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  • Ode to a Brass God

    by J.A. Johnson

    What does a military hero do when he returns from a war that never ends in his head? There is, in America, a subculture we never talk about: the military community in peacetime, where the Brass God imposes an ancient code of honor, where the Officer-as-a-Gentleman returns to his Lady—the most invisible woman in America—his waiting wife. And where the bedroom replaces the battlefield. When Lt. Col. Guy Garrett retires in Alaska, he carries scars of Vietnam with him, from Germany in 1972 into the era of post-Tailhook sex scandals and the rise of women into coveted military positions—one of them his own daughter. But it is his unpredictable wife Julie who wrenches his soul. At her friend Mona’s request, Julie Garrett sets out to retrieve hidden notebooks from their old military stairwell in Germany—sparking more than a paper-fire when she finds her old lover is now her daughter’s commander. Ode to a Brass God interweaves the intimate lives of the Garretts—in two very different generations—with five other families who once shared a communal life where screams could cut through floor boards and a Command party turn into a deadly skirmish.

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  • The Rabbi’s Knight

    by Michael J. Cooper

    The year is 1290. The place is the Holy Land at the twilight of the Crusades. War-weary Knight Templar Jonathan St. Clair is garrisoned in the port city of Acre. In possession of an ancient scroll with a cryptic inscription, St. Clair becomes more interested in studying Kabbalah than fighting Muslims when he learns that the inscription holds the key to unlock the secrets of Jerusalem's Temple Mount.  But no scholars in Acre can decipher the inscription. And time is running out; Acre will soon come under siege, and the one man able to divine the scroll's meaning, Rabbi Samuel of Baghdad, has been targeted for assassination.  Deep in enemy territory, St. Clair apprentices himself to Rabbi Samuel, and together they travel to Jerusalem. On their pilgrimage, they are hunted by scheming emirs in the service of a treacherous rabbi of Acre, a bitter enemy of Rabbi Samuel. They are aided in their quest by others: a brilliant young scholar, Isaac of Acre; a powerful young Scotsman, William Wallace; a learned Muslim mathematician, physician, and cartographer, al-Hasani; and the beautiful independent-minded woman Zahirah, who avoids serving in an emir's harem by hiding among lepers in a colony on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.  Ultimately, Rabbi Samuel and St. Clair will risk everything to fulfill their shared and sacred destiny as guardians of the Temple Mount.

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  • Holding Fast in Heavy Seas: Leadership for Turbulent Times

    by Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD, US Navy (ret)

    After serving for three decades as an oceanographer in the US Navy, Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet was appointed to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during the turbulent times of the first Trump administration. NOAA is America’s top ocean, weather, climate, and environmental agency, and to say that many federal employees were less than thrilled when Trump took office would be an understatement. Finding himself caught up in the “Sharpiegate” incident and other frustrating events caused Gallaudet to wonder if remaining in office was worth the effort, but his decision to hold fast and lead with empathy and humility kept NOAA on an even keel despite the often stormy environment. He applied the lessons from his life and military service to provide positive servant leadership to NOAA, defying the odds and boosting morale and employee satisfaction to record levels. Drawing from both career accomplishment and personal tragedy, Gallaudet developed and applied a signature leadership approach to connect with employees at every level, making them feel valued and respected. Holding Fast in Heavy Seas provides an inspiring playbook for people of any calling who aspire to improve in their ability to positively influence others.

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  • Gray Area

    by Leah Decker

    *Gray Area* is a story of perseverance, introspection, and choosing your place in the world. It’s a journey of finding the confidence to pursue your dreams despite the challenges thrown your way, and building the true sense of empathy and caring that goes into being an educator in our modern world, complete with the complicated issues that go along with it. When going through hard times, it’s easy to feel like you are completely alone, despite being surrounded by others. It’s hard when you’re a college student, but it’s harder when you are responsible for a room of thirty twelve-year-olds. “The students are going to eat you alive.” When Rachel Harding, a college senior, experiences a police-involved shooting at the school where she is student teaching, she is thrown into a complex world of politics and self-preservation, all the while trying to complete her internship hours and move into her next stage of life, wherever that might take her. With mounting pressure to speak out about the event to the press and members of the community, Rachel has to decide not only where her own views lie, but also how she can deal with its effects on her and her young students. Rachel is no stranger to tragedy, yet she is left feeling all alone, left to navigate the severity of the situation, hoping to receive a strong recommendation from her supervisor. Complete with romance, complicated relationships, and big decisions about the future, *Gray Area* will offer insight into the makings of the modern teacher.

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  • The Faithful Harlot

    by Elizabeth Clifford Murphy

    How and why did a beautiful "harlot" help Joshua conquer the idol-worshipping, walled Canaanite city of Jericho soon after the formerly enslaved Hebrews crossed the River Jordan? Surely a guardian angel must have been at her side. In the mid-1200s BCE, smart, heroic innkeeper Rachab, the direct maternal ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ, is inspired by her wise grandmothers, her father's Cushite slaves, and their daughter—an angel—to reject the cruel customs of idol worshippers. Rachab's courage and wisdom lead her to save her extended family in an exciting, eye-opening exodus. Relying on the latest scholarly research by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians, historians, and archaeologists, The Faithful Harlot follows the Jerichoites on a journey from paganism to belief in a loving, singular Creator God.

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  • The Tide Waits for No Woman

    by Richard K. Perkins

    In July of 1860, a rogue wave from a hurricane off the Outer Banks rolled a coastal trading schooner, leaving merchant Captain Clifford Anderson and his crew lost at sea in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Outwardly rejecting the social expectations surrounding 19th-century widowhood, Clifford’s wife, Abby, agrees to assist her cousins in what they promise will be a low-risk Underground Railroad operation out of Woolwich, Maine. An early October winter storm catches Abby and a fugitive family along the Kennebec River’s upper reaches, and they find themselves snowed in with an Acadian trapper-farmer-lumberjack host and two Abenaki teenagers.  The picture of intense abolitionists at Bowdoin in Brunswick, the Abenakis, the Acadians, and the Quakers is routinely left out of our classroom treatment of the American Civil War. To address that, this story reflects fictional characters in historically accurate places, interacting with historical people, in political, military, and social contexts.  The coastal trade brought two sub-economies together with complexities that led Clifford Anderson to declare at his wedding reception in late spring of 1860, that “No one’s hands are completely clean” as the attendees all nudged each other toward the conflagration that was to come.

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  • The Queen of Sands

    by Mona Tebyanian

    In a desert realm where ancient secrets stir beneath golden sands, The Queen of Sands unravels a tale of love, betrayal, and redemption. Three centuries ago, a prince defied his kingdom to pursue a forbidden romance, igniting a chain of events that shattered alliances and left a legacy of sorrow. Now, Esther, a spirited young woman from a remote village, is haunted by vivid dreams of a desperate woman pleading for forgiveness. When the dreams lead her to uncover an ancient curse, Esther embarks on a perilous journey into the heart of the desert, determined to uncover the truth and confront her destiny. As Esther navigates treacherous landscapes, unravels forgotten prophecies, and faces the pain of long-buried sins, she must find the strength to forgive and the courage to reshape a fractured kingdom. Rich with world-building, unforgettable characters, and themes of love, sacrifice, and resilience, The Queen of Sands offers a gripping dual-timeline adventure that will captivate the imagination. Step into the sands, where every secret has its price—and every choice shapes the future.

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  • Knowing My Father

    by Joseph R. Tedeschi

    Knowing My Father: The Collision of the O.B. Jennings and War Knight relates Joe’s methodical search to know more about his long-lost father. In that search, Joe discovers the tragic story of the fiery collision of the US tanker O.B. Jennings and the British merchant ship War Knight during World War I as their convoy evaded German U-boats in the English Channel. A US Navy armed guard defending the O.B. Jennings, gunner’s mate Michael Tedeschi was heroically rescued by the British Royal Navy escorts from the burning sea. Joe satisfies his search to know his father better and, at the same time, reveals and exposes one of the unfortunate naval disasters that occurs in times of war. Knowing My Father serves as a companion to Joe Tedeschi’s memoir, A Rock in the Clouds.

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  • Woven as One

    by William R. Waddell

    Even good relationships (particularly marriages) have temperatures, varying from almost unbearable passion to steady devotion to uncertainty or worse. Linda and Bill recounts the successes and foibles of a nearly sixty-five-year bond between two lifelong partners, describing the magic that can come of truly merging the humdrum of everyday life with their feelings for each other. Bill and Linda “met” under somewhat unusual circumstances, and their way of dealing with bumps in their road wasn’t always by the book, but they grew to understand that real intimacy often grows more out of sharing prosaic experiences than out of grand gestures, and they learned to appreciate the importance of things like hard work (together or apart), inclusion, genuine tolerance, and the sheer chemistry between two kindred spirits.

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  • St. James Park

    by John Doll

    In a time when department stores ruled downtowns, a prominent store heir is kidnapped in 1933 under suspicious circumstances, and the federal Bureau of Investigation sends unorthodox agent Louis Cooper to investigate. Cooper discovers that this crime is only a prelude to a dangerous play by the local power structure to expand control amid spiraling economic disruption, labor unrest, and anti-immigrant racism. As Cooper unravels long-standing but shifting alliances of business leaders, city officials, and mobsters, he learns who is behind the kidnapping and why—but not in time to prevent a raging mob bent on vengeance.

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