A CLOSER LOOK AT AUGUST’S
REVOLUTION
By Mike Bond
An evocative novel of the 1960s that hits just the right tone
In the third book of The America Series, the 1968 Tet uprising drives America deeper into the abyss of Vietnam and plunges Troy and the woman he loves into great danger. Martin Luther King is shot, and riots rage in 130 burning American cities. Students protesting the War take over American universities, and street battles in Paris nearly topple the French government. Senator Eugene McCarthy enters the Democratic presidential race against Lyndon Johnson, followed by Bobby Kennedy, who goes on to win the California Democratic primary…
THE AUTHOR
Author of nearly a dozen best-selling novels, ecologist, war and human rights journalist, award-winning poet and international energy expert, MIKE BOND has lived and worked in over thirty countries on seven continents. His works have been translated into many languages and have been praised by critics worldwide for their intricate plots, fascinating characters, extraordinary settings, and explosive pace. Based on his own experiences in dangerous, remote, and war-torn regions, his novels look deeply into the dark side of humans as well as the good. They depict the terror and fury of battle and the intense joy of love, the beauty of the vanishing natural world, and the nature of the universe and its many meanings for human life.
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THE CARDINAL AND THE SPARROW
By Elisabeth Stanley
Can rebels save a kingdom in peril?
In the deep woods an untouchable duo of rebels known as the Cardinal and the Sparrow fight against the odious king Pugnagaday. They are distressed to find information that suggests the king is about to pass his kingship over to the nefarious prince Roeale. Can the two bandits stop this cataclysm? Can they save the country from this terrifying fate?
THE AUTHOR
ELISABETH STANLEY is 31 and has been writing for over ten years. During that time she has learned the power of words and therefore she knows to use them wisely. Even though she is single with no children she considers her books her children and loves them each in a unique way. Her hobbies include reading, writing and watching Korean dramas.
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GUT FEELINGS: THE PATIENT’S STORY
By Douglas A. Drossman, MD and Johannah Ruddy, M.Ed
Eight powerful personal stories of DGBI patients that will rock you to your core
Building upon Gut Feelings: Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction, this book presents the personal stories of eight patients to create a full understanding of their disorders, personal experience of illness, and their relationship with the health care system. Patients and health care providers will resonate with these powerful stories and learn how to optimize the patient-provider relationship.
In these stories lie an overarching message of hope, though. Solutions do exist! Gut Feelings: The Patient’s Story empowers patients to know that these conditions are real, based on growing scientific evidence, and that they are not alone.
THE AUTHOR
DOUGLAS A. DROSSMAN, MD is trained in gastroenterology and psychiatry and is an internationally recognized scientist, clinician, and educator in DGBIs and communication skills training. He is the founder, former president, and currently COO of the Rome Foundation. He is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry in Gastroenterology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also president of DrossmanCare, which develops workshops and training programs in communication skills, and he sees patients with complex DGBIs in his gastroenterology practice.
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THE AUTHOR
JOHANNAH RUDDY M.ED is a highly-recognized patient advocate with a background in education and management of non-profit health organizations. She is the executive director of the Rome Foundation and is on the Board of Directors of DrossmanCare. As Executive Director, she coordinates operations and educational programs. With DrossmanCare, she facilitates workshops in patient-centered care and is a simulated patient in videos on communication skills.
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DARK COUNTRY
By Monique Snyman
Too often people mistake monsters for gods
When a ravaged corpse is discovered in Pretoria, South Africa, Esmé Snyder—an occult-crime expert—is called in to investigate. But she doesn’t know the scope of what she’s up against. Esmé is the target of a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who uses the paranormal to do his bidding, with the intent of becoming a god on Earth. The clock isn’t all that’s working against Esmé and her team, though. The media soon catches wind of the threat against the citizens of Pretoria, and their reported speculations promise a post-Apartheid Satanic Panic. As the body count grows, Esmé must figure out who is behind the heinous crimes before she ends up the final sacrifice.
Dark Country highlights the multicultural mythologies, magic, histories, beauty, and horror of living in pseudo-modern South Africa.
THE AUTHOR
MONIQUE SNYMAN’S mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband, daughter, and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novels, THE NIGHT WEAVER and THE BONE CARVER, and the upcoming South African horror series, DARK COUNTRY.
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FUTURE SKINNY
By Peter Rosch
You wouldn’t see it coming…
Casey Banks is a devoutly anorexic man who discovers he can see the future by binge-eating. His new plan? Perform visions for cash while staying thin by any means necessary. Reading futures proves to be lucrative, but when he ignores a vision of his girlfriend committing a grisly murder, it sets Casey on a dangerous path toward a destiny he’ll do anything to avoid.
THE AUTHOR
PETER ROSCH is what happens when a Polish drag-racing varsity bowler and a beautiful, but über paranoid, French Canadian Air Force brat get together on a disco dance floor in glorious Albuquerque, NM. An award-winning writer whose decades in advertising, music, and film introduced him to more than a few bad habits. He hopes it wasn’t for naught. Kirkus called his first novel, My Dead Friend Sarah, “a gripping story” in which “Rosch skillfully renders a unique story of a missing woman.”
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