became Vassili is only one of the many stories Vassili tells in this funny delightful and touching autobiography. His “joyful” approach toward people who could never pronounce his given name illustrates how seriously Vassili takes himself. He takes his art very seriously, but views himself much less dramatically. The book is full of stories of the famous people Vassili met through his career, but this is no “tell all”. Vassili's memories are filled with humor, with sympathy, with gratitude and with warmth. Always Vassili, who calls himself a “Dalmatian without the spots”, is able to laugh at himself, and his self-deprecating humor makes this book a joy to read from beginning to end. $14.95
	What Price for Blood? Murder and Justice in Saudi Arabia The book follows the true story of the recent prosecution of two British nurses, working in Saudi Arabia, who are accused of murdering another expatriate nurse, an Australian. This case gained wide publicity and was closely followed by the British and Australian media. The author, an expert on criminal justice, delves into the basic concepts of Islamic justice which are very different from our own. He describes a system of justice where the victim’s family is the prosecution, not the state, and where the execution of a criminal can be avoided by the payment of "blood money." The Saudi government has cooperated in this publishing endeavor in an attempt to correct Western opinions about decapitation, hands being cut off, and other aspects of Islamic justice.     * A hallmark in publishing—the first view inside the entire Saudi Arabian justice system. $21.95
	Wishes In Black and White Eileen Williams Sabry was featured on an Oprah Winfrey TV Special to celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 15, 2001. She appeared along with Chris Rock, Spike Lee, and other Americans to discuss the thought-provoking question from her book, Wishes in Black & White. The TV show centered around the theme of her book, Wishes in Black & White, a collection of comments by forty Black and White Americans whom Sabry interviewed about their wishes for better racial relations. The book offers insight and ideas for healing human relations with compassion, understanding, and honest communication. It is filled with candid answers from well-known figures in the fields of education, entertainment, and the social sciences. $11.95

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