The rules are simple: 1)Be Worldly, 2) No Guilt! 3) Discover the perfect pint of ale. Travelers, like writers, believe in the power of setting. Jen thinks of traveling Europe with fellow Mormon, Jeanne, and an Alaska Native named Bert, as an escape from her conservative upbringing and the pressures of conforming to a religion she does not believe in. The change of setting and culture allows Jen to have a raucous, guilt-free experience with her boisterous, silly, and hilarious friends. The … [Read more...] about A Backpack, a Eurorail Pass, and Some Serious Baggage by Jennie Withers
Nap of the Earth by George Robinson & Janice Moulton
A female helicopter pilot becomes a suspect in thefts of depleted uranium armor-piercing ammo from a US Army post in Germany. When some of the ammunition is used in ethnic uprisings in Estonia, relations between the US and the European Union deteriorate. One of her friends dies in a suspicious auto accident, another kills himself. Army CID arrests her and after polygraph interrogation, she is inexplicably released. She gets caught between Army investigators and the arms dealers who threaten her … [Read more...] about Nap of the Earth by George Robinson & Janice Moulton
Interview with Author – George Robinson & Janice Moulton
About George Robinson & Janice Moulton: Robinson and Moulton grew up in New York City, met at Cornell and went to graduate school at the University of Chicago. Moulton’s PhD is in philosophy; Robinson’s in psychology. They became college professors who used to write academic books about language, ethics, and China and articles about several other topics including robots, visual illusions and debunking pseudoscience. They switched to writing thrillers after having their own adventures: They … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – George Robinson & Janice Moulton
Interview with Author – Paul and Kiki Stuart
About Paul and Kiki Stuart: Paul and Kiki Stuart are a husband and wife team who live in Hawaii on the island of Oahu and are world travelers, going each year on two extensive vacation trips with each being over at least one ocean and a number of shorter excursions as well. They have been to Italy five times and decided to share their last trip with readers in their recently published book, Paul and Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy. Inspired by the enthusiastic responses from their readers, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Paul and Kiki Stuart
The Fairytale Keeper by Andrea Cefalo @AndreaCefalo
This book is bargain priced from 04/25/2014 until 04/25/2018 Adelaide’s mother, Katrina, was the finest storyteller in all of Airsbach, a borough in the great city of Cologne, but she left one story untold, that of her daughter, that of Snow White. Snow White was a pet name Adelaide’s mother had given her. It was a name Adelaide hated, until now. Now, she would give anything to hear her mother say it once more. A rampant fever claimed Adelaide’s mother just like a thousand others in … [Read more...] about The Fairytale Keeper by Andrea Cefalo @AndreaCefalo
Myk Prince of the Vends by D. E. Zlotnick
This book is bargain priced from 04/04/2014 until 04/08/2014 A gripping, historical, action adventure, set in the 2nd century AD. "...the making of a true classic" A remnant tribe from the once great Celtic nation, the Vends, is under attack by the slave trading Alan tribes, the warlike Suebi, and an evil Druid priest. Just to make things worse, famine and disease stalk the land. What if, a small cavalry unit from the Roman empire, encountered a Mongol detachment of explorers, and … [Read more...] about Myk Prince of the Vends by D. E. Zlotnick
The Whitechapel Secret: Who Was Jack the Ripper? by Martin Loughlin
This book is bargain priced from 12/26/2013 until 12/31/2020 London: the autumn of 1888. A time that has become known as the autumn of terror. The world's first serial killer kills and mutilates several women and becomes known as Jack the Ripper. London: present day. Tour guide Ian Groves is dragged into a dangerous and secretive conspiracy reaching back over a century. Groves learns there is a box of papers hidden somewhere containing the evidence that that will prove who Jack the Ripper … [Read more...] about The Whitechapel Secret: Who Was Jack the Ripper? by Martin Loughlin
The Whitechapel Secret by Martin Loughlin
London: the autumn of 1888. A time that has become known as the autumn of terror. The Whitechapel area of London is one of the most poverty stricken and crime ridden parts of the capital. It has become a breeding ground for crime and prostitution. The world's first serial killer kills and mutilates several women in the space of a few months, leaving the city's residents helpless and horrified. He is never caught or identified, although from taunting letters sent to the newspapers, he becomes … [Read more...] about The Whitechapel Secret by Martin Loughlin
