Luminarias, balloons, atomic bombs, bats, false arrest, hunting, finding, moonwatching, DWI, cops, schools, litter, mufflers, stray dogs, and a fumbling old alchemist, who attempts to use his occult powers to bring about his goal of "peace and quiet," with results that are comical and less than satisfactory, giving pause to those of us who feel called upon to change the world. 
"Duke City" is Albuquerque -- the commercial, educational, medical, military metropolis that contains half the population of New Mexico.

Duke City Tales

Willson, Harry

AMADOR PUB.

A post-blast life-affirming fantasy, in which the lone survivor finds a baby in the kiva, rears him, loses him, goes Zen-crazy walking from Duke City to the Gulf of California, where he survives a very long time and finds love and meaning among the dolphins and the octopi...

World for the Meek

Literature & Fiction

United States

A tender love story full of anger and ancient longings, cultural/racial confrontation and reincarnation, moving in place from New Mexico to the Susquehanna, and in time from the present to the 1750's and back...

Souls and Cells Remember: A Love Story

Vermin and Other Survival Stories: Humanity as an Endangered Species

Humor & Satire

Amador Publishers

Thinking Aloud Allowed! Thinking about God went into a black hole in the 60's with "God Is Dead." Fundamentalism doesn't count, because there's no thinking there. Here's a book that goes all the way into that black hole and comes out the far end — into liberation. This challenge is for persons who can read and like to think, and can still sense wonder. The fresh air is wonderful!

Freedom from God: Restoring the Sense of Wonder

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

This book was triggered by the way Willson's parents died, his mother suddenly and easily, doing her self-appointed task which was caring for her ailing husband, and his father slowly and miserably, not believing in the end what he had so assiduously taught others all his life. "His mythology let him down," Willson says.

Myth and Mortality: Testing the Stories

Religion & Spirituality

Amador Publishers, LLC

A philosophical memoir by former Presbyterian minister turned Humanist, activist, teacher and author, Harry Willson.

From Fear to Love: My Journey Beyond Christianity

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Harry Willson was a card-carrying Master of Divinity, serving as missionary/pastor in New Mexico, when he left the church in sorrow and anger over its failure to denounce the Vietnam War. He taught high school for ten years before turning his full attention to writing. In this first book of his humanist trilogy, Willson observes that the word "God" has become too contaminated to be useful, and yet wonder persists.

Freedom From God: Restoring the Sense of Wonder

Self-Help

Self-Esteem

This'll Kill Ya: And Other Dangerous Stories

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