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Cover: Warren, When Dreams and Fear Collide

When Dreams and Fear Collide


When Dreams and Fears Collide: The true story of the 1986 Upper Yangtze River Expedition is about introducing the sport of whitewater rafting to China. Rafting from the source, at 17,400 feet elevation in the great Himalayan glaciers to the city of Yibin, the goal was to travel the 2,000 miles of uncharted water. But the death of a teammate, a so-called mutiny, and several all-Chinese rafting teams racing ahead of the expedition in an attempt to be first, turn a perfect trip into a voyage of drama, disaster and unexpected challenges.

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Cover: Munger, Music to Murder by

Music to Murder by


Murphy, Calendar, and their old friend, ex-police chief Lurleen Maxwell, have to deal with this pesky murder thing before Murphy gets his chance to debut his vocal chords. Does he? Do they? Stranger things have happened. And some do.

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Cover: Cauble, On the backs of seahorses' eyes

On the backs of seahorses’ eyes


On the back of seahorses’ eyes is a tapestry of wonder and of words, poems, tales, memoirs, that open the reader to the possibilities of universes within universes. Don Cauble, a spiritual traveler, takes us on the journey from the early 1960s–when he was young but already wise–to the present.

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Cover: Hildebrand, Come Journey With Me

Come Journey With Me


Come Journey With Me is a collection of brutally honest short stories told with self-deprecating wit, that span the years of her youth in Iowa, nursing school in St. Louis, marriage to Don and a move to Colorado, then their return to Iowa where she lived, worked as a registered nurse, restored a hundred-year-old farmhouse, and raised her three children.

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Cover: Bruck, Business Tax Essentials

Business Tax Essentials for the Entrepreneur


Business Tax Essentials for the Entrepreneur provides a thorough understanding of how the United States tax system works and the major tax issues that confront business owners.

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Cover: Dresen, I Love You Today

I Love You Today


John F. Dresen began writing poetry a few months after the death of his beloved wife Phyllis. At first, he tried to write of his loss, but soon found solace in writing to his bride as though he were speaking to her as they had done during their twenty-nine years of marriage. With his characteristic wry humor, John writes, “I can just see St. Peter saying, ‘Phyllis, you’ve got mail!’ “

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Cover: Schott, Rumi & Lily

Rumi & Lily: An Internet Love Story


This is a completely true internet love story, except dogs don’t type.
Once upon a time, some women on the Internet were discussing gender differences. Jean wrote, “Women apologize too much. I even apologize to my dog.”

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Cover: Pascal, Breaking Free

Breaking Free


As a woman approaching her middle years, Janet Ballenger was content as a wife and mother, until the women’s movement of the 1960s brings a sense of excitement and wonder into her life.

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Cover: Jolley, The Zoo

The Zoo


My story is not about war, but about young men in the Army having fun playing war games and traveling while stationed in Germany during the Cold War—a time when the Viet Nam War was starting up on another continent.

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Cover: Perry Riva Beside Me

Riva Beside Me: New York City 1963-1966


Riva’s guardian angel is a wisecracking cynic who would rather be anywhere than imprisoned in Riva’s body. But assignments are not negotiable. The place is New York City. The time: Spring 1963.

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