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The Peace SeekersDWW member Joyce Ferman Wells is pleased to announce the publication of her first full-length suspense novel, The Peace Seekers. The novel is available through Amazon and the publisher, Jasmine-Jade Enterprises.Ruth Ryan Langan released her 87th and 88th novels last year: Heart's Delight (Berkley Sensation) and Timeless, a time travel to ancient Scotland. Timeless is part of a collection of novellas under the title of Dead of Night, authored by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb, along with Mary Blaney and Mary Kay McComas. Blurbs and cover art are available at www.ryanlangan.com. Freefalling: Writing without Limits A collection of stories and poems by twelve creative writers, Freefalling: Writing Without Limits is also a permission-giving book about the writing process. Authors share powerful pieces of creative nonfiction, memoir, fiction and poetry, and themes encompass personal experiences that become universal. Using their own works as examples, each of the writers and editor, Margo LaGattuta, MFA, suggest writing prompts and offer craft suggestions for beginning or more advanced writers. LaGattuta, winner of the Mark Twain Award, teaches writing at University of Michigan. Freefalling: Writing without Limits is available at iUniverse.com, amazon.com, barnes&noble.com and from Margo. Contemplating the Heavens CD Linda Nemec Foster's chapbook of poems, Contemplating the Heavens (Ridgeway Press, 2001) was the inspiration for an original music score and CD composed by Steve Talaga, acclaimed jazz pianist. Also titled "Contemplating the Heavens," the CD consists of sixteen tracks that reflect a wide range of musical styles: jazz, classical, blues, fusion, contemporary. Talaga's original score and CD were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Music. To hear free excerpts and order the CD click here. For more information about the chapbook and to read a music review from The Grand Rapids Press go to Linda's website at www.lindanemecfoster.com. Joe Joe in the City book series for children by Jean Alicia Elster Follow ten-year-old Joe Joe Rawlings as he faces contemporary challenges with guidance gleaned from a rich cast of historical characters in this series of books written for children ages 6-10. The four volumes of Joe Joe in the City deal in a realistic but age-appropriate manner with issues and challenges facing children and their families living in an urban environment. These books are available through your local bookstore and on the Internet at www.judsonpress.com and www.amazon.com. Bold Women in Michigan History Author Virginia Law Burns calls this book "a dream realized... to recognize Michigan's early heroic women who were left out of history books." Bold Women in Michigan History features biographies of 15 committed, courageous women who made Michigan a better place, and will appeal to readers from early elementary through adult. Published by Mountain Press, the 160-page book is illustrated, indexed and includes sites of interest and maps. The 6"x9" paperbook is available for $12.00 plus $2.00 shipping. Click here to order. Listen to the Landscape This collaboration of Linda Nemec Foster's poetry and Dianne Caroll Burdick's hand-colored landscape photography has been praised as "haunting, luminous and remarkable" by such poets as Diane Wakoski, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jack Driscoll, Nancy Willard, Judith Ortiz Cofer and William Heyen. The book can be ordered through any bookstore or from the publisher at www.eerdmans.com. Amber: Golden Gem of the Ages (4th edition) Everything you want to know about amber is right here in this newly revised and expanded 436-page book by Patty C. Rice, Ph.D. The 8.5"x11" paperback printed on acid free paper features black and white illustrations, bibliographical references and index. Price is $29.95; order on-line at www.authorhouse.com or call 888.280.7715. Fascination with Fiber: Michigan's Handweaving Heritage Pilgrim Journey Pearl Kastran Ahnen's latest book, Revealed by Fire, is available in hardcover at Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores and www.amazon.com. Revealed by Fire is the true story of Ahnen's late husband Bill, a Korean War solider, told in his letters from 1950 to 1953. Ahnen met Bill in 1970 and married him in 1971; upon return from their honeymoon, Ahnen's mother-in-law gave her a canvas bag stuffed with 349 war letters written by the 20-year-old Bill. Ahnen co-wrote the book, obtaining comments from some 20 other Korean veterans, and doing the section writing. Writing Home Writing Home, a collection of Cindy La Ferle’s heartfelt essays, earned a Merit Award in the 2005 Midwest Book Awards. It also received a nonfiction honor in Writer’s Digest magazine’s International Book Self-Publishing Competition (2006). A fresh spin on family living, Writing Home (Hearth Stone Books; 2005; ISBN: 0-923568-63-8) represents 12 years of La Ferle’s award-winning newspaper columns and personal essays and covers her favorite themes, including the challenges of parenthood, preparing for the empty nest; living creatively; aging gracefully; and reinventing family traditions. Profits from the sales of Writing Home are donated to homeless shelters in Oakland County. The book is available (or can be special ordered) at most Barnes & Noble or Borders Books & Music locations, or can be ordered on Amazon.com. For more information visit Cindy's Home Office: www.laferle.com Dementia Diary Books by Martha Bennett Stiles One Among the Indians
Part of the celebration of Jamestown Colony’s 400th anniversary is the Authors Guild Back in Print’s paperback reissue of Stiles’s 1962 Dial Press historical novel about the real 13 year-old English cabin boy who spent two increasingly dangerous years as a hostage for a son of Powhatan. Contains no Hollywood guff about J. Smith & Pocahontas. ISBN 0-595-40668-8 $13.95. Order through www.iUniverse.com or any online or conventional bookstore. To read a review, click here.
Lonesome Road
A Kentucky horse vet’s son is kidnapped and makes his own way back to safety. Half told by mother, half 3rd-person, the book followings the kidnapper, boy, family, friends and a detective. "The narrative races along, like one of those Bluegrass Thoroughbreds in the setting of this marvelous novel." Bobbie Ann Mason. "[Martha Bennett] Stiles holds the kind of knowledge that when shared, makes the road a little less lonesome." Louisville Magazine. Available for $25 from Gnomon Press, PO Box 474, Frankfort, KY 40602-0475; any on- or off-line store. ISBN 0-917788-69-9. For more information, visit Stiles' website by clicking here.
Island Magic
Picture book (Daniel San Souci, illus.), Atheneum. David’s grandfather sells his dairy farm and comes to live on Grosse Ile with David and his parents. American Booksellers Assoc. Pick-of-the-Lists Fall 1999; Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2000 Nominee; Great Lakes Book Award 2000 Nominee; winner, Detroit Women Writers’ Millennium Reading contest, Children’s Division. To order, send $10.00 to M.B.Stiles, 3501 Rio Dosa Drive, #303, Lexington, KY 40509, or visit Stiles' website by clicking here.
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