Lavinia Williamson, born into an abolitionist family in the mountains of Virginia, falls in love with a handsome plantation owner from eastern Virginia, marries him, and becomes the lady of the manor. Viewing the social injustice of human bondage on their plantation, she becomes a friend to the family's slaves. After the death of her own daughter, she is especially taken with one of her husband's daughters by a beautiful slave. Lavinia is torn between the love/hate relationship she has with her philandering husband, the responsibilities of running a tobacco plantation worked by the slaves she begins to love as her own people, and the question of human rights. What can one woman do to change the world around her? Lavinia's involvement with the Underground Railroad that secretly operates through Virginia gives her life meaning, but it also creates fear, secrecy, hope, failure, triumph, and the conviction that she is in the right.

Eden's Gates

Literature & Fiction

Roberts, Charles

Genre Fiction

Sbpra

A surfer named Jonathan Lightfoot, who is accustomed to charming his way through life, is suddenly attacked by a Great White off the coast of Pleasure Bay, a small resort town that accommodates a large number of vacationers.  Jonathan is the new guy in this holiday town, and he wants revenge on the shark that assailed him. In order to settle the score and support some of his other more hidden agendas, Jonathan needs a boat. He uses his skills as a con artist to invite people aboard his vessel, expose them to the Great White, and involve them in financing his shark-hunting project. His innocent victims do not realize that he also uses the same boat to further his drug-dealing efforts. When the shark realizes that humans are after her and want to kill her, her survival instincts force her to fight back. Author Will J. Abrie uses a shark as a metaphor for corporate greed. He was inspired to write this book by people and events in his life. Abrie works as a financial manager. He grew up in Benoni in South Africa, and now lives and writes in Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Publisher's website:   http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/OwnTruth.html

Own Truth

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Abrie, William Joseph

Thrillers & Suspense

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Dreams, Deeds, and Destiny: Purpose and Possibility in the Space Age

Self-Help

Forrest, Gwendolyn Rose

Motivational

Behind NPFL and RUF Rebel Lines: The Untold Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Sesay, Terrence

Historical

Moore Field School and the Mystery is the start of an exciting children's series featuring Samantha, whose parents teach at her school, Moore Field School in Manchester, England. Her best friend is Jessica. But Moore Field School is about to close down. At the last minute, the headmistress, Miss Moore, moves the school to Lakeview, a place she's always liked. Just what is the mystery at Moore Field School? Before the first term starts at Lakeview, the students go to camp, where they hear about a local haunted house. Meanwhile, some scary men are searching for long-lost trophies that they will do anything to find. They even search Miss Moore's office for clues to where the trophies could be hidden. What's happening with the trophies and how is Moore Field School involved?

Moore Field School and the Mystery

Children's Books

Moiser, Liam

Action & Adventure

Publisher's website: sbprabooks.com/DeniseAnnStockThis story takes place on the beaches of Huntington Beach California. Where surfing is the number one thing to do on the coast. Behind the scenes there is a huge import business going on and it's not textiles. There is a mixture of surfing, parties and relationships. The drug trafficking is a silent business that has infiltrated the rich as well as the not so rich. Fun, romance and adventure all in the course of a summer.

Blow Out Summer

Stock, Denise Ann

When juvenile probation officer Christian Vargas attends the funeral of a friend's mother, in the coffin, she discovers her murdered teen client. She is determined to solve both murders with her handsome, hard-nosed partner, Daniel. Their crime-solving journey begins with a visit from Christian's father's ghost, an abiding source of comfort for the pretty widow. She also seeks the counsel of Daniel's grandmother, who is a Mexican shaman, also known as a La Curandera. From the puritanical realms of a Mormon stake house in Washington State, to a terrifying polygamist compound in southern Utah, the two intrepid officers go undercover to find the killer called Cancer. In the process, they face deadly obstacles and an explosive love affair that threatens to destroy their lives as "partners in the field." The Killer of Cancer Rising is the second book in the Zodiac crime series by this exciting new crime writer. "Some delightfully astute sleuthing runs through this tightly written second case, fully stocked with menacing villains, tireless investigators and romantic intrigue."

The Killer of Cancer Rising: The Astrology Mystery Series

O'Rorke, Torena J

Mystery

Secrets are meant to be kept secret! Just before he begins fourth grade, Frankie Bennett goes to Sea Sight Elementary School to get ready for the new school year. After picking up his class schedule, he overhears a woman in the school lobby talking to her son about finding a student there named Joey Fallon. The mother knows Joey has a secret she must learn. She tells her son to trick Joey into revealing the secret being protected by Joey and his family. As it happens, Frankie is Joey's cousin, so he warns Joey about the woman and her son. Joey gets help from Frankie, his older brother Jake, and their two friends, Matt and Baron. Those Five Kids team up to investigate the mysterious kid, wanting to learn why he and his mother must know Joey's secret.

Those five Kids

Teen & Young Adult

Cozier, Marlon

As the world’s attention was focused on the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games on September 6, 1972, the Fountain Valley Golf Course in the U.S. island of St. Croix hours later was invaded by five masked gunmen. Within minutes eight people including tourists and employees lay dead. It raced around the globe as a black-on-white massacre even though in St. Croix, where we locals refer to whites as Continentals and to blacks as Yankees, America’s skin color drama does not exist. Prior to the slayings, a Vietnam vet tried to kill two cops cuffing his fellow combat veteran who’d stolen money for heroin to which they both became hooked while in Vietnam. The shooter got away but the hunt for him was relentless. He sought refuge in my brother’s camp, where three other young men were visiting. With them he set off the Fountain Valley massacre, called “one of the most vicious crimes in the annals of Western civilization.” The four were clueless to the vet’s scheme to make the killing appear to be racially motivated. All five were captured, tortured, and sentenced to eight consecutive life terms. In 1984 the vet convict escaped by hijacking an airliner into Cuba where he remains today. In 1994 my brother Rafie was released based on his rehabilitation such as tutoring hundreds of prisoners to achieve their GEDs. Because the killings were publicized as a black-on-white crime, his freedom was bitterly protested and caused a Continental prosecutor to block Rafie’s admission to the University of California at Santa Cruz’ doctorate program. Besides, he was blackballed from paraprofessional work. So, Rafie committed suicide. “While a conventional page turner could’ve easily been written from this harrowing story, an erudite and poetic journey takes the reader into a larger context, embracing a scholarly overview of U.S. racism. Even in Part Two’s exposition of the true-crime and family sagas, it rejects conventional linear narrative in favor of a sometimes dream-like and suggestive style that reveals key facts along the way. I highly commend this rich and absorbing book for its insights.” – Peter Goldberger, Third Circuit Bar President “The concerns in this book are of global scope.” – Prof. Dannabang Kuwabong, UPR Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/MichaelAJoseph

Fountain Valley 1972

History

Joseph, Michael A

Americas

All Cats Go to Heaven

Minka has entered into the doors of Cat Heaven. When Minka the cat first arrives, she meets her angel buddy, Chloe. Chloe will be with her every day during the first phase of Cat Heaven before ascending to Higher Cat Heaven. Chloe tells Minka that she can have any wish fulfilled that she thought was left unfinished on Earth, as a way of purging the past before ascending into Cat Heaven properly. Minka says all her needs were met on Earth. She was loved, had a wonderful home, and many friends. Only one wish pops into Minka's head: She wants to protect her cat friends from any harm. Chloe says such a wish has never been granted to an angel cat. One morning, Minka notices a young cat running quickly through the doors of Cat Heaven and recognizes him immediately. He is Willie, a close neighborhood friend. Minka tells him about her desire to fly down to Earth to protect their friends. She convinces Willie to join her in her wish. All Cats Go to Cat Heaven is a profound, touching story about issues facing many children, including friendship, being kind to others, keeping safe, and accepting diversity. Seen through a gentle cat's eyes, Cat heaven is a place where life is beautiful.

Upenieks, Valda V.

Animals

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