Henry Adams is a professor at Case Western Reserve University.  His controversial biography on Thomas Eakins rocked the academic calm of the art history world and offers a new way of seeing art.

"This no-holds barred deconstruction of an American icon will both outrage and intrigue readers as it sparks debate not only about Eakins but also about the symbols between art and life."   --Booklist 

Oxford University Press, 2005, hardback, 583 pages, $40

In Sacred Places is a contemporary love story based on the Black experience.  It is a passionate drama of deep conflict when the carnal meets the sacred.  Colleen, artist and woman of faith, and Ricardo, worldly entrepreneur, are struggling to survive turbulent waters of misunderstanding and cultural prejudice.  Their dilemna, the history of the heart, will determine the futuire and salvation of their people.  Will love prevail for the two lovers, swimming on opposite currents?  Their destiny awaits...

Blackorchid Communications, 2006, paperback, 275 pages, $15

From a small village in Africa to the foundation of a potentially multi-billion dollar corporation in America and how he did it!  He learned English by watching TV in Togo (West  Africa), his mother sold charcoal to raise five children. He came to America and became a Technical Writer for a Fortune 500 American Corporation.  Tino Adognravi then founded Global Market Sales Corporation, far exceeding the expectations of someone who had to swim across a lake in order to make it to school on time. His father was not in his life while he was growing up but the one thing he remembers is that his father told him that only his own intelligence would take him far and he believed his father... 

eibBooks Publishing, 2004, paperback, 192 pages, $11.95

Here's a cookbook that pays tribute to old-fashioned, down-home, stick-to-your-ribs, good-for-the-soul comfort foods. This book features a collection of timeless recipes reminiscent of traditional family-style, home-cooked meals that you and your family will enjoy for years to come. 

Blue Moon Design Group, 2002, slick three-ring binder, unpaginated,  $27.95

Primer for modern tarot readers and clients, Rebirth of the Oracle brings tarot interpretation into the 21st century.  It demystifies the process of card reading and is written in language and with explanations anyone can understand. 

Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2005, paperback, 286 pages, $15

Imagine your marriage filled with character qualities such as trustworthiness, loyalty, and truthfulness. Pure Gold: Encouraging Character Qualities in Marriage guides you to the heart of marriage — understanding, practicing, and encouraging one another’s character qualities.  As an expert on character and relationships, Susanne M. Alexander is passionate about empowering people to create happy, lasting, spiritually-based marriages. She is a trained marriage educator, journalist, and president of Marriage Transformation LLC. She and husband Craig A. Farnsworth facilitate marriage preparation and marriage enrichment workshops internationally. 

Marriage Transformation, 2005, paperback, 276 pages, $15.95

Dana Walker feels alone, and she distrusts men in general.  Someone, however, has been watching her from afar.  Handsome, young Mitch Tarrington is taken by Dana’s beauty, but not feeling she could ever be interested in someone like himself, he tries hard to deny his attraction to her.  Fate has other ideas for the two, and a chance meeting finds them falling in love at first sight.  Soon Mitch and Dana are planning their wedding, but will a major misunderstanding fueled by desire and jealousy keep the nuptials from ever taking place?

AuthorHouse, 2005, paperback, 481 pages, $18

Local attorney Karl May wrote a book about taking a second chance with a long-lost lover... and his novel of reconnection actually set the wheels spinning for a reunion in reality!  Join us for a wine and cheese with the author and learn the amazing story of this work of fiction becoming fact.

Temple Publishing Group, 2003, paperback, 392 pages plus audio CD, $19.95

Athmo is a local yogi with a following.  He has written a beautifully illustrated book about Stress Management  that will teach you physical relaxation techniques, as well as mental controls, just in time to help you through the hectic holiday season. 

Athmo, 2004, paperback, 200 pages, $20.00

It is a game that 15 million people play for fun.  But the men in Wall Street's newest league are changing the rules.  The game is no longer just about football. It's about power and an unimaginable amount of money.  One man will stop at nothing to win.  A detective will do anything to bring down a killer, and someone will battle both, to gain the power, protect the money, and save The League. 

DNA Press, 2005, hardback, 178 pages, $19.95

This is the second of two volumes to chronicle the growth of Cleveland with some 200 vintage photographs.  Lakewood native Thea Gallo Becker will join us on for the Larchmere Antiques Fair to sign her brand-new release as well as her two previous books released by Arcadia Publishing: Cleveland: 1796-1929 and Lakewood.

Arcadia, 2005, paperback, lavishly illustrated, $19.99 

Remember when food was local? Cleveland companies made it, and local people sold it and ran the restaurants where we ate it. Food makes powerful memories. Mention Hough Bakery and see how quickly we Clevelanders start to drool over just the thought of those long-lost white cakes. This book collects the fondest memories of Clevelanders who still ache for treats from the past. There were Frostees in the Higbees basement. Popcorn balls at Euclid Beach. Burgers at Manners or Mawby's. Entertainment-filled nights at Alpine Village. Mustard at old Municipal Stadium . . . and so much more.

Gray & Co., 2004, large paperback, 112 pages, lavishly illustrated,  $17.95

Two Cleveland girls are authors of a new art book titled Collage in All Dimensions.  Gretchen Bierbaum attended John Marshall High School on the westside and Trina Gardner attended Cleveland Heights High, and they met at Kent State University in the 1960s.  Gretchen founded the National Collage Society, Inc in 1982 and Trina joined the Board of Directors as an officer.  Now they have co-edited a new book using 20 years of the National Collage Society juried exhibits.  The book also includes a brief history of collage, archival approaches, and images from the award-winning collages, many of which will be on display in the Loganberry Annex Gallery.  Artists, collage masters, scrapbookers, archivists, and modern art afficinados will all enjoy this new look into professional collage art. 

National Collage Society, 2005, paperback, 123 pages, $25

Nancy teaches, writes and coaches.  She joined us to discuss her second book of poetry published by the now-defunct Black Sparrow Press.  Divided into ten thematic sections, Boutilier's collection is a treat for the eyes and ears and an entertaining experiment with linguistic form. It was a Finalist for the Lambda Book Award in Poetry,  2001.

Black Sparrow Press, 2000, paperback, 264 pages, $16.95

Secretly, three middle-school girls decide to take a bike ride to an old haunted mansion just outside of their neighborhood. Most of the people from Danville feared to go near the mansion that had been vacant for more than fifty years. With some hesitation, the girls are still excited to find out what was inside the old mansion's walls.  Once inside the mansion, the girls try to unravel the clues to the old place. Their curiosity takes hold, leading them from one place to another. In the end they find themselves TRAPPED inside the wall of the mansion and fighting for their lives! 

Trafford Publishing, 2004, paperback, 171 pages, $16.50

Local author Emanuel Carpenter has something to say about the fragility of relationships.  In his new novel, a bitter sales manager on the verge of his second divorce remembers his numerous sexual exploits and relationships while searching for some soul, peace, trust, and eventually,  love. Carpenter is a cum laude graduate of Capital University and has been published by Little, Brown and Company, Bylines Publishing, and the Midwest Book Review.  Refreshments, prizes, and Er'l Lumpkin's hand-painted bookmarks, too.

Forest Wade Press, 2005, paperback, 267 pages, $19.99

Every successful marriage has a story worth sharing. This book shares 40 inspiring stories of couples who have dedicated themselves to making their marriage thrive right here in Northeast Ohio.  Each is a real-life romance. They may not all read like a Harlequin novel, but they deliver a message far stronger because they’re real stories of real people, just like us, who have dealt with and overcome many of the same challenges, issues, and plain old-fashioned problems all couples face.  Some are powerful.  Some are simple. Each is a touching look at a pair of people who have found their own way to build a life together.

Gray and Company, 2003, hardback, 242 pages, $24.95

Clara Reece Day is a pioneering woman executive who negotiated trade contracts and joint ventures with the Soviet Bloc and China during the Cold War.  Her story begins in Rumania, heads to London, and then to Cleveland, Ohio.  She met Cyrus Eaton, Jr. on an airplane and was hired to work for his Tower International, negotiating billion-dollar deals and unprecedented international collaborations.  Read her anecdotes of the people she met including Nikita Krushchev, George Cukor, Chinese VP Gu Mu, Armand Hammer, and Buckminster Fuller.  “Now in the 21st century,” says Day, “perhaps it is a good time for the new generation to compare—through a small glimpse—what happened in my life in the ‘bad times’ and to what extent the ‘new order’ in the world is better or how it could be improved.  The new generation has every chance to speak up and create a better world.” 

Privately printed in 1999, fifth edition Oberlin, Ohio, 2006.  Spiral bound, 112 pages, $15

The last thing Megan Montgomery wants to do is go to the police and tell them she's having horrible nightmares again that just happen to be coming true.  Cleveland women are being murdered and an anonymous phone call is Detective David Stork's only lead.

iUniverse, 2005, paperback, 236 pages, $16.95

Spend two hours with Cleveland's esteemed poet and teacher Thomas Sayers Ellis.  He'll read some poems, sign some books, and perhaps give some writing tips while taking a break from his extensive journey on the book signing circuit.  Bring in one of your poems for advice from this poet-teacher, or listen to Thomas explain the inspiration for some of his poetry.

Graywolf Press, 2005, paperback, 121 pages, $14.00

Comrades, Avenge Us is a historical WWII novel about a failed OSS mission into Yugoslavia and the German war crimes against Allied prisoners of war.  Self-published and largely undistributed, it has gained a word-of-mouth following from vets, historians and fiction readers who praise its gripping plot, charismatic characters, and eye-opening narrative of the war. 

Commonwealth Publications, 1995, mass paperback, 404 pages, $5.99

Historical romance on the Great Lakes!  On Mackinac Island, Michigan in the mid-1800's,whites and Indians lived in mutual distrust...but two people saw the promise of love in each other's eyes. Their cultures were as different as night and day, but their hearts were as one—and they would defy tribe and family to embrace the blazing desire that bound them forever... 

Forest Hill Publishing, 2005, paperback, $15.00

Elise is an idealistic young woman, a passionate musician and a mother of two who suddenly finds her life distintegrating through a painful divorce. In a stunning spiritual and emotional journey of extremes, Elise is forced to reevaluate all she has ever believed about herself and her childlike faith in God. She struggles to become whole again for the sake of her children, but she must recover from clinical depression and let go of an altering friendship with a much younger man. New relationships allow Elise to release deeply ingrained inhibitions and live out lifelong desires. Through ultimate love and loss, with music and poetry as catharsis, Elise discovers the integrity of knowing oneself and experiences everything from overpowering obsession to redeeming grace.

Ferri Tales Publishing, 2005, paperback, 276 pages, $13

This book aims to demystify the world of classical music for the interested layman-listener through chapters on great composers and discussions of topics that may trouble people just getting interested in the classics. 

Superior Books, 2000, 2nd edition, paperback, 219 pages, $14.95

In this forthright and hilarious memoir of Dr. Barney Newman, as told to and written by his loyal scribe, Ed Friedman, Newman begins by describing Cleveland’s post World War II changing economic and social environment before humorously revealing the stories of a group of men who played in a weekly gin rummy game. The book takes readers into the player’s trials and tribulations as they-and their wives-deal with true life situations from marriage, infidelity, divorce, and death to financial and professional success, failure and living within the confines of mediocrity.

AuthorHouse, 2005, paperback, 149 pages, $15.50

Local musicians Peggi Cella, Gene Epstein, Bill Kenney, and Seth Rosen began playing together on a lark, and Gene’s Jazz Hot was born.  This popular quartet plays seriously happy, swinging music.  Having played at Loganberry's 10th Anniversary Party as well as hosting their CD release party here, they are known as the house band of Loganberry Books.  Tracks include "It Don't a Mean a Thing," "Summertime," "All of Me," and "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues."  Featured on WCPN's Around Noon with Dee Perry on August 16, 2006.

self-produced, 2006, 15 tracks, 67 minutes, $15

Arising out of the Cleveland Artists Foundation’s Dialogue Series, a 22-hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and broadcast on National Public Radio, Creative Essence examines regional culture through an exploration of the distinguished contributions Cleveland has made to the visual arts and architecture. The Dialogue Series brought together a variety of people in the visual arts community to discuss the development of the region’s creative life and environment, whether it be through architecture and city planning or through the industrial and fine arts. They shared their views and knowledge about how regionalism has long influenced artistic productivity. Their exchanges and ideas for the future are provocative and thoughtful. 

Kent State University Press, 2005, hardback, 158 pages, illustrated and with CD, $29.95

The story is about a little girl named Sarah who is being inappropriately touched by her father.  A policeman comes to her school to discuss the issues of child sexual abuse.  Sarah find the courage to tell her favorite teacher after hearing about a similar incident that happened to another child. 

Trafford, 2005, paperback, 25 pages, $16.95

Sam, Sally and Suzy continue to wow children with their elaborate imaginations. This time, their object d’art is a big, colorful beach towel. In their minds it becomes a hot air balloon, a flying magic carpet, a superhero’s cape… and that’s just the beginning. See where this remarkable towel and their playful imaginations take them! Beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations with computer-enhanced graphics. Text that sings. Places where only the mind can take you. The book includes a bonus activity guide.

Bubblegum Books, 2006, hardcover; 32 pages, $14.99 
Also available:  The Things a String Can Be and Something Shiny, Something Round. 

2 people,  2 decisions,  2 secrets —  and one child they both love —  in a story  of choices and faith in contemporary middle America. 

iUniverse, 2004, paperback, 251 pages, $16.95

A new anthology from The Poets’ & Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland.  Including work from: Maggie Anderson, Barbara Tanner Angell, Gail Ghetia Bellamy, George Bilgere, Betty Ann Blakeslee, Jared Carter, Dan Chaon, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, Lee Chilcote, David Citino, George E. Condon, Helen Conkling, Hart Crane, Randy Cunningham, Katie Daley, Michael DeCapite, Raymond DeCapite, Charles Dickens, John Donoghue, Cyril A. Dostal, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Dick Feagler, John Gabel, Nina Freedlander Gibans, Jeremy Gilman, Herbert Gold, Rita Grabowski, Mary Grimm, Susan Grimm, Michael Heaton, Meredith Holmes, Langston Hughes, Bonnie Jacobson, Helen Keller, Karen Kovacik, Mark Kuhar, d.a. levy, Eugene Marten, Robert McDonough, Ray McNiece, Robert Miltner, Thylias Moss, Kristin Ohlson, Mary O'Malley, Frank Paino, Harvey Pekar, Lynn Powell, Rosemary Prosen, Mary Quade, Les Roberts, Don Robertson, Linda Robiner, Jerry Roscoe, Michael Ruhlman, Mary Doria Russell, Timothy Russell, Michael Salinger, Ruth Schwartz, Megan Senthil, Michael Sepesy, Larry Smith, Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Spano, Amy Sparks, Rick Stansberger, John Stickney, S. Andrew Swann, Daniel Thompson, Leonard Trawick, F. Keith Wahle, Cindy Washabaugh, Mark Weber, Mary Weems, Vickie Williams-Morris, Sarah Willis and Mark Winegardner.

PWLGC, 2005, paperback, 165 pages, $15.75

Angela Johnson is an award-winning author of over forty children's books, including teen novels and children's picture books.  A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003, her book awards include the American Library Association's Printz Award and the Coretta Scott King Award.  Her latest picture book, A Sweet Smell of Roses,  features two young girls who participate in a civil rights march. 

Simon & Schuster, 2005, $16.95

Local Historian Richard Karberg has co-authored many books with Cleveland Landmarks Press, in addition to writing the catalog for the Joseph Motto art exhibition.  Below are some of his works. 

Towering Treasure: A Landmark Turns 75 (Cleveland Landmarks Press, $18.50), 
Euclid Avenue - Cleveland's Sophisticated Lady (Cleveland Landmarks Press, $16.50), 
The Silver Grille (Cleveland Landmarks Press, $16.95) 
The Higbee Company and the Silver Grille (Cleveland Landmarks Press, $16.95).
Joseph Motto: A Jazz Age Journey From Cleveland to Florence (Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2005, $20)

Meet Lillie and Rose, two 4th grade girls in Chagrin Falls who meet by accident.    They quickly learn the hierarchy of girls.  There are the Alpha Girls who are the bossy leaders. They try to control the others: telling them what to do, what to wear, how to think, and who to be friends with.  The Betas are the girls who follow the Alpha and do what they tell them to do.  And then there are the Gammas, the girls who think for themselves, aren't mean, and solve problems creatively instead of aggressively.  Lillie and Rose discover they are the Gamma Girls of Chagrin Falls, and the fun begins!

Lillie and Rose:  Cats Ink, 2003, paperback, 103 pages, $10.00
Lillie, Rose and Irisa:  Cats Ink, 2003, paperback, 140 pages, $12.95

Mr. Jingeling, the Keeper of the Keys, is a Cleveland legend from the heyday of Halle Brothers Department Store in downtown Cleveland.  Created in 1956, Mr. Jingeling made appearances at Halle's and on television for almost 30 years.  This small picture book was created to keep the tradition alive.

Traditions Alive, 2000, small paperback, unpaginated, $7.95

From a small town comes a story of murder, love, secrets and obsession. Kori Chandler lives a simple life as owner of a coffee shop in a small town. Her biggest problem is figuring out why her boyfriend, English Professor Elliot Bowman, keeps her at arm’s length. But her quiet life is shattered one morning when she discovers the body of a woman tied to a tree in her backyard. With a note left on the body that quotes Emily Dickinson, Elliot becomes the number one suspect. Kori must not only question the man she loves, but her friends as well. The police are questioning everyone and everything remotely connected to Kori, including the whereabouts of her exhusband, whom she hasn’t seen or heard from in ten years. As the notes continue and the body count rises, no one is left untouched.

PublishAmerica, 2004, paperback, 193 pages, $19.95

Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series has just released Euclid Creek. The book has 207 images of this Cleveland East Side watershed, some more than 200 years old. Chapters illustrate how transportation advances have transformed the creek’s varied natural landscapes. Among Arcadia’s 3,000 local history titles, Euclid Creek is the first to focus on a watershed. 

Arcadia Publishing, 2005, $19.99

Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise of American Science: an important new look at how gender, religion, pedagogy, and geography help shape women’s scientific work.  Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, 2005! 

University Press of New England, 2005, hardback, 209 pages, $26

A feminist science fiction novel about a planet with no central coercive government, and the difficulties of one teenaged woman - who longs for notoriety and a unique possession - in coming to terms with her egalitarian, anarchist society.

Trafford, 2004, paperback, 241 pages, $22.95

This book, which is two books in one, revisits the author's life growing up in the greater Cleveland area.  The first book, Perfectly Sane, covers many youthful events in his life.  The second book Definitely Insane, covers the more adult events in his life.  All thoughts and emotions are expressed in short stories, poetry, artwork and some political essays.  There is even a relationship game near the end of the book for people who are dating. 

AuthorHouse, 2005, paperback, 273 pages, $19.75

First-person memories of Ohio farm life in the late 1800's, discussing holidays, peddlers, tramps, boyhood inventions for easing farm work and description of farm machinery of the day. 

Next Friend Press, 2004, paperback, 139 pages, $19.95

Shaker Heights achieved international renown in the early 20th century as an enclave for wealthy residents—a city of stunning homes, substantial green space, an excellent school system, and attentive municipal services. Cleveland entrepreneurs O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen established Shaker Heights as a haven from the stresses of city life and claimed a connection with previous residents of this land, the North Union settlement of Shakers. Shaker communities sought to create paradise on earth by living communally and focusing on the life of the spirit. Buyers in Shaker Heights were assured that their paradise would last forever because of restrictions on what could be built and who could live there. Nevertheless, Shaker Heights has changed from a protected environment for the wealthy to a stable, integrated city that intentionally promotes diversity in its population. This is a remarkable story of dramatic change but also continuity as residents pursue the goal of creating an ideal community.

Arcadia Publishing, 2006, paperback, 128 pages, $19.99

'Tis the season to get your house ready if you intend on selling in spring.  Hear local real estate expert Linda Mighdoll's advice on readying your house and achieving top dollar on the market, and buy her step-by-step workbook to make it all manageable.

The Plan Review, 2004, large velobound paperback, 124 pages, $20.00 

Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them, written by Cleveland educator, feminist, and naturalist Harriet L. Keeler (1844–1921) and first published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1900, was warmly received at a time when America was rapidly urbanizing and public interest in conservation and the establishment of parks was growing. In her preface, Keeler explained that “the trees described . . . are those indigenous to the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the northern boundaries of the southern states; together with a few well-known and naturalized foreign trees.” Profusely illustrated and with a biographical introduction by Carol Poh Miller that illuminates Keeler’s life and accomplishments, this facsimile edition will aid a new generation eager to identify and thus better appreciate what they observe outdoors.

Kent State University Press, 2005, paperback, 574 pages, $22.95

In the past decade, native Clevelander Richard Montanari's novels of suspense have been published in more than a dozen countries and in nearly as many languages. His fifth major novel, The Skin Gods, takes place in the steaming heart of a Philadelphia summer while detectives Jessica Balzano and Kevin Byrne are trying to catch a depraved killer with a secret vendetta. Taking inspiration from cinema classics such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, someone is turning cinematic art into brutal reality. 

Ballantine, 2006, hardback, 395 pages, $24.95

Local history professor gives an informative narrative to the development of Cleveland's inner-ring suburb and historic cemetery.  Lavishly illustrated with period photographs, these two Arcadia Press books are slick productions of nostalgia and excellent local lore.

Cleveland Heights: The Making of an Urban Suburb:  Arcadia, 2002, paperback, 160 pages, b&w photos, $24.99
Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery:  Arcadia, 2004, paperback, 127 pages, b&w photos, $19.99
Cleveland Heights  (Images of America series):  Arcadia, 2005, paperback, 128 pages, b&w photos, $19.99

In the early 1920s, five opulent theaters—the Allen, the Ohio, the State, the Palace, and the Hanna—opened on a stretch of Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. They offered legitimate theater, vaudeville, name bands and entertainers, and films for the affluent and hardworking citizens of this booming industrial city. Unfortunately, the introduction of television and the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s turned the theaters into ghost palaces destined for the wrecking ball. In 1970, a bold group of planners led by Raymond K. Shepardson formed the Playhouse Square Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to saving the theaters. A 25-year restoration endeavor emerged that raised $53 million, culminating in the largest theater restoration project in the world. Today Playhouse Square Center ranks second only to New York’s Lincoln Center as North America’s largest performing arts complex.

Arcadia Publishing, 2006, paperback, 128 pages, $19.99

Emily Numbers is a 13 year-old middle school student in Macedonia who wrote this rhyming picture book about a young child lost in a grocery store.  Nicki Omori drew the illustrations, and together they have created a pefect picture book with both real and mundane observations of the world as seen through a child's eyes.  Come meet the young author and ask her about her lifelong writing.

Hickory Nut Publishing, 2005, hardcover, 32 pages, $15.95

Harvey and Eck takes a funny, irreverent look at pregnancy through the eyes of motorcycle-riding Harvey, the thirty-something mom-to-be who forges an unlikely friendship with Eck, a librarian whose life is as predictable as a ticking metronome.  As Harvey’s belly blossoms, Eck grows in his own vicarious way. A cover-to-cover read that is sexy, sophisticated and tender.

Zumaya Publications, 2005, paperback, 201 pages, $14.99

Have you heard of the Society for Creative Anachronism or been to a RenFair?  Ever wonder about the people who make this cult a reality?  Travel back in time to the Current Middle Ages, a re-created world of knights in shining armor, lords and ladies, artisans and minstrels with one foot in history, the other in today.  Medieval costumes and arms will also be on display.

iUniverse, 2004, paperback, 296 pages, $21.95

In this award-winning memoir, a Cleveland woman attends Christmas Mass at an old city church in downtown Cleveland seeking holiday cheer and comfort in the trappings of a faith she abandoned more than 30 years ago.  Instead, she finds a tiny threadbare congregation and a nearly forgotten group of aging, cloistered, contemplative nuns with a mission to pray day and night for the sorrows of the world.  Thus begins a three-year dialogue between the nuns and Kristin Ohlson, who struggles to understand how these women gave up the world--and continue to do so joyfully--for their faith.  Ultimately, Ohlson finds that talking to the nuns becomes a way of opening herself up to the possibility of the sacred--which is, in its way, an answered prayer. 

Plume, 2004, paperback, 255 pages, $14

The King of Jesus is brought back to life through the air of Deoxyribonucleic Acid from the “finding” of the crucifixion nail that ended his life 2000 years ago. Many perils arise in the daily life of Jesus (Bob) and his friends as they try to find sanctuary across the seas in America. When revelations of Bob’s past and his special powers are related to him, the book takes on a whole host of new adventures that take the reader to a climatic ending. But as you will read, the end is just a truthful turn to what is only a new beginning.

iUniverse, 2005, paperback, 67 pages, $8.95

Successful Self-Publishing--
From Children's Author to Independent Publisher, A Simple Guide for New and Not So New Authors 

Forest Hills Publishing, 2005, paperback, 100 pages, $13

Want a Better Bottom Line AND a Better World? Finally! A book that confirms what we all knew in our hearts to be true: that capitalism - and indeed the world - can have a social conscience. The Art of Original Thinking is a book about thought leadership.  It's a book that doesn't hide behind the convenient catch-cries of capitalism. It's a book that is concerned, not with what to think, but with how to think. Most importantly, it's a book that embraces your uniqueness and your unique potential to effect positive change through original thinking and thought leadership. When you pick this book up, your single challenge will be to engage in "evolutionary thinking for global good." When you put it down, you'll wonder how you ever thought otherwise. 

Ninth Element Press, 2006, hardcover, $24.95 

Mr. Prewitt wanted to write of strong black families, black men and women like the ones he knew, the ones who grew up in the south and had a legacy.   There were so many stories to tell, though, where to begin?  Inspiration to write his first novel came from listening to his elders, but most especially from a Mr. Johnson who said "We didn't all lose, and they didn't all win."  Finally, a story yet untold. Snake Walkers is about a young black man who becomes the first black reporter for the Arkansas Sun.  His first assignment is to solve the mysterious abandonment of a small town and the disappearance of fourteen white men, an investigation that leads him from rural Arkansas to Cleveland, Ohio.  As he tries to uncover decades-old family secrets, he finds he also has to discover the person he wants to be.

Northland Publishing Company, 2005, hardback, 328 pages, $24.95
**best selling local author to date!**

Leaving the Russian Tank corps Wasilly spies for the West while a courier, bodyguard and chauffeur for Chinese Warlords. Drawing upon his martial arts skills and ability to speak many languages, he beats the odds. He continues to meet friends who are constantly changing sides in an era of upheaval in China before the Second World War...

AmErica House, 1998, paperback, 308 pages, $24.95

A collection of sassy, sexy, yet spiritual poems about womanhood, relationships, intimacy, family, and general life observations.

Pear 5 Publishing, 2005, paperback, 60 pages, $10

When novelist and television producer Les Roberts visited Cleveland in 1986, he never dreamed that he'd find himself so completely won over by the place that he'd give up the glitz of Hollywood and put down roots in this rustbelt city.  It took only a few weeks in Cleveland to convince Roberts that the city was a ripe setting for his next private-eye novel. Then, a chance meeting on an airplane led him to the inspiration for his new character: Milan Jacovich, a tough Slovenian-American sleuth with a master's degree and a taste for klobasa sandwiches and cold Stroh's beer.  The combination proved very successful. Thirteen Milan Jacovich novels resulted, and with each book Roberts drew more heavily on real Cleveland places and people for the authentic local flavor of his stories. In this memoir, Roberts tells how he discovered the heart and soul of a city while fictionalizing it for a series of novels. He writes about his favorite locations and his favorite people. It will appeal to fans of the series, fans of the city, and aspiring novelists who want to learn how one writer took a city and made it his own through fiction. 

We'll Always Have Cleveland: Gray & Co., 2006, hardback, 192 pp., $24.95
The Milan Jacovich Mysteries (reprinted in paperback by Gray & Co., 2005, all $13.95):
Pepper Pike; Full Cleveland; Deep Shaker; The Cleveland Connection; The Lake Effect; The Duke of Cleveland; Collision Bend; The Cleveland Local; A Shoot in Cleveland; The Best-Kept Secret; The Indian Sign; The Dutch; The Irish Sports Pages.

1000 copies of this anthology were published in 1975, and it is now officially out-of-print.  However, I have a handful of copies of the original edition, with works by Barbara Bensch, Dennis Dooley, James C. Kilgore, Christopher Colombi, Rose Mary Prosen, Hank Davis, Susan Klein, Jeff Blake,  and many others.

Pranayama Publications, 1975, paperback, 144 pages, $10

Through Species Connection, established in 1980, Jacquelin Smith has helped others reawaken their innate, intuitive ability to communicate with animals. Animal communication is a heart-to-heart connection that everyone can experience if they open, love, and listen to the animals. Interspecies communication is a natural connection many of us have forgotten. It has nothing to do with being "psychic."  Jacquelin will give a hands-on workshop as well as a booksigning and individual consultations.

Galde Press, 2005, paperback, 214 pages, $14.95

New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century.  Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's unique culture and reveals how New Orleans became a city that parades itself visitors and residents alike.  The book traces the ascendancy of the tourism industry in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, including the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina. Narrated in a lively style, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to understand the image-making of the Big Easy.  J. Mark Souther is assistant professor of history at Cleveland State University.  He lived in New Orleans for seven years and now resides in Cleveland Heights.

Louisiana State Univ Press, 2006, hardback, $34.95

Ted Steinberg, Professor of History and Law at Case Western Reserve University, has worked as an environmental historian for nearly twenty years. He is the winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and a two-time Pulitzer Prize Nominee. His new book, American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn, chronicles the history of the suburban mania for green yards, and the impact this quest has had on the environment and public health. Steinberg's indictment of American lawn culture with its carefree adoption of hazardous materials, muffler-less machines, and wanton water use will make you think twice before throwing down the weed and feed and turning on the sprinkler. Come with a sense of humor and a willingness to see your yard through different-colored glasses.

Co-sponsored with the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 
W.W. Norton, 2006, 295 pages, hardcover, $24.95

A book of poems, prayers and meditations, featuring photographs from Cleveland and the surrounding area as well as photographs from various parts of the world. 

Strang Communications, 2005, hardback, 142 pages, lavishly illustrated, $19.99

Local and prolific poet Vladimir Swirynski joins us at Loganberry to spread his enthusiasm for poetry.  Swirynski has self-published about a dozen books and is a regular at poetry slams, swaps, and events around town.  He continaully has new poems falling out of his pen, come talk to him about the miracle of words. 

Deep Cleveland Press, 2004, paperback, 120 pages with illustrations, $19.95

Find a comfortable spot, but fasten your seat belt.  Roy Thornton's new novel has all the excitement of an "Indiana Jones" thriller but adds spiritual insights and biblical truths to this fictional account of hidden scrolls, unholy church leaders, and a motorcycle buff who becomes the unlikely hero destined to rid the world of an ancient evil. 

Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, 2005, paperback, $19.95

Alison’s life is perfect. Married to Eric, a handsome, wealthy man, she teaches 5th grade – just for fun – and is the envy of all her friends.  But beneath the surface, Eric is an abusive monster. Able to take no more, Alison flees her “perfect life” with only her clothes, her car and two cats. After a mad dash across the country, she lands in Grabill, a backwoods Ohio town with seemingly little to offer. But if anyone knows that appearances are deceiving, Alison does. So, she takes her chances on Grabill and, eventually, mechanic Tyler Coffey, embarking on a journey of a whole other kind.

PublishAmerica, 2005, paperback, 172 pages, $19.95

A novel of the haves and the have-nots, of greed and jealousy, and the modern era of morals, or lack thereof.
Bookman Publishing, 2004, paperback, 148 pages, $14.95

The book is set in the Ohio Pen ("the walls") and follows a group of inmates who meet weekly to study the teachings of the Greek philosopher Epictetus, a former slave during the Roman Empire. Epictetus used the experience to make himself wiser and stronger instead of bitter and angry. The men of the club are led by a lifer named Zeno, a former professional boxer who compares thinking skills to boxing skills, pointing out that our opponent is always our own thoughts and attitudes. He teaches the men the ABCs of Inner Boxing, where one identifies the attacking thought, blocks it, and counterpunches it. Zeno also guides the men through the Ten Rounds to Freedom. The walls of the pen are literal for the inmates, but also represent our own limited thinking and comfort zones.

Papillon Press, 2005, paperback, 156 pages, $18.95

Life seemed simple enough for Mark: he played college football, got decent enough grades, and enjoyed the lifestyle of being a “big man on campus.” After the brutal murder of his sister, everything turned upside down and nothing mattered any longer. A night out on the town ends in a savage murder where the circumstances are too familiar to Mark for them to be left to chance. A college professor hides an unbelievable secret that sends Mark and all those he comes in contact with into a dark and violent world. All is not as it seems; that which is hidden from most of us stays in the shadows until it is too late to run. The future is at stake as Mark is recruited to take up “The Sword of Naphtali” and accept his destiny as humanity’s best chance against a 600-year-old sorceress and her “Tainted Hierarchy.”

PublishAmerica, 2004, paperback, 178 pages, $19.95

Unjustly accused of the murder of a night watchman in 1927, Joseph Weaver suffered a trial riddled with greed and corruption that sentenced him to death in an electric chair. Decades later, his daughter tries to document the evidence, and the saga of the legal system that allowed this to happen.

House of Jabez, 2004, paperback, 209 pages, $14.95

An examination of the many myths, religious accounts and cosmological explanations of creation and their relationships to cultural core belief systems.  The book is a mix of prose and poetry.  An excellent book for author readings and/or discussion groups. 

iUniverse, 2005, paperback, 222 pages, $18.95

In this long awaited sequel to Mystery of the Waterloo Bagpipes, Donald B. Willis transports us back to the small, rural village of Fairvale, Ohio.  It's 1959 and Jamie Murdoch and his friends are hot on the trail of a legendary treasure purportedly buried by a detachment of French soldiers two hundred years earlier. Unaware that a powerful, evil force has returned to town, Jamie once again finds himself in a brutal life or death struggle with a former adversary whose sole existence is motivated by one driving passion that when unleashed results in an unforgettable climax, both shocking and gruesome. 

Mystery of the Waterloo Bagpipes:  Anubis Publishing, 2001, paperback, 194 pages, $11.95
The Secret of Lightning Ridge:  Anubis Publishing, 2005, paperback, 128 pages, $11.95

Alice Marlowe accepts her life the way it is. She is single, in her late forties, lives with a cat named Sampson, and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But then a late night phone call brings a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl into her life. And seeing herself through a child's eyes for the first time, she discovers that love is a universal language.

The Sound of Us:  Berkeley, 2005, hardback, 322 pages, $23.95
A Good Distance:  Berkeley, 2004, paperback, 306 pages, $14.00
The Rehearsal:  Berkeley, 2001, paperback, 288 pages, $14.00
Some Things That Stay:  Berkeley, 2000, paperback, 275 pages, $14.00

A business parable about changing resistance into understanding.  The book provides the reader with insights into how to become a better communicator and motivator. 

Berrett-Konler, 2005, hardback, 142 pages, $19.95