Compellingly honest, entertaining and inspiring, Still a Minstrel is Suess's account of key events that led him to become a psychologist and music therapist, as well as a musician and songwriter. Suess explores the power of music to forge connections by reminiscing about the escapades of his traveling rock band, his years as a jazz pianist presiding over a lively piano bar, and using music therapy as a psychologist to connect with hard-to-reach clients. He insightfully illustrates how science, culture, technology, and religion affect our response to music. Equally appealing to music fans, musicians, and mental health professionals, Still a Minstrel is the joyous story of a musician and healer using his own gifts to help others find their paths in an often confusing world.

Still a Minstrel - Searching for the Soul of Music

Biographies & Memoirs

Larry Suess

Arts & Literature

Langdon Street Press (a division of Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc.)

Color is on the brink of disappearance. But for Jamey, life is normal. Earth is as always -- dull and boring. Until, one winter day, he encounters a man from another universe -- an encounter that changes his life forever. Transported to an alternate universe, Jamey learns the secrets behind the colors around him, and the true struggle unseen by mere ''earthlings.'' Color is more than a hue; it's a universe made up of empires, planets, and solar systems. A universe with foreign landscapes, where dragons space travel, where planets are seconds away, and precious stones contain powers beyond imagination. In a battle between color and darkness, the Rainbows and the Darkers, the universe is thrown into chaos. Only Jamey holds the power to save the majestic beauty of color. 
Leaving his home on the quiet east coast, Jamey is thrust into a perilous mission, with complete strangers as his comrades. The crusaders are in a race against time as they trek across the galaxy to capture the eight pearls, the Rainbows' ultimate weapon against the Darkers. As they skip across the planets, the soldiers encounter new worlds with fiery thunderstorms, oceanic battles, and alien creatures. Warding off his nemesis, the Dark Master, Jamey learns the art of controlling light. Leading an army into battle, he grows from a clueless earthling to a limitless warrior. 
But is it enough to save the mission, the Rainbows, and color itself?

Cren and the War of Seven Days

Teen & Young Adult

Tavish Nanda

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Alan Murray's Enemy of My Enemy is a thought provoking, relevant political thriller destined to enthrall any reader. 
In Enemy of My Enemy, author Alan Murray's razor-sharp foray into the shadowy world of bioterrorism, CIA analyst Allan Anderson and his reporter sister, Susan Anderson, find themselves at the heart of a deadly game played out in hidden places of power across the globe, from a safe house in the wilderness of Iran to a submarine in the Atlantic. Allan and Susan draw on everything they have--including their quick-thinking and fast-acting friends--in a high-stakes chase to stave off a sinister alliance that threatens the very existence of the United States. Drawing on a wellspring of historical insight, this political thrill ride takes you from the abstract realms of international policy to its very concrete and terrifying consequences. Enemy of My Enemy takes the reader on a global chase to unravel a deadly bioterror plot concocted by a startling alliance of adversaries. Author Alan Murray draws on a wide-ranging historical insight to weave a compelling nightmare scenario grounded in the political and technological realities of today.

Enemy of My Enemy

Literature & Fiction

Alan Murray

Contemporary

Under a bruja's spell, more is at risk than your life!
Tomas Guzman Schoen is a handsome bachelor with a home in Guatemala City, a ranch in the Peten, and has a lover who resembles Salma Hayek. His life is about to change. After his uncle asks him to investigate two deaths in a city where he is Chief of Police, then is killed himself under suspicious circumstance, Tomas is snared in a web of magic spun by a powerful bruja (witch) who seduces him sexually while trying to possess his soul. Though rescued by his lover, Sandra, and her curandero cousin, the mind bending visions he experienced under the bruja's spell force him to reconcile magical reality with Western reason while he continues his investigation. And, as it becomes clear someone wants to stop him permanently, the question is whether Tomas can unmask a killer before he and Sandra become the next victims? 
Vibrant with Central American color and a surprise ending, The Bruja's Tale is a ''must read'' for anyone intrigued by a mystery novel that probes the spiritual reality of human nature.

The Bruja's Tale

Timothy A. Madden

Trained as a Ninja assassin, Sienna wields her sex appeal like it's her greatest weapon; many have surrendered to her skill, all have surrendered to her charm.  With her head down and her mind whirling, she was completely oblivious to the half smile the handsome man was throwing her way. When the elevator doors opened on the fifth floor and she stepped out, the main said, in a low voice, ''Have a nice day.''  Sara abruptly looked up. Still deep in thought, she blurted out, ''Tacos.'' The door closed between them, forever sealing the first and most ridiculous impression she could have made on another human being.Meet Sara Forbes, a goofy middle-aged housewife slogging through the workaday reality of her life -- a nice husband, a healthy son, a good job, but no real adventure. To escape the doldrums, she creates Sienna, an alter ego of shimmering beauty and deadly talents, the perfect woman in a perfect world. Enter flirty Timothy Gates, Sara's new boss, whose thousand-watt smile and warm wit have him riding the fine line between reality and fantasy, threatening our heroine's ennui -- and just possibly her marriage.

The Ninja Housewife

Deborah Hamlin

Humor & Satire

After 14 years of marriage and two children, Heather Cram was shocked to find that her husband was gay. Confused, angry, and frightened, she began a multi-year journey of self discovery that, although difficult and sorrowful, led her to realize one key thing: she needed to help other women in the same situation.
 In her book, You re What?! Survival Strategies for the Straight Spouse, Heather and three other straight spouses deal with their situation in a constructive, light hearted manner that will have you crying on one page and cheering on the next. If someone you know may be romantically involved with a gay man . . . buy her this book!

You're What?! Survival Strategies for Straight Spouses

Self-Help

Heather Cram

Relationships

From the hassles of air travel, being a good samaritan that nearly gets arrested, constantly defending her life to her critical mother, and meeting her ex-husband's girlfriend, to attempting to have a social life when sorting through the freak show parade of choices, Deborah Hamlin is a woman on the verge and with her latest book, she is here to tell you all about it!  Chock full of hilarious anecdotes, My Optimism Is Killing Me, is a collection of more than 40 stories ripped from the pages of Hamlin's life. With a brash, irreverent voice, Hamlin invites readers to laugh out loud as she attempts to balance her work life, her mom life, and her love life.  For a woman who is afraid of spiders, and whose driving misadventures have her careening into a snowy ditch and crashing through a garage door, finding humor in the face of destruction in the only way to survive!

My Optimism is Killing Me!

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

The ice bridge of Niagara Falls - steeped in history, fraught with tragedy, challenged by daredevils, lures five young men from the world they know into the mysterious Niagara Gorge. After an encounter with the mighty Falls, they emerge in a struggle of life and death with a Niagara they never knew existed. Peeling back time, meet the hermit living on the Falls in a quest to become one with it; experience the day the Falls stopped, exploring a riverbed never before exposed -- until the water returns in a frenzy; witness slavery through the eyes of a runaway riding the ''Underground Railroad''; and feel the clash when the path of a drummer boy converges with an Iroquois brave at the ''Devil's Hole'' massacre. Author d k LeVick creates a tale rich in both historical fact and ingenious fiction. LeVick brings together a series of historical events, a twist of mystery, and a group of teenagers caught up in a changing world. You might just hear the ice crack and feel a tremor beneath your feet.

Bridges - A tale of Niagara

d k LeVick

Genre Fiction

A summer in Venice seemed like a great idea to visiting professors Ariadne Caulfield and Judith Sheridan. While they are recovering from romantic losses, new loves enter their lives. Judith meets Suzanne Hanks and Ariadne falls for a wealthy art dealer. But then . . . 
Brutal, dangerous, and corrupt, Tarek Duka is a thug intent on finding Rachele--a woman who does not want to be found. When Tarek discovers her working at the hotel where Ariadne and Judith are staying, their paths cross--and the professors' summer is changed forever. 
Before they know it, Judith and Ariadne find themselves dealing with the darker side of the once-gilded city, where romance and fantasy are the veneer while the Mafia, sex-traffickers, and death dance in the shadows to avoid the light. 
Love and Death in Venice is the first novel in a series of adventures for professors Caulfield and Sheridan.

Love and Death in Venice: A Caulfield, Sheridan Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bonnie Hoover Braendlin

Mystery

In South Florida, a young boy learns to respect nature's delicacy and riches as he paddles alongside his father through their favorite fishing holes, nearby lakes and the majestic Atlantic Ocean. As the two age, the fish they catch grow larger and more exotic, and the father and son grow even closer. Not even family changes or dangerous weather can stop them. Fishing with my Father is a classic tale of the evolution of a father-son relationship, from boyhood through adulthood. Each stop along the way is marked by a good bite, a friendly fight between fish and man, and sound advice (''Don t horse them,'' the father reminds us). Finally, the fish on the hook, the two must decide weather to release the beauty or indulge in a tasty fish fry. Readers step into a world of wellbeing, unconditional love and wonderment in nature's gifts in this cheering and delightfully uncomplicated chronicle. Fishing with my Father is sure to put a smile on the faces of fisherman and non-anglers alike.

Fishing with my Father

Sports & Outdoors

Wallace W. Bias

Hunting & Fishing

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