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Sandy
Acharjee
Code Blue 99
iUniverse, 2008, paperback $11.95
The author unexpectedly exits this world, arrives at
the Gateway to the Kingdom of Heaven, meets God in person and returns
to earth with Specific Instructions. Please read the book. It is an
amazing and miraculous experience.
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Tom Acierno
A
Whisper in God's Ear
Arbor Books, 2008, hardcover $22.95, paperback $14.95
Tom Acierno's book of spiritual self-discovery is enlightening and
wonderfully written. His moving book separates religion from
spirituality, and proposes ways to become closer to God. A new
age spirit guide, A Whiper in God's
Ear may just be what you've needed in your spiritual walk.
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A. D. Adams
Death
on Lake Ice
PublishAmerica, 2005, $19.95
Death on Lake Ice begins with reclusive but brilliant engineer Jacob
Adami deciding to change his life and move to Mountain Top County. He
takes the position of county engineer. He moves himself and his three
cats into a home overlooking Lake Ice. On his first inspection trip as
county engineer to a local spillway, he discovers the murdered body of
the area’s leading citizen and largest landowner. Being new to the
area, he meets the local people and learns of their lives. They, on the
other hand, find him somewhat mysterious and cannot understand why a
rich and powerful man would move to their mountains and take a
low-paying engineering position. As Jacob gets to know the people and
the circumstances of the murdered man, he slowly forms a theory of the
crime.
The
Dragon Healer of Tone
PublishAmerica, 2006, $24.95
The Dragon Healer of Tone
is an epic fantasy about the life of Terra, the human whose fate is
tied to the Dragon World of Tone’s future. Many seasons ago, a great
wizard started a war that drove the humans to the misty valleys along
the coast. Terra was the first male born with the magic of healing for
hundreds of sets of seasons. He is the hope of the world, even though
few know of his existence. As a child, he was taken from his family and
was raised by the great coastal dragons. Only the dragons and a few
others that have been awaiting his birth know of him and his powers.
Even they have no idea of the enormous capabilities he possesses. Terra
and his dragon, Fienna, whom he loves above all others, must save
themselves from the dangers of outside powers that would either control
or destroy them. Not least of these powers is the Black Solan, an
insane witch bent upon their destruction. The two must survive, as well
as build a life together, in a world of unknown enemies.
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Deanna R. Adams
Rock
'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection
Kent State University Press, 2002, $39.99
It’s no wonder Cleveland is home to the internationally famous Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame—Cleveland disk jockey Alan Freed coined the phrase
for this new musical phenomenon nearly 50 years ago; Casey Kasem
fine-tuned his long-running broadcasting career in Cleveland; and
Cleveland witnessed the rise of such widely recognized groups as the
James Gang, the Outsiders, Damnation of Adam Blessing, and the
Raspberries. Nearby Canton gave us the O’Jays, and Akron spawned Devo
and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. And the rock concert was
practically invented in Cleveland in 1952, when Alan Freed convened the
first Moondog Coronation Ball. By the 1970s Cleveland had become a
proving ground for superstars in the making. "Rock ’n’ Roll and the
Cleveland Connection" is the first in-depth look at the people, venues,
and artists that made Cleveland the "Rock ’n’ Roll Capital of the
World."
Confessions
of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl
Infinity Press, 2008, $19.99
Confessions of a
Not-So-Good Catholic Girl is a collection of true tales about
growing up a baby boomer in the Midwest. These coming-of-age stories,
wide ranging in subject matter, are slices of life, experiences most of
us share: internal conflicts, personal relationships,
life-altering moments—whether you grew up Catholic or not. Weave in
historic events and pop culture trends and you have a book of nostalgic
adventures that will evoke your own life memories—with laughter,
warmth, and fond reflection.
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Alice Baburek
Corridors
in Time
PublishAmerica, 2008, $16.95
The year is 1906 in San Francisco, California, just months before the
most destructive earthquake ever recorded in U.S. history shakes and
crumbles the entire west coast! It is here that Alexandria Becker
and Cindy Murnan, who have frantically escaped from the future,
desperately try to defy this catastrophic devastation in order to save
the lives of their new-found friends, even if it means changing the
course of history.
Echo
of Lies
PublishAmerica, 2009, $24.95
Echo of Lies
carries the reader away on a treacherous journey inside the personal
lives of three influential and powerful women. It is through
their intense determination to seek out justice that forbidden doors
are opened and evil silently unfolds into a nightmare filled with
deceit and lies.
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Gail Ghetia Bellamy
Cleveland
Food Memories
Gray & Co, 2003, $17.95
Remember when food was local? Cleveland companies made it, and
local people sold it and ran the restaurants where we ate it.
Food makes powerful memories. Mention Hough Bakery and see how
quickly we Clevelanders start to drool over just the thought of those
long-lost white cakes. This book collects the fondest memories of
Clevelanders who still ache for treats from the past. There were
Frostees in the Higbees basement. Popcorn balls at Euclid
Beach. Burgers at Manners or Mawby's. Entertainment-filled
night at the Alpine Village. Mustard at old Municipal
Stadium...and so much more. Heavily illustrated.
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Chris Bowen, editor
Noun
Vs. Verb
Burning River, 2009, $4.00
Noun Vs. Verb is a
collision of ideals. It is one’s grammar against
another’s. It’s a twisted tongue wrapping around words inaudible but
for the steely future ahead of itself: in language, in evolving the
common thread that weaves through and of us, in the persistence and
disquiet of a locomotive.
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Peter Chakerian
The
Browns Fan's Tailgating Guide
Gray & Co, 2008, $9.95
Now it's easy for any Browns fan to tailgate like a well-seasoned
veteran. This book shares tips from Cleveland's top talgaters -
about where to, when to, and how to do it all, Browns fan style.
It also tells inspiring tailgating tales from fellow fans and
introduces some of the wild people, crazy vehicles, outlandish foods,
and nonstop pary activities you'll find in the lot.
For decades, hardy Cleveland football fans have enjoyed the pregame
(and game...and postgame) in sun, rain, or subzero temperatures,
sitting in folding chairs and clutching red plastic cups while watching
a rack or ribs smoke on a homemade grill to a brown-and-orange
Winnebago. This book celebrates the glorious tradition of
Cleveland Browns tailgating. It will inspire you to don your dawg
mask, grab your favorite beverage, and prepare to join the party!
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Randy Cunningham
Democratizing
Cleveland: The Rise and Fall of Community Organizing in Cleveland, Ohio
1975-1985
Arambala Press, 2007, $19.95
Democratizing Cleveland: The rise and fall of community
organizing in Cleveland, Ohio 1975 –
1985 is the first
history of a movement that
swept through the neighborhoods of Cleveland
from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. This
movement put the concerns and problems of Cleveland’s
neighborhoods on the top of the city’s agenda, and forced the leaders
of Cleveland
to pay
attention to communities they had long ignored. The
community organizations that fought for Cleveland’s
neighborhoods laid the foundation
for the non-profit development efforts of the past twenty years. The issues they dealt with are still before
us, as we see in the foreclosure crisis. Democratizing Cleveland is an
essential history for those who wish to gain a better understanding of
where Cleveland
has been, and
where it is going.
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Stephen N. Fliegel
Resplendent
Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages
Kent State University Press, 2009, $29.95
A beautifully illustrated collection of some of the funest examples of
liturgical art. No work of art can be fully appreciated if
divorced from the culture that produced it. This examination of
liturgical objects found in the medieval church treasury assesses their
artistic technique and method, placing the objects in the context of
medieval liturgical practice and piety. Author Stephen N. Fliegel
explores the origins or religious treasuries in late antiquity and
their ultimate disappearance as a result of the Reformation, French
Revolution, and political upheavals of the early modern period.
Because of their sacred function, liturgical objects were often crafted
from the most precious materials. Resplendent Faith is a richly
illustrated compendium of the typical objects found within medieval
church treasuries and includes a discussion of their form and function
and their significance in the medieval religious service. Fliegel
places this survey of the medieval liturgical treasury within its broad
historical framework and considers the art representative of the most
significant sacral objects produced during the Middle Ages.
Supperted by exquisite illustrations as well as a glossary and
bibliography, Resplendent Faith to
art historians and those interested in the history of religion and
liturgical practices in addition to the nonspecialist who appreciates
medieval art or religious icons and religuaries.
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Nina Freedlauder Gibans
Creative Essence: Cleveland's Sense of Place
Kent
State University Press, 2005, $29.95
Arising out of the Cleveland Artists Foundation’s Dialogue Series, a
22-hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and
broadcast
on National Public Radio, Creative Essence examines regional culture
through
an exploration of the distinguished contributions Cleveland has made to
the visual arts and architecture. The Dialogue Series brought together
a variety of people in the visual arts community to discuss the
development
of the region’s creative life and environment, whether it be through
architecture
and city planning or through the industrial and fine arts. They shared
their views and knowledge about how regionalism has long influenced
artistic
productivity. Their exchanges and ideas for the future are provocative
and thoughtful.
Cleveland Poetry Scenes: Panorama & Anthology
Bottom Dog Press, 2008, $19.95
Poetry. This anthology includes a detailed cultural chronology and
twenty articles on various topics including Performance Poetry: Slam
Teams, Black Poetic Society, University Writing Programs, Presses &
Magazines, Poetry Web Presence, and Poetry Organizations. "Poetry has a
long and living history in Cleveland, Ohio, and this examination of its
past through the lens of its vibrant present is a treasure in and of
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John Gorman
The
Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio
Gray & Co, 2008, $14.95
This rock and roll memoir takes you behind the scenes at the nation's
hottest station during FM's heyday, from 1973 to 1986. Sex and
drugs, music and merchandising -- it was a wild time when the FM
airwaves were wide open for innovation. John Gorman led a small band of
true believers who built Cleveland's WMMS from a neglected stepchild
into influential powerhouse. The station earned high praise from
musicians and even higher rating from listeners. Gorman tells how
WMMS remade rock radio while Cleveland staked its claim as the "Rock
and Roll Capital" by breaking many major international music
acts. Filled with juicy details, this fast-paced story will
entertain anyone who listened in during those glory days when FM
delivered excitement and the Buzzard ruled the airwaves.
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Derek Hess and Kent Smith
Please
God Save Us
Strhess Press, 2008, $29.95
What do you get when you combine an internationally-known artist and an
award winning politician? You get "Please God Save Us"
"Please God Save Us" is the critically acclaimed first book by artist
Derek Hess and politician/writer Kent Smith. "Please God Save Us"
is a book of art and words that address a variety of modern day topics
including the Republican Party, the Religious Right, America's foreign
policy, the environment, the Iraq War, stem cell research, evolution,
rock and roll, the Fox Newa Channel, Sponge Bob and Santa Claus.
The book is intended to educate and inspire its readers whether or not
they agree with either the art or words. The book is not,
however, meant to be an attack on Christianity but rather an
interpretation of how religion is perverted to fit the needs of its
followers, whomever they may be.
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Lawrence Hohman
Alphabetical Birds in
Color; Alphabetical Beasts in
Color; Alphabetical Botanicals in Color; Alphabetical
Butterflies in Color
Lawrence Hohman, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, $10.50 each
Lawrence Hohman is a fabulous naturalistic illustrator,
and in these books he gives a short verse to each flora & fauna in
alphabetical order. The series looks good together, too.
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Patience Cameron Hoskins
Cleveland
on Foot 3rd Edition
Gray & Co, 1998, $14.95
The third edition of this popular quide now describes 50 hikes and
walks in and around Greater Cleveland. Hike descriptions and maps
have been completely updated and revised to show current trails and
surroundings; five all-new hikes have been added. The hikes, for
all levels of hiking ability, explore urban, suburban, rural, and
woodland areas. Ranging from an easy one-hour walk to a
challenging full-day hike, they take hikers to popular local
destinations and many lesser-known locations. Descriptions offer
detailed historical, geological, architectural, and cultural background
tidbits along with step-by-step trail directions - even directions for
how to get there, where to park, and where to find restrooms. new
hikes in this edition include: Downtown Cleveland public art walk,
Berea and Baldwin-Wallace College, Rocky River lakefront and
residential walk, Bratenahl lakeshore history walk, and the Ohio &
Erie Canal Reservation (the newest Cleveland Metropark).
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Bebe Weinberg Katz
Princess
Claudia and the Freckles
Publish America, 2007, $12.50
When you are a seven year old girl, everything your older sister says
has the power to make or ruin your day. That is exactly what
happens to Princess Claudia one Saturday morning when her older sister,
Princess Elizabeth makes fun of Claudia's freckles. This is the
story of Claudia's attempt to get rid of the dreaded freckles.
Claudia enlists the aid of her Uncle Ouf, who is the castle
wizard. Together they try potions and lotions and brown bag
magic, all aimed at getting rid of the freckles. Claudia learns
that every action has a consequence. She also discovers the magic
inside a person is the strongest of all. Along the way she has
wonderful adventures with her family. What happens to the
freckles? That is the surprise.
A Best Friend for Claudia
Publish America, 2008, $12.50
The summer that Princess Claudia turned eight years old she discovered
that everyone who lived in the castle, except her, has a best
friend. Her parents, her wizard uncle, and ever her sister,
Princess Elizabeth, had best friendss. How is that
possible? Claudia was old enough to know that when you need to do
something about something there is only one place to go and one person
to see: the castle wizard, Unlce Ouf. With Ouf's magic and a bit
of help from Peach Fuzz the cat, Claudia sets out on a mission to find
a best friend. She finds that friendships are not always perfect
and that sometimes you have to be patient to get what you want.
She also learns that if you listen, follow directions and open up your
heart, things will have a wonderful, perhaps even magical way of
working out.
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Dorothy Chapon Kazel
The
Voice: A Missionary's Call to Give Her Life
Xulon Press, 2008, $14.99
Dr. Dorothy Kazel's life spoke to the power of love in the fare of
fear. Described as an "ordinary" woman who was "commited to
serving the poor", she begged for an end to U.S. military assistance to
El Salvador because she knew it was contributing to the misery of the
common people. Her missionary life ended as she with companion's
were murdered by the Salvadoran security forces. This barbaric
act represented Dorothy's ultimate gift: martyrdom for the faith.
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Nathalie Ketterer
Count Each Day
Wheatmark,
2007, $14.95
When Nathalie Ketterer's son Jim was thirty-three,
the unthinkable
struck-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's
disease. Jim met his cruel fate with honesty, intelligence, and
courage, desiring only to be remembered after he was gone.In "Count
Each Day: A Son's Heroic Journey with ALS," Nathalie fulfills Jim's
last wish. More than that, she describes with heartbreaking clarity how
a family hangs together in times of crisis, how every moment matters,
and how, in the end, love is stronger than death. Her story will
resonate with anyone who has ever faced the loss of a loved one.
Summer's Edge
iUniverse, 2002, $13.95
A prize-winning Ohio poet, Nathalie Ketterer, writes
of her early
years, present life, nature, travels, as well as the turning world. The
recurring themes of love and loss, poverty and plenty, travail and
triumph color her poetry, which is always accessible and fresh.
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Geoffrey A. Landis
Iron
Angels
VanZeno Press, 2009, $19.95
Geoff Landis' first collection of poetry includes 53 of his best-known
poems, both science-fictional and otherwise, ranging in style from
sonnets to haiku.
Impact
Parameter
Golden Gryphon Press, 2001, $10.00
This collection of his short stories, Landis's first, contains most of
his award-nominated and award-winning stories, including the Hugo
winner "A Walk in the Sun," a surreal survivor story set on Luna. The
cover art is based on the story "Into the Blue Abyss," where the seas
of Uranus are explored. In "Approaching Perimelasma," a fantastic
voyage into a black hole, past the theoretical point of no return, is
described. Other stories deal with a space freighter and its encounter
with space pirates, the "marsforming" of Mars, mathematical theorems
from a very unlikely source, how Sherlock Holmes deals with a parasitic
alien, the horrors of a hopeless war, virtual-reality war, and other
diverse realities. The unifying theme behind these stories is the
science that Landis employs to flavor his stories, and the humanization
he adds.
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Will Limkemann
The
Successful Home Business Guide
Doubleware Publications, May 2009, $29.95
Practical advice for anyone running, or thinking of starting, a home
business. It's filled with step by step how-to stuff that every
home-based business owner should know.
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Marian J. Morton
Cleveland
Heights Congregations
Arcadia
Publishing, 2009, $21.99
Since the last quarter of
the 19th century, dozens of religious congregations have made their
homes in
Cleveland Heights. They have been Presbyterian, United Methodist,
Evangelical,
Roman Catholic, Jewish (Conservative, Orthodox, and
Egalitariantraditional),
Unitarian Universalist, Greek Orthodox, Baptist, Disciples of Christ,
Church of
Christ, Lutheran, Christian Science, Episcopalian, African Methodist
Episcopal,
and Congregational and now also include a wide array of community and
nondenominational churches. Their houses of worship, ranging from
modest
renovated storefronts to stately cathedrals, have enriched the city’s
landscape; their religious pluralism has nurtured ethnic, economic, and
racial
diversity, as well as controversy and conflict; their calls to action
have
sometimes aroused the community’s conscience. Religious congregations,
in
short, have helped to sustain the vitality of Cleveland Heights.
This is
Marian Morton's fourth local history book published by Arcadia Press.
Cleveland Heights
Arcadia Publishing, 2005, $19.99
During its more than a century as a Cleveland suburb, Cleveland Heights
has been shaped by the natural topography, technology, enterprising
developers, elected officials, and its residents of many backgrounds.
The result has been a rich mosaic of places and people. In the 1890s,
wealthy Clevelanders began to leave the city's smoky factories and
congested neighborhoods for the "heights" in East Cleveland Township.
In 1901, the heights became the hamlet of Cleveland Heights. As its
population changed, so did the suburb's homes, shops, schools, parks,
and places of worship. Today, Cleveland Heights is as diversified as
its citizens, its eclectic architecture and neighborhoods, and its
unique history.
Cleveland's
Lake
View Cemetery
Arcadia Publishing, 2004, $19.99
Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery reveals the profound effects the
cemetery and the City of Cleveland had on one another. Founded in 1869,
this garden cemetery served as an escape and a model for Cleveland
parks and suburbs, such as University Circle, Little Italy, East
Cleveland, and Cleveland Heights. Lake View is home to cultural,
economic, and political leaders and thousands of others from all
classes, races, and religions. This rich diversity is manifested in the
natural and man-made landscape, which features the President James
Garfield Monument, the Wade Chapel, and the John D. Rockefeller obelisk.
Cleveland Heights: The Making of an Urban Suburb
Arcadia Publishing, 2002, $24.99
Now a bustling city of more than 50,000 residents, Cleveland Heights,
situated just six miles from Cleveland’s Public Square, boasts a
history that begins well before its own incorporation. The region was
once home to Native American tribes including the Erie and Seneca, and
stalwart pioneers established settlements in the area as early as the
late eighteenth century. In the post–Civil War period, as Cleveland was
becoming an industrial metropolis, affluent residents began moving to
the newly developed “garden suburbs,” anxious to live closer to nature
and farther from the smoky city and its increasingly diverse
population. Born of this same desire, Cleveland Heights was founded in
1901. Here, in this isolated countryside owned by substantial families
like the Silsbys, Minors, Comptons, and Taylors, entrepreneurs and city
officials envisioned a clean and comfortable suburb for Cleveland’s
elite. Officially designated a city in 1921, Cleveland Heights quickly
became not the homogenized suburb envisioned by early developers, but a
community of widely divergent neighborhoods and people. Newcomers
belonged to varying class, religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. A
century after its founding, Cleveland Heights has become an “inner-ring
urban suburb,” boasting gracious homes of architectural distinction and
attractive parks, but also facing the modern challenges of a dwindling
population and commercial districts in need of economic revitalization.
This new volume illustrates, in both word and image, the evolving life
of Cleveland Heights from its beginning as part of East Cleveland
Township, one of the region’s first suburbs, to the present day.
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MaryAnn Myers
Maple
Dale Revisited
Sunrise Horse Farm, 2008, $14.95
Maple Dale Revisited
is a yound adult equestrian novel about three young girls trying to
save a small herd of deer against all odds.
Ellie's
Crows
Sunrise Horse Farm, 2009, $12.95
Ellie's Crows is
a novel about an extraordinary relationship between a young woman and
her grandmother. It is a comedy. It is a tragedy. It
is a celebration of life!
The Frog, the Wizard and the Shrew
LightHouse Literary Press, 2000, $12.00
With a combination of insight and magical realism, author MaryAnn Myers
propels her readers into the mysterious and provocative world of Anne
Marie Light. The young woman's purchase of a second-hand prom dress
initiates a chain of events during which strange, unfamiliar memories
surface; a recurring song of longing, a teen pregnancy, and a dearly
loved, but perhaps abandoned baby. When Anne Marie sets out to discover
the source of these haunting thoughts, her journey leads to the streets
of New Orleans for answers. Unforgettable characters along the way
include the eccentric ex-circus performer, Miss Colorado, an intriguing
telephone installer named Danny, a voodoo queen called Rosalee, and
Anne Marie's caustic mother, with whom a reconciliation must be made if
there is to be a true resolution.
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Doris O'Donell
Front
Page Girl
Kent State Press, 2006, $22.95
In Front-Page Girl, O’Donnell
regales the reader with her tales of Cleveland’s mobsters, riots,
murders, and corruption and delves into the murkiness of local,
national, and global politics. This engaging memoir doubles as an
important glimpse into the stories behind the headlines and as a
treasure trove of Cleveland history.
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Antoinette Patterson
If God
Can Bring Me to It, He Can Bring Me Through It
Bookemon, 2009, $15.00
Autobiography - Growing up lost, without a father. Having to
endure abuse, struggling to survive, had children, in which one was
special needs, loosing my dad and starting a business.
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Susan Petrone
A Body
at
Rest
Drimon Press, 2009, $14.50
Martha and Nina are two over-educated, underemployed slackers to
realize their lives are gonig nowhere. In a twist on the road
trip novel, the two become (in a literal sense) their favorite
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William Price
Shadow
Travels
Publish America, 2001, $24.95
Leaving the Russian Tank corps Wasilly Orloff spies for the West while
a courier, bodyguard and chauffer for Chinese Warlords. Drawing
upon his martial arts skills and ability to speak many languages, he
beats the odds. He continues to meet friends who are constantly
changing sides in an era of upheaval in China before the Second World
War.
Shadow
Confessions
Publish America, 2009, $24.95
CIA operative Wasilly Orloff takes his son Yuli to Hong Kong to visit
his god-father, Captain Pugachev, at his safe house. Dared by
Yuli, Wasilly draws a million pounds from a pre-war Triad account he
shared with his first Chinese wife whom he was sure was dead.
Still alive, she opened their account to finance Red Chinese covert
opertations. Yuli's half-brother and -sister head the chase to
reclaim funds, through Asia, Europe and the Americas. While
hiding in Chile, Yuli finds his true love, Valerie Santelli. On
assignment in Chile, Yuli turnshis half-brother during Pinochette's
military coup. Now that his half-brother is a CIA asset, Yuli
returns to Hong Kong for a last opportunity to see his
half-sister. There everyone is united at the original Gold and
Silver Exchange with a final confrontation of Red Chinese, CIA and
Triad operatives.
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Les Roberts
14 Mysteries featuring Cleveland Detective Milaln Jacovich
King
of the Holly Hop
Gray & Co., 2008, $24.95
Going to your high school reunion is never fun. But this time, it's
murder. When Cleveland private eye Milan Jacovich reluctantly
attends the fortieth reunion of his St. Clair High School graduating
class, he gets a rude surprise: one of his classmates is found shot
dead and another quickly becomes the main suspect. The suspect,
successful playwright Tommy Wiggins, draws Milan into the case--and
puts him in a very awkward position. Investigating his former
schoolmates is an uncomfortable task for Milan, as he soon discovers
the dark secrets of people he only thought he knew. The deceased
Dr. Phil Kohn, it turns out, was a cad who managed to make more than a
few enemies during his abbreviated life. But did a forty-year-old
grudge really lead to his death? Or was it something more recent--a
jealous spouse, a shady business partner? Milan's hunt for the
real killer leads him through the oddly intertwined worlds of
Cleveland's medical community, organized crime, polite suburban
society, and hard-core drug dealers. It's a tough investigation
in which Milan could lose many friends--and, if he's not careful, his
life. In the fourteenth book of his Milan Jacovich series, Les
Roberts once again delivers a dose of real Cleveland characters and
settings that bring the city to life on the page.
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Michael Ian Samulak
A is
for Africa
Trafford Publishing, July 2008, $16.99
A is for Africa is
a fresh depiction of the English Alphabet set to authentic native
African illustrations. This early childhood read-a-long is written in a
playful rhyme that promises to keep the attention of parent and child
alike. The book uses the African "batik" style of paintings to
illustrate in a truly unique way. Over thirty individual pieces of art
are used to bring this manuscript to life. The unique blend of colors,
lines, and space brought out by this special technique of illustration
is noticeably rare among other books. Together with the text, they
beautifully convey to the reader the people, animals, culture and
amazing sites that embody the continent of Africa.
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Sheila Schwartz
Lies
Will Take You Somewhere
Etruscan Press, May 2009, $15.95
Last year, Cleveland lost one of its writers, the much loved Shelia
Schwartz. Her first novel, Lies
Will Take You Somewhere, has just been published, and her book
offers us, at the very least, her words and the story that she worked
on for the last years of her life. According to Karen Sandstrom
of The Plain Dealer, Lies Will Take
You Somewhere "is concerned with life and its rewards, the
lurching attempts at connection between parents and children and the
fine messes we all make along the way." We honor her at our Local
Author Book Fair with a table of her books, and an empty chair--wishing
she was here with us.
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Robert L. Sheeley
Rainbow
Plantation Blues
iUniverse, 2008, $16.95
In
1850, Jonathan Thomas, a young, personable, and aristocratic Southern
gentleman, has returned to his antebellum home from an Ivy League
school in the North. His father is dying and Jonathan is sole heir to
the family's lavish prosperous, and renowned Rainbow Plantation. While
up North, two major revelations had seriously shaken his self-image.
His exposure to Northern abolitionism had permanently shaken his
outlook on slavery, the South's peculiar institution. Worse, he had
begun to believe he might be a sodomite, a most wretched creature
reviled by the customs of nineteenth-century American society.
When he tours the plantation grounds for the first time in years, he
sees that his boyhood playmate, a slave named Kumi, has matured into a
black Adonis. Jonathan is instantly captivated. Now he is convinced he
is a sodomite, and even worse, he is hopelessly smitten over a slave.
As he grapples with his sexual proclivity and the peculiar
institution, he befriends Steven Wentworth, a social non-conformist
living an esoteric lifestyle, who has a deep, hidden connection to him.
Under Steven's progressive influence, and from another unlikely
source-the Bible-Jonathan is able to unravel his demons and triumph in
the end.
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Philip J. Skerry
Psycho
in the Shower: The History of Cinema's Most Famous Scene
Continuum Press, 2009, $19.95
This book places the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho in the cultural and social
contexts of American popular culture of the 1950's and 1960's, arguing
that it helped to create a revolution in both sensibility and cinematic
style.
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Gary Stromberg
Every Tiger Has a Tale
iUniverse, 2009, $22.95
The book shares the fascintating life stories of 48 graduates of
Cleveland Heights High: the twists and turns they encountered and
how they overcame obstacles. This is a book rich with life
lessons and history, and great nostalgia for any Clevelander.
Aren't
You That News Man?
iUniverse, 2008, $16.95
The book describes the author's thirty-year career as a reporter with
Channel 8 in Cleveland. There are plenty of humorous anecdotes,
and insights into the life behind the scenes, as well as stories about
the author's formative years in Cleveland Heights.
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Vladimir Swirynsky
Letters
Never Written - A Poem Not Read
Aardvark Gloval Publishing, 2009, $13.95
Vladimir Swirynsky has published a collection of poetry almost annually
for the past decade. He has also been published nationally in
various collections, reviews and journals, and has competed at various
poetry slam competitions. His new collection of poetry, Letters Never Written - A Poem Not Read,
featured more poems and haiku that have been nationally
published. One conversation with Vlad will leave you asking when
the next poetry reading will be.
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Laura Taxel
Cleveland
Ethnic Eats 8th Edition
Gray & Co., 2009, $14.95
The 8th edition of this popular dining guide introduces a world of
exotic cuisines—right here in our own backyard! These 356 authentic
ethnic restaurants and markets (from more than 50 different countries
and cultures) are recommended by the experts: Cleveland's ethnic
citizens themselves. Laura Taxel found out where they go for an
authentic meal; her book shares those delicious discoveries. Detailed
listings tell what you'll find when you go, from menu items and
specialties to prices, hours, ambiance, attire, and parking. The
8th edition's listings have all been updated, including 58 new listings.
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Mary A. Turzillo
Ewaipanoma
Sam's Dot, 2008, $6.95
Susanna and Molly were contacted by strangers from the sky. Only
much later did they discover the true worth of the strangers'
friendship -- and their own love.
Your
Cat & Other Space Aliens
vanZeno Press, 2007, $19.95
Praying mantises, kittens, cats masquerading as roadkill, poets, aliens
masquerading as cats, death, rats, sabertooth tigers, snakes, sirens,
lots of cats, lots of aliens. Poetry by award-winning author Mary
Turzillo.
Dragon
Soup
vanZeno Press, 2008, $19.95
Not your usual dragons -- stories, jokes, rhymes about the kind of
dragon you wouldn't want living next door -- or would you? A
collaboration with author/artist Marge Simon.
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Matthew & Stefanie Verish
An
Unlikely
Journey: Book One of Raven's Heart and An Unlikely Reunion:
Book Two of Raven's Heart
iUniverse, 2007 & 2008, $26.95 & $22.95
A blood-hued exile, a cursed girl with wings, an unlucky thief, and a
secretive tracker . . . what would bring this unlikely cast
together? Ironically, the answer is the recovery of a magic
stone, the "stone of undoing" -- Raven's Heart. Yet it is not a
magic rock that threatens their survival but their own inner conflicts
that bring them closer to a tragic end. Can they see beyond their
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John Wasik and Phil Parrish
Throwing
Stones
P.J. Books, LLC, 2006, $20.00
German investigator Thomas Freiderich tracks his missing nephew only to
uncover terrorists plotting to destroy America’s infrastructure. Two
Cleveland police colleagues assist in penetrating the world of illegal
border crossings, deceptive double agents and assassinations.
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Connie Walker Webster
The
Darkness and the Light
Global Marketing Group, 2007, $23.00
The Darkness and the Light
is a spiritual memoir. It is about life, love, and passion -
fear, faith and healing.
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Nora White
Armed
With God's Power
Tate Publishing, 2008, $19.99
Have you ever experienced tragedy in your life due to situations beyond
your control? Travel with Nora to a time that was surrounded with
abuse, death, disease and the divine intervention that changed her
brokeness to victory.
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Carlo Wolff
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Memories
Gray & Co., 2006, $19.95
Music fans who grew up with Rock and Roll in Cleveland remember a
golden age. We were young, so was the music, and the sense of freedom
and excitement the Rock and Roll scene delivered was electric. There
were so many great clubs, like the Agora, where every big band seemed
to break in the 1970s. The trendsetting radio stations, from A.M.'s
WIXY 1260 to F.M.'s groundbreaking "Home of the Buzzard", WMMS. And all
those memorable shows. The free Coffee Break Concerts--remember
Springsteen just when he hit it big? The gigantic World Series of Rock.
Nights on the lawn at Blossom (including local favorites the Michael
Stanley Band and their record-setting sellout streak). This book
collects the favorite memories of Clevelanders who made the scene:
fans, musicians, DJs, reporters, club owners, and more. Includes
rare photographs and other memorabilia such as concert posters, bumper
stickers, pins, and ticket stubs.
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