From Conception to Birth and Beyond: An Adeventure Novel

Vernon Schroeter

dvs Publishing

From the author of “Mrs. Letsaveit” comes a completely different book. Sylvia Berek Rosenthal’s “Marry Me with Marigolds” is a poetry anthology celebrating themes of family, food, aging, illness, love and loss with large measures of humor, a sprinkling of wit, and well-seasoned with wisdom borne from a lifetime of experience. Sample the delights, chuckle, laugh, wipe away a tear, and find satiety from the abundance within.

Marry Me with Marigolds

Literature & Fiction

Rosenthal, Sylvia Berek

Poetry

When a family member dies mysteriously, fifteen year old Josie begins a search for the truth. The death occurs when her home is under surveillance by the FBI and family members are due to appear before a senate committee. Is it murder, or suicide as the authorities claim? Many believe there was a conspiracy. Although learning the truth could destroy her world Josie must know the truth.

Blacklisted: A Family Targeted by McCarthy

Davis, G. A.

Genre Fiction

In the midst of America’s terrifying Pacific War with Japan in 1944, a 27 year old Navy lieutenant met a pretty university coed at an informal party. They spent the next 14 evenings together, falling in love in the San Francisco Bay Area. Separated by circumstances and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, they stayed connected with love letters as he performed his duties as Barracks Officer at Naval Air Station, Alameda and she began her year as President of the Senior Class at the University of Nevada. Fully 153 of their letters are reproduced here, revealing a love aborning with poetry and passion. Enroute, the former lieutenant became a published historian. Now in his late 90s, he brings the Pacific War to life with 12 insightful essays which illustrate the background of chaos and devastation which always threatened to cut this love affair short.

Lovers in Wartime 1944 to 1945: Letters from then, insights from now...

Biographies & Memoirs

Bornet, Vaughn Davis

Memoirs

From the author of the award-winning book, Chopstick Childhood-in a Town of Silver Spoons and its sequel, Bamboo Women, comes the next phase of Nona Mock Wyman’s life In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl’s orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-two year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California. Ten Thousand Flowers is told with honesty and truth, sprinkled with refreshing humor. It captures fascinating stories and lessons learned emanating from the forty-seven years as the owner of Ming Quong, a store in suburban Walnut Creek dating back to the 1960’s. Simply told, Nona’s memoirs are written in ‘haibun’ form (prose with haiku). Haiku and tanka (poems) from Nona, customers and friends are included, adding a twist of fresh air and a feeling of Spring. History is recorded with stories of Walnut Creek’s bustling growth. Free ‘trolley’ buses resembling San Francisco’s famous landmarks are now in operation. The conductor, a Ming Quong customer, will ding the bell and point out the store, proclaiming to her riders that ‘Ming Quong’ is the oldest existing store on Main Street and named one of the ‘7 Wonders of the East Bay.’

Ten Thousand Flowers: After the Orphanage

Wyman, Nona Mock

This new edition includes 8 new haibun/ chapters, a haiga with picture, more haiku, and web-links to an interview and a video. In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl’s orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-three year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California. Ten Thousand Flowers is told with honesty and truth, sprinkled with refreshing humor. It captures fascinating stories and lessons learned emanating from the forty-seven years as the owner of Ming Quong, a store in suburban Walnut Creek dating back to the 1960’s. Simply told, Nona’s memoirs are written in ‘haibun’ form (prose with haiku). Haiku from Nona, customers and friends are included. History is recorded with stories of Walnut Creek’s bustling growth. ‘Ming Quong’ is the oldest existing store on Main Street and named one of the '7 Wonders of the East Bay.'

Ten Thousand Flowers: Stories From the New Ming Quong

Left by her mother at the Ming Quong Orphanage for Chinese girls in Los Gatos, CA in 1935, two and a half year old Nona was the youngest girl there. This memoir tells the story of Nona's childhood and the lifelong friendships made with her new family.

Chopstick Childhood: In a Town of Silver Spoons

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