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Newly Released

  • Unlocking My Wordhoard by Christopher Mead Armitage
  • My Sock Market Crashed by Dianne Ramsey
  • I Have a Secret by Andrew Barnett illustrated by Andrea Fietta
  • Changing the Message by Julie Wood
  • Surviving Life Beyond the Pale by M.A. Sandry
  • Naughty Noel authored by Christine Davison Page, illustrated by Dana Margaret Irwin
  • A Mighty Forest, A Mighty World by gn holt
  • In the Pastor’s Study poetry by Abby Bates, illustrated by Becky LedBetter
  • Pale Rider by Chuck Waters
  • Mermaid Magic by JeanAnn Taylor
  • Stone River by Wilma Styles

  • Coming Soon

  • Tablets of My Heart by Mary Pitts
  • Chameleon by Joanie Dickson
  • The Tendril by Mark G. Akins
  • Brain ’Splain by Sarah Penland
  • Eden’s Gate by Wilma Styles






A Book of Bullies
A Book of Bullies
written by Katherine A. Stanley
illustrated by Laura E. Stanley

This book is for everyone who has ever known a bully. Written by a young girl with Prader-Willi Syndrome,
A Book of Bullies puts the spotlight on the hurt and harm caused by bullying and calls us all to unite against it. Humorous and uplifting, the book engages the reader in making the world a better place.

Hardcover
8 x 10
40 Pages
List Price: $16.95
978-1-935130-78-9
www.abookofbullies.com
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A Cat Named Samantha
A Cat Named Samantha
by Jo Miller
illustrated by James Marlow

When Samantha, the barn cat, is born she doesn’t have a name. But then, one day without warning, she loses her sight. Abandoned, injured and blind, she lies down in a meadow. When she awakes in a cardboard box with a saucer of milk, her journey—a true story of friendship, healing and love—has just begun.

Paperback
9 x 6
40 Pages
List Price: $13.95
978-1-935130-30-7
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A Devotional for Women in Separation and Divorce
A Devotional for Women in Separation and Divorce
by Mona Brown Ketner

More than a daily prayer book for women in transition,
A Devotional for Women in Separation and Divorce is a survival guide.
Acknowledging that many Christian women have surrendered wholly to God and to their husbands in marriage, Mona Brown Ketner coaches women on the possibilities prayer can open for them while they begin their lives free of verbal, physical, mental and sexual abuse by wayward spouses. She encourages women to recognize that God does not give anyone the right to engage in such behavior. Ketner builds her readers a safe house of self-forgiveness, patience and faith while providing practical advice.
Paperback
5 x 7
376 Pages
List Price: $16.99
978-1-935130-10-9
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A Doctor All My Life
A Doctor All My Life
by Dr. Lewis Rathbun

Medical pioneer, humanitarian, veteran, artist and doctor, Lewis Rathbun is beloved by his community as well as his patients. He talks about life working in medicine and after medicine, committing to public service, enjoying his family, retiring at the “right time” and sharing his hobby and passion: painting.
Lewis Rathbun’s journey through life and medicine takes readers from farms of Upstate New York to battleships in the South Pacific and from Boston’s halls of higher education to clinical settings in Western North Carolina. His theme encompasses where science and human spirit work ceaselessly together—bringing life into the world safely and leaving the world peacefully.
Hardcover
5.5 x 8.5
278 Pages
List Price: $27.00
978-1-935130-15-4
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A Gallery of Ashevilleans: A History of the People of a Mountain Town
A Gallery of Ashevilleans: A History of the People of a Mountain Town
by Joseph Scotchie


A Gallery of Ashevilleans chronicles the colorful history of the major city in Western North Carolina, detailing the growth of the town and its brushes with modernity.

In addition, the book contains sketches of the city’s many famous and accomplished sons and daughters. In the political sphere, that includes Zebulon Vance, North Carolina’s popular Civil War governor; Augustus Merrimon, the state’s attorney general during that same war; David Swain, longtime president of the University of North Carolina; and Robert Reynolds, the controversial U.S. Senator, who served from 1933 to 1945.

Mountain folk are the most creative people in America and the Asheville area has made its own significant contributions. In the realm of arts and letters, the book includes a study of not just Thomas Wolfe, but other renowned writers, including Wilma Dykeman, John Ehle, Gail Godwin, Fred Chappell, Robert Morgan, Jim Wayne Miller and Richard Weaver, plus such popular tribunes of the local area as Bob Terrell and John Parris. The stories of well-known musicians Warren Haynes, Nina Simone and Roberta Flack are contained within the pages.

For lighter reading, there is a chapter on sports figures from Asheville, including Charles “Choo Choo” Justice, the legendary, football All-American; Henry Logan, himself an All-American at Western Carolina University; the 1972 Olympiad Mary Montgomery; current UNC basketball coach Roy Williams; and various natives who have raced on the NASCAR circuit.

In all, this book is a tribute to many colorful and accomplished individuals, all highlighting Asheville and Western North Carolina’s unique contributions to American history.


Paperback
6 x 9
184 pages
$12.95
978-1-935130-92-5
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A House for Wally and Me
A House for Wally and Me
by Gene Stelten
illustrated by Chelsea Johnson

Allie and her family help volunteers from Habitat for Humanity build the house they will live in. Allie gets her own room and the dog she has always wanted. Included are discussion questions, facts about home-building and information about Habitat for Humanity.

Hardcover
11 x 8.5
32 Pages
List Price: $13.95
ISBN #978-1-935130-13-0
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A Mighty Forest, A Mighty World
A Mighty Forest, A Mighty World
A Mighty Forest, A Mighty World is an easily-accessible and timely allegorical review of our past, our present, and a future that still longs to be. Whether recalling the dynamic, centuries-old history of the Americas, the rift between environmental care and industrial productivity, or some elemental struggle we might wrestle with internally within our individual lives, it provides--in poetic simplicity--a concise picture of the path we've taken from an “idyllic youth” . . .  to the inevitable and impossible conundrum of where we are.
And as for the way forward? Here, for some, may lie a surprising and refreshing re-introduction. For all, it is hoped, a humbling and powerful reminder of mankind's greatest ally . . . and greatest hope.

Paperback
106 Pages
List Price: $8.95
978-1-935130-19-2

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An Odd Christmas with Od
An Odd Christmas with Od
by William G. Marshall
illustrated by Randall G. Markham, Sr.
What would you do if you were walking home from school and met a little creature who claimed to be a troll? And what if that same little fella told you he had never heard of Christmas?
Fortunately, Stefan is a kind and gentle Christian boy with a good understanding of Christmas and its story.
Come along as he and his best friends, John and Nancy, risk their entire holiday to help the little troll, Od, spread the word of Christmas to an unbelieving troll village led by Grung, the evil Troll Master.
Along the way, they get some unexpected help. Readers can only wait with anticipation as this village of trolls gets to make a choice that will affect the future of everyone in the town.
Hardcover
8 x 10
40 Pages
List Price: $16.99
978-1-935130-29-1
 
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Bathsheba's Book
Bathsheba's Book
by Ann P Saab

Ann P. Saab, a specialist in Middle Eastern history, who has lived in Turkey and Lebanon, brings a unique perspective to Bathsheba’s story. The author tells it from Bathsheba's view—from teenager to Queen Mother.

Bathsheba has been seen in some circles as a slut. In others, she is highly esteemed, a role model for motherhood as the successful mother and nurturer of King Solomon, who became the ruler at Israel's most glorious time.

Starting as a simple country girl, she experienced the richness, intrigue and perplexities of life in David's palace before winning her way to be the Queen Mother in Solomon's kingdom. This book tells her story of that journey.

Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
442 Pages
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978-1-935130-79-6
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Bent   31 Poems
Bent 31 Poems

by T.A. Price


If I am in the chocolate dress,
If I am showing knee,
If I slap the mosquito on my leg,
and I am free
and climbing up the loft
to fetch another book,
then I feel most alive.

– from “Bent”


T.A. Price lives in Rutherfordton, North Carolina where she has enjoyed a long career as a distinguished teacher and school administrator.  A former feature writer for The Mountain Breeze, Price has also received first place awards for poetry in The Anuran and in Reflections literary magazines.  She has been published in: WNC Woman, Rutherford County News, Survivor's Review, The Advocate, Fictionique, Open Salon (Scupper), and Our Salon. Prior publications include two chapbooks, and one collection of verse, Perennial Heart.


Foreword by Ron Rash
“. . . clearly one of our state’s best poets.”

Paperback
50 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-945714-08-5

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BRAT: Diary of an Ego State
BRAT: Diary of an Ego State


by Alan G, Marshall, Ph.D.


No one knows how it happens. But for some people who are painfully abused, a separate part of the brain emerges and takes on the portion of the pain that is unbearable. An advantage is that the person does not have to live daily with the keen awareness of the pain, which could destroy his life. A disadvantage is that the pain is not really gone, and causes vague physical and mental symptoms that make no sense minus the memory of the abuse. In this book, that “other” part of the brain keeps a diary, not only of the abuse, but also the therapy that intervenes to help with the healing.

Paperback
5.25 x 8
148 pages
List Price $12.95
978-1-935130-95-6

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Breaking Barriers
Breaking Barriers
by Christopher Skipper

Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
58 Pages
List Price: $3.99
978-1-935130-76-5
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Butterflies Don't Crawl
Butterflies Don't Crawl
by Angela and Suzie Tipton
illustrated by Wil Irvine


The story of Butterfly is that of a caterpillar who is taunted by butterflies for merely being what she is. “I will not always be a clumsy caterpillar. If I work hard and wait patiently, I will have my wings some day,” she shouts out one day to the flying creatures. The story is a testament of faith as well as transformation, “God had given her the peace to accept herself and the strength to keep trying.” The transformation, of course, is within, and lies in finding one’s purpose in life, regardless of whatever limitations we might only believe we have.

Hardcover
8.5 x 11
32 Pages
List Price: $16.95
978-1-935130-14-7
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Changing the Message
Changing the Message

Changing the Message: Cruelty to persons who are gay is incompatible with Christian teaching

Summary:
Told from the perspective of a mother, Changing The Message: Cruelty to persons who are gay is incompatible with Christian teaching shares the heart-breaking journey of a family navigating the loss of a child. The author’s son, Ben Wood, died from suicide after experiencing the catastrophic impact of bad interpretation of theology and rigid misapplication of principles of faith regarding his sexual identity. This journey, interwoven into a family narrative involving mental health and adoption, speaks to the importance of authenticity, grief and community. Although a narrative wrenched from the tragedy of Ben’s death, the author’s writing recounts how hope developed as her family learned new ways to thrive and educate others on the importance of ensuring each individual is a masterpiece of divine creation worthy of celebration.

About the author: A native of North Carolina, Julie Hilliard Wood grew up as the daughter of a United Methodist minister. She received a BA in Psychology and a Concentration in Social Work. She has worked in the human services field for more than thirty years. Julie is a wife and mother who seeks to plant seeds to educate and hold accountable those who dismantle and cause harm in the name of God.Her family, Bill, Sophie, Julie and Lacy wants the life of their missing family member, Ben, to find a greater meaning through helping others like himself have better lives. Julie’s hope in sharing her beloved son’s story and that of her family’s journey is that unnecessary pain and suffering brought on by bullies—in many forms—will no longer be tolerated.

rsityf Georgia in graphic design and did post-graduate study at the School of Visual Arts in New York, the

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Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle
Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle
by Susan Reinhardt

Most people think the reason Dee Millings married the best looking man in the Carolinas who turned out to be a complete psycho and near-murderer is because she was raised all wrong.

Dee, a 38-year-old heroine to root for, sets out on a path winding with lovable kooks, wanting to prove there is a great life on the other side of tragedy and a crazed ex behind bars who continues to mail threatening letters from prison.

Her new adventure begins two years after the crime spree that nearly stopped her heart and left her flat-lining. She packs up her two young kids and settles in her parents' South Carolina hometown where she deals with a delightful, but over-the-top mama who pretends her grown daughters are virgins.

Dee finds new purpose for herself and her children, discovering joy in places she never expected it: in a nursing home where she tends to the likes of 104-year-old Annie Sue who still drives and has a hankering for cold draft beer. Offering heaps of comic relief, Dee's Aunt Weepie lives to crash funerals just to get the covered-dish meals after the gravesides, no matter she has no idea who's in the coffins.

Her antics lead her to making a daring decision that could change Dee's life forever. As Dee begins a journey toward recovery and becoming a registered nurse, a dark secret resurfaces, one that if handled right, could be her ticket to allowing herself to love again.

Paperback
6 x 9
384 Pages
List Price: $15.95
978-1-935130-62-8
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Convict Lake: Behind the Badge
Convict Lake: Behind the Badge

by Mike Krecioch

At this time when law enforcement is being judged by about every aspect of interaction with the public, wouldn’t it be interesting to know what is going on when the officers get together away from work? In Convict Lake, fellow officers share such information around a campfire while enjoying some leisure time on an annual fishing trip. The stories are incredible and true in this creative nonfiction publication.
Humor, murder, tenderness, decapitation, fire, sadness, indifference, anger, thievery, family disputes, stabbings, shootings, riots, serial killers, and human stupidity is the world behind the badge. Journey with five LAPD veteran officers to California’s High Sierra as they discuss the politics, cases, and eccentric personalities of the Los Angeles Police Department. Often heartbreakingly blunt and gruesome, you’ll live and feel the gamut of police work during the height of the 60’s hippie movement to present day.

Paperback
6 x 9
370 Pages
List Price: $15.95
978-1-935130-96-3

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Dad's Christmas Stories
Dad's Christmas Stories
written by Robert Boerner
illustrated by Trilby Boerner Wallace

Remember the tales shared around the family Christmas tree year after year? This collection will delight all ages. From the manger to the chimney, traditional and modern settings provide delightful variety to this imaginative compilation, which includes “The Forest Christmas Party,” “Clarence, the Christmas Cat” and “Amminadab, the Truly Wise Man.”

Hardcover
8 x 10
72 Pages
List Price: $21.95
978-0-9789548-9-5
 

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Deep Blue Kid: Diver Zack and His First Underwater Adventure
Deep Blue Kid: Diver Zack and His First Underwater Adventure
by Sam & Zachary Convisor

Watch through the eyes of 12-year-old Zachary Conviser as he learns the science of scuba diving, how to be a safe diver

and how we all can respect the underwater environment.

You will join young Zack as he studies his diver certification class material, learns with an instructor how to be a safe
diver, and you will go with him as he first enters the mysterious, underwater world of the open ocean.

But be careful, you just might learn something about the depths of the ocean and see some remarkable sights like Zack's first encounter with a shark, his watching an incredible cleaning station and a host of unusual creatures only seen in the depths of our oceans. 

Paperback
9.25 X 7
56 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-935130-53-6

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Diamond in the Rough: Reiki Under Fire
Diamond in the Rough: Reiki Under Fire
by Dale Stacy

New millenium woman, Reiki Master, Shaman Healer and Martial Artist looking for love confronts KGB, Mossad and medical cadavers with diamonds.

Paperback
5.5 x 8
340 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-64-2
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Don't Bury Me Yet: Aging in America
Don't Bury Me Yet: Aging in America
by Blanca Mesías Miller
In previous generations, families lived together or close by, and the love and consideration for the elderly was taken for granted. Now in this accelerating pace of rapidly evolving technology, Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers find little time sandwiched between the empty nest syndrome and the care of their elderly parents. Often the nursing home is the only option.

Through their own voices, the elderly, caregivers and family members show us the reality of the challenges of caring for the aged in modern America. In doing so, they encourage readers to offer more compassion so that our loved ones can live their last days with dignity and depart from this world safely and peacefully.

Paperback
6 x 9
320 Pages
List Price: $18.00
978-1-935130-09-3 
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Dr. Graff Remembers
Dr. Graff Remembers
by Peter Carl Graffagnino

Dr. Graffagnino was a physician who enlisted in the U.S. Army and won a Silver Star and a Presidential Unit Citation for staying with wounded men when under enemy fire. Not abandoning the men, he became a prisoner of war. He endured a grueling hundred-mile march through the snow and ice of Northern Poland after being released from a German POW camp. After his rescue, he experienced extreme Post-Traumatic Stress disorder.

In an amazing piece of literature—found among the author’s papers by family members years after his death in 1984—this astute and articulate physician describes his descent into what he calls a “break with reality.” His mental status deteriorated to insanity.

However, on his return to America, Dr. Graff entered a Texas hospital and was eventually cured. His recovery was so complete that his physician colleagues saw him as a revered leader and mentor, never suspecting the toll that war had once placed on his health.

Dr. Graff Remembers is complete with illustrations, maps, a table of contents and an index.

Hardcover
230 Pages
List Price: $24.95
978-1-935130-54-3
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Drunks, Monks and Mental Illness . . . based on a lie
Drunks, Monks and Mental Illness . . . based on a lie

by Barbara Willis Kimbrell
Rachel faces the obstacle of addiction. For most of her early life, she hid in the far corners of her mind. As a young child, she was brutally victimized by her red-headed monster, Ollie, and was afraid to come out from under her bed of fear. She continued to pile more and more blankets on that bed with unhealthy relationships, hard living, drugging and denial until finally she had the courage to crawl out from under that weight. That began her journey of recovery.


This book gives a glimpse into the raw, naked, heart-wrenching world of addiction and the struggle to return from the depths of trauma and tragedy. Though fiction, it is a true-to-life example of one woman’s journey from brokenness to picking up her own pieces, while trying to help others pick up theirs. This intriguing tale of self-medicating the torment of mental illness, takes place in the heart of the Western North Carolina recovery community. – Vernetta Eleazer, MS, LCAS,
CCS Director: Swain Recovery Center


Barbara Willis Kimbrell is first and foremost a believer in change. A licensed, clinical, substance-abuse counselor with her Masters in social work, she has witnessed change firsthand. Her own struggles are a testimony to her conviction that life’s scars are part of one’s identity and do not need to be concealed. She is a daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and loving partner to a wonderful man. She is the proud daughter of a Russian immigrant. She has two dogs, Gizmo and Satchmo. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
232pages
$12.95
978-1-945714-14-6


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Final Rights
Final Rights
by Tena Frank

When Tate Marlowe discovers an abandoned mansion in Montford, the historical district in Asheville, NC, she realizes the place shares a distinctive design element with a small house she owns. Tate is sure this similarity cannot be accidental. Driven by a desire to discover the connection and save the neglected old house from destruction, she searches for its rightful owner and begins to unravel a family history strewn with murder, suicide, grief and shame.

Her search leads her to an old man living out his last years in self-imposed isolation and a young woman searching for remnants of her past and place to call home. With each revelation, Tate delves deeper into the lives of people inextricably connected by blood, family secrets, individual aspirations and calculated retribution.

Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
448 Pages
List Price: $15.95
978-1-935130-84-0
www.Tena-Frank.com
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Flight of Fancy
Flight of Fancy
by Elizabeth Gillon

Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
50 pages
List Price: $9.95

978-1-935130-77-2
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For What We Stay Alive
For What We Stay Alive
Poetry and Photographs by Haley Skeen

An anchor, though tethered by gravity,
Hangs by a net of cords
Just waiting for its return.

My Artemis battles with
Prometheus contesting:
Why were anchors given to humankind?

Paperback
50 Pages
List Price: $9.95
ISBN 978-0-9962490-3-4
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God Can Use Anyone . . . even me
God Can Use Anyone . . . even me
by Charles Pickens and Patricia McAfee

At a relatively early age, Charles Pickens experienced a large measure of success—athletic achievements, international musical stardom, a wife, children. When he saw his dreams slipping away, he spiraled downward through self-defeating patterns of behavior.
God Can Use Anyone . . . even me: The Charles Pickens Story tells of his return from depths of despair to an authentic and lasting success.

Hardcover
6 x 9
136 pages
List Price: $26.50
978-1-935130-05-5
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How Much Love is in One Mommy?
How Much Love is in One Mommy?
by Lynda R. Taylor
illustrated by Joshua Hendry

OUT OF PRINT.

Lynda Taylor has opened up the heart of a mother’s love in her first book of the Shining Stars Series. From a gentle mother’s answers to the curious questions of her child flow assurances of endless love through comparison to the expanse of the oceans, stars and the height of the mountains. This is a story of a mother’s love uniquely shared with her child. It is a love that never gives up.


Hardcover
6.67 x 6.67
24 pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-935130-23-9
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I Have a Secret
I Have a Secret

There are times when people do things to each other that they shouldn’t do. There are times when adults do things to children that they shouldn’t do.
These terrible things happen to many children every day.

I Have a Secret honors the struggle of children who have felt they must not tell others about the bad things that have been done to them. This book is not pressuring the children to do anything or to think differently. It is not encouraging others to blame the children for the way they have handled it.
It is here to honor and respect the pain of what happened and the pain of keeping what happened a secret. When children are honored and respected in such pain, they have taken their first step toward healing and wholeness.

This book is the third volume in the
Child-Centered Book Series focused on respecting children,
and witnessing them in their difficult experiences.


Andrew Barnett, LCMHC is a child therapist from Asheville, North Carolina, specializing in providing play therapy for children of all ages, Andrew has carried more secrets in this life than he would have preferred. He is grateful for the people he knows and loves who have listened to and been able to support him with the things he has felt he had to remain silent about.

Andrea Fietta is an artist who lives and works in Uspallata, Argentina. To check out more of Andrea’s work, you can find her on Instagram at the handle andrea.fietta. Andrea can also be reached at andreamfietta@hotmail.com.

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I Imagine . . . An Endless Frontier
I Imagine . . . An Endless Frontier
written and illustrated by Lisa Alcorn

I Imagine . . . An Endless Frontier is a lavishly simple story of an Alaskan youth who uses imagination to transcend everyday challenges. Faced with everything from "needing to speak up" to "drowning in chores," the youth discovers how a little imaginative help from the local wildlife boosts the spirit and transforms the experience.
When you change the way you feel . . . you change your life.

Hardcover
11.7 x 8.3
32 pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-935130-31-4
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In the Pastor's Study: A Spiritual Journey into Self-Awareness
In the Pastor's Study: A Spiritual Journey into Self-Awareness

by Abby Bates
illustrated by Becky LedBetter


Due to learning difficulties and struggles with my parents, I wasn't a top notch student. My high school teachers encouraged me to express myself through poetry. The administration at the private school I attended recommended that I transfer to public school, hoping that I would not feel the pressure to succeed. So, I transferred in the middle of my tenth grade year from private to public school. So, I transferred in the middle of my tenth grade year from private to public school. But I did not know how to put my thoughts and feelings into spoken words.
In 1978 a new minister, Reverend Dent C. Davis III, became the pastor at the church I grew up in—Oak Forest Presbyterian.
I connected with him immediately, very deeply at all levels, and he became my counselor. In the three and a half years that he counseled me, he helped me greatly to put feelings and words together, and I wrote many new poems. I had been "awakened" spiritually and emotionally.
Reverend Davis moved to Tennessee in 1981. Over the next eighteen years, I saw four different counselors.
Finally in 1998, I met the Reverends Anne and David Morgan and moved my church membership to New Hope Presbyterian Church. I knew I had come "full circle"—back to some real help. David became my counselor for the next twelve years.
My poetry along with counseling has been my “saving grace” through the years. I’ve been able to dispel anger and many other confusing—for me—feelings.
Asking for and receiving counseling is a sign of strength and courage and has helped me overcome and work through my weaknesses, feelings and fears.


Abby Bates: An Asheville native, the poet is a 1974 graduate of Enka High School and a 1985 graduate of Southwestern Community College with an A.S. degree in Early Childhood Education. Abby also attended Asheville Country Day School (now Carolina Day) and Montreat College. Abby is in her sixth year of employment at the Child Care Center of First Presbyterian Church. In her spare time, when she is not writing poetry, Abby enjoys scrapbooking, journaling, collage making and choral singing.


Becky LedBetter is an Asheville, North Carolina, native. She earned her education degree from Western Carolina University and Masters of Ed. from University of South Carolina. She taught for thirty-seven years in public elementary schools in Georgia and North Carolina, dabbling in art all along the way. She lives in Mills River, North Carolina, with her husband, Christopher, and their three “four-legged children.” Becky has chosen watercolor as her favorite medium because of its versatility. Nature is a true inspiration for her paintings. She is inspired by the natural world of plants, animals and landscapes. This is her first illustration collaboration using pen and ink drawings.


Paperback
88 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-945714-30-6

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Invisible: Fiction but Painfully True
Invisible: Fiction but Painfully True

Have you ever wanted to be invisible?
Were you willing to die for it? I am.

I will be skinny. Next year when I come back to school, I will not be fat, and these people will not torture me, Derrick thought as he sat on the bus the last day of school.

* * *

I will not have to come in feeling this way ever again. I am going to be the one thing that I want the most next year. It is not skinny or popular; all I really want is to be invisible.


. . . so says the troubled young man whose life is the purpose of this book. Invisible is a moving story with social significance. It follows the journey of a young man who succumbed to anorexia/bulimia triggered by a childhood of bullying. Usually a woman’s disorder, there were few resources specifically for males at the time of his life. His story is told from the perspective of his sister.

Angela Evans is an educator who works professionally with clients with physical and developmental disorders. She also serves cancer patients with her nonprofit, Waters of Hope, which provides supportive kayaking experiences to improve quality of life. She lives in Zirconia, North Carolina, wth her family.

I will be skinny. Next year when I come back to school, I will not be fat, and these people will not torture me, Derrick thought as he sat on the bus the last day of school.

* * *

I will not have to come in feeling this way ever again. I am going to be the one thing that I want the most next year. It is not skinny or popular; all I really want is to be invisible.

Paperback
198 Pages
List Price: $11.95
978-1-945714-19-1

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Ivy
Ivy
by Larry G. Morgan

Ivy
A dark-haired beauty gifted with strength and kindness, raised in the hills of Virginia, is ushered farther south to the mountains of North Carolina to escape the ravages of war—leaving behind a fiancé willing to give his life’s blood for the Union cause.

Seth

Ivy’s fiancé, a dependable and honest leader, rises rapidly in the ranks of the Union Cavalry.

Joseph

A strong-spirited North Carolina farm boy, is thrust into the storms of his heart when he discovers Ivy’s infinite warmth. He joins the Southern cause, earning the name “Blue-Eyed Demon” for his courage in the Confederate Cavalry.
 
Three lives brought together in a war that was tearing the nation apart.

Paperback
6 x 9
732 Pages
List Price: $18.50
978-1-935130-11-6
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Jammin' Geography
Jammin' Geography
by Kimberly M. Roberts
illustrated by Ellen Pitts

Explore the Caribbean with this book filled with interesting facts, history, culture, maps and learning activities.

Hardcover
11 x 9
48 Pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-935130-21-5
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Journey into a Disturbed Mind
Journey into a Disturbed Mind
by Earl Lynn Surrett

After a serious head injury at age 4, the author developed intense headaches and a tendency to daydream. When doctors stopped medication he had been receiving for migraine headaches, he began self-medicating with non-prescription, street drugs. He soon started hearing voices that directed his activity. He developed bizarre beliefs, an altered reality and a life of personal horror. Earl Lynn Surrett takes the reader with him on this journey into madness and successful intervention. His memoir is a gift to those striving to understand the inner struggle of mental illness, specifically schizophrenia.


Paperback
5 x 8
83 pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-935130-86-4

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Joy on the Mountain: Guarded Secrets Revealed
Joy on the Mountain: Guarded Secrets Revealed

by Wilma Styles
Cover photography by
Donna Rhinehart

Joy on the Mountain: Guarded Secrets Revealed is a new book by native Western North Carolinian Wilma Styles. This is a story from the days of Native Americans and US colonists. The author is part Cherokee and is a descendant of WNC Johann Adam and Catherine Henkel Biffle.
In the story, Margaret, a Cherokee, is mysteriously summoned with her friend, Carolyn, to Pine Mountain Cemetery, not knowing what to expect. As wind moaned, lightning flashed revealing a stranger surrounded by a pale blue light at the head of her grandmother’s grave. His message “from the Great Eagle” sent Margaret on a quest in search of answers to her family’s secrets.
 

The author has previously published three books: When I’m in His Presence, Angels of the Ages—a trilogy (Outskirts Press), and Forbidden Heart (Outskirts Press). The new book, Joy on the Mountain, is published by Grateful Steps, an Asheville-based traditional, independent, non-profit publisher located at Crest Mountain in West Asheville.

Paperback
446 Pages
List Price: $13.95
978-1-
945714-21-4


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London to Kabul
London to Kabul


Paperback
382 pages
List Price: $13.95
978-1-935130-70-3

When Wayne walked in stoned to the Warren Stanley shoe store in Orlando, Florida, one December day of 1971, he had no idea it would lead him halfway around the world to Afghanistan. Inside the store, a girl from a group called the Children of God approached him and invited him to join them. Needing more than the “peace and love” of the hippie movement of the 1960s and feeling they were in a spiritual void, Wayne and his brother joined the group, a group that gave them a purpose for living.

Many great countries later, Wayne looked into the eyes of an Arab girl, a girl who melted him and loved him like no other. Soon the love between them was all that mattered. Not their backgrounds, not their nationalities, not their religions.

About the Author

Wayne Cox left the Children of God when he returned to America in 1978. He sold real estate in Florida, landscaped in Kuwait and worked as an avionics technician on private and commercial aircraft. He and his wife and children live in North Carolina.

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Lionel's Drum
Lionel's Drum

Written by Heath Towson

Illustrated by Gail Sheldrick

Lionel’s Drum is a book that shows both children and adults the power of music in transforming lives. Music can transcend gender, age and race by soothing the soul. Lionel’s Drum is what happens when we put down our cell phone, awaken from the glaze of electronics and clap along with the beat.

Hardcover
11 x 8.5
56 Pages
List Price: $16.95
978-1-935130-93-2

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Look Up Asheville: An Architectural Journey
Look Up Asheville: An Architectural Journey
by Michael Oppenheim and Laura Hope-Gill

Look Up Asheville is a creative exploration of Asheville's architecture rendered through stunning photography by Michael Oppenheim and creative prose by Laura Hope-Gill. This journey through Asheville's eclectic architecture takes us back to the early 20th century, the Golden Age of Engineering and the rise of this mountain town to international regard as the "Paris of the South." Asheville's early architects experimented with new materials while exploring styles of the past, from Romanesque to Renaissance and Neo-Classical, and also reached for the Art Deco and European Sytle.

This first volume features the Jackson Building, Masonic Temple, St. Lawrence Basilica, City Building, S & W and other favorites of the immediate downtown area. Also included are the Grove Park Inn, Asheville High, Cathedral of All Souls and Biltmore Estate.

Hardcover
9.25 x 12.25
151 Pages
List Price: $49.95
978-1-935130-01-7

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Look Up Asheville Collection II
Look Up Asheville Collection II
by Michael Oppenheim, Laura Hope-Gill, and Robert Morgan

Look Up Asheville II features many of Asheville's beautiful Bed & Breakfasts, including the lovely Beaufort House Inn, photographed by Michael Oppenheim. Facts and tales about the iconic buildings are written by Laura Hope-Gill, with a Foreword by premier author and poet Robert Morgan. Designed by Michele Scheve, Look Up Asheville II does more than inform readers and viewers of the architectural, social and creative history of Asheville; it celebrates all these with stories and luminous images.

Look Up Asheville II features the Biltmore Building, Vance Monument, Municipal Building and more downtown favorites. It also reaches into the central neighborhoods Montford, Kenilworth and Chestnut Hill. Learn the names of the men and women who shaped Asheville's legacy as a commercial and creative destination, as well as a medicinal one.

Hardcover
9.25 x 12.25
125 Pages
List Price: $39.95
978-1-935130-49-9

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Look Homeward Asheville
Look Homeward Asheville
by Peter Olevnik

Paperback
6 x 9
116 Pages
List Price: $15.00
978-0-9789548-5-7
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Meigs Line (Paperback)
Meigs Line (Paperback)
by Dwight McCarter and Joe Kelley

Rich with ranger lore, wilderness savvy and tracking expertise, Meigs Line follows Dwight McCarter and Joe Kelley, two retired rangers, on their search for Meigs Line, a survey line established in 1802 to resolve territorial controversies between the Cherokee and American nations.

Paperback
6 x 9
200 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-91-9
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Mermaid Magic: An Enchanting Story of Secrets and Adventures
Mermaid Magic: An Enchanting Story of Secrets and Adventures

story and illustrations by JeanAnn Taylor

Mermaid Magic is the story of SparkleLeah, a mermaid, who takes Michael, a human, on an adventure around the world—from Hawaii to France to the Arctic Sea—as well as to many other places. On this journey Michael learns of the many secrets mermaids share.


Growing up in Florida, JeanAnn could swim practically before she could walk. Her infatuation with mermaids grew as she spent many summer days “playing mermaid” in the community pool. After a family trip to Weeki Watchee, Florida, to visit the mermaid tourist attraction, JeanAnn began imagining a world where mermaids were truly real. Mermaid Magic is the result of a fantasy that never went away.
Author JeanAnn Taylor is an independent writer of fashion, style, and life-reflections for local magazines. Her first children’s book, The Little Girl Who Loves to Twirl, was published in 2011. JeanAnn is an avid needle artist with interests in crochet, embroidery, quilting, doll and dressmaking. She is also a passionate dance competitor who placed in the 2020 Country Dance World’s Championship.
JeanAnn lives in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina where she finds inspiration in quiet mountain tops and bubbling streams.



Hardcover
84 Pages
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978-1-945714-20-7

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Mommie, Stay with Me
Mommie, Stay with Me
by Cindy Brown
illustrated by Micki Parker

A single mother working long hours, struggling to provide many material possessions, wrote this book for her child. During that period of over-time hours, she came to learn the greatest gift she could ever give her daughter was a mother’s love.

Paperback
7 x 7
24 Pages
List Price: $8.95
978-1-935130-44-4
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My Days with Nell
My Days with Nell
written by Vicki Blake
illustrated by Virginia Palmer

My Days with Nell is the heartwarming story of life in the early 1900s in America’s largest privately owned home, the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. Beautiful illustrations by Virginia Palmer bring to life the main character, Lilly Staton.

Lilly and her parents travel to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to receive treatment for Lilly, who has tuberculosis, a dreadful disease of the era. Cornelia Vanderbilt, the only child of George and Edith Vanderbilt, befriends Lilly. The Vanderbilts were one of the wealthiest families in America during the Gilded Industrial age.

The two friends are soon joined by Ellen Jorith, an African-American child, also recovering from tuberculosis. Amid wonderful, physical descriptions of the Biltmore House, My Days with Nell portrays the Vanderbilts as compassionate, caring people and faithful friends.

My Days with Nell captivates the imagination of children, transporting them to another time. It inspires the reader to do as George Vanderbilt did: “Leave a Legacy” of blessings for others.

Hardcover
11 x 8.5
78 Pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-935130-47-5
Visit the author's blog
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My Dog Never Barks! Things You Better Know Before You Become a Landlord
My Dog Never Barks! Things You Better Know Before You Become a Landlord
by Elizabeth Pace

“I have been in the Real Estate business for over 40 years and have leased a lot of property in my time. I found this book entertaining, informative and true. It is very difficult to be a landlord, and I believe this book addresses a lot of the issues landlords run into. I thoroughly enjoyed reading My Dog Never Barks!

James (“Jimmy”) Edney
Owner, Land of Sky Realty
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Paperback
7 x 7
72 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-33-8
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My Journey to Bethlehem
My Journey to Bethlehem
by Mona Brown Ketner & Sandy Armstrong
illustrated by Amy Tiller

My Journey to Bethlehem tells the traditional Christmas story from the viewpoint of a very special donkey. The donkey carries Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem and is part of the miracle of Jesus’ birth.

Hardcover
9 x 7.5
32 Pages
List Price: $17.95
978-1-935130-46-8
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My Brother is Like a Baby Bird
My Brother is Like a Baby Bird
written and illustrated by Amy Tiller
Author Amy Tiller has captured the wonder of the newborn nursery from the perspective of a child with a sibling receiving special care. She explains the key interventions the baby receives through the examples of mother-baby animal pairs and through the eyes of a child. The book is based on the experience of the author and her husband, whose extremely premature twins survived in a newborn intensive care unit.
Paperback
8.5 x 6.25
32 Pages
List Price: $8.95
978-1-935130-35-2
 
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My Sister is Like a Baby Bird
My Sister is Like a Baby Bird
written and illustrated by Amy Tiller 
Author Amy Tiller has captured the wonder of the newborn nursery from the perspective of a child with a sibling receiving special care. She explains the key interventions the baby receives through the examples of mother-baby animal pairs and through the eyes of a child. The book is based on the experience of the author and her husband, whose extremely premature twins survived in a newborn intensive care unit.
Paperback
8.5 x 6.25
32 Pages
List Price: $12.95
978-1-935130-02-4

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My Sock Market Crashed
My Sock Market Crashed

illustrated and authored by Dianne Ramsey

My Sock Market Crashed
tells of a boy, Dylan, helping his grandmother sell the beautiful socks she knits. A venture into mass production is abandoned because Grammy could not knit fast enough to supply her popular socks for the demand, and the socks provided by the mass-production company were not nearly as desirable as Grammy’s. Dylan rescues the situation by redirecting Grammy’s socks to help children in the hospital. The book endorses public efforts to provide socks to the needy.

Paperback
48 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-945714-56-6

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Naughty Noel
Naughty Noel

by Christine Davison Page
illustrated by Dana Margaret Irwin


Based on a true story, Naughty Noel is about a cat who loses everything and finds his way home for Christmas. Without Grandma, Noel is forced to leave the comfort of the little house with pink shutters in Florida and embark on a year-long journey. There are adventures and misadventures along the way. It’s a scary world even for the toughest cat, and at times, he wants to give up. Ultimately, Noel discovers a home and family in the spirit of Christmas!


Hardcover
32 Pages
List Price: $17.95
978-1-945714-36-8

CHRISTINE D. PAGE received a painting of her mother’s beloved cat as a Christmas gift from her daughter and was inspired to write Naughty Noel. Christine enjoys photography and writing short stories and poetry. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Utah and later studied fine arts and photography at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her short stories are regularly published in the La Honda Voice.
Christine is an international flight attendant and a volunteer with Airline Ambassadors International (AAI). She is also a mission and child sponsorship coordinator for Shepherd of the Hills Children’s Foundation in the Philippines. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to AAI (airlineamb.org) and to the orphanage. Christine lives with her husband, Philip, in Asheville, North Carolina.


DANA MARGARET IRWIN has been creating art since her childhood in Greenville, South Carolina. She earned a BFA from University of Georgia in graphic design and did post-graduate study at the School of Visual Arts in New York, the Art Students League of New York, Tyler School of Art in Pennsylvania, and Pythagorian School of Art in Samos, Greece.
Dana’s publishing career spanned both coasts as art director for Avon Books, Hearst Magazines, Mother Earth News, Peninsula Magazine, Northern California Home & Garden, and Lark Books. She is a member of the Saints of Paint, a local art fundraising group benefitting non-profits and artists. She lives with her dog and two mischievous cats in Fairview, North Carolina.


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Near Death: The Experience
Near Death: The Experience

by Steven Cox

A variety of characters with corrupt moral behavior are subjected to a bizarre experience in which they perceive they have faced eternal torment unless they return to their life without the person they have wronged and mend their ways for twenty years, at the end of which time they are given a choice. 
The book is fast moving with a plot that constantly challenges the reader's interpretation skills.
By the author: “At some point, all of us will look back on our experiences, remembering the life-altering events that molded us into who we are . . . and sometimes, those events never happened.” 


Born May 23 1977, Steven Cox grew up in Concord, NC. Life was rough, but it was also fun. He moved to Burnsville, NC, when he was 15. Life in the small mountain town wasn’t any easier, but it never got less fun either. Steven currently lives in Asheville, NC, working as a sous chef in one of the better joints near one of the rivers. Been through it a few times. Hopes to write a bunch more books . . . for many reasons.


Paperback
330 Pages
List Price: $11.95
978-1-935130-85-1





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Office in Back
Office in Back

by Linda L. Harley

In Office in Back: Falling in love is the easy part. Negotiating the living is the hard part., author Linda L. Harley presents a fictional couple whose issues and successful interventions reflect a composite from her years as a marriage counselor.

It is a novel about a troubled married couple, C.J. and Leeta, who live in small town in the mountains of Western North Carolina. They fell in love for all the right reasons, but the “living” got in the way of their loving. The story is driven by C.J. and his inner thoughts. The reader joins the couple in their journey as they commit to marriage therapy in their challenge to revitalize and heal their marriage to keep their well-intended oath to each other, “Till death do us part.” If the couple has the “energy of the heart,” the primary ingredient needed to work through any troubled relationship, marriage counseling will be successful; thereby, keeping the marriage in the couple’s hands, instead of a lawyer’s.

Paperback
201 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-945714-18-4

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One Apple at a Time
One Apple at a Time
by Evan Williams

Whether toting spring water, chopping wood or learning to plow with mules, young Glenn Williams’ childhood is anything but carefree, his elementary school education abruptly terminated by the demands of the family farm. Many years later, his hard-fought accomplishments take on legendary status as he shares them with his eager grandson.

Dolling out homespun advice peppered with bygone language, Glenn makes indelible impression on a young mind in search of a real-life hero. Acres of gigantic apple trees become the classroom where Glenn imparts the greatest gift he has to offer a grandchild -- the fundamental lessons of life.

Set in the tranquil mountains of Western North Carolina and spanning two centuries of local history, One Apple at a Time chronicles the Williams family’s march toward the American Dream.

More than a tribute to one man, this historical narrative captures the essence of all that is good about family. Inseparable bonds
to each other, their community and their landare the result for this close-knit family in the business of growing apples on the same soil for multiple generations. Come along and share their triumphs, mourn their losses, and laugh aloud as they deal with the challenges of farm life, one apple at a time.


Paperback
5.5 x 8.5
190 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-935130-65-9
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Pale Rider
Pale Rider

From the book:
“James Allbright and Woodrow Holcombe once rode together as Texas Rangers. They both want the same woman, but Miss Lizzie can only have one man. When fate takes a hand, she might not get either of them.”

Praise for the book:
“The way Chuck Waters can turn a phrase and his metaphorical writing is evident in Pale Rider. He can make this non-cowgirl want to saddle up and ride out West. If you love Westerns, don’t miss this one. Mr. Waters has a gift!”
– Susan Reinhardt, humorist and author of best-selling Chimes from a Cracked Southern Belle

About the author:
Chuck Waters is a freelance writer currently living in Beaufort, North Carolina.
His articles and stories have appeared in various newspapers and magazines including The Raleigh Times, the News & Observer, the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Carteret County News-Times, the (Waynesville) Mountaineer, Lumina News, Wrightsville Beach Magazine, Smoky Mountain News, This Week Magazine, the Spectator and the Independent Weekly. He has won North Carolina Press Association awards for feature photography and graphic design. Pale Rider is his first novel.
Waters is currently at work on The Devil Serves Lemonade, his take on the hard-boiled, pulp fiction genre.
There may be more.

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Playing with Gaia: Discovering the Spirit of Mother Earth
Playing with Gaia: Discovering the Spirit of Mother Earth
by Cindy Bowen
illustrated by Twila Jefferson
Awake and discover playfulness and inner freedom. Open a new doorway with yourself or the children in your life. Together you can heal wounds, dissolve boundaries, create deep inner bonds and bring new creativity and awareness into your world. Be independently joyful. Expand your awareness of beauty, support and love found in nature.
Hardcover
9.67 x 11.67
48 Pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-935130-03-1
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Potluck, Message Delivered: "The Great Smoky Mountains are Saved!"
Potluck, Message Delivered: "The Great Smoky Mountains are Saved!"
by Marci Spencer
illust
rated by Tim Worsham

In 1929, newspapermen from North Carolina and Tennessee hiked from opposite sides of Clingmans Dome, the highest mountain in the Great Smokies, for an important celebration. Although the country was entering the Great Depression, citizens from both states raised enough money to create a new national park. After the journalists shook hands across the stateline on Clingmans Dome, they released Potluck, J.R. Horne’s homing pigeon, to carry their goodwill message home. Both states had come together in a spirit of friendship to protect the precious forest. Inspired by true events, Marci Spencer records Potluck’s historic flight announcing the good news to waiting crowds: “The Great Smoky Mountains are Saved!”


Hardcover
10 x 8.5
56 Pages
List Price: $16.95
978-1-935130-85-7

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Prayerful Moments
Prayerful Moments
by Robert Martin Boerner, M.D.

Prayerful Moments
, by the late Robert Martin Boerner, is a 366-day devotional of poetic prayers. The text for the book was completed by Dr. Boerner before he died. The publishing process has been lovingly completed by his widow, Janice Boerner. The book already has a following: faithful readers of Dr. Boerner's poems in the Tuesday edition of Asheville Citizen-Times for the past many years.

While a senior at Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Bob won first place in the Anthology of Southeastern States High School poetry contest. After years of education, Dr. Boerner was busy practicing subspecialty consultative medicine in Asheville, North Carolina. He was known for his gentle manner, dedication to providing the best care for his patients and involvement in strengthening medical education in Western North Carolina. In 2007, he received the Mission Hospital Founder’s Award. During the years before his retirement, he continually jotted down poems on church bulletins, backs Robert Martin Boerner, M.D. of prescription pads or on any available piece of paper. There seemed to always be an inspiring thought in his mind. These poems accumulated in a basket on his closet shelf. When he retired in 2002, the basket came off the shelf, and he began to go through the poems. As he worked, he decided to contribute some “good news” in the newspaper. His Prayerful Moments series came into being. These poems have been running in the Asheville Citizen-Times for a number of years. His last project was an effort to have the poems published as a daily devotional. He began work with Micki Cabaniss Eustler at Grateful Steps Publishing House to achieve this dream. Unfortunately, Dr. Boerner died before the project was completed. However, he left specific instructions about how he envisioned the finished book. He chose the poems he wanted included, wrote the dedication and planned the design for the cover. His dream now comes to fruition. As Hebrews 11:4 states: “. . . he being dead still speaks.”

Leatherback
4 x 6
408 Pages
List Price: $11.95
978-1-935130-68-0
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Ravenna
Ravenna
by Stacey Curnow
illustrated by Daniel Nevins

A boy develops a magical relationship with Ravenna, a talking bear, and finds his heart’s desire. Then he learns a lesson on freedom and friendship and must make a difficult choice. The story celebrates autonomy, interconnectedness and being in nature. It is loosely based on the legend of Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady.
Ravenna is a book for all ages.

Hardcover
8.5 x 5.5
32 Pages
List Price: $12.95
978-1-935130-25-3
 
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Red Wife and Children
Red Wife and Children
by Joseph L. “Little Joe” Brown

What happened to Adam (Red, formed from the dust of the earth) and Eve (the “She” created as a helpmate for Adam) and their families after they were banned from the Garden of Eden?

Author Joe Brown proposes answers in
Red, Wife and Children.

How did evil spread among the people of the earth such that God chose to destroy them with a great flood? The deterioration of the children of Adam and Eve, save a few good people, is delineated as a fictional story, interlaced with Scripture.

How did Noah, their descendant, manage to get the animals on the ark amid the corrupt citizens of the land? The answer, offered here in a grand finale, is spectacular.

Paperback
578 Pages
List Price: $18.95
978-1-935130-67-3
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here
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Reflections in a River
Reflections in a River
Haiku by Nancy Dillingham
Photographs by Joan Medlicott

Two well-published writers worked together to create this masterful combination of breathtaking photography and haiku poetry.

Here are the words of the photographer: “One day, fourteen years ago, while driving along, I turned a corner on a winding, country road. Before me, down a gentle, green slope, a river became a pond wide enough and still enough for the reflections contained in this book. Trees lined a portion of the river; beyond it stretched green hills and pastureland. I thought of the river, dreamed of it, was drawn to it again and again in all four seasons of the year. It was many years before I actually found out the name of the river. It is a branch of the Toe River in Burnsville, NC.”

-Joan Medlicott, Author, The Ladies of Covington Series

Paperback
7.562 x 7.562
64 Pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-935130-38-3
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Reticent
Reticent

Paperback
72 pages
List price: $9.95
978-1-935130-88-8

There is grief hidden behind every hand raised in farewell, every soft bell of laughter. We wear our loss like a winter coat, bodies bowed under the heavy burden. Some flaunt the mound of fur, while others hide in the folds. This collection is for the perspicacious chameleons—the quiet gatherers of stray glances and uncomfortable silences—for the terrariums you carry within your eyes, absorbing the tears of others with your moss-covered lashes. May your homes never shatter.


“. . . a wonderfully thoughtful and original volume of work.”
– Nancy Dillingham,
Thanks for the Dark But That’s Not Home,
poems and stories

After earning an associate degree from Walters State Community College, Abby N. Lewis made her way to East Tennessee State University, where she is pursuing a B.A. in English. She lives in Dandridge, Tennessee.

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Revenge Under Fire
Revenge Under Fire
by Sarah Duttlinger

Evie’s entire life was whirled into oblivion over an article. All she’d wanted was to write an impactful piece for Streetwise and instead of that the love of her life was murdered. The only person who had ever cared for her had been ripped away and now she was on a mission. A mission of revenge. Revenge however can be very tricky business.

Paperback
4.25 x 5.50
73 Pages
List Price: $10.00
978-1-935130-59-8

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Roasting Questions
Roasting Questions
by Barbie Angell

Welcome to the world of Barbie Angell, a place where dreams are stitched and happiness can be a friend. Written and illustrated by one of Asheville's most beloved real-life poets, Roasting Questions calls on the imagination of all who enter.

Paperback
7 x 9
40 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-61-1
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Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy
Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy
by Catherine Hunter

What if . . .
you felt safe galloping down hills . . .
you could ride your horse anywhere . . .
and riding was all you’d ever dreamed it would be?


Sacred Connections Horsemanship shows you how to create a loving, empowered partnership with your horse. Within this book is a step-by-step, logical approach to understanding and working with the horse through the wisdom of chakra energy. The method includes a system of communication using a language the horse can understand and a non-interfering way of riding that creates a healthy flow of energy between horse and rider. Here you will discover the secrets of creating the safe, cooperative, fun, happy horse you’ve always dreamed of riding.
This book is for the rider who wants more than a horse that submits. For the horseman or woman who wants more than playing games. For those who wish a deep, empowering connection with the horse’s mind, body and spirit . . .

Paperback
276 Pages
List Price: $18.95
978-1-935130-80-2

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Sammy the Dragon
Sammy the Dragon
by Anne Marone
illustrated by Jack Ferrell, color design by Syvanah Bennett

A playful, colorful dragon teaches children to find friends among those who are different from themselves. This is the first of a series using Sammy to explore the issues young children face as they grow and learn.

Hardcover
6 x 9
24 Pages
ist Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-42-0
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Sharks On My Fin Tips
Sharks On My Fin Tips
by Simone Lipscomb

While cave diving, kayaking, shark diving and mountain biking are recognized as adventure sports, the true adventure for author Simone Lipscomb is the inward journey prompted by her participation in them. Through excursions to underwater caves, coral reefs, mountains, deserts and oceans, she finds herself amid some of nature’s most beloved and feared creatures—sharks, rattlesnakes, manatees, sea turtles and dolphins. Lipscomb pokes fun at her shortcomings and writes from her heart as she journeys deep into the wilds of nature and her own instinctual self.
Paperback
6 x 9
176 Pages
List Price: $19.95
978-1-9789548-8-8
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Sidestepping the Pit
Sidestepping the Pit

by Knight Chamberlain

Suddenly, the hand that had been gently, but insistently guiding me forward clenched my shoulder with a viselike grip, and I was forced into a wooded area just beyond the church grounds. I had no way of knowing what was to come, but I whimpered, “I want to go home now.”

The man said nothing but took off his jacket and placed it on the ground in a clearing covered with a mixture of pine needles, moss, and leaves. What little light there was from the moon illuminated his features as he spoke words that burn in my brain to this day: “Lie down and do as I say,” he whispered hoarsely, pulling a switchblade from his back pocket and unbuckling his belt. “If you scream, I’ll cut your throat . . .”

Knight Chamberlain was nine years’ old when he was raped and sodomized by a stranger in 1965. Fifty years later he wrote
Sidestepping the Pit to try and understand how he was able to rise above what could have been a life-crippling experience to cope with the loss of his innocence. Instead he became a happy optimist who avoided drug use, alcoholic addiction, and debilitating depression. Follow Knight’s confounding, surprising, and ultimately life-affirming journey as a series of events, the love of family and friends, and hard-learned lessons lead him—over time—to forgive his attacker and find the courage to share his story in hopes of helping others.

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St. Augustine Puppy
St. Augustine Puppy
by Krystal Collins
illustrated by Judy Collins


Meet Lilly, a little beagle with a mind of her own, and Lynne, her
loving and caring owner. They live a happy life together
in their home in Tennessee. Soon, their lives are going to be turned
upside down when they take a vacation to St Augustine. When
they return, life will never be the same for Lilly and Lynne.
Enjoy reading
St. Augustine Puppy with your whole family and
take the trip of a lifetime!

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32 Pages
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978-1-935130-82-6

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Stone River: Keeper of the Keys
Stone River: Keeper of the Keys

by Wilma Styles

When Martin Cullman asked his dearest friend, Kaylee Shell, to go to Stone River to investigate a stack of old letters that his mother, Clara Aims, had written before and after his birth, Kaylee said yes. She traveled to Stone River, North Dakota, to take a job at Fairmont High School as a senior history teacher.
Upon arrival, Kaylee thought she had rented five rooms in a big house but instead ended up living in the Roy Hilmar Mansion. Kaylee’s training did not prepare for the likes of the late Ellen Hilmar. In addition, she was astonished when she met the mysterious guardian of the house. Early in her investigation, a century-old murder of two Lakota Indians sent Kaylee into a maze of life-altering events. With her life being threatened, Kaylee’s guides became anger, fear, confusion and determination to find truth, whether good or bad.
Murder, intrigue, passion and suspense will keep you guessing. Just when you think you have it figured out, major revelations occur and send you right back to the beginning. The action is swift and electrifying as you encounter the nerve-racking history of Stone River.

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456 Pages
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978-1-945714-47-4

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Strange Life: Struggling with the Mysteries of OCD
Strange Life: Struggling with the Mysteries of OCD
by Larry G. Morgan

This is the true story of a life of mental pain from an undiagnosed malady—obsessive compulsive disorder—with the associated suffering of panic attacks and clinical depression. Several of the most debilitating episodes are detailed to try to insure the reader understands the effects of these disorders. The account should enlighten the public about the plight about the individual with obsessive compulsive disorder and encourage those with these symptoms to seek guidance and support.

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6 x 9
160 Pages
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978-1-935130-12-3
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Surviving Life Beyond the Pale
Surviving Life Beyond the Pale

From the book: My father was still at work. My stepmother met me at the door as I returned from school. She handed me fifty dollars and my suitcases and told me, “You can go stay at one of your friends’ for a while . . . or forever if you want to. But you must go.”
Shocked and not moving, I stared at her.
“I mean it. Your father and I need some time together without you around.”
So, I, a 14-year-old girl, went stumbling down the road.

From the author: I grew to late childhood without any positive relationship models. No one ever told me that they were proud of me or encouraged me school. I was not taught how to succeed. I was in my early 40s before I felt like a “grownup.” As a child, I had been groomed only to be promiscuous. I became promiscuous searching for a father figure. I self-medicated with drugs to deal with my loss and confusion. I did not seek counseling; I did not know that it existed for me. Only when I repeated my story over and over again did I finally hear it for myself . . . and understood. It took years.

Dear Reader, You must summon your courage to face the pain needed to find the solution for a normal life. You must tell your story. This is mine.


M.A. SANDRY, an Asheville native, is now living in the North Carolina mountains with her best friend and two fur babies. She is still writing and is currently working on a children’s book.

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The Advocate
The Advocate

by Paul B. Taylor

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114 Pages
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978-0-9962490-7-2

Advocates come in various forms and speak in many forums. Attorneys advocate to judges, juries, and government officials for a decision in favor of their clients or causes. Individual citizens advocate before town councils and other government tribunals. Parents advocate to school officials on behalf of their children. The sick and their representatives advocate to hospitals and insurance companies for better medical treatment. The falsely accused and wrongfully imprisoned write petitions for themselves or others, seeking a second chance at justice and freedom. Friends and families must sometimes advocate to one another to change or improve the conditions of their relationships.
Jesus advocated to us during his ministry and now advocates to God on our behalf.
A common feature of all advocates is that the outcome of their efforts is not always certain, even if they believe their position is morally or legally correct. Someone else will be making the decision. But what is certain is that for every advocate there is always help and encouragement available, before, during, and after the moment one stands up to speak.
Such help can be found in
The Advocate:Encouragement for those who speak out
for others or themselves, by Paul B. Taylor.

About the Author


Paul B. Taylor is an advocate who knows his limitations and is thankful for the ever present hand and help of God, both within and without the courtroom. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he majored in English and History. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he served on the Law Review. After law school, Mr. Taylor was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Potter, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, assisting with numerous criminal and civil trials in federal court. After his clerkship, Mr. Taylor became an associate at the Charlotte law firm of Blakeney, Alexander & Machen where he litigated cases for regional and national companies in federal court. He was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge and served for several years. Missing the role of advocate, Mr. Taylor returned to private practice as a partner in the firm of Van Hoy, Reutlinger & Taylor, litigating cases principally in federal court. He later moved to Asheville, North Carolina, practicing as a solo practitioner for a year before joining the Office of the United States Attorney where he had practiced for many years as a civil litigator representing the United States and its agencies and officers.

Mr. Taylor lives in South Korea with his wife, Angela, and sons, Harrison and Forrest.


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The Best Cupcake Ever/ Lo Mejor Queqescito del Mundo
The Best Cupcake Ever/ Lo Mejor Queqescito del Mundo
by Carrie Blackburn Brown
illustrated by Cindy Fullbright

Spend some time with Severo and see what life is like for a child who lives in a tiny village of Tacachia in Bolivia, South America. Read with your children about God’s love for us and the special gift of sharing through this simple yet moving story. They will see that though we are in some ways very different, the truly important things in life are still the same.

Hardcover
7 x 7
32 Pages
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978-1-935130-24-6
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The Cow That Meowed
The Cow That Meowed
by Hal Mahan

The animals have learned to speak one another's language. What do they learn about tolerance and friendship?
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8.5 x 8.5
40 Pages
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978-1-935130-45-1

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The Crystal Swan
The Crystal Swan
by Suzan Tanner
No one would suspect that a mysterious adventure could start in a nursing home, but that is precisely what happens to 13-year-old Leah Ward. Leah wanted to spend time with her friends. The last thing on her mind is a visit to Shady Springs rest home, but she received an object that would forever change the way she saw the world.
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6.5 x 9.5
168 Pages
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978-1-935130-00-0
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The History of Medicine in Asheville
The History of Medicine in Asheville
by Dr. Freeman Irby Stephens, M.D.

From the Author's Note:

“Medicine in the early days of Asheville is of interest primarily because of the absorbing life stories of the physicians who practiced during that period. In addition, the physicians and their practice of medicine in Asheville-in the antebellum days and during the difficult years of the Civil War and Reconstruction and for many years thereafter-present a striking contrast with the present day.

"Perhaps most interesting are the fifty-odd years beginning in the 1880s when Asheville became the nation's best-known center for the treatment of tuberculosis, and its tuberculosis specialists were widely recognized as authorities in their field.

"Asheville's medical history is replete with unusual and captivating characters from the earliest days to the most recent times. The little-publicized accomplishments of these individuals need to be recorded lest they be lost. Consequently, biographical sketches of many Asheville physicians are scattered throughout this history to acquaint the reader with these unusual men and women and their careers. Because they represent such an exceptional group, Asheville's women physicians receive special attention. Similarly, because it is little known, the interesting story of Asheville's black physicians also has a special section."

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6 x 9
666 Pages
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978-1-935130-60-9

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The Journey of Carlo Martini
The Journey of Carlo Martini
by Carlo Martini

Carlo Martini’s love of music began in childhood. He had music in his mind and in his heart every moment as far back as he can remember. When he was little, he liked to go to the movies and dream. The singers and actors became his idols. He set out on a path, not only to be a singer and actor himself but also to personally meet as many of those idols as possible. This book is the story of his success in fulfilling his dream.


Carlo Franco Martini was born in Sanremo, Italy. He first came to America in 1967 at the age of twelve. After many years of living alternately in Italy and America, he made Asheville, North Carolina, his home in 2003.

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6 x 9
194 Pages
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978-1-935130-18-5
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The Little Girl Who Loves to Twirl
The Little Girl Who Loves to Twirl
by JeanAnn Taylor
illustrated by Biljana Knoll

Lily likes to tell silly knock-knock jokes to her big brother, Leif. She likes to make snow angels in the wintertime and build sand castles in the summertime. But the one thing Lily loves more than anything in the whole wide world is spinning and twirling around and around.
But Lily twirls with so much joy and abandon, she knocks over everything within reach and even twirls into the pond! Read
The Little Girl Who Loves to Twirl to see how Lily finds a way to fulfill her dreams.

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8 x 10
32 Pages
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978-1-935130-40-6
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The Nog Story: A Tale about the Origin of Eggnog
The Nog Story: A Tale about the Origin of Eggnog
A beautifully illustrated and heartwarming folk tale about a family in Ohio raising “pods” from which eggnog is created. The book promotes imagination, annual celebration, and goodwill among friends and neighbors.

My son asked the question, “Where do eggnogs come from?”
The answer is inside this book.


Author: Gail Heller earned her Bachelor of Arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. She received her Master’s degree in Special Education at Georgia State University. When she retired from teaching, writing became her passion. Her self-published novella, Seely’s Shoes, is a murder mystery that takes place in Italy. Her book promotion included a partnership with the inter-national organization Soles4Souls. She collected over six hundred pounds of shoes for recycling. Encouraged by family and friends, she continues to create more stories and looks forward to sharing them in the future. She currently resides in Alpharetta, Georgia. Ten percent of royalties are donated to Habitat for Humanity.

Illustrator: Stephanie Tian is a student at Lambert High School in Suwanee, Georgia. She has been studying at the Sunny Fine Arts Studio for twelve years and has won several distinctions in programs including: The International Science without Borders Challenge, The International River of Words Poetry and Art Contest, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and The Global Connections Art & Essay Contest. She is president of The National Art Honor Society, founder of the Art Club, drum major of her school’s marching band, and has served on the Teen Council at the High Museum of Art. She has designed the cover for GIS Technology Applications in Environmental and Earth Sciences. She hopes to go to college and continue expanding her self-established company, SGL-Art LLC.

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The Old Shoes
The Old Shoes
by Jane Lamb
An ordinary girl . . .
A new store in town . . .
A violent storm . . .
Old shoes.
A list of seemingly common things. But all is not as it appears. When the right girl walks into the right shop at the right time and puts on the right pair of old shoes, something wondrous occurs. Jessie Wright is 11 years old. She’s bright and funny and terribly unsure of herself. In fact, the kids in school call her Jessie Wright, Who Is Always Wrong but things are going to change. To help a new friend, Jessie will unlock the secrets of the past and find the key to her own future.
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6 x 9
120 Pages
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978-1-935130-37-6
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The Other Half of My Soul (Paperback)
The Other Half of My Soul (Paperback)
by Bahia Abrams

Consistently receiving 5-star ratings,
The Other Half of My Soul is a gripping story about an American-born Syrian Jew from Brooklyn and a Syrian-born Shi-ite Muslim from Aleppo. The book raises profound questions about personal choices, commitments, responsibility and the most basic truths of the human race.

Rayna is born into wealth and privilege. She is raised in a community steeped in orthodox Judaism and Syrian culture. Rebelling against an unwritten law dictating that a female does not leave her family home until marrying a man approved by her parents, Rayna breaks away and attends the University of Maryland to study journalism.

Rami is a clever and discerning eighteen year old, part of the underprivileged Shi-ite minority in his country. His family barely ekes out a living at their pastry stand in the Aleppo Souk. Al-Shahid, the Syrian-backed terrorist group, offers Rami a scholarship to study in America at the University of Maryland. He dares not refuse.

Rami and Rayna meet at college. Their strong Syrian culture quickly bonds them and the forbidden happens. They fall in love. Grappling for survival, they collide with conflicts and hatreds that divide Muslim and Jew, endure intolerance and harsh backlash from their families, and suffer under the control of an irrational terrorist leader.

Drawn from life experiences, historical events, current happenings and actual places,
The Other Half of My Soul journeys across four continents, uncovering the barbaric behavior of humanity. In the end, the book bears a powerful message about unconditional love and the ability to defeat the hateful dictates of ideology.

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5.5 x 8.5
403 Pages
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978-0-9789548-4-0
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The Other Half of My Soul (Hardcover)
The Other Half of My Soul (Hardcover)
by Bahia Abrams

Consistently receiving 5-star ratings,
The Other Half of My Soul is a gripping story about an American-born Syrian Jew from Brooklyn and a Syrian-born Shi-ite Muslim from Aleppo. The book raises profound questions about personal choices, commitments, responsibility and the most basic truths of the human race.

Rayna is born into wealth and privilege. She is raised in a community steeped in orthodox Judaism and Syrian culture. Rebelling against an unwritten law dictating that a female does not leave her family home until marrying a man approved by her parents, Rayna breaks away and attends the University of Maryland to study journalism.

Rami is a clever and discerning eighteen year old, part of the underprivileged Shi-ite minority in his country. His family barely ekes out a living at their pastry stand in the Aleppo Souk. Al-Shahid, the Syrian-backed terrorist group, offers Rami a scholarship to study in America at the University of Maryland. He dares not refuse.

Rami and Rayna meet at college. Their strong Syrian culture quickly bonds them and the forbidden happens. They fall in love. Grappling for survival, they collide with conflicts and hatreds that divide Muslim and Jew, endure intolerance and harsh backlash from their families, and suffer under the control of an irrational terrorist leader.

Drawn from life experiences, historical events, current happenings and actual places,
The Other Half of My Soul journeys across four continents, uncovering the barbaric behavior of humanity. In the end, the book bears a powerful message about unconditional love and the ability to defeat the hateful dictates of ideology.

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5.5 x 8.5
356 pages
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The Purple Rain in Zanzibar
The Purple Rain in Zanzibar
by Walter Rein
illustrated by Jack Ferrell

2009 Mom’s Choice Silver Medal Award

Gazzybow Goose is startled when he finds himself in a shower of purple drops. In panic, he rushes to the more knowledgeable birds, wise Wisenhymer and Freckle Face Froyd. At first they don’t believe his story of purple rain falling in dear Zanzibar. Together they solve the mystery and end up laughing.

Hardcover
8.5 x 11
26 Pages
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978-0-9789548-7-1
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The Soul Tree
The Soul Tree
by Laura Hope-Gill
Photography by John Fletcher, Jr.
Since its publication in 2009,
The Soul Tree: Poems and Photographs of the Southern Appalachians has become a favorite among mountain lovers. Poet Laura Hope-Gill was recognized in March 2010 by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation in becoming the Parkway’s first Poet Laureate. Exhibits of the photographs and the work have been displayed at University of North Carolina—Asheville and also at the North Carolina Arboretum. John Fletcher, Jr. and Laura Hope-Gill were also featured on Tarheel Pathways on WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Soul Tree is a book that, according to poet Hope-Gill, “people seem to be turning to it in times of change and healing.” In the careful balance between image and word, readers and viewers of the The Soul Tree are discovering why people who love the Blue Ridge and all nature love this book.
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9.31 x 9.31
115 Pages
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978-1-935130-07-9
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The Stackhouses of Appalachia
The Stackhouses of Appalachia
by Jacqueline Burgin Painter

Driven by a perpetual sense of adventure, Amos Stackhouse forged a legacy through his struggle to establish a settlement along the banks of the French Broad River in the aftermath of the Civil War. He starts and manages a barite mine, helps bring the railroad through the area, runs a logging company, establishes the Stackhouse settlement in the 1870s, builds a community for his workers and raises a family.

Filled with historical facts, personal accounts, maps, illustrations and both black-and-white and color photographs,
The Stackhouses of Appalachia: Even to Our Own Time is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the Stackhouse family, the American Quaker movement or the rugged realities of the post-Civil War period in the Appalachian Mountains. The photographs alone provide a lasting treasure for the true scholar of WNC history.

Using extensive research, interviews and access to voluminous family records, journals and keepsakes, Jacqueline Painter provides a fascinating account of the Appalachian region that examines the impact one famous Quaker family has had on Western North Carolina.

Hardcover
6x9
421pages
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978-0-9789548-0-2
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The Stackhouses of Appalachia
The Stackhouses of Appalachia
by Jacqueline Burgin Painter

Stackhouses is narrated through the eyes of a Quaker family, involved in barite mining, merchandising, logging, bringing in the railroad and building the Stackhouse, North Carolina, community.

Driven by a perpetual sense of adventure, Amos Stackhouse forged a legacy through his struggle to establish a settlement along the banks of the French Broad River in the aftermath of the Civil War. He starts and manages a barite mine, helps bring the railroad through the area, runs a logging company, establishes the Stackhouse settlement in the 1870s, builds a community for his workers and raises a family.

Filled with historical facts, personal accounts, maps, illustrations and both black-and-white and color photographs,
The Stackhouses of Appalachia: Even to Our Own Time is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the Stackhouse family, the American Quaker movement or the rugged realities of the post-Civil War period in the Appalachian Mountains. The photographs alone provide a lasting treasure for the true scholar of WNC history.

Using extensive research, interviews and access to voluminous family records, journals and keepsakes, Jacqueline Painter provides a fascinating account of the Appalachian region that examines the impact one famous Quaker family has had on Western North Carolina.


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6x9
421Pages
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978-0-9789548-1-9
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The Truths of Teaching: I I Learned the Hard Way
The Truths of Teaching: I I Learned the Hard Way
written and illustrated by Lynn Smith

The Truths of Teaching: I Learned the Hard Way sheds light on the trials of teaching. None of the material was found in textbooks or learned from college professors. These “truths” were gleaned by the author from years of experience in the actual classroom.

Paperback
7.75 x 6.25
56 Pages
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978-1-935130-28-4
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The Wake Up Man
The Wake Up Man
by Thomas Rain Crowe
illustrated by Marilyn King Dawson

In the spirit and in the tradition of the legendary tale of the “Sandman,” poet and author Thomas Rain Crowe and illustrator Marilyn King Dawson have brought to life an imaginary sequel to the Sandman myth with the creation of The Wake Up Man. Since it is the Sandman who visits us each night and with his magic dust puts us to sleep, it is only logical, that there should be a “Wake Up Man” who is responsible—with his own brand of magic—for waking us up. This, then, is the fanciful tale of who the Wake Up Man is and how he came to be. A new myth for all parents, for their children and for the ages.


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8.5 x 11
26 Pages
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978-1-935130-39-0
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This, That and the Third
This, That and the Third

At first glance, this might appear to be a story about Antoinette Davis, publicly identified as one of the most hated women in America. She is considered the worst type of offender, with convictions including sexual servitude of a minor, rape and murder. Her crimes are shocking and incite unquantifiable amounts of animosity and rage against her. I am drawn to her story, compelled to it even. Like the rest, I want to understand who she is and how this happened. But what keeps me submerged in this uncomfortable and heavy ocean is the need to understand why. Why Antoinette and not me? – A.H.

Abigail Hickman lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, Simeon. When she is not researching murders, she teaches Rhetoric and Composition at Mars Hill University and AB Technical Community College. Abigail is a contributing writer to Mountain Xpress. This, That and the Third is her first book.

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Tobacco Roots: Just This Side of WWII
Tobacco Roots: Just This Side of WWII
by Connie W. Vice

A Kentucky native, Vice grew up on a tobacco farm in Ewing. She graduated from King’s Daughters’ School of Nursing in Ashland and has since practiced bedside nursing in several settings. Vice is both writer and illustrator of her new book.

A collection of poems,
Tobacco Roots portrays rural life in a small Kentucky community in the 1960s. With this backdrop, Vice discusses themes such as the freedom of childhood, the warmth of community, and the profound beauty in everyday moments. As she writes in the author’s note, “There is poetry in all things that allow imagination. I don’t mean just poetry of words but the poetry of living each moment.”

Paperback
5.5 x 8
54 Pages
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978-1-935130-48-2
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Tonda and TK Friends
Tonda and TK Friends
by Mary M. Byrd and Stephanie Willard

True friends are those you can count on when you need them most. This was the case for Tonda, an elderly orangutan, and TK, an orange tabby cat. Theirs was a friendship that knew no boundaries.

National Geographic added Tonda and TK to their “Unlikely Animal Friends” series. ZooWorld is in Panama City Beach, Florida.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mary Byrd is President of ZooWorld Zoological and Botanical Conservatory’s Board of Directors. Her late husband, Harris P. (Jack) Byrd was one of the founders of ZooWorld. ZooWorld was established as a zoological garden to provide an educational and enriching environment for people, especially children.

Stephanie Willard is the Education Director at ZooWorld. She was instrumental in introducing Tonda to TK. The two became a famous “odd couple,” having appeared in many media stories, including
Good Morning America, Animal Planetand Japanese television stories, as well as Ranger Rick and other written publications.

Hardcover
7 x 7
28 Pages
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978-1-935130-36-9
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Traveling to Marshall
Traveling to Marshall
by Jack Thomas

Traveling to Marshall measures the passing of time in a small Southern town. Looking back over a span of forty years, and looking with the eyes of a small town pastor, Jack Thomas carefully listens to the voices of the past and the present. Together they present a rich tapestry of American life.”

-Ed Loper, Pastor, Marshall Presbyterian

Hardcover
6 x 9
320 Pages
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978-1-935130-43-7
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Tsunami, No Good
Tsunami, No Good
by John Spitzburg

This is a true story of an adventurer who travels to Thailand to join other volunteers after the tsunami disaster. It is an exploration of the dedication and motivation behind humanitarianism.

Paperback
6 x 9
116 Pages
List Price: $14.99
978-1-9789548-6-4
 
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Turtle Gliding
Turtle Gliding
by Denise W. Owen
illustrated by Jo Wicker

From the ocean shore glide away with a sea turtle, ride the waves, discover fascinating creatures and islands and build sand castles with treasures from the sea.

Paperback
8.5 x 11
24 Pages
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978-1-935130-22-2
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Uncertain Waters
Uncertain Waters
by Doris Spencer

Sarah Grace's world is rocked when she discovers her marriage is not all she has dreamed. She has decisions to make and a life altered by her circumstances. She has not planned to be a career woman but fate has dealt her no option.

Can she make it on her own and support her two small children? Does she have any hope of romance and happiness without Dell? An unlikely friendship leads to much insight about her own problem as well as that of her friend. A wedding celebration gone wrong gives her opportunity to witness to her friend about her reliance on God, and the event brings changes in both their lives. She meets the challenges sometimes with a smile and sometimes with tears, but always with her faith to steady her.

Paperback
5.5 x 8
360 Pages
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978-1-935130-69-7
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Unlocking My Wordhoard: Poems and Prose with Illustrations
Unlocking My Wordhoard: Poems and Prose with Illustrations

by Christopher Mead Armitage

Unlocking My Wordhoard: Poems and Prose with illustrations is a collection of poems in
three divisions; the first is related to historical and public matters, the second, to famous poets or their work, the third, more personal, with some heartfelt poems, others jesting. Most of the poems are short and attempt to concentrate on the essence of events such as falling in love or the German invasion of Russia in World War II. The prose that follows explores such subjects as the author as a child exposed to war; studying with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; and participation in sports and theatrical productions.

Paperback
132 Pages
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978-1-945714-38-2

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When Two Souls Find Each Other. . . someone still has to take out the trash
When Two Souls Find Each Other. . . someone still has to take out the trash
by Ann Burns Harris, PhD

Dr. Anne Harris draws on her thirty years as a psychotherapist to bring an accessible, grounded-in-reality method for not only improving relationships but reinventing them. Go from being in a relationship to being in a relationship—one in which both people thrive, speak and nourish just as they receive that nourishment back. Examine the patterns that create the surface of your relationship, and you will find the tools for changing them.

Paperback
7 x 9
156 Pages
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978-1-935130-08-6
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Who's Got Your Back?
Who's Got Your Back?
by Barbara B. Duncan


In Who’s Got Your Back?, engaging characters are rising to the best within themselves as each one faces different and very real issues in life—among them single parenting and parental rejection, childhood incest revealed as an adult and the painful transformations that accompany major illness within the family. They draw the reader into a depth common to each of us. It is through these specific issues of life we each encounter that we are challenged to make choices, and it is through these choices that we manifest and become who we are in this world. Who’s Got Your Back? powerfully expresses the gamut of emotions from the dearest, innocent humor and tenderness of childhood to the soaring loves and sorrows throughout adult life. Pulled together by a young girl named Pauli, these characters face life’s realities with courage and strength. They bond with moving loyalty, such that the reader is left with an ever present beacon of hope and optimism. Who’s Got Your Back? is a novel that will remain within the reader’s heart.


Barbara Duncan founded and was director of The R.E.A.C.H. Centre, Reach Every Adult and Child to Heal, 1990-2007, in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she provided counseling for individuals, couples and families and specialized in the treatment of child abuse in all its forms. Her practice was featured as the “Healing Segment” of Scared Silent, a nationally aired television documentary on all forms of child abuse, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, 1992. Barbara’s warmth, her belief in our inner wisdom and her enthusiasm for life are reflected in Who’s Got Your Back? She retired to Asheville, North Carolina, in 2007, where she lives with her husband, Russ, and their five small dogs. Sunsets over the mountains are especially meaningful to them.

Paperback
418 pages
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978-1-945714-13-9

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Why Does God Pull Teeth?
Why Does God Pull Teeth?

by Denise Owen
Illustrated by Jo Wicker


Why Does God Pull Teeth? helps children understand the purpose of baby teeth and the process by which a beautiful smile is ultimately achieved. Beautifully illustrated, the 28-page paperback includes an excellent educational section with colorful depiction of in situ baby teeth and adult teeth. There is also a helpful glossary, with simple definitions.

Besides helping parents explain the tooth phenomenon to their children, it has great appeal for dentists’ offices.


The author has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and for many years worked with adolescents with behavioral and learning disabilities. After home-schooling her own kids from middle through high school, she continues to teach, write poetry, work part time and stay involved with several volunteer organizations.
The illustrator has an Associate’s Degree in Drafting and Design, having worked for many years in the field. She is a retired Licensed Practical Nurse. She enjoys reading, painting, cooking, hiking, gardening, Internet research and crafts, including jewelry and soap making. Since becoming a professional clown (aka “Pansy Jo”) in 2006, she and her clown partner, entertain at Adult Day Care and Assisted Living facilities.

Hardcover
28 Pages
List Price: $9.95
978-1-945714-16-0

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Why the Clown Wouldn't Smile
Why the Clown Wouldn't Smile
by Olson Huff

Carlos Martinez proclaims that his circus, the “Biggest and Best Show on Earth,” is ready for a new season. He proudly announces its beginning to Juan, the clown. But Juan is worried, and he is not sure why. Soon, both Carlos and Juan are afraid their season may be a short one indeed until a boy wearing a funny hat with a green feather in it shows up to teach them something about the power of being different.

Hardcover
6 x 9
40 Pages
List Price: $13.95
978-1-935130-57-9
$ 13.95
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Wunschkind
Wunschkind
by Liesel Appel

2010 Mom’s Choice Silver Medal Award

$1.00 of each sale goes to Emunah of America

What if you discovered one day that your beloved parents were part of unspeakable evil? Could you still love them? Wunschkind is the moving autobiographical story of a German girl's shattered identity and how she was betrayed in the aftermath of World War II.

Paperback
6 x 9
116 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-04-8
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Zak and Niki: A First Look at Rising Above Racism
Zak and Niki: A First Look at Rising Above Racism

by Cynthia Yancey
illustrated by Twila Jefferson


Zak and Niki
is a story of a Southern family’s first encounter with biracial relationship. It is a story of the mother’s response, guided by her belief in the innate goodness of all children. Zak and Niki is about simply and freely rising above the social shackles of racism.

Hardcover
32 Pages
List Price: $14.95
978-1-935130-90-1

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