That's How It Was by Hazel Pacheco Get ready to be transported to a simpler time and place, where the rolling fields of a farm hold untold possibilities. Sarah never imagined that a question to her grandmother would lead her on a quest. But when her grandma reveals the existence of a long-lost book written by her father about his adventures on the farm as a child, Sarah decides to find it. As she reads through the pages, she experiences his childhood through his own words and discovers the … [Read more...] about That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love Story by Yvonne deSousa
Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love Story by Yvonne deSousa Sometimes the wrong person says the right thing, and it makes all the difference. In this coming-of-age memoir we meet Richard, a handsome, charming, mischievous, great guy with a fondness for the 1980s party drug of choice, cocaine. Yvonne is 11 years younger, awkward, terrified of her own shadow and even more frightened by the idea of disappointing anyone in her life. Their attraction makes no sense. … [Read more...] about Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love Story by Yvonne deSousa
That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That's How It Was by Hazel Pacheco A slyly funny and heart-warming tribute to childhood before technology. . . . Childhood adventures on the family farm come alive in That's How It Was. On the last day of a family trip to grandma's house, Sarah discovers a bit of family treasure - her dad's letter diaries from many years ago. Through his musings on animals, faith, and career choices, readers join ten-year-old Randy Ray on a journey of exploration and discovery as he contemplates whimsical … [Read more...] about That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That's How It Was by Hazel Pacheco A slyly funny and heart-warming tribute to childhood before technology. . . The last day of the family’s annual visit to the farm is filled with intrigue. Grandma is questioned, a long-forgotten book of letters is revealed, and Operation Finders-Keeper is set into motion. Still, it takes the trip home to finally uncover the answers Randy Ray's daughter is seeking. … [Read more...] about That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
Return to Vienna by Peter Dixon
Return to Vienna by Peter Dixon 'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home. Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians who had fled Nazi persecution. Trained and equipped by SOE, they courageously returned to their homeland. Some died in … [Read more...] about Return to Vienna by Peter Dixon
My Demon, My Jesus by Blue Tapp
My Demon, My Jesus by Blue Tapp A near-death experience, a botched suicide that worked… then didn’t. God had another plan. “My Demon, My Jesus” is a Christian memoir about the author’s struggle with suicidal depression and how she destroyed her demons. At 30 years old, Blue attempted suicide by swallowing a handful of sleeping pills. Her spirit left her body before she was brought back to life in the hospital. Blue is alive today because God miraculously saved her life. Four angels … [Read more...] about My Demon, My Jesus by Blue Tapp
That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That's How It Was by Hazel Pacheco Best described as slyly funny and heart-warming, That’s How It Was: Operation Finders Keepers is uniquely written in letter format. Written from a ten-year-old boy's perspective, Randy Ray’s letters prove to be captured moments in time just waiting to be discovered by his daughters thirty-seven years later. These treasured memories allow his daughters to get to know the boy who became their father. … [Read more...] about That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
That's How It Was by Hazel Pacheco Best described as slyly funny and heart-warming, That’s How It Was: Operation Finders Keepers is uniquely written in letter format. Written from a ten-year-old boy's perspective, Randy Ray’s letters prove to be captured moments in time just waiting to be discovered by his daughters thirty-seven years later. These treasured memories allow his daughters to get to know the boy who became their father. … [Read more...] about That’s How It Was by Hazel Pacheco
Mayhem 337: Memoir of a Combat Advisor in Afghanistan by Chad Rickard
Mayhem 337: Memoir of a Combat Advisor in Afghanistan by Chad Rickard In 2008, Senior U.S. Army Infantry Sergeant Chad Rickard embedded within the Afghan Army as a Combat Advisor. During a yearlong deployment, he slugged it out with Haqqani Taliban on Afghanistan's eastern border, along Pakistan's Northwest Frontier. Follow Rickard as he engages in mountain warfare against numerically superior enemy forces. See urban combat through the eyes of a Soldier that was there. Follow along as his … [Read more...] about Mayhem 337: Memoir of a Combat Advisor in Afghanistan by Chad Rickard
Wheels of Injustice by Susan Louise Gabriel
Wheels of Injustice by Susan Louise Gabriel It began with one woman's fight to save her child and ended in a national movement— Six weeks into a blissful honeymoon, life turns into a nightmare when Susan’s 9-year-old daughter is taken away and her husband is falsely accused of child sexual abuse. A simple misunderstanding is reshaped by the powerful, out-of-control child protection machine of the 1980s into something sinister, and Susan is dragged under its churning wheels. She is given the … [Read more...] about Wheels of Injustice by Susan Louise Gabriel
