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One Golden Spike is the multi-faceted memoir of J.J. Gearhart, a woman who earns one of the first athletic scholarships for women to Stanford University. There, she plans to study pre-medicine so she can cure her mother's mysterious autoimmune illness. She is 100% a mama's girl. Mama Jo's suffering fuels J.J.'s ambitions as she struggles to be seen as more than a "dumb jock" who took an admissions spot away from a "more deserving" intellectu...

Join Ronan O'Neill, a Coast Guard Viet Nam War hero and now a civil litigator, and the people around him who form the nucleus of his life, as he tells from his perspective about several of his paramount relationship changes and how his life course begins to shift in his middle years, including unexpected forays into the world of high fashion. Ronan's career in the Coast Guard Reserve nears its end. Yet, his legal work, anchored in California w...

Part Time Nomads: Traveling the World by Bicycle, is part memoir, part travelogue, and one hundred percent ode to taking on crazy challenges no matter your age or life situation. The book focuses on our evolution from weekend cyclists to fully loaded, self-contained cycle international bicycle travelers. Averaging eight miles an hour, we braved rain and snow and junk food, learning hard lessons about bad maps, road-hogging motor homes, and the...

Clearing Vietnam: Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing Team, captures the conditions and encounters of a young combat engineer operating a specialized bulldozer in the dense jungles of South Vietnam.

The AlphaScamps and their animal pals The Scampanions take kids on an adventure in learning new words using laughter, rhyme, and delightful images.

The AlphaScamps and their animal pals The Scampanions take kids on an adventure in learning new words using laughter, rhyme, and delightful images.

Sturgeon Fever is a fisherman`s tale where Mike Stone is a thirty-something year old union pipefitter and Sturgeon fishing guide who is just getting by. He is a rough around the edges kind of guy who rolls with the punches, a fighter and a lover who enjoys being single and playing the field. He loves working on his 1970 El Camino and his vintage 76 F.L.H., Harley Davidson motorcycle. Mike lives in a rented cabin on a vacant estate with his ...

The Myth Makers is a Greek tale inspired by the life story of Peter Charles Zaloumis. Its theme is based on the ancient Greek belief that everything in the universe is spiritually connected. The terms tale and Odyssey take on new meanings in this book. A tale is defined as a story based on reality, which eventually becomes crowned with grandeur by real experiences and on mythological interpretations of these experiences. Peter's Odyssey is a ...

In the late 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the "God Squad." When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season, challenging the Dodgers and Reds, they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979, when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field, local sportswriters were quick to blame ...

In the late 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the "God Squad." When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season, challenging the Dodgers and Reds, they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979, when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field, local sportswriters were quick to blame ...

Memories of my Father, " is a heartfelt biographical portrait of Elvin L. Burk, as told by his son, Ray Burk. Elvin Burk was born June 29, 1917 into a quintessential American farming family in rural Indiana, near Union City. Like so many of his generation, the story of Elvin's life is a portrait and an example of what is good and meaningful in life. Firmly guided throughout his life with rock-solid values, those who knew Elvin Burk knew him as...

Lolo lost someone precious in her world. Lane also lost someone precious in her world. Little Max holds the key for both. However, dark forces in each world have their own interest.

The Long Distance Man is a story of travel and adventure, about how one can see the world by working their way to all the fabulous countries one might dream of visiting. I was born with an adventurous soul-one who enjoyed reading about the South Seas, Captain Cook, and other great sailors. When I read those stories, I thought, "I could do that!" And so, at age seventeen, I began my travels. Along the way, I met some interesting people, includi...

It's Fall once again, and the weather has turned cold and windy. Mom calls to the sisters from the kitchen to help her bake a pie, but the sisters are in a playful mood and have another idea in mind. They watch as Dad rakes leaves outside in the yard and decide they want to help. Quietly, the sisters sneak outside and hatch a plan to play a trick on Dad. What do the sisters have in mind? Will unsuspecting Dad fall for the rouse? This whimsical...

It's Fall once again, and the weather has turned cold and windy. Mom calls to the sisters from the kitchen to help her bake a pie, but the sisters are in a playful mood and have another idea in mind. They watch as Dad rakes leaves outside in the yard and decide they want to help. Quietly, the sisters sneak outside and hatch a plan to play a trick on Dad. What do the sisters have in mind? Will unsuspecting Dad fall for the rouse? This whimsical...

This collection of essays from Eric Kallins takes the reader on a pleasurable ride down memory lane, as easygoing as an impromptu Sunday drive. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Eric Kallins was part of the wave of the county's young people migrating to coastal cities during the heyday of the 1960s. First landing in Santa Cruz, Kallins rubbed elbows with an infamous cult leader. He then went south to Los Angeles where he worked in the music ...

I wrote this narrative to pay tribute to my parents, and at the same time, to all parents. It was inspired by the memories I had through the years when I lived with them in the United States. When my parents passed away, I missed them so much. Reminiscing about them brought back vivid memories of both happy and sad moments. At first, I thought those memories about my parents were just ordinary moments of recollecting and forgetting. But as I l...

In 1984, the Sikh community - a minority amidst the Hindu majority that dominates the Indian nation-state - faced the most traumatizing of events for any group - complete annihilation. Since its inception, the fundamental Sikh ideas of freedom and equality drew fire from the majority Hindu and Islamic populations in the region. Throughout the history of the Sikh community, the founders and leaders have sought to set a distinct and bold culture...

Have you ever blown it? Or failed miserably? Have you felt that your fellow Christians and your church have been your harshest critics? You're not alone. Throughout history, God has tapped the shoulders of the most flawed people in the Bible to impact the world on His behalf, and yet that's not what many of us experience from our fellow Christians when we stumble or fall. But did you know that God has a different protocol for us? There's hardl...

He sent me before-to speak of the supernatural, of judgment, of the greatest revival any people will ever see or be invited into, and of persecution coming. Prophecies and pleas, that's where we are now. Is there more time? Yes, I believe so. Is it a long time? I won't answer. Even Jesus was not told. I can tell you the angels show me windows closing and hold out pocket watches all the time. It is late. We are all not where we need to be, bo...