OUR NEWEST FICTION AND NON-FICTION TITLES
 HURRICANE CORES THE BIG APPLE by Joseph Cacciotti
Sam Rufus has an axe to grind when trouble invades his world.
Taking matters into his own hands, he terrorizes the criminals, saves the innocents, and rocks the Big Apple in the pursuit of justice his way.
Meet Samuel James Rufus, the son of a Shoshone mother and a career military/lawman Italian father. From his beginning on a Nevada Indian reservation, Sam was physically and mentally agile, but as a teenager in New York, he got in trouble with the law. That forced him to decide his own fate. After six years in the United States Army that included an unprecedented rise to service as a Green Beret, he joins forces with the detective squad in New York. Just when he though his days of fighting were over, he is called upon to help out two friends from his past. Now he must return to the fierceness he once know in the army: an eye for an eye, a life for a life.
 DONALD R. DUNG BEETLE in the DIAMOND THEFT CAPER by Terri Jo Wheeler --- fun for kids who love the ridiculous! There’s a new bug in town…meet Donald R. Dungbeetle! He’s no ordinary dungbeetle. This bug has a passion for fighting crime and solving mysteries. With the help of his friends, he uncovers the clues that help him solve the mystery of who stole the priceless diamond tiara and cuffs that belong to Paula Praying Mantis from her palatial Mantis estate on Willow Hill in the peaceful town of Odonata. Not all goes as smoothly as Donald R. would like, and he learns a valuable lesson from his friends about the importance of team work. When a previous stake out went awry and young Timmy Termite injured his leg, Donald was reduced in rank at the Odonata Police Department and left to become a private detective, thinking he should go it alone after the unfortunate incident. He soon learned that his buddy on the OPD, Tommy Termite, was going to help him whether he liked it or not, and the two began making progress with the Mantis case. Into the picture comes the perky, courageous Dolly Dungbeetle, broadcast journalist for the town of Odonata, with a passion of her own…getting the story of the year! At first the case seemed clueless, and the list of possible suspects endless, but an unusual twist occurs which sends the trio into a crazy adventure with some of the toughest, bad bugs around. Discover how our heros get their bug and help young Timmy Termite too!
"I love the sense of needing to get it all out while there’s still time." –TREVA RODEMAKER
"Frank– This is very sweet, touching, sentimental, downright humane. Are you feeling all right?" –B. R. ROBB author of RIVER GHOSTS
"Great stuff, Frank. Terrific scenes and dialogue. Thank goodness you’re off your medication." –DAVID STEINBERG Award winning author of THE WIDOW’S SON
"How easily we get things backwards, as in the story where things are treated like people and people like things. Given this, however, it does drive to a logical conclusion: an absolute nihilism– a suicide bombing bereft even of the fig leaf of religiosity ." – CHARLES BOWLING
 GRANNY SNATCHING by Ron Winter --- the dark side of being older and how a 92-year-old woman won her freedom in court. It's safe to believe in the American Dream … isn't it? We live in a country where we take quality education, careers, nice homes, and the wherewithal to raise a family for granted.We are well fed. We're warm. We keep up with the latest fashions. Our legal system provides swift justice and righteousness prevails. We solve problems, not create them! Right?
We anticipate a safe and secure retirement where we hold hands with our life's partner during leisurely strolls on golden sands - waving palms overhead and perfectly sized waves breaking on the shore beneath a glowing sunset. Each evening we are submerged in the warmth of a life lived long and well, and the promise that tomorrow will be just like today.
And then … KA-POW! A giant wrecking ball tears in from stage right, smashing the palm trees, digging huge furrows in the perfect sand, and dumping the gently setting sun into a black sea of hissing steam. Darkness falls upon us and our world is turned upside down as family members appear from nowhere, seizing us, dragging us toward an unanticipated and unwanted future, penniless, powerless, confined in the clutches of "elder care."
Unlikely? Think again. It happens every day all over America and it can happen to you. Is your future reasonably well planned out; ensuring that when you reach retirement age you will live the independent life you envisioned? Do you have a good lawyer who will help you navigate the uncharted waters of life for America's elderly – including proper care in case of illness or injury? Will your financial plans remain intact? Will you live as you hoped and planned for all those years with your family lovingly by your side?
Granny Snatching is an insidious creeping menace from which no one is safe. What nearly happened to Ella Winter can happen to you. Your life, like hers, can suddenly be thrown into chaos and disorder. Will you knuckle under or will you learn from her fight, and like Ella Winter stand tall and strong in the face of adversity.
 SPRING CREEK TREASURE by Jay Ford Thurston --- Sixty articles by the foremost expert in the Upper Midwest extoll trout fishing in the 100 best Wisconsin streams. Charts and advice included.
The sixty stories in Spring Creek Treasure contain 150 trout tips, more than any other trout fishing book. You will read about the importance of fishing when the stream temperature is rising. And I tell you exactly why trout go on a feed at water temperatures of 40, 45, and 49 degrees. Then I explain where you can catch large trout when the water temperature rises to the magic 45 degree mark. In the back of my book is my list of, Wisconsin’s 100 Best Trout Streams. The streams are listed in order of priority and I provide the location of each stream. My book gives you a lifetime of Wisconsin trout streams and tells you when to fish them. An avid trout angler asked me why I keep giving away all my trout secrets. I told him, “It challenges me to keep fishing and discover more trout fishing secrets.”
 OPUR'S BLADE by James Ross --- when a young golfer overcomes great odds to succeed and then at the championship tournament, he finds himself in a fight for his life. After the first ball is struck on the driving rangehead proJ Dub Schroeder senses a child prodigy in his midst, The lad becomes known as Opur for his propensity to sink putts with an old, worn-out putter that was gathering dust in the lost and found barrel. Follow the action as a underdog fights for his dream on the hallowed grounds of America’s greatest golfing event --- The Classic.
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