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RAFT by Stu Krieger (Jacketed Hard Cover)
Death doesn’t scare me; I’m just terrified by the prospect of not being alive.
Clark Whitaker needs a break. His kids are driving him batty, his marriage has hit a rough patch, and his job as a children’s book author and illustrator is a creative nightmare. It’s enough to make any self-respecting man walk headlong into traffic. Fortunately for Clark, he’s about to get gobsmacked with perspective when he wakes up one morning to discover ... he’s a penguin!
Told in the four voices of the Whitaker family members, this funny and touching tale by award-winning screenwriter Stu Krieger follows one suburban family through an unforgettable summer as they flock together to solve the most unusual riddle of their lives.
RAFT by Stu Krieger (Soft Cover)
Death doesn’t scare me; I’m just terrified by the prospect of not being alive.
Clark Whitaker needs a break. His kids are driving him batty, his marriage has hit a rough patch, and his job as a children’s book author and illustrator is a creative nightmare. It’s enough to make any self-respecting man walk headlong into traffic. Fortunately for Clark, he’s about to get gobsmacked with perspective when he wakes up one morning to discover ... he’s a penguin!
Told in the four voices of the Whitaker family members, this funny and touching tale by award-winning screenwriter Stu Krieger follows one suburban family through an unforgettable summer as they flock together to solve the most unusual riddle of their lives.
PRE-SALE Vermilion Sunrise (Hard Cover) Lydia P. Brownlow
Same galaxy, different view.
Seventeen-year-old Leigh awakens from cryosleep to discover she’s part of the first human colony in another solar system. The cryosleep is flawed. It kills adults and causes partial amnesia. As a result, the nations of Earth have launched into space an unlikely group—teenagers with no memory of volunteering for the mission.
Ten light-years from home, they land on a planet largely covered by water. The good news: some water is drinkable. The bad news: none of their technology works. As the colonists struggle to survive, strange debris washes ashore, and a surprising discovery challenges everything they thought they knew. With a makeshift raft and meager supplies, Leigh and a small band of explorers venture across the open ocean in search of answers.
But the truth may be more than they bargained for, especially for Leigh, who’s been lying to everyone since she arrived ….
PRE-SALE Vermilion Sunrise (Soft Cover) Lydia P. Brownlow
Same galaxy, different view.
Seventeen-year-old Leigh awakens from cryosleep to discover she’s part of the first human colony in another solar system. The cryosleep is flawed. It kills adults and causes partial amnesia. As a result, the nations of Earth have launched into space an unlikely group—teenagers with no memory of volunteering for the mission.
Ten light-years from home, they land on a planet largely covered by water. The good news: some water is drinkable. The bad news: none of their technology works. As the colonists struggle to survive, strange debris washes ashore, and a surprising discovery challenges everything they thought they knew. With a makeshift raft and meager supplies, Leigh and a small band of explorers venture across the open ocean in search of answers.
But the truth may be more than they bargained for, especially for Leigh, who’s been lying to everyone since she arrived ….
PRE-SALE When the Rivers Flowed by Marilyn Mascaro (Hard Cover)
Set in the early twentieth century, this riveting tale follows Marie Little and Earl Layman, who left different parts of Appalachia to better themselves in Knoxville, Tennessee. It explores events central to the city, such as the tumultuous riot in 1919. Earl witnessed the event and steadfastly believed in the innocence of the Black man whose arrest sparked the violence. Marie was influenced by the Progressive Movement’s insistence on temperance and women’s suffrage, as well as the Jazz Age’s view of women as fun and accomplished.
Once Earl and Marie meet and marry, they are almost immediately thrown into the Great Depression. As the couple navigate the era’s dark waters, they learn to value stamina and kindness toward others.
When the Rivers Flowed: An Ambitious Hillbilly and a Southern Flapper Discover Knoxville, Tennessee blends historical truth with storytelling flair, creating an enthralling tale of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
PRE-SALE When the Rivers Flowed by Marilyn Mascaro (Soft Cover)
Set in the early twentieth century, this riveting tale follows Marie Little and Earl Layman, who left different parts of Appalachia to better themselves in Knoxville, Tennessee. It explores events central to the city, such as the tumultuous riot in 1919. Earl witnessed the event and steadfastly believed in the innocence of the Black man whose arrest sparked the violence. Marie was influenced by the Progressive Movement’s insistence on temperance and women’s suffrage, as well as the Jazz Age’s view of women as fun and accomplished.
Once Earl and Marie meet and marry, they are almost immediately thrown into the Great Depression. As the couple navigate the era’s dark waters, they learn to value stamina and kindness toward others.
When the Rivers Flowed: An Ambitious Hillbilly and a Southern Flapper Discover Knoxville, Tennessee blends historical truth with storytelling flair, creating an enthralling tale of ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
PRE-SALE All the Memories that Remain by E.M. Liddick (hard cover)
Dad’s eyes peer into an infinite black hole.
He’s lost … and I with him.
When E.M. Liddick, a legal advisor to a special operations task force, returns from another tour in Afghanistan, he finds his formerly idyllic life in shambles. He’s haunted by the decisions he made overseas, he’s just told his wife of eleven years he’s no longer in love with her, and his father––the person whom he would have turned to for advice—is ten-years deep into a battle with younger-onset Alzheimer’s. Broken and lost, Liddick wonders, How can I possibly find my way without you, Dad?
Then he remembers his father’s letters to him during Marine Corps bootcamp. In those letters, scrawled in indelible script, he discovers old memories and new ways to heal, along with the enduring image of his father—and, perhaps, Liddick’s old self as well.
An unflinchingly vulnerable memoir, All the Memories That Remain stands witness to one man’s fall from grace and his journey to find meaning in what remains.
PRE-SALE All the Memories that Remain by E.M. Liddick (soft cover)
Dad’s eyes peer into an infinite black hole.
He’s lost … and I with him.
When E.M. Liddick, a legal advisor to a special operations task force, returns from another tour in Afghanistan, he finds his formerly idyllic life in shambles. He’s haunted by the decisions he made overseas, he’s just told his wife of eleven years he’s no longer in love with her, and his father––the person whom he would have turned to for advice—is ten-years deep into a battle with younger-onset Alzheimer’s. Broken and lost, Liddick wonders, How can I possibly find my way without you, Dad?
Then he remembers his father’s letters to him during Marine Corps bootcamp. In those letters, scrawled in indelible script, he discovers old memories and new ways to heal, along with the enduring image of his father—and, perhaps, Liddick’s old self as well.
An unflinchingly vulnerable memoir, All the Memories That Remain stands witness to one man’s fall from grace and his journey to find meaning in what remains.
The Metamorphosis of Emma Murry (hard cover) by Rebecca Laxton
Thirteen-year-old Emma Murry has three goals for summer vacation: finish her art terms project, land an ollie, and help the environmental club save the monarchs.
But then her Instagram crush Jeb Scott and his celebrity dad Chester make a surprise visit to Black Mountain. At first, Emma is thrilled, then she overhears their plans to destroy the monarch butterfly garden to build a ski resort. She and her best friend Sophie add a new summer goal: STOP. THE. SCOTTS.
Ignoring Sophie’s warnings, Emma makes friends with Jeb, convinced she can change his mind. So when Chester receives a mysterious death threat, Emma and Jeb team up to find the culprit. Emma slowly realizes people are not what they seem as she attempts to untangle friendships, organize a protest, and uncover the supernatural secrets hiding on the mountain.
She must go through her own metamorphosis by overcoming her fears and facing what she dreads. If she fails, she could jeopardize everything—butterflies, friendships, and her family.
The Metamorphosis of Emma Murry (soft cover) by Rebecca Laxton
Thirteen-year-old Emma Murry has three goals for summer vacation: finish her art terms project, land an ollie, and help the environmental club save the monarchs.
But then her Instagram crush Jeb Scott and his celebrity dad Chester make a surprise visit to Black Mountain. At first, Emma is thrilled, then she overhears their plans to destroy the monarch butterfly garden to build a ski resort. She and her best friend Sophie add a new summer goal: STOP. THE. SCOTTS.
Ignoring Sophie’s warnings, Emma makes friends with Jeb, convinced she can change his mind. So when Chester receives a mysterious death threat, Emma and Jeb team up to find the culprit. Emma slowly realizes people are not what they seem as she attempts to untangle friendships, organize a protest, and uncover the supernatural secrets hiding on the mountain.
She must go through her own metamorphosis by overcoming her fears and facing what she dreads. If she fails, she could jeopardize everything—butterflies, friendships, and her family.
The Alphabet Woods (Hard Cover) by Jenny Poelman
The process was messier than she had anticipated, a mixture of tears and runny noses and dirt and ash, but that was perfectly appropriate. Life when lived, truly lived, was messy.
After a series of life-changing events, fifty-seven-year-old Key North breaks with her usual conventional, acquiescing nature and impulsively purchases a house situated above a patch of woods in rural North Carolina. The move surprises everyone, even herself, and irritates her possessive friend Iris.
Key’s just getting acquainted with this change when she’s visited by her cousin Guy, whom she hasn’t heard from in nearly a decade. With him comes a shocking and difficult challenge, one she’s not sure she’s equipped to handle.
As Key slowly unravels the many complexities that accompany her decision, she finds herself far from her former predictable, unfulfilled life. It’s as though she’s stepped into an alternate world where a little boy’s backpack holds dangerous secrets, an unseen hand is guiding her, and the trees provide the answers she seeks.
The Alphabet Woods (Soft Cover) by Jenny Poelman
The process was messier than she had anticipated, a mixture of tears and runny noses and dirt and ash, but that was perfectly appropriate. Life when lived, truly lived, was messy.
After a series of life-changing events, fifty-seven-year-old Key North breaks with her usual conventional, acquiescing nature and impulsively purchases a house situated above a patch of woods in rural North Carolina. The move surprises everyone, even herself, and irritates her possessive friend Iris.
Key’s just getting acquainted with this change when she’s visited by her cousin Guy, whom she hasn’t heard from in nearly a decade. With him comes a shocking and difficult challenge, one she’s not sure she’s equipped to handle.
As Key slowly unravels the many complexities that accompany her decision, she finds herself far from her former predictable, unfulfilled life. It’s as though she’s stepped into an alternate world where a little boy’s backpack holds dangerous secrets, an unseen hand is guiding her, and the trees provide the answers she seeks.