THEATRICAL PLAYS

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A FIRE SIDE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW:
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN. 0-9684909-5-6
Play, Fiction, 92 pg. (90 -120 min) (12 years to adult) $9.75
 Comedy / Drama; 3 Female leads; 10 Male leads; All leads my be interchangeable; An old time radio show. Play could be presented with or without the use of on stage scripts. Drama, comedy, soap opera, education, poetry, stories from home, advertizing and music from ‘Our Almost There Orchestra’. Listen to the bickering Crabtrees, Wilbur and Mildred, western poetry recited by a real old cowboy, Mr. Cheeks Too Soft. Penelope Peabodie’s strange letters from home. A ventriloquist that talks for his dummy, Knot Head. A forty-year-old bachelor and his talking dog. Education lectured by Professor E.D. Ucation. A stage director and announcer filled with wit and humor. A mixed bag of antics in a fast paced radio show. An Old Time Radio variety Show.
 Simple set; Play book $9.75; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00. Musical Score $4.50, Demo Tape $4.50.

 

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BATS:
Robert Dunbar - Karen Scioli
ISBN 1-894650-33-6
Drama, comedy , 1 female lead; 1 male lead.
56 pg, (adult) $12.55
 Prologue; Scream Queens 101: An introduction by a somber man educating the audience before the main play. He gives an academic appreciation of Horrifying women. 
 On a dark lonely night when only the flutter of bats wings are heard, a B-Movie Queen chronicles her life. From her earliest days on the set of her first horror film, to her rule as a reigning Diva of dread, she relates her life to us. In the mist of her lonely cavern, she tells of her dark nights as a nearly forgotten icon. Her career long over, her glamour fading, alone, forsaken, swimming in the depths of red wine, the Queen of horror dictates her memories into a tape recorder and becomes lost in her memories. The Queen of B-Movies languishes over her dead career hoping for an illusive come back, to rise again from the depths of the departed.
 Simple set; play book $12.55; Royalties; first performance $35.00; each additional performance $25.00.

 

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The E. S. S. AVATAR:
(Smart Ideas) episode one   
Paddy Flewwelling
ISBN 1-894650-22-0
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 64 pg. (16 years to adult) $8.25
(Grounded) episode two
ISBN 1-894650-31-X
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 51 pg. (16 years to adult) $8.59
(Laughing Gas) episode three  
ISBN 1-894650-39-5
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 56 pg. (16 years to adult) $8.59
 Radio Drama, female leads, male leads. A radio play suitable to be read as a radio play on stage or simply adaptable to be presented as a theatre play. A group of well-meaning, but inept earthlings, attempt to venture into space to help those alien creatures on distant worlds save themselves from themselves, or from the earthlings. No, this is not Star Trek in the 23rd century. These men and women are the great-great-great grandparents of those space earthlings. The crew of the E. S. S. Avatar, are our first space adventures. A blast into the future from the radio days of the past.
 Simple set; play books as per above prices; Royalties; first performance $25.00; Each additional performance $15.00.

 

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The FOG of DOCKSIDE CITY:
(Cold Spell) episode 0ne
Paddy Flewwelling
ISBN 1-894650-16-6
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 48 pg. (16 years to adult) $7.95
(Quarantine) episode Two
ISBN 1-894650-29-8
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 56 pg. (16 years to adult) $8.59
(Family Portrait) episode Three
ISBN 1-894650-38-7
Radio Play, (30 to 45 min) 66 pg (16 years to adult) $8.59
 Radio Drama, female leads, male leads. A radio play suitable to be read as a radio play on stage or simply adaptable to be presented as a theatre play. In a crime-ridden city there lurks ‘a Fog’. Like justice it inevitably touches all in its wake. The Fog, is in reality, Sheldon Webb, the faithful chauffeur to the lovely and industrious Linda Vie Kaine. Sheldon Webb, gifted with the power to control his molecular density to disguise himself as a column of mist, pursues crime where the long arm of the law cannot reach. Hold your breath when the fog comes for you.
 Simple set; play books as per above prices; Royalties; First performance $25.00; Each additional performance $15.00.

 

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LEAVE ME TO CRY:
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9698319-4-3
Play, Fiction, 41pg. (60 to 90 min) (16 years to adult) $5.50
 Drama, 4 male leads; 1 female lead; 5 second leads. A female university student interviews 4 male prisoners on death-row. Each prisoner relates past crimes and their outlook on life. During the play a murder is committed. 4 second leads (a quartet) sing 4 stirring songs. Best to present before the play a short musical variety of prison type songs by the quartet to set the tone of this play.
 Simple set; play book $5.50; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00; Musical Score book $3.50, Demo tape $3.50.

 

Life-Raft:
Richard E. Mousseau   
ISBN. 0-9698319-7-8
Play, Fiction, 92 pg. (90 to 120 min) (16 years to adult) $9.75
 Comedy; 3 female leads; 5 male leads. A mix-match of vacationers find them selves abandoning their safe yacht to crowd into a life-raft. When everyone sees Willy and Captain Crab taking a raft to go fishing, they mistake it for abandoning the ship. Now adrift, the various characters display their antics for survival on the high seas, sex, cannibalism, death by a swordfish, Moby Dick the whale. Will they ever reach land with sanity intact? Laughter is at their own expense.
 Simple set; raft can be real or fabricated; play  book $9.75; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional performance $35.00.

 

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MIND DOCTOR:
Jon Ferguson 
ISBN 1-894650-42-5 
Play, Fiction,72 pg. (four acts) (adult) $10.95
 Drama, 2 male leads; 1 female lead.
 A Patient is seeking unspecified assistance for the troubles he is having. There is a give and take of information between the doctor and patient. This meeting occurs in the Doctor’s office in the early morning, late afternoon and early evening. This office could be in Lausanne, Paris, Rome, Buenos Aires, or San Francisco. After a time they begin to discuss a woman, the wife of the patient, the mistress of the doctor. At a party in the forth act all three meet and air out their wishes and compromises.
 Simple set; play book $10.95; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00.

 

MY BEAU:
Edmond Alcid
ISBN. 0-9698319-6-X
Play, Fiction, 88 pg. (90 to 120 min) (16 years to adult) $11.00
 Comedy /Drama; 2 female leads; 1 male lead; Elizabeth and Sonya share a senior’s citizen apartment, only because they are sisters by blood and have no other family members. As sisters, through their lives they have hated, loved, loathed and cherished each other. Just because of their advanced ages is no excuse to rehash their past over and over, but they make sure they do from the first thing in the morning to the last goodnight at bedtime. The centre of all their conversations revolves around Edmond. Though he has passed on, he seems to be constantly there among them. Intertwined between these three octogenarians, as they relive the sad, humorous, disappointed and happy moments in their lives, there is a love triangle. Old folks can be funny, serious and touching at the same time. You will laugh and cry then laugh again.
 Simple set; Play book $11.00; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional Performance $35.00.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE:
My Beau had a run of fourteen performances at the Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach, British Colombia by Echo Players in May of 2003. This play was their entry into the north Island Drama Festival. Out of eight presentations by other theatre groups, Echo Players’ presentation of My Beau placed second overall. Their efforts and talent garnished a total of seven honourable mentions for; achievement by female actors in a leading role, achievement is set design, costume design, lighting, sound, graphic promotion and ensemble acting.

 

MR. CHEEKS TOO SOFT:
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN 1-894650-05-0
Play, fiction, 72 pg, (90 to 120 min) (10 years to adult) $10.85
 Comedy, drama, 1 male lead, 6 extra leads, and musicians. Mr. Cheeks recites story poetry of the Canadian west in the late eighteen-hundreds. On hand are his fellow cowboys listening around the night’s camp fire. Male cowboys, a girl cowhand and the cook. Musicians may  be part of the cast or in the orchestra pit. It is possible to have other members of the cast reciting selected poems. There are 12 story poems and 4 songs. Common cowboy banter fills the action between poems. The cowboys are a lively and a diverse group. The set is a typical camp setting on a cattle-drive. A campfire, saddles, coffee-pot, tin plates and cups and in the background the sounds of horses and cattle. Poems include the story of the first sleeping bag, a boy’s first horse trade, death in a log cabin, two Spanish crusaders of the west, a lovely female vet, a cowboy’s Christmas, the cook’s pot of soup, a lonely heart, a stuttering cowboy, a cry in the wilderness, a pioneer’s slim pickings and a cowboy’s true love. Songs deal with love, cows, thieves and memories.
 Simple set; play book $10.85; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional performance $35.00. Musical Score book $4.50. Demo tape $4.50.

 

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ON WITH THE SHOW:
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9681852-1-5
Play, Fiction,119 pg. (90 to 120 min) (16 years to adult) $9.75
 Comedy; 5 female leads; 6 male leads; It is opening night of a theatre production. Various people with very different backgrounds attend this production and just happen to sit in the same section of seats. Their lives are revealed to each other, overheard by others, commented on by others. No secrets are left unrevealed. The theatre patrons steal the show. Interesting characters, characters that are hidden within ourselves that we tend to keep hidden. Attend the production and laugh at yourself. Meet the old farm couple, a down and out theatre couple, there is a couple secretly meeting in dark theaters, a couple of the male persuasion, two modern young teenagers, and a innocent usher to tie in all the crazy people.
 Simple set; Play book $9.75; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional performance $35.00.

 

ON RELATIVE GROUND:
Lesley Belleau
ISBN 1-894650-01-8
Play, fiction, 100 pg. (60 to 90 min) (12 years to adult) $8.95
 Comedy; 4 female leads, 6 male leads. Nettie is trying to study for her final exams for her university courses when her mother and little sister arrive unexpectedly. Soon Nettie finds that she has no time to study with the antics that have suddenly occurred within the confines of her small apartment. With her sister being a party girl and her mother, a closet gambler, they both unknowingly take her good hospitality for granted. Nettie grows increasingly disturbed and nervous about her exams. To make matters worse, her older pregnant sister arrives with some shocking news that upsets the entire family. With her family around, and the chaotic antics surrounding them, Nettie becomes a nervous wreck and finally loses patience, resulting in a very unusual outcome for her.
 Simple set; play book $8.95; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional performance $35.00.

 

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PALEFACE:
Lesley Belleau
ISBN 1-894650-00-X
Play, Fiction, 116 pg. (120 min) (16 years to adult) $9.95.
 Drama; 5 female leads; 12 male leads. A dramatic story of a young girl, being half-Native and half-Caucasian, is in a struggle between each culture. Different ideals have been pressing her mind during her entire life. She is now at the point where she feels she must find her path, know who she is as a woman. During this quest for identity, she must come to terms with religion, abuse of Native people, her father and mother’s past issues, and find self worth within this controversy. She must struggle through the experiences of mental anguish and face head-on the issues that she has been avoiding her entire life. She finds herself surviving in a strange manner of being. It is too late to make amends in the present. Through her experiences she has found the strength to be herself. A little too late. Left behind are the others that have entwined their lives with hers.
 Simple set; play book $9.95; Royalties; First performance $45.00; Each additional performance $35.00.

 

The PRAYER - the LETTER - the DISCOVERY:
Gordon DePottie
ISBN 1-894650-43-3
Play, Fiction, War, 68pg. (12years to adult) $10.95
 Drama; The Prayer; six leads. In a disabled bomber, a tail gunner finds himself in need to pray at the moment of impending death.
 Drama; The Letter; five leads. During the crossing of the Atlantic, a soldier pens a letter relating the conditions and his experiences during a time of war.
 Drama; The Discovery; five leads. Two Canadian sir force radar technicians discover a crashed American, B-52 bomber west of Hudson’s Bay. The plane has been missing for ten years.
 Simple sets; play book $10.95; Royalties; first performance $35.00, each additional performance $25.00.

 

PROSTATE DREAMS
Sal Atlantis Phoenix
ISBN 978-1-894650-58-8
Play, fiction, 100 pg. (adult) $12.95
 Comedy / Drama; Five leads, multiple secondary leads; 2 Female leads; 3 male leads; George and Julia are a middle aged couple intertwined together in love, sex and materialistic expectations, forced to separate after the medical error that recreates George as a female gender, and compels her to seek identity in the qualm of social, economic and sexual insecurity and is dismayed by the conspiracy of the establishment against his master who is a senior teacher working for the New York city department of meditation.
 Simple set; Play book $12.95; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00.

 

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THREE PLAYS BY ME:
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9698319-3-5
Play, Fiction, 69 pg. (Each 30 to 45 min) (16 years to adult) $6.50
 Comedy; Three short plays, each giving a different point of view on love and life with a comic tone. Simple sets; play book $6.50; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00. Musical Score $1.50, Demo Tape $2.00
THE CRABTREES ON BUTTERNUT CORNERS;
 1 female lead; 1 male lead; This play takes place in a bed. Wilbur has worked hard all day and just wants to sleep when he gets home. Mildred has found the need to keep Wilbur awake to discuss their life together. Wilbur is a procrastinator and has lost interest in life’s goings on. Mildred is a bubbly blonde who craves affection and conversation. The only time she finds time for both is in the middle of the night. A married couple for eight years. Play is dated to the 1930 -40's. A laugh a line.
TWO POETS IN BELLEVUE PARK;
 1 female lead; 1 male lead; Two poets meet on a park bench. They relate their lives, past, present and future to the audience in short verse poetry. They seem not to interact with each other. Their poetry does relate to each other and they react, the audience should sense that the actors are only communicating with them. Actors act out the lines of each poem. Witty poetry dialogue.
WOJO AND YOUNGIN;
 2 male leads; 1 female lead; A day in the life of a 40 year old bachelor (Youngin) and his 140 year old dog (Wojo). As Ma is in the kitchen of their homestead home, Wojo and Youngin discuss their love lives, or lack of, as they sling sarcastic remarks back and forth. Laid back farm humor.

 

TERMINAL
David Douglas Ford
ISBN 978-1-894650-57-1
Play, Fiction, 76 pg. (adult) $12.95
 Comedy / Drama; 4 leads; 3 male leads; 1 female lead; Three separate conversations which take place in the same two waiting chairs. Their first conversation is between Adam and Eve and is a lighthearted husband and wife discussion of past, present, and future. After Adam exits, the second conversation is between Eve and Lucifer with the uneasiness of a conversation between former lovers who are now antagonists with a past. When Eve exits, there is a conversation between Lucifer and Gabriel, who are obviously long time foes with a personal history, in which Lucifer matches wits with Gabriel for mental sport and to defer hearing the announcement that Gabriel has brought.
 Simple set; Play book $12.95; Royalties; First performance $35.00; Each additional performance $25.00.

 

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BOOKS

 

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A LONG EXCITING TRIP TO PEACE
Hap Harnden
ISBN 0-9686086-7-8
History, Autobiography
163 pg. (5 1/4 x 8) (all ages) $10.95
 This is an autobiography of the author’s life. A factual story of his long life, his long exciting trip serving in the R.A.F.C. as an areo-engine mechanic during the second world war. From the calm and peacefulness of a rural community, the author heads to the conflicts of a war. Life is exciting and dangerous. Though war is dangerous, the youth live life day to day, accepting what the outcome of the day is. For the author it was a long exciting trip towards a war’s outcome of achieving peace. This story of life tells of the everyday occurrences that our young men endured.  Only after the war are the reasons for war contemplated. There is life afterwards and a time to tell of the years that were not talked about.
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 This story does not praise war, it tells an honest account of the daily life of the men.
 This man’s trip was exciting. Peace came when the war was over. The author tells a realistic story of the way it was.
 I never knew of Grandpa’s lost years.

 

A WADDLING HORSE
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN 0-9684909-2-1
Children’s Story book
Illustrated by
R. C. Moffatt
24 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (4 years to 8 years) $6.50
 A baby gosling swims up a creek during a mean storm. Farmer Ed and the Farm animals adopt the orphaned baby goose. All summer long the farm animals’ take care of the growing goose. In the fall when other wild geese are heading north, Waddles the goose does not seem to be interested. Then on a stormy windy fall night the goose leaves his farm friends to head south. Farmer Ed and the farm animals’ say good by and wait for his return in the spring.
 Quotes:
 This story is true. I remember when the goose came to my uncle’s farm. I was sad when it left.
 It is nice to read a true story that does not sound childish. My children love when I read them this story.    

 

An Oak Rocking Chair
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN 0-9686086-4-7
Children’s Story book
Illustrated by
R. C. Moffatt
32 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (5 years to 12 years) $6.25
 A children’s picture story book. A story of the history of an Oak Rocking Chair. A story told in poetry style. Follow the history of the rocking chair from conception through the years and its many difficulties and joys. A hundred years pass as mothers and children use it to the fullest. A loving story of endurance and longevity of a family and an Oak Rocking chair.
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 As an adult, I love to read this story over and over again to my children. It seems that I get just as much pleasure as they do. The story poetry is just great.
 I see my grandfather and grandmother, my whole family through the years in the fine illustrations.
 This is not just a children’s book, it is poetry that I now can almost recite from memory. A great story for all ages.

 

ANDY’S MAGIC CARDBOARD BOX
(Travels of Andy and Grandpapa)
Kasey Smith, Illustrated by James Smith
Child’s Travel Guide and Story Book
1- Flying Perce
ISBN 1-894650-04-2
24 pg.(7 X 8 ½) (6 to 10 years) $6.55
2 - Flying to Hudson Bay
ISBN 1-894650-11-5
28 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (6 to 10 years) $7.15
3 - Flying to Labrador & Newfoundland
ISBN 1-894650-15-8
24 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (6 to 10 years) $6.55
4 - Flying to Ottawa & Quebec City
ISBN 1-894650-28-X
24 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (6 to 10 years) $6.25
 A travel guide book for children. Andy has a magic cardboard box that he invented. Grandpapa and Andy fly around visiting interesting places. Grandpapa is the guide and supplies the history, geography of the places they visit. He is filled with exciting information, information that children want to know. Grandmama is always involved in the story line. Cartoon illustrations’ flow with the story line. A story suitable for parents to read to children while they are heading to the same destination as the story. A story children can relate to and refer to as part of their travels or as a story book of places they dream of visiting.
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 Delightful books, even I, a Grandmother enjoy the stories of travel by Andy and Grandpapa.

 

A MYTHICAL LAND (Scroll of Diamond Castle)
James Stanley Walters
ISBN 1-894650-02-6
Juvenile, novel, fiction.
76 pg.(7 X 8 ½) (8 to 12 years) $8.95
 A young girl from the maritime coast of Canada travels to her mother’s homeland of Ireland. Natasha is traveling alone to see her grandparents for the first time at the age of eleven. In the year of eighteen-ninety-nine, Ireland was still a mythical land. Natasha and her young cousin Darien become caught up in the mysteries of Ireland and are enticed to help the strange animals that live in the surrounding forest of their grandparents farm. Leprechauns, giants and gnomes have battled and left the land dying. The rainbow is fading, the castle is crumbling and the gardens are dying. Without the help of Natasha and Darien all will be lost. Adventure and unknown twists hinder the pair at every turn. Even if they solve the immediate problem, there are enough clues in the story to carry the duo into other adventures in following books. This is the first of a collection of a Mythical Land.
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 A nice lighthearted story of adventure for children without violence. It brought me back to my own preteen years and my own tomboy adventures.
 Yes there were enough unanswered clues to entice my children to want me to read the next book of this collection. 

 

AND THAT WAS THAT
George Kamajian
Debra Kamajian   
ISBN 1-894650-35-2
Fiction, Humor / Adult
100 pg. (5 ½ x 8 ½) $11.95
 A collection of short stories. A humorous look at life from the disturbed eyes of the authors and illustrator. They relate the absurd side of everyday events. Illustrations are humorous and relate to the stories. a fun-filled look at life through the mind of a slightly tilted mind of a family physician and his supportive wife. Is life as it seems? Is life always a fairy tale? Is life always a happy ending? Do you want the real story? Do you want just the facts? Do you cheer for the underdog? Are you the one all laugh at? Do you dare open this book? Do you dare read the stories? Why are you reading the back cover? Open the book and find out why I say . . .and . . . that . . . was . . . THAT!
 Quotes:
 Just when I find that the story is pleasing, the end throws everything out of the window and twists the meaning of the story around.
 A strange mind, nutty and funny in a pleasant way. I like the manipulation of the stories.

 

A PURPLE ORB
Cheryl Ann DeVuono
ISBN 1-894650-37-9
Juvenile Adventure
188 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $12.98
 Three friends, a young girl and two boys find a strangle Orb that has mystic powers. After each one touches the hovering object they develop strange abilities that complicate their lives. Before they Graduate from grade school and enter high school they mature through the summer. Trough the orb they face life’s challenges and struggle to survive. They must dispose of the orb before a carnival fortune teller gets her hands on it. This lady wants to capture the power of the Orb that was once in the possession of her three aunts. Unknown to the young friends, the Orb is  sentient and exhibits a life of its own. Somehow the friends must decide on the best method of disposing of the Orb.
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 Through the problems that the Orb causes, the young people learn how to solve the problems that all children have growing up. The author has done a nice job of teaching without preaching.
 A nice adventure with friends growing up.
 I was glad when the friends got rid of the Orb, but sad because they did not understand that the Orb was only trying to help.

 

AN AMERICAN TRAPPED IN A COMMUNIST PARADISE
Milton Jacob Rosenberg
HISTORICAL/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN 1-894650-23-9
Autobiography, Adult
266 pg. (6 X 9) $27.65
 This book is a historical biography of the author’s life. The author, born in the US of A, then at the age of seven is forced to immigrate to the USSR with his parents. For the next fifty years, the author lived the life of a subject of the USSR regime. He lived under the premise that the USSR was a communist paradise. He struggled to believe in the brainwashing of the people under communist rule. Deep within his heart and mind he hid the facts that what he was told was a lie. His dream was to return to the place of his birth. After a lifetime of struggle in a land that was not of his birthright he gained the right to return to the US of A, to live out the rest of his life in a true paradise of freedom.
 Quotes:
 It was a hard story to read and at the same time to believe that such drastic events took place in the USSR.
 I was shocked, humbled and enlightened by this true story of history.
 It takes a strong man to live under such hardships. It takes an even stronger man to tell the truth and stand up proudly behind his words.

 

ABSTRACT
ISBN 1-89465053-0
Short Story Collection, Fiction/Adult
172 pg.  (5 1/2 X 8 1/2) $14.95 Can
Grant Miller - Reverse Polarity
 A futuristic war is being waged on earth, a war as old as mankind, as aggressive and destructive, destined to eliminate mankind's existence.
Paul J. Joseph - Markerstone
 Futuristic exploitation of the solar system, where the vast resources become the commodities of earth's economy.
Armen Kurdian - Final Thoughts
 In the last moments of existence of mankind on earth, the final thoughts of a person are revealed.
John Britt - Norm
 An illiterate, smalltime magician develops the ability to manifest live beasts from nothingness, not illusions, magic.
Edmond Alcid - Torture-Rape-Murder
 In society the eyes of man bare witness. The title needs no explanation as to the assorted events that have transpired.
 Quotes:
 Strange reading, but when I finished each story I spend time thinking about what possibilities might happen in real life.
 Each story stood out and I felt captured within each story as if apart of the plot or as a viewer, I was glad to return to reality when finished reading, reality felt safe.

 

A PRINT OF A MAN
Edmond Alcid
ISBN 978-1-894650-18-2
Fiction, Adventure,
260 pg. 95 1/2 X 8 1/2) (general/adult) $21.55
 I had walked out of the bush an old man. How Old, I did not know? The years had passed without the need to celebrate the remembrance of a birth date. There was something familiar about the place I stood, where the bush bordered the tilled land of a farmer's field. Slowly, faint memories recalled past moments of my life. As a young man I had walked across this field many times.
 Standing in this familiar spot, I noticed a man rocking lazily on an open porch across the field. The house, familiar in its change, a simple home I remember in a past memory. The old man resembled the face I have when I gaze at my own reflection. I know the man approaching, there is a twinkle in his eye. He looks old with warm grand-fatherly chubby cheeks, his belly reminiscent of Father-Christmas. His balding head and clean-shaven face is so much like a Grandfather of my youth. We pause and stop, our eyes studying each and every feature of the other. He is familiar, I search my memory for names to place with the face before me.
 He seems satisfied that after consideration, he has placed a name to my face. I have not placed a name to suit his likeness.
 "Thomas?"
 I hesitate, shocked by the sound of someone speaking my name. "Yes, I am Thomas Chapais."
 "Thomas," he repeated in a voice reminiscent of a voice from my past, my youth. "Thomas, I am . . ."
 "My brother, Nicolas." I had remembered a name, a face.
 Two old men stood there dumb-founded with nothing to say but to repeat each other's name with favour, contempt, anger, sadness and an undying love that only kinship knows. Without an embrace, nor a handshake we bonded as brothers need to. Our eyes were reluctant to gaze away for fear of the image disappearing.
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 An intriguing study of the thoughts of a man as he studies his life, and a great adventure.
 Every man wonders what-if, if lost in the bush, the mentality of a man will govern if he survives.
 Other places on earth have their stories of being lost, shipwrecked and the struggle to survive. This is Canada's great story of a man being lost and of his struggle to survive.

 

ARROW BOY
Peter Grantham
ISBN 978-1-894650-63-2
Fiction, Mystery, Adventure, General
188 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $19.95
  I thought Arrow Boy would fade. He did not. I thought the 2 horse would fade. It did not. Throughout the home stretch they battled. No other horse could catch them. Deadlocked they crossed the finish line. A photo finish! Time for the race, 2.02.1. The crowd sagged into exhausted mumblings. “The five horse got it.” “No way, the two horse came back.” “Dead heat.” “Five by a whisker.” “Number 2 for sure.” “No way!” The numbers flashed on the odds board, 5 and 2. The inside horse had won it. The outside horse a scant nose behind. Arrow Boy had done it.
 Shaking like a leaf I joined George in the grandstand. Arrow Boy, chest heaving, headed towards the winner’s circle.
 “What’s the matter, Professor?”
 “I just made a big bet.”
 “Oh yeah! How much? Ten bucks?” I did not reply. I just shook my head. “How much then? Twenty?”
 “A hundred and fifty!” I croaked.
 “You lost a hundred and fifty on one race! That’s not like you, Professor.”
 My wits began to return. “I made a mistake. I was at the wrong window. But I didn’t lose, George. I won! I won!”
 “You really did bet on the 5 horse?” exclaimed George, almost excited as I was.
 “Fifty bucks on the nose and fifty bucks on the five and two exactor both ways.”
 George took a quick look at the odds board. “The five is ten to one. That’s five hundred bucks. The exactor will pay at least a hundred, maybe more with the short priced favourite out of it. Heck, Professor, you’ll clear three thousand dollars at least.”
 “Would you put your name and address on this form, please,” said the male cashier. He placed a yellow form and a pen in front of me.
 “What for?”
 “It’s just a formality when a large amount of money is won.”
 Quotes;
 A great insight to harness racing and the little bets that people make. Even if it is a little bet, problems can occur.
 Harness racing, betting, mystery, love, the story of an average man experiencing it all, a great little story.

 

ALONG the TRACKS
Barbara Wohlschlegel
ISBN 978-1-894650-67-0
Fiction, short story collection, adventure
164 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $16.95
 Way back in 1936, on Great Uncle Ralph’s seventeenth birthday, he heeded Horace Greeley’s advice and faced the great west.  Without a cent in his pockets to finance such an adventure, he signed on with the Canadian Pacific Railroad as a Pullman porter.  Not that he wanted a job, only a free ride to the end of the line.  There he intended to hop off the train and follow wherever the trails led.  However, even before the train reached Manitoba the smell of coal smoke and the rhythm of the clacking wheels had permeated his bloodstream.
 Through the next forty-odd years, Ralph worked various jobs on the trains that stitched the prairie settlements together with steel rails and crossties.  Small isolated towns had sprung up along the tracks to maintain the railroad.  The towns, in turn, owed their survival to the trains.  Coal-burning locomotives hauled cattle and grain from farms and ranches to the city markets.  On return trips, they brought groceries, yard goods and tools for the mercantiles, and tin and iron for the smithies.  Most importantly, they brought coal to the treeless plains and news from the cultured east.
 Every settlement along the tracks had a town storyteller who often held court on its hotel veranda during the long summer days.  They were mostly men in their late sixties or older who could no longer pitch heavy fork-fulls of hay onto wagons or follow oxen and horses plowing.  Uncle Ralph never disclosed how he became acquainted with the ladies, but some of them could relate a good story, too.
 Being a ready listener, Uncle Ralph picked up a passel of stories over the course of years.  After retirement he returned back east to Sudbury.  A favourite pastime was entertaining the latest generation of nephews and nieces with tales of truth, lies and hearsay.  Kin never tired of listening, and a few of those stories have been set down on these pages just the way he told them.
 Quotes;
 What an adventure, separate stories that all sum up to be a complete story of towns and people along a railway track. I can visit individual stories as if visiting friends for a lazy afternoon chat.
 Everything is in these stories, adventure, mystery, love and everyday living of average people trying to exist in the nineteen thirties. A great insight into life.

 

ABBY’S ATTIC ADVENTURES

Eleanor Aspin

ISBN 978-1-894650-71-7

Fiction, Juvenile stories

96 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $9.65

An autumn of rusty coloured falling leaves made a particularly poignant day for a walk down memory lane. The fall scenery was breath taking, her favourite season, and Abigail's mind flashed back to a moment long ago when crunching through the crackling leaves in Grandma's attic. Chuckling under a wispy breath, this moment seemed like yesterday.

Abby's memories still dwelled within the house, and she had the desire to step out of the taxi and walk boldly up to the front door, yearning to turn the doorknob of the most important room in the house, the attic. The home had belonged to her Grandma Tremane, seventy-five years before, and then fifteen years later her own family of four had lived there. Glancing up to the rooftop of the house she eyed the trap door leading to the attic, still there, still beckoning.

Painfully slow movements took effort when stepping out of the cab. Abigail planted unstable feet carefully down onto the pavement in front of the antiquated property. With the aid of a cane she stood proudly erect. A late afternoon breeze briskly danced autumn leaves around aged ankles, tickling thin skin as she feebly walked up the pathway that led to the front entrance. Arthritic fingers secured a woolen scarf around a slim neck, fighting back the chill from an approaching dusk.

Abigail longed to explore the interior, to feel the past, to revisit a vanished childhood. Since experiencing unique and thrilling attic adventures long ago, Abby had undergone lifetime changes. Still able to recall all the events that led to a present existence, she welcomed and cherished each memory, validating the person she is, a contented elderly lady, happy to be sharing pearls of wisdom with offspring and grandchildren.

Mustering strength, courageously, weary limbs managed to climb the rickety, splintered porch steps. Despite declining frailty, the porch creaked with the light weight upon it. With frail knuckles, Abigail knocked lightly against the weathered wood of the front door.

Quotes;

A pleasant story bridging the life of an old woman when she was a child, and a abstract story at the same time.

Great characters brought together to tell a story of life, not just a children’s collection of stories, mothers and grandmothers should read.

 

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BEFORE THE BRIDGE FALLS
VOLUMES 1 -2 - 3 - 4
Robert Godin
ISBN 1-894650-07-7 -V1   40 pg  $6.45
ISBN 1-894650-08-5 -V2   32 pg  $6.45
ISBN 1-894650-09-3 -V3   52 pg  $8.45
ISBN 1-894650-10-7 -V4   44 pg  $8.45
Poetry (5 ½ X 8 ½) (adult)
 A collection of poetry in free style. Poetry ranging from simple views of life to the complexity of thoughts. Ecology, philosophy, desire, dreams, myths and theology. Volume one, Brownlee Recalled, Volume two, The Road To Transformation, Volume three, Cantos Of Thoughts, Volume four, Straying From The Stream. Each poem is a study in thought, left open to the reader simply to read for the pleasure or read with in-depth thought. To read a poem over and over is to gain new insight and different conclusions as to what the author is trying to convey and what the reader surmises the poem is trying to reveal.
 Quotes:
 I thought I would read the poems once, then I began to study each line, dissect, rebuild and come to a different conclusion each time.
 I am not one to read intellectual poetry, but at times there was something I could relate to, and I enjoyed what meanings I derived from the words.

 

BODIES on BELMONT Drive
Patricia Trudeau
ISBN 1-894650-27-1
Fiction, Detective/Mystery Juvenile/adult
164 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $10.86
 Is retirement for Agnes a lonely time? Not a chance when she discovers an abandoned car on her quiet street. Just a car hidden in a snow bank, just a boot buried under snow, no. First one body then another. Clues and linked information leads Agnes to her new neighbour, her niece, then to three mysterious men. All three men are linked by a similarity in their names, Larry, Leonard, Laurence - Hant and/or Grant. Will it be Blake of the RCMP or Agnes that will finally solve this crime? How can an irritating Police Officer and the eyes of the neighbour-hood work together to solve the case of, ‘Bodies on Belmont Drive’.
 Quotes:
 The story kept me wondering which character was Larry, Leonard, or Laurence. Which character was the killer. The mystery of the character kept me pleasantly interested.
 It was nice to follow a nice neighborly woman casually help a local RCMP Officer solve the crime.

 

Bob’s Ichthyosaur
John Britt
ISBN 1-894650-40-9
Adult, Adventure
222 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $14.95
 In th lazy hazy days of old boys, life is a case study of human nature. They are there, the octogenarians and septuagenarians, retired men from farms and business that gather on benches outside of banks and the town halls to theorize on life. The old boys study the passage of rite of Bob, into the world of the old boys. Bob reluctantly falls into the old boy’s club, all the while searching for what is elusive. Into bob’s world enters an extinct forty-foot marine reptile, that lives in the local bay. To satisfy his curiosity, Bob begins his fishing venture determined to capture the elusive Ichthyosaur. A fishing story, an old man’s story, a story reserved for all of those men deserving of being anointed old. Each and every person is searching for their own Ichthyosaur.
 Quotes:
 Even in my own life there are similarities to the references of the old boys. I am one that congregates on the park bench and theorize about life. I enjoyed reading the book and laughing at myself through the eyes of the author.
 What a fishing adventure. I was captured into the world of the old men.

 

BLACKTHORN ISLAND
Maria Monaco
ISBN 1-894650-41-7
Published July 1, 2004
Novel, Fiction, Juvenile, 124 pg. $12.95 Can.
 On Blackthorn Island where humans have found life pleasurable, and the land is fertile, where crops are abundant, they are well settled. Also finding the island to their liking are beings not human. In the forest, in the lakes, under the earth are Trolls, fairies, both good and evil. After centuries of living separately in their own worlds on Blackthorn Island, the two worlds collide. Blackthorn Island is in turmoil, and those most affected are the young, those easily taken by the evil creatures of Blackthorn Island. Deep beneath the earth’s surface, living in the depths of the clay and dirt, are rare creatures . . . Hobgoblins . . . Nerilocks . . . dwellers of the inner world of Blackthorn Island . . . they do exist.
 Quotes:
 I have dreamt dreams like this story, maybe this story is true.
 The creatures have been described exactly as I have seen them. This story sent chills down my back. I do not look into holes.

 

BIG BOBBY BOOM

Gregg Seeley

(and the Marble Mayhem)

ISBN 978-1-894650-75-5

Juvenile/fiction/adventure

136 pg. (5.5 X 8.5) $11.84

Being an undersized kid can really stink. No one knows this better than Elliot Blue, who finds himself thrust into a new school in a new town where he already has been made a target by the self-proclaimed school bully, Big Bobby Boolacheck ‘Big Bobby Boom!’ and his two hench-boys Booker and Biff Muldoon. Elliot’s life is destined to be made miserable . . ..

Lucky for Elliot, a cousin from the big city is coming to live with them for a while. Soon enough, the perfect town of Bunsel, which had been ruled by the Boolacheck family for generations would experience something never before encountered, an eleven year old, streetwise, super prankster, by the name of Jimmy ‘the Slick’ Blue.

In BIG BOBBY BOOM! AND THE MARBLE MAYHEM!, Author Gregg Seeley introduces us to a pair of unlikely heroes, Jimmy and Elliot Blue.

"No way man! Not us! We’re heroes!" Jimmy exclaimed, sarcastically. "We stopped a bank robbery and rescued the town from another of those boring parades, the same one that this town has to watch over and over every year featuring the Boolachecks. They should be thanking us."

Quotes:

Theses characters do everything that I, as a kid, wished I could have done for adventure, not to mention being able to turn the tables on some of the bigger kids that verged on bullying.

More adults should read this story and realize what goes on in the world of children, both good and bad events that mould children for adulthood.

 

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CONUNDRUM
Myrna Muton Morrison
ISBN 987-1-894650-61-8
Published June 1, 2007
Adult/mystery/adventure
148 pg. (5.5 X 8.5) $19.95
 Amy turned over and again composed herself for sleep when suddenly and without warning a sharp cry pierced the still air. Her heart leapt into her mouth!
 It was the cat! Swinging her legs over the side of the bed and fumbling into a dressing gown Amy mumbled angrily, “Dam that animal.” This was becoming a habit. Amy did not care how much Lisa liked the feline, it would have to go!
 Amy stomped down the stairs and stopped the hall was filled with a thick white mist rising off of the floor. It undulated toward her and swirled around her ankles. Moist cool air caressed warm skin and rose to enfold her. Blinking her eye’s, Amy saw she had once again been transported to a place that was similar and yet different. It was night in this dimension too and gas lights on the wall sputtered giving off of a sharp odour of unspent fuel.
 “What are you doing down here in your night clothes Cherie? You will catch your death of a cold.” In front of Amy stood a tall good looking man, his serious blue eye’s studied her face, waiting for an answer.
 Amy felt her heart racing in her chest. This could not be happening! Seeing Amy’s confusion the man continued, “What if Mother or one of the servants were to see you running around half clad? They would be scandalized,” he admonished Amy, with a twinkle of amusement in his eyes.
 Stunned by the sudden turn of events, Amy could only stare at him wide-eyed. He raised his hands and rested then on her shoulders. Amy could feel the heat radiating from his tall muscular frame.
 Before she could protest he leaned down and covered her mouth with his own. Drawing her close, the kiss deepened and became filled with pent up desire.
 Quotes:
 Exciting old fashioned mystery, the kind I grew up reading. I love the thought of going back in time to see how people lived their lives.
 An uncomplicated story, easy to follow the characters around, I did not figure out the end, but the ending was a summation of the story, I was pleased.

 

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DÉJÀVUE
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN 1-894650-13-1
Fiction, all ages.
128 pg. (5 X 8 ½) $9.95
 A collection of short stories with the root of DéJàvue in each story. Have you repeated your past over and over?
 I remember, remembering that I have repeated my past over and over. For what reasons are there, to explain why one’s life is in need of a repeat. Do we repeat life for the purpose of getting it right, to correct a past mistake, to change the outcome of a situation to suit our egos? For whatever reasons, we do relive moments of our lives. Some of us have fleeting memories of those moments. I remember, remembering to rewrite these lines, or did I? Or is it only my mind playing games? For moments like this we use the word DéJàvue.
 Quotes:
 I have had the sensation of DéJàvue before. This book of short stories covers all the bases of that strange feeling of repeating something over and over.
 Fascinating, strange and sometimes probable. I eagerly look forward to have such a sensation.
 I got that shiver up the spin, that cool-tickle when I read one story that reminded me of a situation that I had that repeated its self, I think.

 

DRAGONS’ QUEST
C. R. Ginter
ISBN 1-894650-50-6
Juvenile/fantasy/adventure
246 pg. (5.5 X 8.5) $15.65
 “Oh yeah?” Bobby yelled. wishing he could saunter over and punch Cane right in his elongated beak. Better yet . . . “PRICKLING POWDER.”
 A plume of white burst above Cane.
 “What is this?” Cane scratched and yelped at the same time. “Aiyee!” He fled back into the tunnel, baying like a banshee.
 Bobby chortled. ‘That’ll teach him.’ Arrows and spears continued to bounce off of his shield, and another fireball was forming in the dragons hands. Just then came a peculiar pop and an arrowhead dug into the dirt, narrowly missing him, then several more, one pushing the soil up under his big toe, breaking his concentration. ‘My shield!’ Panic burned in his throat as the reinforcement spell rushed over his thick tongue. “FORCE FIELD.”
 Just in time, as the fireball splayed before his eyes. He closed them instinctively, and when he opened them again dozens of Drakkian archers were lined up, more pouring out from the tunnel every second. The lava floor in there must have cooled off. ‘Time to trap these pesky Drakkians again so I can concentrate on there master.’ Staring at the tunnel’s opening, he imagined a prison. “BARBED BARRIER.”
 The silvery flash of wire meshed over the hole in the mountainside. Squeals echoed from within. Before the squeeze left him, Bobby had a second spell forming. Constructing two spells back-to-back was tough and he hoped he could handle it. “FORTY FLARES.”
 Dizziness flooded him while the spell released, and then flames rose out of the ground, surrounding him, scorching his shield, partly obscuring his vision. The jolt sent him flying to both knees, an arrow protruding from the ground piercing him. He cried out the pain at the same time as he rotated his head in search of the Drakkians. Had his flare spell dispersed them? It must have, for no archers fired on him now, but what about their leader?
 Quotes:
 Like the first story, ‘Realm of the Golden Feather’ I was lost in the story for days. I can really associate with the Pink Dragon.
 Even in a fantasy world, good overcomes evil. This gives me hope that events in the real world will favour the good.

 

DREAM ESCAPES
ISBN 978-1-894650-56-4
Short Story Collection, Fiction/Juvenile/Adult
164 pg. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2) $12.95 Can $11.12 US
Mr. William by Linda Nylen
 "Mom grabbed me hard by the hand and cried. 'We must hurry William.' I stumbled behind her in the dark trying to slip on my shoes while she put my little sister Emily in her pram sitting by the front door. Out the door we would run, up the hill to the bomb shelter, closest to our home. The only light in the night were the flashes that came from the bombs exploding around us. They were advancing closer and I could feel the ground shake. Mom squeezed my hand tighter and pulled me faster up the hill, I kept tripping.

An Unlikely Champion by Christy Walter
 Mr. Phillips eyed the colt intently, gnawing on the long strand of hay. The laughter melted from his face to be replaced by a stern scowl over his brow. Turning on his heel he faced Joanne squarely and boldly said, "Joanne that colt ain't fit to be called a Morgan Horse. Morgans are supposed to be refined with wide expressive eyes, diamond shaped foreheads and a dainty head. Their necks should rise out of the back with a swan-like arch and strong shoulder. Tails should flow gracefully from the top of the rump. This horse is all wrong. Nothing fits. He is a disgrace to the breed. He should be put down. He won't be worth the hay to feed him once he's weaned."

Crack in the Rear View Mirror by Tammy Dupuis
 Approaching my only companion, I noticed blood on the bottom of one of her paws. "Missy, Missy," I spoke, touching her as I picked her up. A thick black spider crawled away on the floor off in the direction of the patio doors. Thinking nothing of it, I dismissed the retreating spider. My hands felt warm and sticky under her body, blood coated my hands like gloves. I leaned Missy closer and listened to hear her breathing. Silence surrounded her still form, this is all I needed to end my perfect day. Missy was my only companion, my home was now going to feel lonely without her there. I was overcome with sadness and grief that I had never felt before.

Stanley Clausic by Edmond Alcid
 Stanley smiled and drew another long , relaxing cut along the figure. He was pleased with the thought that his Grandpa would be the ideal image and idealism of a Santa. He sure bestowed simple life gifts upon Stanley. It seemed a shame that he had let so many important things in life slide. Relaxing and contemplating was one; talking and enjoying one's company was two; giving of yourself was three; whittling and making simple well carved toys was four.
 Quotes:
 Delightful summer reading, one story scary summer reading, one story brought memories of winter, two carried me through adventures.
 
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EXECUTOR OF MERCY
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN 0-9684909-7-2
Novel, fiction, 296 pg. (16 years to adult) $16.50
 In the rugged bush of Northern Ontario a small bush plane crashes. On board is a ten-year-old boy and the pilot. In the early 1960's the only one capable of finding the crash site is Hag and his blood hound Wojo. Hag enjoyed the good life of living in the wilderness until events leading up to the crash and the search was hampered by his companion. Wojo has shown signs of rabies. It is too late when Hag discovers that the infected scratch on his arm was from his dog. There in the middle of nowhere a sick man and the boy he finds develop a bond that is stronger then life it self. Survival is the utmost of importance when there is a lifetime of growing up ahead. An adventure bigger than the wilderness of Northern Ontario.
 Quotes:
 A powerful story. I was shocked by the ending. As heartfelt as the movie Old Yeller.
 I cried for the boy, I cried for the dog and I cried for Hag.
 A great story Idea, it could have really happened especially here in Northern Ontario. This is truly a Canadian story.

 

ED’S DAILY QUOTES
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9681852-3-1
Quotes, 71 pg. (10 years to adult) $6.95
 Ed, the philosopher has come up with a quote for every day of the year, a calendar of quotes. Do not leave home without Ed’s famous quotes about life, love, happiness and the most important, life’s little downward, rock-bottom, depressing, it always happens to you quotes. A quote a day will keep you a notch above the rest, unless other people are reading this book at the same time. There is a quote for every situation and every occasion.
 Quotes:
 I laughed at the quotes because they are true, I have thought about them myself but Ed was the one to write them down, now I have a reference for when I need a quote. Every quote is true.

 

ED’S DAILY INSPIRATIONS
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9681852-5-8
Quotes, 63 pg.  (10 years to adult) $6.95
 Ed, the philosopher is at it again with a book of quotes, a calendar of quotes. A quote for every day of the year. Do not leave home without one of Ed’s quotes of inspirations of love, life, happiness. Each quote is uplifting. An inspiration a day will keep you a notch above the rest, unless other people are reading this book at the same time. There is a quote of inspiration for every occasion.
 Quotes:
 Pleasant without the need to preach. A good book to carry in your back pocket or purse to refer to now and again.

 

EVELYN
Myrna Muton Morrison
ISBN 1-894650-47-6
Fiction, Family adventure
216 pg. (5.5 X 8.5) $19.95 
 It takes one person to retain memories of all of the events that transpire in a family. When written down a family’s saga is preserved for generations to come. Evelyn was there when war raged in foreign countries, and was there during the depression. She witnessed the growth of a Northern Ontario town and its inhabitants come and go, then the death of a community and town. What is intertwined within the backdrop of Country, Town and World events is the turmoil, love, birth, death, laughter, strangeness and closeness of a family. Evelyn is the eyes and ears of the family, and we the readers will traipse through this Canadian saga with laughter only to feel a lump of emotion tighten in our throats.
 Quotes:
 Despite all of the downfalls that life throws into the faces and lives of this family, there is a telling of a happiness.
 This story mires almost every family that struggled through hard times of the past. I just cannot write, but the author of Evelyn can and has narrated a wonderful story.

 

EAGLE LAKE FOLLIES

Mary K. Marelli

ISBN 978-1-894650-73-1

Fiction, Short Stories, 220 pg. (All ages) $16.68can.

A raw, westerly wind blew over Eagle Lake. The night was dark, the moon and stars hidden behind a heavy bank of snow laden clouds. Most residents living along the vast shoreline were inside warm houses this blustery Saturday night, cozy and snug in front of a crackling fire. Yet there were those of hardy soul that ventured outside. An old man broke through the forest leading from the southern tip of the lake, blue eyes with a glint of silver dancing about. A smile spread across his face when catching sight of a small group of boys clustered around a campfire on the northern shore.

Hockey sticks were strewn about, evidence of the rowdy game that had taken place earlier. The only regret the old man had was not being present for the fun. Maybe that was a good thing, for at the age of 67, he had no desire for aching bones to impact on the unforgiving, frozen layer of ice. Still, he moved with an agility and grace honed to perfection over the years. Trudging through the ankle deep snow he walked forth and sat with the four neighbouring boys.

Four pairs of eyes stared up at the older man. "Samson believed the lake to be haunted," he said, watching as to how the boys were now ensnared. "Yep, it's haunted all right. Got ghosts, and spirits all come to roost on that island."

I gotta tell you, I have always believed Samson. He said that the lake is haunted, and haunted, it is. Especially the northern cove. Can't explain it, even after all these years, but what I do know is that there is a presence in that cove. It is marshy and dark, darker than even the southern cove, and is surrounded by tall trees with long tendrils of green moss hanging down like ropes. At times I swear one can see a presence, a light mist in the air, which seems to come alive. Other times, swearing to hear the presence. Some say that the cove talks to people. I believe that if you acknowledge the presence, be it spirit, ghost, poltergeist, or simply nature imparting a special gift for those who ask, you can communicate on some level.

Quotes:

What a great adventure of short stories about the animals and humans that live around Eagle lake.

Life is filled with follies of happiness, craziness and sadness for both humans and animals, what a great connection between both, life is lived on Eagle Lake.

 

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FARM FACTS FROM DUNG HILL FARMS
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. O-9681852-6-6
Quotes, Facts, Poetry, Short Stories, Fiction, 88 pg. (10 years to adult) $6.25
 Get the farm facts straight from Dung Hill Farms. They are the honest-to-goodness facts that everyone should hear. Stories of farming and ranching, stories of the first settlers. Poems of life on the farm, from people to animals to the barn, they all tell their story. The goose who thought he was a horse. The shoe-lace that wiggled away. A variety of stories, poems and facts fill the pages. Every new page is a slice from the farm. From the past to the present not much has changed, farm stories delight the reader.
 Quotes:
 I get a kick out of the one-line facts, I try to memorize them so I can tell my friends.
 All the stories and poems went right to my heart, I loved them.
 After reading this book it made me feel like I should be living on a farm. A farm life seems so earthy and fulfilling. Thanks for giving me the facts.

 

FIVE STAR INVESTIGATIONS
David E. Cornell
ISBN 1-894650-49-2
Fiction, Western Adventure
151 pg. (5.5 X 8.5) $12.95 Can $11.97 US.
 Dave laughed with a gruesome tone vibrating deep within his throat, “You are a liar.  There were three of them against three of us, and their draw was too slow.  I take it that you’re ready to join your nephew and his friends?  Make your play.  NOW!”
 The stranger, blinked just as his hand yanked the pistol from its holster.  But before his thumb released the hammer, Dave’s hands flashed to the Colts, drew, and fired, putting two bullets into the other man’s chest.  The body was thrown back with a surprised expression of death frozen on his face.  Dave dropped both pistols back into their holsters, as if not wanting anyone to see them in his hands. Most folks did not see the sudden, quick exchange of gun fire.  Those close stood bewildered, others familiar with a quick draw were amazed by the speed and accuracy of Edwards’ draw.
 Quotes:
 A nice simple western where good overcomes evil men. With excitement I followed along with Dave the dust choking in my throat.
 On a cold winter’s day, I enjoyed reading about cowboys being cowboys in the old west duelling pistols in the dryness of the western plains in the late eighteen hundreds.

 

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GETTIN` BY
R. C. Moffatt
ISBN. O-9684909-6-4
Cartoon book, 74 pg. (8 ½ X 11) (10 years to adult) $10.60
 A collection of neighborhood characters comes to life on the pages of this book. Single panel layouts with captions.  Everyday Canadian life on topical topics, life, love, children, pets and neighbors. Everyday subjects are covered by a talented artist who blends realistic drawings with a cartoon overtone. We have all been in situations, R. C. Moffatt has captured our situations and has placed them in this book.
 Quotes:
 I had to laugh, when I recognized my family’s antics in this book. My family says I am in there too.
 Mr. Moffatt’s art work is so realistic that I can see the cartoon people coming to life.
 I great collection, his style is similar to Norman Rockwell, but R.C.  Moffatt has added written humor to accompany the panels.

 

Gettin` by - Cabin Fever
R. C. Moffatt
ISBN 0-9686086-3-9
Cartoon Book 60 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (10 years to Adult) $6.25.
 A collection of cartoons depicting everyday life of neighbors in any Canadian city. Follow them through the fall and winter seasons. Topical topics of life, love and everyday hangups that people have. Follow your favorite characters through life, it maybe just like your life. Every topic is covered from Grandma’s latest date to the first inclining of love between neighborhood kids. There is a snicker and at least a laugh on each and every page.
 Quotes:
 This book is great bathroom reading. I can laugh at the characters because I see my neighbors on the pages.
 My childhood was just like the kids in this book.

 

GENTLE THOUGHTS
Short Story Collection
ISBN 1-894650-20-4
Short Story Fiction, Juvenile, Young Adult, Adult.
108 pg. (7 X 8 ½) $8.85.
Author’s (Mirabotalib Kazemie, Diana J. Lalonde, Kim Pister, Natalie Fraser)
 Juvenile short stories from various authors. 1. Sherene and The Angels of Cascade Lakes. A story of a young girl seeking a better world for humans and animals that inhabit the earth and its oceans.
 2. Mary Morgan and Mr. Timothy’s Magic Van. A magic van that has everything in the world in side, maybe including a puppy for Mary.
 3. Remember Me. A story of a young boy dealing with the turmoil that surrounds his Grandfather’s illness, and how he comes to understanding it.
 4. Ivy’s Gerbils. The life of a house cat and a family of gerbils that he is not suppose to eat. A delightful story as told from the cat’s perspective.
 Quotes:
 A nice variety of short stories written by a cross section of authors.
 Ideal short stories for children, my teenage children and I myself enjoyed them.

 

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HERMAN the HERMIT’S POEMS OF LIFE
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9698319-1-9
Poetry, Fiction, 122 pg. (10 years to adult) $12.50
 A number one best seller of everyday poems written by a Hermit for hermits. A calendar of events of life written in poems. Read a poem a day and get a jump-start on life. Poems for your loved ones, or your ex loved one. Are you lost for words on Mother’s day, fathers’ day, birthdays? Herman the Hermit has a poem for any occasion. You will see yourself in these poems. There are your kin folk in these poems. Laugh at your kin. Need a pick up line, a put down line? Herman the Hermit has one just for you. Read the poems over and over again, read one a day, you will never get tired of life’s little gems.
 Quotes:
 It is as if each poem was written about each event of my life. I can see my future happening like some of Herman’s poems.
 I will never be lost for love poems when I need to butter up my sweetheart.
 When I read Herman the Hermit over and over, I laugh at myself.

 

The HURLEYVILLE TAXI

Clare McCarthy

ISBN 978-1-894650-74-8

Historical, stories, history, 100 pg (all ages) $9.33

William Clare McCarthy, the youngest of seven children was born on April 19,1939 in the Northern Ontario hamlet of Gold Centre. Clare received his public schooling in Schumacher and Dunnville, both in Ontario, and graduated in 1961 with an honours degree in mathematics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Clare has travelled extensively; the Amazon, Kenya, Iceland, Patagonia, the Seychelles, the Canadian Arctic, England, Wales and Ireland.

Following thirty-four years, as a successful teacher of high school mathematics and Math. Department head, with a smattering of art classes, Clare retired in 1995 to pursue his interest in life drawing and other forms of art.

He has dabbled in pencil and pen and ink drawing, egg tempera painting, acrylics, water colours, woodcarving and photography. While exploring the artistic world, Clare identifies himself as MAC, and is presently exercising his twisted sense of humour as a free lance cartoonist creating one editorial cartoon per week for his hometown newspaper, the Orangeville Banner. Each month for the same newspaper, Clare also contributes one column entitled Meandering, with a focus on human interest subjects, tongue-in-cheek humour, and at times thought provoking topics. In addition to providing pen and ink illustrations for The Hurleyville Taxi, Two Thousand Pounds Of Bacon And Bone, Clare is a member of The Headwaters Writer’s Guild, a member of the Dufferin Circle of Storytellers, and also attempts to remain physically fit while enjoying writing which has a bent towards the lighter side of life.

An understanding wife, Dorothy, has spent almost half a century attempting to cure him of a habit of procrastinating, while daughter Margaret Anne continues to remind him of how little he actually knows about life.

In spite of an eventful life, Clare has compiled a family history of his ancestors and of the man, Howard Hurley and the two hogs, Rusty and Red that pulled the world famous Hurleyville Taxi, thus this compelling book.

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A good belly laugh to go along with history.

I have lived in the area and remember the big pigs, and now relieved that there is a book out that chronicles the interesting history of a man and the area.

 

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INVASION of SAVAGES

Philip Decker

ISBN 978-1-894650-72-4

Published February 1, 2009

Novel, Fiction, Civil War, 192 pg. $14.87

Tizwin fretted about the things Goyahkla had said throughout the trip home. He could hardly wait to hear Gannjuh's voice, feel her touch and watch Yusn taste, touch and examine, in her quest to learn. The thought of it brought longing smiles at inappropriate times.

Although the group was tired, their spirits rose upon entering the desert leading to the Dragoons. Drooping horse heads rose to a higher position and their heavy legs became light and bouncy. Resting was an unpopular option, so on through the night they rode and at dawn, left the desert to begin a familiar climb into the mountains. The returning warriors negotiated a final ridge and looked down upon their village fondly, expecting to be on the brink of reuniting with loved ones. Instead, all was still. Plumes of smoke danced in the shifting winds. The only living thing in sight was Goyahkla's horse, tied to a distant tree. Wickiup pieces littered the ground. Bodies of friends, loved ones, horses and Blue-Coats lay scattered among the rubble.

The dumbfounded warriors charged at full-speed down the incline, as if rushing would make a difference or turn back time. Tizwin slid to a stop beside the charred remains of his wickiup, drew a breath of relief when Gannjuh and Yusn were not there, then found them not far away, lying dead in the dirt. He dropped to the ground and draped an arm over each body. Then his mind shut down to protect itself. Tizwin remained there throughout the day.

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A interesting reversal of ideas displaying the true possible atrocities of the American west during the American pre and post Civil War era.

This book has disillusioned my view of what the movies has presented, I enjoyed this account and this story should be turned into a movie.

 

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JUST THE COOK’S TRAIL-SIDE GORMET COOKING
Richard E .Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9684909-0-5
Cookbook, 144 pg. (16 years to adult) $8.95
 Just The Cook reveals his time tested recipes of true Canadian cooking. All of the Cook’s recipes come with tall-tale stories to explain the history behind the dish. Some stories are based on true facts. It is hard to tell if Just the Cook is telling the truth or spinning a yarn. Rest assured that all of Cook’s recipes were time tested and taste tested. Just the Cook’s cookbook is for the down to earth common man, and other gender, and geared to the person that wants to cook out in the wilds of northern Ontario or in the comfort of one’s home.
 Quotes:
 Mr. Cook, I tried a couple of your recipes and the food turned out great. Thanks.
 Devouring your stories was as good as tasting the results of my efforts when I attempted one of your stranger recipes.
 I think more people will pick up your cookbook just for the pleasure of your stories.

 

JOURNEYS TRAVELED
ISBN 1-894650-36-0
Short Story Collection, Fiction/Juvenile/Adult
156 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $12.85 Can $8.56 US
Amy Martinsen - Lilly’s Photograph
 An elderly widow hold dear a photograph of her husband. She reminisces about their life together. To her young granddaughter she tells of the love between herself and a young man that captured her heart.
Mary Kathaleen Marelli - Shaver
 A beaver battles with an old man over the building of a beaver house under the man’s dock. Who will win the battle of wits on the waters of an inland lake where the two have resided and feuded for years.
Myles Brandon Hibbett - the Witch Doctor’s Sons
 Two sons of a highly respected Witch Doctor are sent out on a quest to seek knowledge. Both travel the same route but achieve very different rewards of knowledge.
Rebecca Elizabeth Plude - Musician and Artist
 Two cousin, both struggling in the discipline of their chosen art, battle and applaud the other’s talent, that over the years of life, that may destroy or bless their careers.

 

Jenary Stakes A Claim

Jessie Vanderpool

ISBN 978-1-894650-69-4

Published September 1, 2008

Novel, Children Fiction, 132 pg, $11.57

Gritty red dust clouded the air and stung their faces as Pa Pulled the horses up to the starting line. Jenary braced her hands against the sides of the rough boards of the wagon. A part of her still dreaded the rough ride to the land Pa talked about, yet Jenary felt a butterfly spark of impending excitement flutter in her tummy.

A blast of gun fire echoed, signalling the start of the race. The crowd shouted, "Oklahoma or Bust!" The race was on.

Mother held on to her bonnet as Pa shouted. "Yeehaw! Giddyup, Sadie! Come on Prince!" His voice seemed lost, yet added to the chorus of hundreds of yelling people. Whips cracked in the air.

Excited horses lurched forward and the wagon bounced along the bumpy ground. Wagon boards creaked and shuddered. Spring-less wheels jarred the bench where Mother sat. Jenary had heard Pa tell about the open land into Oklahoma Territory. He had warned them about the deep ravines and streams, and the crossing of the Cimarron River. It was her and Billy’s job to take of their belongings in the wagon.

Jenary closed her eyes. For a moment she was afraid to open them. What if the wagon flipped or crashed? Would it hold together until they crossed the Cimarron River?

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A great childhood adventure of the early pioneer years.

An everyday view of life, the mundane and the adventurous.

 

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LOCAL HERO volume one
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN 0-9686086-1-2 v. 1.
Historical Biography,   108 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) ( 10 years to Adult) $7.50
 Volume one consists of historical events and of those persons that have shaped a community. Local - Characteristic of being from a common place. Hero - A person of nobility, a person admired for their exploits. A personal story of each person that has given of himself or has helped the community as a whole throughout the growth of a community. Heroes arrive into our lives for different reasons. Volume one brings local persons that have shaped a growing community. From the original native Canadians, to the first explores, to the present day, local people are highlighted for their contributions to a community. Great deeds to simple offerings have come from average to well-known local figures. All have made this community what it is today. Be inspired by the lives of our Local heroes.
 Quotes:
 I did not realize that we had this many important people in our community.
 It was great to read about important everyday people that have made this town a great place to be from.
 I was glad that someone has finally given credit to those that deserve it the most. Yes it is the everyday person that turns out to be Local Heroes.

 

LINGERING IMPRESSIONS
Dorothy Ann Kemp
ISBN 1-894650-44-1
Published March 1, 2005
Novel, Autobiography, 140 pg. $12.85 Can
 Dorothy A. Kemp relates her impressions of life and of the times between 1928 - 2004. Dorothy - an African-American gives you a view of life through her eyes, her experiences of being a student, teacher, wife, mother and grandmother. Life lingers around and in the turmoil, joys, failures and successes of life in and around the small towns of Missouri. The author relates womens’ issues, country living, sex, racism, Church values, education and her personal revelations of having seen, experienced, and overcoming those struggles to achieve a satisfied life. A triumphant life is built upon the small stones gathered along one’s life. Dorothy A. Kemp gathered a foundation from her ancestors and is now the foundation for the future of her descendants.
 Quotes:
 When reading through this book I found that I was right there at the time. I lived through those times and this book brought those memories out. Yes it was a time of struggle and strife. Well worth living and reading through the memories of the author.

 

LAST BREATH
Joanne Williams
ISBN 1-894650-45-X
Novel, fiction, horror, 176 pg. (adult)
$12.98
 In the world of the mind, visions take place. Are these visions moments of time that have actually happened? Does the mind have the ability to create visions . . . visions that the mind believes to have actually taken place? Gwennie is plagued with depression and dwells on the ability to withdraw into the safety of her mind. In the closed mind, is the mind able to communicate with the supernatural beings? Caretakers of Gwennie have placed the tag of Mental illness upon her. Gwennie lives a life of tragedy, horror and the ability to cross over between reality and the world of the supernatural. A young child is in a state of terror - mystery - violence - and an occult world that she cannot escape from.
 Quotes:
 What a tragic life for a young child to live. In a way I was glad that the child found a way out of her misery at the end.
 I now understand what a life someone can live within the confines of the mind.
 What a shame it is to be trapped in ones own mind and unable to find a way out. I wanted to pry the child out of the book.

 

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MEMORIES of 1896, The Adventures of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft and Kin
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-981852-2-3
Novelette, Fiction,112 pg. (10 years to adult) $8.75
 Follow a rag tag group of kin folk straight out of Canada’s past. Cowboys, farmers, cooks, wranglers and business men that have one thing in common. They are all related. With names as strange as their character, experience the fall of 1896 as Cheeks Too Soft, Old bones, Tender Foot, Sour Dough and Ole Fool decide to some big game hunting in British Columbia with other kin folk. Waiting for them to make the trip from Ontario, Cook, Wrangler, Gloomy and Wild Game See-er plan a hunting trip into the mountains to hunt elk. It is a day to day experience of adventure, fun, mayhem and good old times when kin folk get together.
 Quotes:
 A simple good old-fashioned story. I had fun reading the story as I lay in my tent with the wind blowing outside. It was as if I was there with them hunting big game.
 A good easy afternoon read. A happy read, no profanity and no ghastly murders.

 

MEMORIES OF KORAH TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 1776 - 1964
Clint Moore
ISBN. 0-9681852-7-4
Canadian History, 321 pg. (10 years to Adult) $27.60
 A history compilation of the township of Korah dating from 1776 to 1964. This history includes the history of Steelton and Sault Ste. Marie. A history of the people, schools, churches and cemeteries in the township. This history book is also a history of the first settlers and their families. An ideal source for the study of genealogy. 
 Quotes:
 The first time I had ever seen a picture of my grandmother was when I opened this book. Thank you Clint.
 Finally someone has told the truth about how this area and the political aspects came about.
 I was glad to see a history book about the common people that made this township and this country grow.

 

the MISSING PEACE
R. J. Bushnell
ISBN 1-894650-54-9
ISBN 978-1894650-54-0
Science fiction interpretations, 84 pg. (all ages)
$9.85
 A fictional study of events in history revolving around the Bible, Koran and its contents in relationship to science fiction is offered to the reader to accept, reject and discuss openly. What has happened throughout history is studied and explained and given a relationship between earth beings and non earth beings. What insight has been contributed to earth's history and myths is given in-depth thought by the author.
 Quotes:
 The author makes connections between actual history and fictional science fiction quite clear.
 Hard to believe and just as difficult to dispute the author's logic, needs further study.

 

MAGGIE'S DAY
John Britt
ISBN 978-1-894650-59-5
Fiction, 320 pg. (adult) $29.65
 Maggie Campbell awoke late. It was the grey morning light that filtered through the worn, faded floral sheets strung from nails across the bedroom window which woke her. The alarm had not. She lay prone on the bed, eyes squeezed shut, awareness crawling upward through layers of unsettling sleep like a pearl diver submerged too long. She could hear the alarm’s distorted static, a hissing wail growing louder as she drew closer to waking. For a moment, she simply lay on her back, unable to move, heavy arms and legs numb, tingling, as though at a distance. Remote from her. She knew she could attempt willing limbs to move, but  they would defy her. No, better just to lie there. Allow the slow waking to stir her body.
 Cold air pressed against her cheeks and seemed to whisper across her face as though on a breath of wind. Another reason to stay in bed. Though she wore both a flannel nightie and sweater and, on her feet,  a pair of mismatched wool socks - one brown, the other a sickly olive green - Maggie did not want to pull back the blankets. She was warm beneath the covers. Besides, a faint migraine hovered behind her eyes. A sleep induced headache. Vaguely troubled by dreams she could not recall yet lingered within, her brows gathered in a soft frown. Her sleep may have been deep, but neither comforting nor restful. No, she reasoned, better to lie still. Perhaps even drift off again. Yet even as she tried to cling to the remnants of sleep,  the static screech of the alarm and coldness of the room, which told her the wood stove downstairs had gone out sometime during the night, were compelling. Obligating. Irritating.
 Maggie rolled onto her side, blinking blearily at the glowing green digital readout methodically flashing from the clock radio. At first, the significance of the blue-green glow of 7:45 did not register. Dull witted and uncomprehending, not yet a part of the day nor of the now, she stared at the numbers, but when the luminous five blinked to a six, realized with a jolt of electricity more startling than the glowing numbers she mindlessly stared into that she was late, the kids were late, and the school bus -  ‘Oh God! The school bus!’ her mind shrieked - would arrive in less than half an hour.
 Quotes:
 After reading this story I realized that Maggie Campbell is an under dog in life, being slapped around by society, but we all are, just struggling to survive.
 What a life Maggie lived in the span of a day. Any other person would never have survived an hour. I wanted to jump into the story and help this woman and shake some sense into the bureaucracy that governs society.

 

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NORMA NAIR
Jana Myers
ISBN 1-894650-17-4
Juvenile, Child’s story book, fiction
24 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (4 to 10 years) $4.55
 A picture story book telling a story of a young girl that does not like her hair long-long hair. She tries to do everything possible to keep it under control. Nothing works. Every day she struggles to brush, comb, wash and tie it. Out of desperation she cuts off the long-long strands of curly hair. Surprised, Mother sees the satisfaction in Norma Nair’s face and helps to trim and style the new hair cut. Now, what to do with all of the discarded stands of long-long hair. Norma Nair delivers her hair to a wig factory to be made into wigs for people that do not have nice long curly hair as Norman Nair. Thanks to her gift they will.
 Quotes:
 A nice story that has a moral that does not jump out and preach.
 When I was a child, I hand long hair that I hated. I wish there was a book like this to show my mother what I was going through. Maybe my hair would be different.

 

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OUT OF THE GUTTER
Sue McLeod
ISBN 0-9686086-5-5
Biography, 144 pg, (youth to adult)
$9.60
 This book is a biography of the author’s grandfather. Follow a child from the earliest time of awareness to his adult life. Life is not always easy. In the case of the grandfather of this story, his life was a collection of troubles compounded by the fate of life cast upon him. At a very young age he was left in charge of himself and his sisters. The mysterious death of his parents. His need to survive through life. A brush with the law, drinking, bad influences and the need to climb out of the gutter plagued his life. Follow his self destruction on each and every page. There is a price to pay for his wayward ways and he has paid dearly. The only jubilation comes when he takes back control of his life and sets his mind to take on the task of helping his fellow man.
 Quotes:
 This book is truly an inspirational story that all misguided youths should read.
 Following this man’s life unfold, I felt that there would be no hope for him. There is always hope when one reaches for a life-line.
 I felt sorry for the boy, hated the youth, respected the man of redemption.

 

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PIONEER POETRY of  MR. CHEEKS TOO SOFT
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9698319-9-4
Poetry, Fiction, 94 pg. (10 years to adult) $11.75
Audio, Poetry, Fiction, 190 min. (10 years to adult) $11.75
ISBN. 0-9681852-0-7
 Mr. Cheeks Too Soft weaves his tales of Canadian folk lore. Tales of his strange kin folk and the adventures that they get into. Just the Cook, Old Bones, Sour Dough, Tender Foot and Ole Fool are all there in the yarns of Canadian pioneers as they settle the land. Tales of the far north and the south. Strange tales, humorous tales of love and misadventure. Tales for everyone to enjoy. Poetry tales of the man who invented the Goose Down Sleeping Bag. A true Cowboy’s Christmas. The cook who Made Week Old Soup. A love story in Lonely is the Heart. Fifteen poems to tantalize your every mood. Adventure, love stories, fantasies, heartaches are contained in the poems of Mr. Cheeks Too Soft.
 Quotes:
 Reminiscent of the style of Robert Service with the tales of the Yukon. I loved the variety of stories.
 I loved the book, my kids enjoy listening to the audio tape over and over. The stories need to be read over and over.

 

POEMS FROM MY HEART
Gordon Wade Hysen
ISBN 0-9686086-6-3
Collection of poems, 56 pg. (youth to adult)
$7.50
 A selection of poems from the heart of a young man, that has witnessed the loss of two young friends. These poems tell of the love and sorrow he feels about their loss of life. Untimely death brings forth a flood of words that he wished he could have said to them when they were alive. Friendship and love flow in the words of his poetry. It is as if, we as the reader are seeing a life time of a person’s existence pass before us on the pages of this book. For someone of such a young age, he has experienced what most people do not experience throughout their lives. The poems in this book are written and used as a way of healing his own pain of loss.
 Quotes:
 Each poem is a segment of life, I am able to relate some of the poems to my own life.
 After reading this book of poems, I feel a burden lifted from my shoulders. Though the poems are about tragedies, I feel hope is striving to rise above the pain.

 

PEGASUS
Dolly Dunn
ISBN O-9686086-9-8
Child’s Story Book
Illustrated by
Sue Mcleod
28 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (6 years to 10 years) $6.75
 A child’s story book telling the story of a wandering little pony that flies into wondrous adventures. Follow the little pony as she visits a land beyond the valley. Three little fairies help her find her in her quest to return to her home. Far from her home,  Angel begins the long task of finding her way back to the valley. Far from home she meets a wild herd of horses, and there with them is her long lost grandmother. Together with the help of the fairies and the wild horses they find their way back to the lost valley. Below the tall water falls the enchanted valley becomes the new home of the wild horses and the fairies.
 Quotes:
 An enchanting story of all creatures that venture away then long to return to the safety and love of a mother.
 There is no place like home. This story reinforces this to children.
 Every child likes horses, especially those that fly.

 

PERSONAL NOTES

Emily-Jane Hills Orford

ISBN 978-1-894650-70-0

Biography, 252 pg, general readers, $17.97

My granddaughter, Emily, tells me that I should write down all of my stories. I have lived for over ninety years. I know that I have a lot of stories: too many stories, perhaps! It would probably take me another ninety years to write them all down in long hand. When thinking about my stories, I wonder who would want to read them. After all, I am not famous. I have not accomplished anything important. All I did was live, take care of my family, and help others. It has been a full life; a life lived mostly on my own, through many ups and downs. I cannot complain. The good Lord has seen fit to let me live beyond my ninetieth birthday. Both of my parents and my grandparents died in their fifties. Yes, I have had a good, full life.

Emily insists that I put pen to paper and jot down all of my stories for future generations to enjoy. Where do I start? Do I start with my memories as an eight-year-old girl going to school in Glasgow, Scotland? It would not be very exciting to read about an ordinary girl growing up in pre-First World War Scotland. At least, I do not think so. It is certainly not the dramatic material of a Catherine Cookson novel. Or perhaps it is. I remember Glasgow as a big, dirty, and noisy city. In 1910, however, it was considered to be a very modern city. Our family lived just outside Glasgow in a middle class neighbourhood called Springburn. Everyone worked hard to make a living and seemed to have all that they needed to live a comfortable life . . . . . .

Quotes:

What an adventure in the life of a young girl that made a simple make in Canadian life.

How surprising and interesting this story has been for me, an everyday person that has experienced much in life, the very back-bone of the average Canadian, the type of person that is the example of many that developed the culture of Canada.

 

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ROOSEVELT STREET  
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9684909-3-X
Novel, Biography, 182 pg. (12 years to adult) $12.95
 The Author retells his memories of growing up on Roosevelt Street from the years 1956 to 1965. In a steel town in Northern Ontario, Canada the Author and the many kids that lived on Roosevelt Street go through their childhood years. Every kid has adventures, fun and excitement when growing up. Follow the kids as they explore their neighborhood, the wilderness around and them selves. Read what thoughts a kid of the fifties and sixties remembers about events, friends and himself. A story for adults who want to linger back to an innocent age to remember being a kid. Kids of today will get a feeling of how their parents grew up.
 Quotes:
 Thinking back now after reading Roosevelt Street, I had a great time growing up. Similar events happened to me. Thanks for rekindling those memories.
 I had lost touch with my memories of growing up on Roosevelt Street. I cried after reading about myself in those stories. I am sad that I have moved so far away from home.
 A great simple story. There should be more books of simple innocence.

 

RYDAL BANK
E. IONA ROBBINS
ISBN 1-894650-14-X
Historical biography.
224 pg. 60 illustrations. (7 X 8 ½) $20.00
 A Biography of the people, places, times and events over one-hundred years of the community of Rydal Bank, Ontario. Stories of the early settlers, their descendants and the growth and decline of a community. History as told to the author by the families and some of the original settlers to the area. Each and every person creates history. Over the years, we are too busy creating history, too busy to record our history on paper, tape or film. During conversations, parties, meetings, we freely relate our past. As be become older, thoughts diminish, events from our past fade, they become part and parcel of other events. If we are, braggers, fishermen or ladies of gossip, we tend to exaggerate story details and events. It takes patience and a personal drive for a person to dig into the past, into people’s memories and retrieve history. Miss Robbins, in her tender golden years, has gathered verbal, written and a hearsay history of Rydal Bank. Though it is a history of the past, it is the foundation for the young to attach their current and future history.
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 A fine collection of facts and stories from a small community. It is sad to see these small places vanish.

 

REALM of the GOLDEN FEATHER
C. R. Ginter
ISBN 1-894650-26-3
Fiction, Children/Juvenile
204 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $12.62
 Come follow Bobby’s adventures as he is drawn into a fantasy world where birds take the form of humans. Why the Herly has turned Bobby into a pink dragon will become evident when he must face the Black Dragon. With the powers of magic and the sensations of interactive video games our human hero must defend the land of Ieetoo from the Drakkians. The golden feather that Bobby holds gives him the power and courage in the realm of the fantasy world. Bobby wants to go home, Lord Drake wants to destroy him. His nemesis Graig wants to bully him into submission. In both worlds Bobby is faced with surmountable pressures and lingering decisions.
 Quotes:
 This story flows with excitement from beginning to end with the feel of a video game of heros clashing with monsters.
 Bobby sure made a good Pink Dragon.

 

RUSTY BUTT (Treasure of the Ocean Mist)
ISBN 1-894650-51-4
Novel, Fiction, Adventure, 138 pg, (juvenile to adult) $12.95
 Herman Bottoms plopped his butt onto a stool across from Rusty Butt.
 "Hay, Herman. How's it going'? I've got an idea. How would you like to help me find a pirate's treasure? It would be easy for two smart guys like us. From what I've been able to find out there are caves around here overflowing with chests full of gold and jewels, suits of armour made of solid silver - you've probably heard the stories, right? - and daggers and swords with hilts encrusted with rubies and diamonds that had once belonged to a Spanish Prince. We'll be the richest kids in the world."
 By the time he finished, Herman was ready to grab his backpack and head for the hills.
 Rusty took him by the arm and sat him down by the box he used as a desk. "But first, we have to make the partnership official by forming a company-a secret company. I've already thought up a name for it; The Butt and Bottoms Treasure Hunters and Detective Agency. The Main business will be for the companies detectives, that's us, to search the neighbourhood for clues that will lead the treasure hunters, that's us too, to buried treasure."
 "The Butt and Bottoms what?" Herman asked excitedly.
 "The Butt and Bottoms Treasure Hunters and Detective Agency," Rusty repeated.
 Herman inched closer, hanging onto Rusty's every word.
 "Okay, rule number one, everything has to be a secret, just between us."
 Herman looked at Rusty with just a trace of mistrust in his expression.
 "Oh yeah, and here's a good one. No girls allowed, not even considered. Any suggestions?"
 Herman thought for a moment. "Nope," he said, "sounds good to me."
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 What an adventure, everything I had dreamt of when I was a kid. I enjoyed reading to my own child.
 A perfect adventure story, filled with ghosts, pirates, bad men, girls, treasures and most of all an adventure I wish I had when I was a kid. I hope that my children have only a fraction of adventure.
 I was disapointed to see that the only girl in the story was not included in the adventure. She had better be in the next story because she has more clues to future pirates treasure.

 

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STEELTOWN
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9698319-8-6
Novel, Fiction, 209 pg. (16 years to adult) $18.50
 Steeltown captures the tragedies in a steel mill town. Follow the lives of four young friends struggling to overcome the pressures of growing up. Who will survive the perils of innocence? Do accidents become the mysteries of rumors of murder. In a steel town hidden behind the walls of a steel mill, murder is not an accident. Live the lives of four young men as they work their first summer in a steel mill of Steeltown. Times can be good, bad and ugly. You will laugh and cry for the boys. The women of Steeltown are not, innocent bystanders, they are sometimes the cause of man’s turmoil. Steeltown will shock you.
 Quotes:
 A realistic account of young friendship.
 For two days of reading, this book flowed like a movie.
 A-one-of-a-kind novel, I was not disappointed, I could not put it down, wanting to read just a little further.
 After reading of the tragedies that occurred in Steeltown, I was afraid to seek my first summer job in a local steel plant.

 

STEELTOWN BLUES
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-9681852-8-2
Novel, Fiction, 219 pg. (16 years to adult) $14.75
 Only two boys from Steeltown have survived. The past has affected their lives. Living and working in a steel mill town is the cause of past and future events in their lives. Salami is unable to settle down to a married life and is too eager to follow the free spirit of his friend Boo. Leaving town seems to be their only way out, an escape. To escape from what or whom? There are those who wish to even up past scores. They are willing to follow to extremes in order to inflict terror and pain on Salami and Boo. To what end is in store for two friends wishing only to escape the confines of working in a steel mill. Will they be able to escape those Steeltown Blues?
 Quotes:
 My hopes for the boys were dashed during the reading of the last few pages.
 I felt hurt and angry when I read about Boo and Salami, boys I enjoyed following page after page.
 Through the whole book, I felt as if I were traveling and living the excitement and disappointments of life alongside of the boys.

 

STORIES FROM MY TIME
Richard E. Mousseau
ISBN. 0-961852-4-X
Collection of short stories, Fiction, 115 pg. (12 years to adult) $6.75
 A collection of eight stories written between 1980 and 1996. ‘Loggers’, a tall tale of men that brag about their accomplishments. ‘From the Window He Sees’, tragedy  strikes the life of a young man when two friends ride the fright cars between towns on a cold fall day. ‘No Christmas Tree This Year’, a man reminisces about a time as a boy when his grandfather passes away and how a family came together when his father did not want to put up a Christmas tree. ‘Uprising’, follow the build up of a conflict in a Native Canadian settlement between two rival men, learn how it took an old woman to lead her people along the right path. ‘Love’s Gift’, the story of a gift a wife gives to her husband. ‘Cookies’, two young brothers growing up in the depression years learn the ins` and outs of acquiring cookies from their grandmother. ‘They Say Its Waters Are Deep’, lake Superior never gives up it’s dead, follow a courageous young woman as she copes with the loss of her father and the spirts of Lake Superior’s dead. ‘Wolves on the Trail’, a young boy in 1920 delivers mail between the mines under the watchful eyes of winter starved wolves. Stories of men and women from Northern Ontario.
 Quotes:
 Each story reflects a different aspect of a person and their life. A good lazy afternoon read. Adventure, love, sadness, humor, history all under one cover. A nice pleasant easy read.

 

SCRIBBLES ON MY DRAWING BOARD, TWINS & MUD T.V.
Craig Huckerby
ISBN. 0-9681852-9-0
Cartoon book, 90 pg. (8 years to Adult) $7.95
 Featuring the lovable twins ‘Zak and Adam’. Watch them romp through childhood. If things are going to happen it will happen to them or they will make things happen. As different as night and day, the twins are the same. Every day occurrences unfold in the comic strips featuring the Twins. Follow the gang of would be television employees take you through their lives at a local T.V. station. Every one will see themselves in the characters of Mud T.V.  Only through the pages of the Mud T.V. comic strips are you able to laugh at yourself.
 Quotes:
 I laughed when I remembered myself growing up best friends with a pair of twins.
 Mud T.V. is exactly like the T.V. station I work at, I am able to see a bit of my fellow employees in the characters of the cartoon people.

 

Swamp Gators (Clayton and Gilmore)
Dolly Dunn
ISBN 0-9686086-2-0
Children’s Story book
Illustrated by
Karen Forbes
40 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (4 years to 8 years) $6.25
 A children’s picture story book. The story of a lost little Gator named Clayton, who is befriended by an old, big gator named Gilmore. A special father son bond develops when Clayton becomes entangled with swamp creatures and Gilmore has to come to his rescue. Gilmore realizes that Clayton has a problem with his eye sight and that is why he thinks the swamp creatures look like his lost mother. Gilmore comes to the rescue again. Every little gator needs a father figure in his life.
 Quotes:
 I have to wear glasses just like Clayton. Clayton can now see better with his new glasses and he does not look funny in them.
 A nice little book, that tells a story without preaching. A delightful story.

 

SPIRITS OF LOST LAKE
James Stanley Walters
ISBN 1-894650-21-2
Fiction, Juvenile, young Adult, Adult.
132 pg. (7 X 8 ½) $9.65
 In the wilds of the mountains of British Columbia there are spirits that roam searching for an everlasting resting place. There are native spirits, animal spirits and the spirits of two long ago lost miners, that still roam these mountains, are looking for assistance to the here-after. On a summer camping trip, three girls and their boyfriends mistakenly cross paths with the spirits of Lost Lake. Be the spirits be friend or foe, the teens must assist the spirits before they are able to return home and out of a tangle of danger that may trap them in the world of spirits. Adventure awaits the reader between the covers of the Spirits of Lost Lake.
 Quotes:
 An easy read story where teenagers work together, and learn to work and depend on each other. Uncomplicated adventure.
 Teenagers age good people and I can relate to the teenagers in this story.

 

SUMMON A MEMORY
Horror/fantasy Sort Story Collection
ISBN 1-894650-24-7
Short Story Fiction, Adult
92 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $7.50
Author’s (C.B. Rissler, Edmond Alcid, Stephen R. Neufeld)
 A collection of Adult horror/fantasy short story fiction.
 1. It’s For You. What would you do if you received a package with only a single notation, ‘it’s for you’ ? Would you open it, throw it away, or let the contents of the package determine your date, and means of death?
 2. They Say Its Waters Are Deep. Legend state that the waters of Lake Superior are deep, and what lays beneath, it keeps. It is only a legend told over and over again. Over the last hundred years the legend has risen from beneath the surface of the water.
 3. Driving Fast. What does a mind think about when a body lays in a coma? If doctors, friends and family members were able to listen to those thoughts. What would you do if you were able to eavesdrop in on the thoughts of a dying man?
 Quotes:
 A nice selection of stories. Each one brought snippets of my own inner weird strange scary thoughts. It is funny how we all have these strange thoughts going through our minds when we dream. Some writers are able to put it on paper.

SEARCHING for HOME
Jessie Faye Vanderpool
ISBN 1-894650-46-8   
Novel, horror, fiction, 156 pg. (juvenile/adult) $12.98
 Growing up dirt poor in Oklahoma is one problem to overcome when in your pre-teen years, the other is to be searching for a place to call home. Beth and younger brother Jimmy want to stay with their mother, but their step-father wants to be rid of them. This self-serving man does not want to support or attempt to offer compassion to the children. Suddenly both children find themselves shipped off to a father of unfamiliarity. Beth and Jimmy dwell in the prosperity of California and at the same time suffer under the thumb of a domineering step-mother. Together they stay strong and bide their time while surviving life’s obstacles. Missing their mother more than the harshness of rural Oklahoma and a bitter step-father, Beth and Jimmy search for a way to return home to their mother.
 Quotes:
 A nice read on a lazy summer afternoon. I can relate to the young girl. More girls should be as strong and mature as Beth.
 I enjoy reading this story to my grandchild, we both are excited to turn and read the next page.

 

SELECT-A-PART
Patricia Trudeau
ISBN 978-1-894650-55-7
Novel, detective, fiction, 184 pg. (adult) $14.95
 "Select-a-Part? What is That?"
 "An auto parts recycling yard."
 "Automobile recycling?"
 "Yeah, they collect old wrecks and take the good parts off before squishing the bodies into scrap metal cubes. Actually, they let the customer come into the yards and select the parts they need. It's a lot cheaper than ordering a new part from a car company."
 Agnes cupped her hand over her chin and thought for a moment. "I wonder if they would have a hub cap."
 Tim grinned, his blue eyes twinkling. "They have hundreds. Why? are you starting a collection, Auntie?"
 "Don't be silly." She glanced back at him sharply. "I lost a hub cap on the way here. I want to replace it."
 "Oh!" His face straightened. "Oh, yeah. Well, why not drive over to the recycle yard in the morning? I"ll show you where to look for a hub cap to match the ones you have. At Select-a-Part you select the part you need."
 "You sound like a cheap commercial."
 "For what they pay me, they are cheap."
 Quotes:
 A great new story mixed in with characters from her first book, I love following the retired play wright solve yet another crime.
 Who says us older women do not have adventures. Thanks Miss Trudeau for creating a good detective story for us adventurous older women.
 A little complicated at the beginning, but the author made the whole story clear at the end and I was pleased, for now the whole story fell into place and I kept saying, "Yes, yes, yes, it all makes perfect sense."

 

STONE TUNNELLERS
C. R. Ginter
ISBN 978-1-894650-68-7
Novel, Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
232 pg. (5 ½ X 8) $17.95
 “Too late for mercy now, whelp.” The words boomed with mocking terror.
 A ring of diamonds exploded from the black, expanding. Saliva dripped from each tooth, sizzling like acid as it burned into a pit below. Glittering surged towards him, a beast screeching like a witch in glee. What was it? He tried to scream but nothing came out; he tried to run but went nowhere. Down they came, razor teeth, able to cut through flesh and bone with ease. He tensed, awaiting doom. Again he felt no pain and again blackness encompassed him. A sigh of relief escaped his shuddering body, his eyes burning as they sought an escape route. Ahead shone a pinhole of light embedded in foulness. He stepped towards it and the speck of light grew. Another step and again the light expanded. A grin warmed his cheeks and he ran towards the brightness, knowing it was safe, hope filling him.
 Just as he readied to leap, something took hold of both legs. He fell but did not find the ground. Floating, he squirmed and rolled while something wrapped him in bonds, spinning webs worthy of a giant spider. Breath squeezed from his lungs and none entered as unseen things tightened around his chest and throat. He panicked, fought against the confinement. The cool touch of air filled lungs and he breathed deep, exhaling a scream.
 “Bobby.” A knock rattled across the surface of the room’s closed door. “Are you up yet?”
 Quotes:
 Just a good story, I have read all three novels and have grown up at the same time as Bobby, now I am ready to move onto other stories. This trilogy has helped me grow.
 A good story for boys and girls, I am a girl and I like the adventure of Bobby as the Pink Dragon.

 

SUMO SANTA
David Berrade
ISBN 978-1-894650-65-6
Novel, Fiction, Adventure
188 pg. (5 ½ X 8) $18.95
 "But I don't want to move to Japan," whined Nicolas, his mood that of a toddler. “There is no snow, no hockey, no Christmas and no Santa in Japan!”
 Nicolas is somewhat of an eccentric kid, saddled with an extremely high IQ and a strange sense of humour. A sharp mouth often resulted in being sent to his room at least once a week. His boyish smile would light up a room, which he used to prevent being bedroom-incarcerated at least one more time per week. Nicolas could easily have been mistaken for a twelve or thirteen-year-old on the phone, or even older, due to his extensive vocabulary. It was his physical stature, and at times, a very eight-year-old behaviour that tipped everyone to his true age. He was mostly a popular kid because he liked to challenge adults with questions and truisms that often came across as insults. It could be said that Nicolas lacked tact, which was one of his great attractions to other children.
 Nick stood in the empty bedroom in an apartment on the third floor of a high-rise in a neighbourhood in a strange country where kids did not know about hockey. Puzzled, he scratched his head, wondering what to do with idle time.
 Picking up the suitcase discarded in the corner of the Japanese vacant room, Nick pried open the lid as far back as possible and leaned the apparatus against an inner wall. Gathering up Bruin, the bear-person, and a hockey stick, Nick tied them to the suitcase with shoelaces. Retrieving an old goalie's mask he had kept for years, he put it over the teddy bear's head. Bruin could definitely pass for a goalie and a sharply dressed one at that. Grabbing the curved stick, Nick placed an old tennis ball about eight feet in front of the suitcase-net and took a slap-shot, causing small pieces of straw to splinter upwards.
 Nick never really considered that there was even the slightest chance of missing the net. Someone of his hockey calibre should have deadly accuracy.
 The ball zipped by the top corner of the net and drove through the wall as if it was paper, which it very well was. Nick stood amazed, with his mouth hanging wide open and eyes even wider. 'What is the chance of that?' The 'chance' was very likely.
 ‘Oh no! Grounded again,’ Nick thought, his body stance frozen in a picturesque hockey pose.
 Quotes:
 What a rotten little kid that does good in a round-about way. His heart is good.
 Being a kid, years ago and having moved around the world and subjected to different cultures, I side with this kid and understand the frustration he has. It is also nice to see the kid doing good for the people around him, even though he puts up a false front.
 Two hockey sticks raised in applause for the rotten kid in this story. Nick is a good kid inside of a bad exterior.

 

Slim Pete - a Gift of Imagination
Barry Greenberg / Monica Newman
ISBN 978-1-894650-66-3
Novel, fiction, adventure.
164 pg. (5 X 8 1/2) (8 to 12 years) $17.95
 "Welcome, laydeezeengenelmen to the Greatest Show on Dirt! Feast yar eyes on chute number one. The top score for All-'Round Cowboy is tied and this event will determine who gets the prestigious Silver Buckle."
 A raucous crowd falls silent when Slim Pete lowers himself onto a wild bucking mustang bronco. Slim grips the head rope, leans back, and with a final chew on his tobakee, nods his readiness. The wooden chute swings open and Slim Pete is whipped back and forth on the spurred beast refusing to surrender to the mountain of mean. Six seconds . . .  seven seconds . . . eight seconds-the horn sounds and the massive crowd goes wild! Slim Pete, who a moment ago was just another dusty drifter, becomes the new Silver Buckle Champion.
 Peter Baker blinked back at his reflection in the bunkhouse mirror, but this time, reflecting back was a youthful cowboy adorned in bright red cowboy boots, faded dungarees, a bright orange western shirt and a broad cloud-white hat covering his wavy, dirty blond hair.
 'A cowboy will usually put up with a lot of horseplay and practical jokes-but don't never mess with his hat,' Pete thought, making a final adjustment to perch the hat low across his brow.
 Quotes:
 Dry dust filled my lungs when reading this book, I wanted my childhood to be just like Slim’s, I wanted to be a cowboy. Now I am living the adventure by reading through the book, by request of my grandson, for he too dreams of being a cowboy.
  Can not wait for the continuing story of Slim Pete, when remembering back my summers were a continuous story of adventure. My son is not reading the book, but after he sees me reading and laughing, he will associate with Slim.

 

SMUGGLERS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

Clyde Woolman

ISBN 978-1-894650-77-9

Fiction, Juvenile, Adventure

188 pg. (8.5 X 5.5)(12 to adult) $15.60

Ben sat in the aft passenger section of the B.C. Ferry as it slowly moved away from the Horseshoe Bay dock. The ship slid along the narrow fjord of Howe Sound and passed by small tree-studded islands before heading across Georgia Strait to the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, two hours away. From there, it was a three hour drive to Bamfield.

The jarring truck lumbered along, kicking up dust devils in the rutted road. Ben shifted continuously to take the pressure off a bruised butt. No other cars or trucks, nor homes or people inhabited the area.

As small as Bamfield is, it was divided into two parts, each side clinging to steep mountains that peeked through the clouds and mist. A narrow inlet separated the two sections.

Before the day had the nerve to wake, three figures stood beside a beat up truck at the head of the West Coast Trail, a winding and sometimes dangerous path along wide untamed beaches, over rocky headlands and through thick rain forest. Now popular with tourists, the trail led south from Bamfield, originally used by the fortunate few who had made it to shore after their ships had sunk. Rescuers used the primitive trail, and lighthouse keepers manning the lights that guarded the treacherous shore needed the trail’s access to the rugged coast. It could take more than a week to traverse the entire trail, yet there were separate portions that could be hiked in a day.

At the top of the ridge the trail turned flat and the hikers made good progress. Like a little brother pestering everyone, the roar of the waves followed them. When the trio found a break in the trees, they stopped and gazed at the vast expanse below them. From high on the ridge a magnificent panorama unfolded, waiting to be photographed.

Exhausted, yet curiously invigorated, Ben gazed out over the swirling sea. He had defended against aerial attacks, traded with an eagle and battled terror when dangling over a deep canyon. Pride surged through veins at the narcotic-like addiction that came with the power to alter events and the strength to survive when all was lost.

Quotes:

Just like the Hardy book stories I read as a kid, just plain good adventure.

A good adventure where the story unfolds quickly, no time to rest or put the book down.

I am expecting a second adventure. I read westerns for simplicity, Smugglers gives me this simplistic fun adventure.

 

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T. J.’S GREY, GREEN, YELLOW SHOELACE
Edmond J. Alcid
ISBN. 0-9684909-9-9
Children’s Story book
Illustrated by
R. C.  Moffatt
28 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (4 years to 8 years) $6.50
 A young children’s story book fully illustrated. A young farm boy is helping the older farm men unload a hay wagon. T. J. finds a multi coloured shoelace on the wagon under a mound of hay. When he picks it up he discovers that it is a garder-snake. They are both frightened of each other. After moments of staring and an understanding both part as friends.
 Quotes:
 My uncle wrote this story about me, I am T. J. . This story really happened but I was not really scared.
 Even though I am in my seventies, I enjoyed reading and looking at the illustrations. I was there when my grandson picked up then dropped the little snake. We all laughed and I laugh now when I saw the book.

 

TIGGER TOO, THE CAT WHO COULD NOT GET IN
Jana-Lianne Myers
ISBN 1-894650-06-9
Juvenile, Child’s story book, fiction.
24 pg.(7 X 8 ½) (4 to 10 years) $4.50
 A picture story book telling the tale of a cat that forgets to come in from the cold one night. On a cold winter’s night, Tigger Too tries and tries to get into his house where it is nice and warm. Tigger Too tries all of the doors and windows, but they are locked. No one hears his meows. Slowly the cat becomes so cold that he can no longer meow. In the wee hours of the morning someone hears his faint cries. Mother comes to the rescue and peels Tigger Too from the window where he is frozen and stuck like glue. Tigger has learned a valuable lesson. Snuggled in his bed by the fireplace, Tigger dreams of new adventures. Simple black and white illustrations and simple rhymes tell a nice little story.
 Quotes:
 As a cat lover, I picture my own cat doing strange things. I look forward to other stories about Tigger Too.
 I remember leaving our cat out all night in the cold. I wonder if he did the same things as Tigger. I gave my cat an extra hug.
 Mom, Can I have a cat like Tigger?

 

THE SPUDS (Pick of the Crop)
Susan McLoed
Concept and Illustrations
ISBN 1-894650-12-3
A Child’s Story Book
Story by
Richard Mousseau
36 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (3 to 8 years) $4.95
 A child’s story book telling the story of four young friends, all young potatoes, that grow up together. We follow their growth from the village garden to the antics that they get into. We develop a bond with Lizzie and Hank, (brother and sister) and Lawrence and Marmalina, (brother and sister). In this story, we follow the birth of the potato children and watch them grow. When the four get together, they show off their different personalities. In this story they all decide to enter a baby beauty contest. Well, things do not always tune out the way children expect. As friends, they will always be there for each other.
 Quotes:
 As I read this story to my children, I realized that my children have similar mannerisms as the potato children. I laughed.
 This would make a great daily comic strip.

 

THE BASEMENT
Tyler Barlow
ISBN 1-894650-19-0
Fiction, Young Adult, Adult.
152 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $9.65
 A young photographer wakes up in the darkness of his new environment. He is introduced, violently to his captor, forced to become an assistant, to photograph the doctor’s vile operations. Locked in the basement of a science lab, the young man mixes his childhood memories with the torment of reality. His childhood memories are what he is trying to escape from and return to. Desperation for life may be the aftermath of death. An internal horror story is reality for the young man. Escaping from his torment and from his tormentor is death. Death can relieve a person from the demons of the mind. Death can relieve the body from the afflictions of physical pain. Death can be the source and the means by which a person escapes to a state of utopia.
 Quotes:
 A unique travel through a person’s mind. I wanted to know what thoughts were to be revealed on the next turned page.
 Most of our nightmares are self created. The author has been able to place his nightmares on the pages of this book.

 

TELL ME A STORY
ISBN 1-894650-25-5
Short Story Fiction, Children/Juvenile/Adult
68 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½ ) $7.22.
Jack Bennett - Angus and Michael McDonald
 When a family falls apart, it takes courage and undying love to rebuild a family. Michael McDonald falls in with a neighborhood gang as his father, Angus drowns in self pity. At the depth of despair they reach for each other and climb into the light of hope.
Jana Myers - Red Cherry Jell-O Disaster
 Never try cooking without learning how to cook. Two young friends discover the pleasures of making jell-o, only to find that taste testers at meal time can be their worst critics.
Edmond Alcid - Try Try and Try Again
 A day, a moment in the life of a grass-hopper. In the tiny world of insects, a grass-hopper struggles to overcome monumental obstacles. Do insects think about giving up when they do not succeed. When faced with an obstacle, this little grass-hopper will try, try and try again.
Angelia Wimbley - The Semits of Corksville
 On a lonely street in Corksville live a childless couple and their beloved dog. A lonely street, a lonely couple, a lonely dog. Made of cloth and stuffing, a little rag boy is made as a companion for a lonely dog. Mysterious things can happen on a lonely street in Corksville.

 

The LONG WAY HOME
David Phillips
ISBN 978-1-894650-64-9
Autobiography
146 pg. (5 ½ X 8 ½) $16.95
 I have schizo-affective disorder. While taking an economics course by correspondence, the stress of working and school was too much. I ended up in a the psychiatrist’s office again because I thought TV personalities were giving me special messages and that I had conversed with some rock ‘n’ roll artists through the TV
 “We’ve been waiting for you, David,” said a voice from the TV. The man continued, “Looking for you has bee like looking for a needle in a haystack. What you said was so profound, we followed you like you told us to. We have your money. Ten million dollars. All you have to do is come to Britain and get it. We want to see what you can do.”
 I stammered, “I’m an accountant not a musician. I can’t seven play an instrument.  Just want to be middle classed.”
 These TV personalities were warning me not to go into accounting. I was a writer not an accountant, they said. These artists offered to pay $10 million dollars for having followed me around from 1986 - 1993, and for stealing ideas from me. I believed this was how I was supposed to pay my dues. These writers followed me so they could steal ideas, then pay me what they thought the idea was worth. I flatly turned down the millions because I thought I could make my own money as an accountant. The artists shot back saying that they did not believe me.
 One doctor asked me, “Do you have the ‘Canadian novel’ you’ve been working on under your bed?” Of course the answer was no. All I had under my bed was a Playboy magazine.
 I was not losing my mind, only needed prescription pills to keep me rational. I was rational.
 Quotes:
 What is the amazing part of this story is that the character has succeeded beyond the handicaps.
 I found that the character’s altered world is almost a preview of his current life, success as a writer and musician, minus the millions of dollars. Money is not everything.

 

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WEATHERED BOARDS
Richard E. Mousseau
Terri-Lynn Thompson
ISBN. 0-9684909-1-3
Picture book, History, 114 pg. (8 ½ x 11") (8 years to adult) $10.60
 A picture-book of black and white sketches and photographs of barns. A history of different types, sizes and shapes of Canadian barns in Southern and Northern Ontario. Each picture has a caption. Poetry accompanies the selection of pictures.
 Quotes:
 It is a pleasure to just look at the pictures over and over again. The barns seem to be talking through the poetry.
 I was surprised to see so many different barns. An interesting look. A book that is ideal to be left out on a coffee-table.

 

WARM LOVING HEART FILLED MYTHS
Wendy-Lynn Hill
ISBN 0-986086-8-X
Clildren’s Story Book
64 pg. (7 X 8 ½) (6 years to 10 years) $7.95
 A selection of short stories as told from a child’s point of view. Their stories telling of dreams that they have had. Wishes they have and the adventures that they take during their young lives. A story of a young girl that finds a magic bottle and the problems she has with the genie inside. A story of a young boy that has a magic word. When he says his magic word, he is able to travel to distant places and new adventures. A story of a boy, his father and fish that save their lives during a storm on a lake. A story of children yet too young to cook pancakes for breakfast. A story of a special birthday wish for the whole family. Last, a story of a girl and magical dolphins that talk and help a troubled girl.
 Quotes:
 It is refreshing to read stories from a child’s point of view. It is interesting to see what thoughts go through children’s minds.
 A good selection of stories. These are stories that are best read to children. My children seem to be mesmerized by the adventures. It is not a boring read.
 I am a grandmother, I like the large print. This type of print is good for me and my granddaughter.

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