<p>The Promise tells the tale of Billy Gaston, a simple, honest, Virginia farm boy who had made a promise to his Pa, who had gone off to war. Billy now had to be the man of the house in his father's absence. But things weren't going well for Virginia at the end of the Civil War. A retreating Rebel deserter, Ruffy Gann, desperate to steal whatever food he could find, invaded Billy's farm, and seriously injured his mother. Billy is then subjected to humiliation and threats. The only doctor in town had gone miles away to help at the battlefield. Should Billy break the curfew and leave his mother and sister to go through enemy lines to fine Doc? In solving his dilemma, Billy grows up quite a bit. He faces his challenges bravely to try to keep his promise to protect Ma, little sis Cassie, and the farm. And when he is unjustly accused of murder, he develops courage to confront the real culprit.</p>

The Promise

Children's Books

Entwistle, Charles

Literature & Fiction

Hickory Tales Publishing, LLC

A group of commercial divers, led by Stretch Barnett, work on oilrigs off the Louisiana coast. Wes confided to Stretch plans for his own dive trip to salvage valuable, heavy metals from shipwrecks. After the plan leaked out on board, strange natural and villainous calamities started happening. Wes had been communicating with a Japanese company. He learns that they have questionable Mafia ties, to fund their job. After reconsidering working with them, Stretch, Wes and Stretch's lady friend, Laura, race against time to beat their rivals to the loot, while trying to stay out of a Mexican jail, or worse yet, winding up fish food on the ocean floor. Author, Buddy Cox, spent ten years of his life working at one of the world's most dangerous occupations, deep sea diving off oil rigs on the Louisiana coast. An ex-Marine and war veteran, Buddy's true life adventures have taken him across the world, deep sea diving, mountain climbing, flying and parachuting. Buddy uses his own experiences to weave a saga of exhilarating underwater exploits, of romance and of hoped-for booty, reportedly waiting to be found, deep in the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan coast.

Quicksilver Deep

Cox, Buddy

Action & Adventure

A jagged piece to a jigsaw puzzle?lost forever! That's how Johnny B. Falcon feels when he runs away from his oppressive home at the Moapa Indian Reservation, desperate to find something more. Johnny is confused, disgruntled and lonely, and acts out anger he has about his life's misfortunes and his poor self perception. He feels like a misfit, as he anxiously begins his emotional ventures to Las Vegas on board a cattle truck, in search of a ?normal life.? Johnny meets the beautiful Lisa who helps him get a job in Las Vegas. But Johnny runs afoul of the law. Fortunately, however, he is sent to a progressive reform school, one which builds up his sense of self worth. There he meets a wise old janitor and former inmate, Hoot Owl, who shares with young Falcon an Indian secret that will change Johnny's and Lisa's life forever. Hoot Owl Shares the Dawn, a heart-warming adventure story written for the entire family, tells of Johnny's encounters throughout Nevada with Lisa, Gladys Tupperman, Dr. Lovejoy and Hoot Owl, all of whom serve as part of his ?new awakening.? Hoot Owl Shares the Dawn was a semifinalist and won Honorable Mention in the 2005 Independent Publishers Book Awards.

Hoot Owl Shares the Dawn

Pratt French, Jennifer

As told by Brian Daffern, the author, to his four little girls. As his first year at the Braunite Beast School begins, Albert is having trouble fighting the animalistic instincts growing inside of him. He is finding it harder and harder to suppress the lion within and isn't sure he wants to. But all that is about to change when, mysteriously, children begin to disappear from the wondrous school. Albert sets out to solve the mystery and change the minds of the children and teachers around him, who fear and hate him because of what he can become and who his father is... Thus continues the enchanting Prince Albert epic, a spellbinding tale of growth, destiny, and the true meaning of friendship

Prince Albert, Book 2: The Beast School

Daffern, Brian

Tiger's Quest: Rounding Cape Horn

Schaaf, Ron

Bearclaw: Finding Courage Within

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