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A Man’s Word : Ginger Sapp
James, or the Reverend James Anthony Jenkins as he is called by most, is best known for being the conservative preacher who created the Purity Pact that swept across his church and community over the last few years. James believes strongly in purity until marriage–that is until he meets Coral who challenges his every belief.
Coral McGee is a former stripper and the current host of her own podcast urging her listeners to love how and whom their heart’s desire. Her message directly contradicts the message being put out on The Purity Pact Broadcast hosted by James Jenkins.
One day Coral and James are both invited to be participants on a live national talk show. James doesn’t remember Coral, but Coral remembers James. She remembers the one night stand from high school that changed her life. The two share a history that no one would believe.
What will happen when these two opposites meet again after 30 years in Coral’s dressing room? Will James be able to fight the passion between them? Will Coral be able to forgive the past? Find out in the conclusion to this exciting new romantic series by Ginger Sapp.
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Navajo Strong : Joyce Phillips
Adventure, romance, love and a family healing.
Set in China and New Mexico the book covers wounded veterans, Code Talkers, during the Second World War, interracial relationships, prejudice and racial bias.
All said while delving into Navajo culture and history.
Beautiful New Mexico sunsets are a bonus.
I Am Supposed to Be a Statistic : Desmond Jackson
The story begins with a kid not wanting to accept his fate and who tries to defy the odds of becoming a societal statistic based on his life conditions.
This is a coming of age story for young adults 13-18 years old.
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The Incredibly True Confessions of a Black Female Union Steward : Sistah Gurl
A Workplace Memoir
Follow the wryly-told embattled adventures of a socially isolated, non-conforming union leader as she battles toxic management and co-worker idiocy in a well-meaning Social Services office.
Chock-full of insights, foul language and The Five Stages of Grief, The Incredibly True Confessions of a Black Female Union Steward is relatable to any and everyone who has ever lived, died and gone to hell in their job, work environment or both.
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The Man With a Hollow Chest : D. Hurd
The true story of a WWII paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division.
In this story, we meet our paratrooper as a boy and follow him through a troubled youth ending with the WWll draft, the grueling training of jump school, and assignment to the European Theater. Here he becomes part of the D-Day jump at Normandy and the battles to follow in France, Holland, and Belgium.
Much of the story is told in the first person through letters home and later recollections of the war as told to his daughter. The stories of actual heroism in battles were told by those who served alongside him. These were the stories he could not tell. The stories that haunted him as the years went by. The stories he sent a messenger to tell his daughter only after his death.
Graphic Novel
75th Anniversary of D-Day Edition
Profits benefit veteran support groups
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Mindful Paths : Constance McClain & James Walker
Steps Towards A Living Spirituality
Mindful Paths: Steps Towards A Living Spirituality is a result of Rev. Constance McClain’s 30-year exploration into the vast world of spiritual practices and religious inter-connections. Her work has evolved into a fully-accredited college curriculum in Holistic Studies–the first of its kind in the state of California.
Please join her and co-author James Anthony Walker in an adventure of the Spirit which will transform you, and which will change the ways in which you perceive yourself, your personal possibilities and your relationships with others forever…with an ever expanded sense of respect and reverence for a world in need of larger love, compassion and human rights.
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Tales from The Beach House : James Aylott
A satiric work of fiction that sharply captures the “Man-Bites-Dog” world of contemporary South Florida.
The Beach House, a crumbling old motel, is home to a collection of eccentric residents.
Amongst their ranks; a tennis pro at the end of his game, a mortuary scientist whose love life has flat-lined, a paparazzo photographer searching for scoops, a bawdy duo fronting an improbable Ponzi enterprise, a beauty from “The Islands” with a dark secret, a fried-out TV weatherman who claims to channel God, a middle school principal with a soft spot for Crack, a Rod Stewart cover artist searching for redemption, and a waitress serving a side order of erotic fiction.
Each member of this cohort is in search of something – fast money, an easy hustle, fleeting romance, enduring love, fame, power, dignity, happiness… a place they can call home. As well as facing their own tender, tragic, and often hilarious personal circumstances, this eclectic gang is compelled by necessity to band together when a sinister developer threatens the very existence of The Beach House.
Tales from The Beach House is carefully crafted in the spirit of Carl Hiaasen’s career-long deconstruction of South Florida. Each chapter focuses on one of The Beach House’s individual apartments. These standalone stories possess interwoven subplots reminiscent of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, Paul Theroux’s Hotel Honolulu and Thornton Wilder’s classic novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Tales from The Beach House is written in a fast-paced tabloid style, reflecting both the author’s transatlantic sensibilities and his two-decade career in the rough and tumble trenches of celebrity journalism.
James Aylott was previously a Hollywood paparazzo photographer and staffer at an American supermarket tabloid. This is the author’s first work of fiction, although he was often creative in his career of entertainment newsgathering and hated letting the truth interfere with a good story. A prior resident of Delray Beach, Florida he is currently embedded in St. Louis, Missouri researching his follow up novel: Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers.
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America, The Happy : Keith P. Felty
This book is not a self-help manual, a history book, a psychology manual, or a political thesis; rather, it is a “self-hope” book for those who erroneously perceive troubled times in America.
This book is a testament that America is neither in decline, nor is it stagnate. America continues to advance as the only country ever created in which one may pursue unfettered, value-based happiness.
America’s energy cannot be altered or destroyed because it was created on the foundation of virtue. Patriots who love America and have faith in its ideals will carry it forward along with their freedom to pursue happiness.
The premises of this book are: (1) America was created on the pursuit of happiness; (2) Any actual divide exists only between the happy actors and the unhappy idlers; (3) The pursuit of happiness requires a thoughtful choice backed by action; and (4) To cure this sole division in America, the only necessary solution is this—those who have failed to pursue happiness need to start doing so NOW.
This book is a reminder that the pursuit of happiness is an unalienable right. Rights come with responsibility and everyone has the choice to pursue happiness or to be unhappy. Despite naysayers and a daily barrage of doomsday predictions, America will continue to advance through the unique power of each individual who chooses to pursue a little piece of happiness each day. The whole of America is the sum of its individuals. As its diverse individual parts pursue happiness in greater numbers, so too does America shine as a beacon of hope for all to see.
Revelation : Robert Graf
Even though the terrorist leader is dead, Ann and her fiancé, Alex Baxter, remain in hiding, fearing hired assassins. Scared, yet determined, she continues her frustrating attempts to understand fact-checking.
In recognition of her role in saving NASA’s Jupiter mission, Ann is awarded their highest medal only to narrowly escape a kidnap attempt.
Then, without warning, the extraterrestrial, Zchaug, pleads with Ann for help to cure a deadly disease. Not knowing where to turn, she passes the plea to the Vatican, and against all odds, Vatican scientists find a cure.
To Ann’s dismay, an interview about her communicator’s impossible fact-checking brings near universal disbelief and ridicule. But one reader supports her claim. They collaborate, and Ann publishes a paper that attracts further condemnation. She becomes more frustrated and discouraged.
Ann needs help; she can’t do her research alone. Alex provides moral support, but he is no scientist. Then she lands a position at Stanford and immerses herself in her research. And Zchaug continues to confound her.
Her gamble creating consumer fact-checkers pays off—a medical researcher reports a fact-checking error. Ann and the professor design an experiment that succeeds beyond her wildest imagination.
Alex unexpectedly dies. Ann’s hopes and dreams of a life together lie shattered. Then she does something about it.
Revelation, the final volume of the “Window on the Past” trilogy, tells how physicist Ann Grey finally succeeds in understanding her quantum-entangled communicator’s impossible fact-checking ability.
An Unimaginable Discovery and Dilemna, volumes one and two of the “Window on the Past trilogy” are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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The Ultimate Religion : Gillian Dance
Taken in by a Cult, Finding the Real Truth
Megan grew up in care and suffered all kinds of abuse, then struggled in adulthood to build a normal life, hampered by her differences and lack of identity, and was lured into the embrace of a fundamentalist Christian group, she swore she would not join.
Attracted to the church because of her desire to know God and the warmth and inclusivity of the members, their promise of answers and healing, backed up by their deeper than usual knowledge of the bible, Megan experienced genuine miracles and love.
But alongside the religious fanaticism came the cunning, gradual introduction of social control, flagrant sexism and violence.
An engrossing read, inspired by real-life events, investigating topics such as abuse, terminal illness, sexuality and gender roles in relation to faith.
A story of the making and breaking of convictions and loyalties and the quest for actual truth.
Quoting biblical scriptures to illuminate the character’s mindsets, this book will resonate powerfully with those who have experience of such ‘churches’ or who wish to understand the mentality of people who lead and join such organisations.
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