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Caribbean Treasure is a must read for anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping everyday life and sailing into the sunset. It is the first book in a trilogy that takes the reader from one adventure to another, spanning half the globe. Mack is escaping his boring life as a bureaucrat to pursue his dream of starting a charter business in the blue waters of the Caribbean. Carly is a woman looking for adventure on a sunny island beach before she gets serious about a relationship. Their dreams collide as they are thrown together by circumstances beyond their control. Romance and adventure turn to terror when Carly and Mack are chased around the Caribbean by thugs trying to recover a treasure of gold, diamonds, cash and cocaine. Inspired by his adventurous, fun-loving wife and their faithful four-legged companion, the writer shares real life experiences from sailing for years throughout the Caribbean. The book is a mixture of real life blended with imagination, intrigue, and fantasy to create a book that captures you from the beginning. Reader's say: "Lee Storm puts in play a wonderful, well paced novel that grabs the reader right from the beginning. His familiarity with the Caribbean, and his personal experiences sailing through these typically calm waters provide the background for this modern day adventure and quest for survival in sometimes very, turbulent waters. This reader anxiously awaits the final two books in the trilogy and the adventure and romance that will surely follow." "Grabs you from the first few pages. Couldn't put it down." "Loved the characters. Sexy, fun-loving and inspiring!" "The author threw action and adventure, romance, suspense, and death on the high seas into the literary pot and stirred it briskly, and out came a tasty and succulent stew." "Characters are lifelike and I love it when I leave a story feeling like I personally know all the players."

"Thrilling, heartfelt and entertaining, Lonesome Cowboy is so much more than a cookie-cutter Western novel! Tenacious and talented, Kyle Kelly holds on to a dream of becoming a famous country-western singer and songwriter. He and his father, Cowboy Red, push through disappointments and small-time gigs until finally landing a prime performance at the opening of Wonderland Park. Their Nashville careers skyrocket, Kyle is offered a lucrative movie contract and the future looks bright. But life begins to change when he meets and falls in love with Miranda. Kyle plans to marry the girl and start a family … until tragedy compels Miranda to return to Mexico. In his pursuit of a future with his true love, Kyle unravels a dangerous and tangled web and finds himself the target of merciless forces in Mexico who are determined to keep them apart. Part action-adventure book and part romance story, writer Frank Lowe's Lonesome Cowboy is so much more than the sum of these parts. Here's what readers are saying about the book:" "The characters, both primary and secondary are well drawn and engaging … [It's] a fast paced tale about a man who chased a dream, only to give it up for a love so deep that he was willing to change his language, his country, his way of life and even his name. The journey he takes while he creates this new life will keep you turning the pages." "I fell in love with this book and storyline." "I highly recommend Lonesome Cowboy as a story of inspiration and following your dreams."

Lost Mountain is the sequel to There Will Be a Highway There and begins with the death of World War II and Korean War veteran John Dean. His American warrior blood lives on with the remaining members of the Dean family who forge a cohesive family unit on their Appalachian farm but the mountain is changing. Neighbors sell out their land to developers who begin carving up lots for sale with "a hundred mile view." Strangers with different ideas and customs invade the tranquil mountain way of life. Young Sass idolizes his fiddle playing Uncle Ben who discovers the boy is a musical phenomenon in their idyllic isolated world of no television. Ben's friend, Roosevelt Dutrow, the obnoxious King of Bluegrass Music recruits them to play in his band and Sass Dean discovers the back door world of the Bluegrass Music Festival circuit. Retired Marine Drill Instructor and sniper Charlton Weist moves back to his ancestral home at the Low Place with his German Shepard "Chesty". He befriends the Dean family and teaches Sass the art of shooting with a rifle. Meanwhile, a cancer invades the peaceful mountain community. Old friend Aziz Mousallah gets in a financial and personal predicament and is recruited through blackmail and intimidation to assist a terrorist cell planning an attack on the town of Cambridge in conjunction with the events of 9/11/2001. Conflicts arise and there are dangerous confrontations between the Deans and the foreigners that come to a violent head on that fateful day.

DEATHBED KISSES is a collection of quirky and humourous stories, told from a gay perspective and designed to illustrate the frustrations and obsessions of love, where to find it, and how to get the ultimate revenge. From the mystery of a suitcase walled up inside the closet of a Hollywood bungalow for fifty years, to the hustler who falls in love with a client, or the young boy who develops a crush on the matinee idol upstairs boarder, the stories of DEATHBED KISSES are profoundly universal and uniquely entertaining. DEATHBED KISSES is a sampling of ten intriguing stories of relationship and love, some with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, others with a whimsy and penchant for the absurd that make them universal tales for anyone, gay or straight, who has ever searched for that elusive thing called love. 37 GRAMERCY PARK - The reputation of a celebrated Manhattan man-about-town is put in jeopardy when an amourous classmate from a forgotten life threatens to expose him for the imposter he is. JAVA JITTERS - An aging lothario attempts to woo a dazzling counter boy at the local coffee shop only to find that he has gone to a lot of trouble for nothing. UNDER THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN - The mystery of what became of aspiring actress Peggy DeCarlo and why her suitcase had been walled up inside a closet of a Hollywood bungalow for over half a century is finally revealed. DEATHBED KISSES - A movie buff agrees to tutor a hunky convert to the gay lifestyle, only to find that the line between teacher and lover can blur with both poignant and life-changing consequences. RULES OF THE GAME - Two middle-aged women, who enjoy a tradition of vacationing together with their philandering husbands, have the last laugh. M4M - An amusing but unsettling story of a Hollywood hustler who decides to better his lot in life and falls in love with a handsome "straight" client who he is determined to seduce into becoming his husband. A FABULOUS WOMAN - An alluring woman leads a love

"Edgemere pond was a wonderful place for meeting friends." Two young girls spend the summer in the country with their grandparents and explore the mysteries of the natural-and the supernatural-world. As they seek adventure through their imaginary games of childhood innocence, they encounter young visitors from another planet. Soon, the intergalactic children learn so much about their differences, but more importantly, they come to realize that children everywhere are much the same with wild imaginations, whimsy, and a love for family. Join them for the journey of a lifetime as these young people share the mystical and powerful secret of the Bramble Bush House. Their experiences will fill their summer with wonder, but most of all, the memories they create will last forever.

Not everything in Atlantis had been destroyed by Poseidon's wrath. Marcus, the seventh generation Prince from the line of Atlas was about to embark on a life that many of today's myths and legends had been born. From his first meeting with his Watcher and future lover at the tender age of five, through the many years of rigorous training to become King, the man who was to become the world's first immortal, was once as mortal as the rest of us.

Dirk Dunbar's Confessions of a Basketball Junkie is a compelling read that offers a personal glimpse into the archetypal journey that we are all destined to navigate-from the call, departure, and tribulations to the return to the place and person we are meant to be. Filled with poetry and athletic anecdotes, mystical and humorous experiences, and truth-seeking explorations into our local and planetary purpose, this masterful memoir affirms the grandeur of being at home in the universe. While evoking the wonders of childhood, memories of growing up, and the joys of parenting, Dunbar reveals the challenge and value of a living a well-examined life. He takes us through remarkably relatable experiences that traverse the culture and "feel" of his small Northern Michigan birthplace to people and places in Iceland, Germany, Greece, and Egypt. The voyage ends with his post-basketball life as a teacher, parent, and author/activist in Maine and Florida, highlighting how we are all the sum of our experiences and relationships. In ways that stimulate tolerance and spiritual growth, this delightful account of the human spirit captures the passion of Jesus and Buddha and the wisdom of Native Americans and Daoists as well as offering unique insights into literature, film, and music. All this while recapping a phenomenal, yet injury filled basketball career that is captivating, painful, and inspiring. The ideas are big, but simply and profoundly expressed. This book is sure to touch athletes, incite seekers, and enthrall human-interest readers worldwide. "A walk in the woods never lies," Dirk Dunbar says upfront in Confessions of a Basketball Junkie, and this autobiography by the pro athlete, humanities professor, musician and sometime mystic demonstrates the point. In easygoing, familiar language that belies the depth of his knowledge, Dunbar here retraces the many paths of his life as a promising NBA star, a finely tuned philosopher, and a devoted friend and family m

"The surest path for me is still into the mouth of the tiger." When five year old Cody O'Gara's genius mother Gwen takes her aside one day to tell her she is no longer her mother but a reincarnated holy man from India, Cody's fairy tale world falls apart. And when Gwen leaves home in the mid 1960's to preach Hinduism to beats and hippies in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, Cody finds herself in a world where everything and nothing is real. Coming of age in an era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Cody must learn to carve out her own reality, vanquish demons that have tormented her family for generations, and ultimately redeem her heart. Travel with Cody beyond the borders of the known world. It's a journey you won't soon forget.

Set in 1963 in a Dallas, Texas neighborhood The Wine Bowl tells a story of three friends Mickey, Joseph and James. The Wine Bowl is an annual event particular to their neighborhood. These young men waited more than seven years for this opportunity to prove themselves worthy. Time is drawing near. Events leading up to and including The Wine Bowl are portrayed. Separate visits to Dallas by Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy highlight a couple of momentous occasions. An unintentional sighting, far less rewarding, ultimately lays the foundation for an unexpected turn of events. While mickey and Joseph prepare for The Wine Bowl, James spends his time falling in love. James believes his need to practice with them is unnecessary. When things go wrong finger pointing ensues, but the bigger dilemma is how to set things right. One path puts them on a course destined to destroy relationships and lives as well. James wrestles with questions of loyalty, morality and legality while making the choice to take an irretrievable step.

This is not just another anatomy book. It is unique in design, purpose and scope. It defines the words of anatomy including their origin, by whom and from where. The use of these words by anatomists and their discoveries are given in the first part of the book. These are a very diverse group of individuals and they are described in detail in the second part of the book, the Gallery of Biographies, which includes tales of their lives and careers. One was a member of the House of Lords of Britain, another became a Roman Catholic Bishop. The first "clinical trial" was conducted by another anatomist to demonstrate the use of the condom in the prevention of social diseases. The third section of the book is concerned with the nervous system including the definition and origin of named structures in the central and peripheral nervous systems. In addition, diseases of the nervous system are discussed completely and in detail. The effect is an enhancement of the learning process in neuroanatomy fraught with seemingly endless disconnected words. The sources of these words are included in the text and references. The content of the book was conceived by two emeritus professors, Drs. Ronald A. Bergman and Adel K. Afifi, with a combined 100 years experience teaching gross anatomy and neuroanatomy, with the intention of facilitating the understanding of the "mysterious" terminology used in anatomy, biology and medicine and to be able to incorporate this understanding into their career choices. The authors believe that the book provides students with an easy entry to a vast amount of anatomical detail making the learning process as pleasant as possible. No one can remember the enormous number of anatomical terms and, as with all anatomy text books, the authors recommend that this "vade mecum" not be read like a novel, but rather used as one does with an encyclopedia. The user of this book does not need to know Greek and Latin to quickly learn this "new" language. Many word origins are rather simple in concept. One discovers that many terms came from "common use" in their time, e.g., there are three bones in each finger, the are termed "phalanges" because they reminded their discoverer of a "line of battle", esp. Macedonian infantry formations or "phalanxes". References and all sources that provide the book content invite those especially interested to peruse these outstanding resources for additional details.