<p>Love Matters starts in the quiet town of Hopewell, Virginia, with the love of two brothers – Rich, an exceptional actor and Tim, his younger, and oh-so- sweet, mentally challenged brother.The two boys flee from their crazed parents – first to theatre activities in New York, and then to Ashland, Oregon, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Theatre. In his first role, Tim is cast opposite the beautiful and talented actress, Valerie. Soon their onstage romance transfers itself to their daily life, with Tim as the biggest proponent of a marriage for the two.Tim on a stroll through Ashland, meets Tony, a man of great intellect, who, in his daytime job, cares for Ashland’s city-owned cemeteries. Soon, Tony is conducting hour-long morning meetings with Tim, Rich and Val as his students.Severe problems nearly entrap them. However, in the end, their lives prove that love is what really matters.</p>

Love Matters

Edel, Herman

Literature & Fiction

Applegate Valley Publishing

Reviews: "Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes" is incredibly entertaining and informative. The author, Herman Edel, shares outstanding bios of many fascinating people while entwining them with innovative, personalized glimpses into Edel's amazing life. Lighthearted, very funny and touching! A must read. Gayle L. Van Voorhees Reading "Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes" was a joy. The author brings to life a series of divergent people that all face the good and bad of life in their own unique manner. There are laffs aplenty and more than a tear or two in the telling. A delightful read. James J. Gibbons Author, Herman Edel, has a unique way of looking at life. As he says, “I get up each morning, take a good look at myself in the bathroom mirror, and then start laughing. The face I see has broken me up for many, many years and I am thankful for that. It allows me to look at the world’s problems with a large grin. For I know that no matter how tough things might be today, tomorrow I shall, hopefully, wake up again and find a reason to laugh.” That’s what "Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes" is all about, having the guts to look at that mirror and laugh. No room for self pity, just a great awareness that a load of garbage will probably flow your way this day and all you can do, to maintain your sanity, is to face what comes with a large grin on your face. The world is in turmoil and has always been that way, and, in all likelihood, will always be in turmoil. If we let that get to us and don’t smell the roses or see the beauty that also abounds, then what is the purpose of hanging around? He has taken twenty five world-famed people, like Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Newt Gingrich, Susan Boyle, Casanova, Abraham Lincoln and 20 others, and explored the good and bad times they have contended with and how they fared in the ongoing battle of life. He does so with his tongue very much in cheek and allowing for a tear to dropby as well. The joy of writing continues for Herman in Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes, his third work. They Never Called Me Pop, The Pavlac Legacy and the fourth, Siracusa is on the way to completion. They are widely diverse and entertaining books. Herman was a music producer working throughout the world. He also was the host of a Musical Theatre program on Public Radio for many years, and for two terms was the Mayor of Aspen, Colorado.

Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes: A Jocular Conversation About Royalty

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The White Gospel Singer features a remarkable woman who is loved by all. She is beautiful, as bright as can be, and by far, the most giving of people. She believes that lying is a grievous sin and that one should listen rather than talk. She is, first and foremost, a fine wife and a wonderful mother. Her culinary skills are outstanding, and she also happens to be a splendid pianist and vocalist. Her one lack is that she has no self-ego with which to sustain herself. One night, her husband introduces her to gospel music, and she is smitten. She takes on the battle to become a gospel singer, expecting it to be difficult, but what she faces far exceeds what she expects. Such diverse factors as the Occupy Wall Street movement and the 2011 presidential campaign seem to combine to do battle with all her attempts at achievement. Marcie discovers that the woes she encounters are too demanding just to satisfy her simple desires. Failure after failure pushes her into a serious mental war as she realizes that she can handle anything but failure. Ultimately, this novel looks into the battles all of us have to deal with, and how friendship and loyalty can help us overcome any failure.

The White Gospel Singer

Anthony Angus O'Donnell has lived a life of suffering, cruelty, and depravation, and it has created a monster. Born at the height of the Irish Potato Famine, he suffered indignities that only a cruel world can heap upon one so unlucky as to be conceived in Ireland at that time. As a child, the regular beatings he endured inspired in the young victim a burning desire to rise above and succeed. Determined to achieve his dreams, he decided early on that morality is no barrier to his goals. There is no sin, no lie, no foul maneuver he will not use in this battle. His journey through college and his marriage to the daughter of an ultra-rich Englishman only served to harden his resolve. Because of his ever-maddening father-in-law, O'Donnell shifts his career ambitions to the Church of England. Almost immediately, the young man's steely ambition is rewarded with success for both O'Donnell and the church itself. He uses every one of the tools he adopted as a young man as a weapon to achieve what he demands from his life. At sixty-five, the famed Canon of the Bath Cathedral in England has more than earned the sobriquet of the "Good" Reverend.

The "Good" Reverend

Contemporary

iUniverse

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Love Matters

Scrambled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes: A Jocular Conversation About Royalty

The White Gospel Singer

The "Good" Reverend