Literary Nonfiction. Sleepless and paranoid methamphetamine addicts often see "shadow people" in the darkest hours of the night. Yet it is the addicts themselves that cast a shadow over the most peaceful corners of America, driven in large numbers to commit fraud, identity theft, burglary, domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, assault and murder. In 2010, award-winning journalist Scott Thomas Anderson began to explore the link between crime and methamphetamine, spending sixteen months as an embedded reporter with rural county law enforcement agencies and traveling to dozens of small towns battling the epidemic across the United States. The result is SHADOW PEOPLE, an unflinching look at the havoc and heartache meth spawns in the open countryside—a window to how the drug is threatening America's wide open country spaces, fueling crimes against citizens, breaking families apart, devastating innocent children and tearing away at the psyche of each community through which it spreads. "A compelling and up-close look at one of the most corrosive issues that our communities face...this book is full of the kind of front-line reporting and gritty detail needed to illuminate the meth scourge."—Greg Miller, National Security Report, The Washington Post

Shadow People: How Meth-driven Crime Is Eating At the Heart of Rural America

Politics & Social Sciences

Anderson, Scott Thomas

Social Sciences

Manzanita Writers Press

Poetry. Fiction. Art. Literary Nonfiction. Photography. A brilliant collection of works by over 100 authors and poets, as well as 30 photographers and artists, WILD EDGES is perfect-bound and glossy color-covered, with 216 pages—an aesthetic addition to your coffee table. Many Calaveras County artists are featured in full color in this edition.

Wild Edges: Poetry and Prose of the Mother Lode and Sierra, Manzanita Vol. Six

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Photography. TALES MARK TWAIN WOULD HAVE LOVED TO STEAL includes over 200 pages of humor, verse, fiction, and essays, as well as revelant photographs. Soft cover with black and white pictures. Readers favorites include hilarious military tales, historical tales and poems based in the California Mother Lode history, and doggerel of the highest degree.

Tales Mark Twain Would Have Loved to Steal

Wasson, Glenn

Humor & Entertainment

Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Fiction. Art. Travel. California Interest. Food Studies. A delectable, nearly edible collection of literary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about wine, cheese and chocolate, laced with full-color art and photography that will stimulate the taste buds. The collection features writers and artists from 20 states, with many California wine country writers and artists showcased. Contributing writers: Blanche Abrams, Michael Ackley, David Anderson, Donald R. Anderson, Scott Thomas Anderson, Kevin Arnold, Claire J. Baker, Regina Murray Brault, Jessica M. Brophy, Ed Cline, J. Marie Clough, Annette Corth, Brad Crenshaw, Barbara Crooker, Chrissy Davis, Deborah H. Doolittle, Michael Duffett, Pamela Dunn, Elaine Faber, Linda Field, Maureen Tolman Flannery, Gretchen Fletcher, Gail Folkins, Cynthia Gallaher, Susan Gardner, June Comarsh Gillam, Nancy Aidé González, Dianna Henning, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Wahna J. Inks, Kathie Isaac-Luke, Janet Jennings, Sally Kaplan, William Keener, Denella Kimura, Judy Lea Koretsky, Jim Lanier, W.F. Lantry, Barbara Leon, Sunny Lockwood, Calder Lowe, Nan Mahon, M.J. Mallery, Antoinette May, Anne McCrady, Jerred Metz, Bonnie Miller, Sharon Lask Munson, Carol Osterlund, Jan B. Parker, Mary Elizabeth Parker, Ron Pickup, Susanna Rich, AJ Roberts, Monika Rose, Marie J. Ross, S.L. Schultz, Ann Roberts Seely, Paul Sohar, Pru Starr, Mary Langer Thompson, Linda Toren, Glenn Wasson, Pat Phillips West, Daniel Williams, Joy Willow, Steve Wilson, and Scott V. Young. Contributing artists and photographers: Jan Alcalde, Kevin Arnold, Abigail Barnes, Kevin Brady, Ty Childress, Carol L. Clark, Ed Cline, Shirley Craine, Joyce Dedini, Brent Duffin, Kathy Boyd Fellure, Linda Field, T.B. "Boo" Heisey, Marilyn Hinsdale, Susie Hoffman, Wahna J. Inks, Denella Kimura, Ann Nancy Macomber, Shanda McGrew, Bonnie Miller, Ruth Morrow, Keith Munson, Brenda Nasser, Elizabeth Parrish, Blaise Pegasus, Ron Pickup, Cari Weber Povenz, Amy Raupach, Monika Rose, Dino L. Rovera, Maren Sampson, Connie Strawbridge, Barbara Wells, Kathleen Wolf, and Robert Yeager.

A Taste of Literary Elegance: Wine, Cheese & Chocolate

Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. MARK TWAIN'S 88 DAYS IN THE MOTHER LODE uncovers a long-neglected portion of Sam Clemens' life with a crucial turning point that made him famous. His transition from an obscure regional writer into a nationally known humorist is portrayed in this historical narrative and documentation of Twain's sojourn in the Mother Lode. Fletcher uncovers the story behind Twain's escape from a tense situation in San Francisco to an 88-day adventure that did not exactly suit his fancy, but inspired and launched his career, storytelling style, and literary influence.

Mark Twain's 88 Days in the Mother Lode

Biographies & Memoirs

Fletcher, James

Professionals & Academics

Readers of this book should expect the unexpected. It is a smorgasbord of the author's lifetime travels and unlikely experiences, designed to amaze, amuse and entertain. Ambrose Bierce abandoned his successful writing career in San Francisco and volunteered his services to a revolutionary movement in Mexico. He was never heard from again, swallowed up in obscurity. Glenn Wasson says he has charitably added to Bierce's sardonic observations of human folly with contributions of his own. The author has also embellished Ogden Nash's zoological alphabet with some of his own creations. The unpleasantness known as the Vietnam War was seldom an incubator for military humor, but the author succeeded in milking this inhospitable setting for rare flashes of lighthearted levity. Too Much to Swallow contains a few hilarious episodes from the Vietnam era. Wasson's previous publication, Tales Mark Twain would Have Loved to Steal, has been awarded gold medals for humor from Readers Favorite and Military Writers Society of America. Wasson received a bronze medal for the anthology from Stars and Flags. His latest book is a happy marriage of unpublished work and past favorites. This collection of Wasson's work is a pastiche of poetry, flash fiction, lessons from nature, fantasy fiction accounts from the historical past, and numerous subjects too humorous to mntion. Wasson challenges anyone to read this book without laughing out loud. Comments from readers are welcomed!

Too Much to Swallow: The Gold Gastrolith of Calaveras County & Selected Works by Glenn Wasson

Glenn Wasson

Fiction. It all begins with a travesty at sea necessitating searches for life's true treasures, both in 1915 Ireland, when the funeral of O'Donovan Rossa affords a golden opportunity to fan the flames of revolution, and in America, for transplanted Irish families connected to the world of the Irish Clans. Three characters are guided by Divine synchronicity and grapple with destiny: Claire, a spunky young Irish woman, adrift with amnesia and near death, may unwittingly be the key to unlocking an ancient clans mystery—Tadgh McCarthy, a young Irish rebel sea captain, confronted by a calamity at sea, makes a life and death decision that will reinvent his ability to carry out his predestined mission in the revolution and his chance to validate his birthright as Clan Chieftain—Collin O'Donnell, a beleaguered young Canadian, riddled with guilt over the death of his parents and loss of his sister, must make a crucial decision that may cost him the love of his life.

The Irish Clans, Book One: Searchers (Irish Clans, 1)

Romance

Archer, Stephen Finlay

Historical

Searchers: The Irish Clans, Book One of Four

Archer, Mr. Stephen Finlay

British & Irish

Entente is the second novel of five in the Irish Clans series following on the heels of Searchers. This saga is set during the Irish Revolutionary period 1915 to 1923 in Ireland, continental Europe and Canada, yet it's adventure reaches back into the mists of Irish Gaelic history and mythology. The mysteries of an ancient Clans pact deepen beneath the horrors of WWI as Irish rebels march toward revolution. Irish revolutionaries strive for Entente with Germany, led by Irish patriot Sir Roger Casement in Germany, to support the Irish rebellion starting with the 1916 Easter Rising. Irish Republican Tadgh McCarthy and his companion Morgan fight for life, love, freedom, and moral truth in the trenches of Belgium. Irish-Canadian Collin O’Donnell agonizes over whether his sister Claire is in peril or even still alive in Ireland, while struggling to honor his marriage vows to Kathy in North America. Join us now in our Irish Adventure, as we struggle through the war and seek romance and the answers to the riddles in time.

Entente: The Irish Clans Book Two in the Series

A collection of poetry written over a period of twenty-five years showcasing the landscape of a mystical odyssey in which the poet, Mary Stewart Anthony, connects the natural world with portents of the spiritual realm. She explores human existence and champions the preservation of the individual soul against the shallow mechanisms of Modernity.

Golden Chrysalis: Wings for the Soul

Anthony, Mary Stewart

Poetry

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