In June 1991, the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo erupted after more than five centuries, decimating the U. S. Air Force's Clark Air Base, the Navy's Subic Bay Naval Base and the surrounding countryside.  A Fine Gray Rain tells a true account of that catastrophic event and the months leading up to it at Clark Air Base, a virtual paradise.

A Fine Gray Rain

A stray winds up at the family's door...   Trouble's Garden tells a warm, poignant story of a lost cat and a loving family's friendship.  It's a delightful read for all ages--warming your heart and making you cry.  Come experience Trouble's Garden.

Trouble's Garden

Molasses Men is a fictional tale of life in a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp.  The story provides an account of the hardships many young men faced during the Great Depression and how their assignment to the CCC provided meaninful work and training during that difficult time.  It's a great read about past times that need to be remembered.

Molasses Men

During  1968's Vietnamese New Year, Tet, communist troops attacked throughout South Vietnam, including direct assaults on military installations, major cities and the U. S. Embassy, in Saigon.  With pathos and humor, Dragon Fire relates the exciting tale of a U. S. Navy security unit tasked with providing security to Navy installations.

Dragon Fire

A return to Vietnam after serving his tour brings together an American civilian and a young Vietnamese woman.  Cultural differences and family commitment collide to create what appear to be insurmountable problems as he prepares to go to Saigon to look for work.  Misunderstandings by each causes immense grief for the other as the story moves to its unpredictable conclusion.  Experience the country as it was in 1970--the people, the places, the hardships.  Showers In the Rain is a different kind of Vietnam story.

Showers In the Rain

The tranquil lives of woodland creatures are turned topsy-turvy when Jowls, a malicious canine, is taken in at a nearby farm.  The dog's violent upbringing plagues him making him the bane of farm and forest creatures.  Hostile encounters between Sebastian Rabbit and Jowls lead the reader toward a dramatic, unexpected ending.  It's a tale of flight and fright that threatens animals and humans alike.  Meet such memorable characters as the rabbit clan of Sebastian and Mari, callous Jowls, the mouse and squirrel families, Mole, Toad, and conniving Snake, in this stirring page-turner of a tale for an audience of both young and old.  The Rabbit's Tale demonstrates how vastly different adversaries can rally together for the well-being of all.

The Rabbit's Tale

During the 1960s, Peter Andreoli and Vincent Poncia were giants in the pop music industry, although the average person would never recognize them.  The two Providence, Rhode Island friends sucessfully performed under a vast number of pseudonyms, including The Trade Winds (New York's a Lonely Town; Mind Excursion), The Innocence (There's Got To Be a Word), The Videls (Mr. Lonely), and an array of others.  When not turning out their own hit records as pop vocalists, they were composing or producing hit records for others.  The Trade Winds is a quick read about this dynamic recording industry duo, replete with record discograhpy.

The Trade Winds: Anders & Poncia's Mind Excursion

Del Shannon (Charles Westover) grew up in southwest Michigan, hardly noticed by his classmates.  After a stint overseas with the U. S. Army, he began singing and playing guitar in small music venues back home.  He and a band member hit upon a catchy keyboard riff and from that was born the rock and roll classic, "Runaway."  Shannon went on to write and sing a string of rock hits, including:  Little Town Flirt, Hats Off to Larry, Handy Man, Stranger in Town, and various others.  When his htis began to dry up, he turned to producing other singers and rejuvenating the career of Brian Hyland.  A rock legend, Del Shannon is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  His life ended tragically in his Southern California home.

The Music of Del Shannon

First there was Bond, then there was Bourne and now there is Banks. Former intelligence officer Tristan Banks thought he had left Afghanistan behind him but with the theft of a prototype bomb from a top secret government research facility his past has come rushing back to haunt him. Enlisted to recover the weapon and with the aid of the bomb's designer, the beautiful Doctor Meghan Patrick, Tristan must embark on a dangerous mission to hunt down old enemies and confront who he has become. Their journey tracks the terrorists-for-hire from the old world charms of Europe to the frozen heights of the Hindu Kush as they test their physical and mental limits against the brutality of their adversaries. Can Tristan settle old scores and recover the bomb before it's used to start a war? Can Meghan Patrick avenge the death of her mentor without losing herself in the process? Find out in the exhilarating new novel "With the Angels" the first in the Tristan Banks series of adventures. Written in a style between that of the intense geo-political intrigue of a Tom Clancy novel and the swashbuckling romp that is a Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt story this 120, 000 word commercial spy thriller takes the reader on a fast paced adventure as Tristan and Meghan track down the bomb and pay the cost of revenge.

A Fine Gray Rain

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